Speed vs CardGames.io
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Speed
Experience the fast-paced card game Speed against friends or AI opponents. Match cards by playing one number higher or lower than the card in the center to empty your hand first. Enjoy quick rounds of this classic game.
- Play against friends
- Play against AI opponents
- Match cards by number
- Race to empty hand
- Quick rounds
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Play the card game Speed with a friend or one of three robot opponents. Play a card one less or one more than the number of a card in the center of the table as fast as you can. Play a 3 card on a 2 or 4 card, a 7 on a 6 or 8 card, a 13 on a 12 or 1 card. First player to play all cards wins. Also available in the App Store: Speed Gold (same app except no ads).
CardGames.io
Enjoy a vast collection of classic card, solitaire, and puzzle games. Play solo or challenge friends in multiplayer modes. Track your statistics and enjoy an enhanced full-screen experience.
- 35+ classic games
- Card games: Hearts, Spades, Rummy
- Solitaire games: Klondike, FreeCell
- Puzzle/Board games: Chess, Checkers
- Multiplayer mode
- Persistent statistics tracking
- Full screen mode
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CardGames.io is a collection of all your favorite card games, solitaire and puzzle games. It features 35 different games including the card games Hearts, Spades, Cribbage, Euchre, Gin Rummy, Rummy, Pinochle, Thirteen (Tien Len), Crazy Eights and Go Fish, the solitaires Klondike (classic solitaire), FreeCell, Spider, Clock, Pyramid, and puzzle and board games like Backgammon, Reversi, Checkers, Chess and Yatzy. You might have played them before on our website, https://cardgames.io , but using the app lets you keep your statistics forever, gives you full screen mode for all the games and lets you use extra player faces that are not in the web version. You can also play many of the games in multiplayer mode against your friends, including in Hearts, Spades, Euchre, Whist, Lockup, Chess, Checkers, Reversi and Backgammon. Enjoy the app and let us know if you have any problems, we can be reached on Twitter, Facebook or through our website, https://cardgames.io .
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: CardGames.io at 52K against Speed's 64. CardGames.io also leads on review sentiment (56% vs 40%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Speed against 4.7 for CardGames.io. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CardGames.io has 52K ratings behind it against 64, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 40% of Speed's written reviews are positive against 56% of CardGames.io's.
Speed ships an update every 3 months, CardGames.io every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 13, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Speed | CardGames.io |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (64 ratings) — better | 4.7 (52K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | 56.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 64 | 52K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 179 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | fishdog.net | Raudas Hugbunadur ehf. |
Customer experience
Speed
CardGames.io
Bugs and requests
Speed
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
CardGames.io
Reported bugs
5 issues- Cribbage scoring issues
- Backgammon dice rolls favoring computer
- Spades partner bidding problems
- Multiplayer game freezes
- Incorrect card interactions in some games
Requested features
6 requests- Add more game options (poker, snakes and ladders, etc.)
- Implement undo/redo functionality
- Allow adjustable AI difficulty
- Add a paid ad-free version
- Improve partner AI in team games
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- Enable landscape mode for mobile
In-app purchases
Speed
No in-app purchases
CardGames.io
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Speed free?
Is CardGames.io free?
Which has better reviews, Speed or CardGames.io?
Do Speed or CardGames.io have ads?
Which is updated more often, Speed or CardGames.io?
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