Comparison

Card Crawl 2 vs Sigmar's Garden

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Card Crawl 2

A solitaire dungeon crawler card game where you battle tavern dwellers, defeat monsters, and collect gold. Unlock powerful spells, equipment, and heroes in strategic card battles with new core mechanics and multiple game modes.

Highlights
  • Strategic solitaire-style card battles
  • Collect new spell cards and equipment
  • Unlock hero cards with unique abilities
  • Offline and online game modes
  • Weekly Tavern Crawl competition
  • Cloud saves and Game Center support
Features
Read full description

Card Crawl 2 is a solitaire dungeon crawler card game. Grab your deck and dive into exciting new game modes, battling your favorite tavern dwellers. Defeat tricky monsters, collect gold, and unlock powerful spell cards, new equipment, and a cast of new and familiar hero cards. About the Game Card Crawl 2 is the official sequel to the beloved original. Once again, you’ll face Hoerni and his friends in clever solitaire-style card battles. This time, a brand-new core mechanic is introduced. Instead of just 4 dungeon cards, you now play with up to 16 cards stacked across 4 columns. Sort, equip, and sell cards to outwit every monster in the deck. Harness plenty of new spell cards and, for the first time, add equipment items to your runs, which add a whole new layer of strategy. Grow your collection and take on a variety of offline and online game modes that will test your skills with each of the newly added hero types. Features -> Fresh twist on Card Crawl’s core gameplay -> Strategic solitaire-style card battles -> Collect and master new spell cards and equipment -> Unlock hero cards with unique abilities -> Play across new and familiar game modes -> Compete with others in the Weekly Tavern Crawl -> Unlock achievements, new cards, and tavern art -> Cloud saves and Game Center support Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Sigmar's Garden

An elegant puzzle game where you clear a hexagonal board by matching pairs of mystical marbles. Follow ancient alchemical rules and plan your moves carefully to avoid getting stuck. Offers three difficulty levels and global leaderboards.

Highlights
  • Alchemical marble matching
  • Hexagonal board gameplay
  • Three difficulty levels
  • Game Center leaderboards
  • Unlockable achievements
  • Minimalist design
Read full description

Sigmar's Garden is an elegant puzzle game inspired by the classic alchemical matching game from Opus Magnum. Clear the board by matching pairs of mystical marbles following ancient alchemical rules. GAMEPLAY Match pairs of free marbles to remove them from the hexagonal board. A marble is free when it has three consecutive empty spaces around it. Plan your moves carefully – one wrong match could leave you stuck! ALCHEMICAL RULES • Cardinal Elements (Fire, Water, Air, Earth) – Match two of the same element • Salt – Matches with any cardinal element or another salt • Mors & Vitae – Life and Death only match with each other • Metals – Use Quicksilver to transmute metals in order: Lead → Tin → Iron → Copper → Silver → Gold • Gold – The final piece, removed alone when the board is clear THREE DIFFICULTY LEVELS • Easy (7×7) – Perfect for learning the mechanics • Medium (9×9) – A balanced challenge • Hard (11×11) – The ultimate test for puzzle masters FEATURES • Beautiful minimalist design • Intuitive touch controls • Game Center leaderboards for each difficulty • 8 achievements to unlock • Track your best times and solve counts • No ads, no in-app purchases COMPETE GLOBALLY Compare your best times and total solves with players worldwide through Game Center leaderboards. Can you become the fastest solver? ACHIEVEMENTS Earn achievements for your first win, mastering each difficulty, completing speedruns under 60 seconds, and becoming a true perfectionist with 100 total solves. Challenge your mind with Sigmar's Garden – the perfect puzzle game for quick sessions or extended play!

Screenshots

Card Crawl 24 screens
Sigmar's Garden3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Card Crawl 2 at 4.5 against Sigmar's Garden's 3.5. Card Crawl 2 also leads on ratings volume (420 vs 2) and device support (3 vs 1). Sigmar's Garden's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 7) and ads (none vs shown). On price and review sentiment 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Card Crawl 2 sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Sigmar's Garden asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Card Crawl 2 holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Card Crawl 2 has 420 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 52% of Card Crawl 2's written reviews are positive against 50% of Sigmar's Garden's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Card Crawl 2 ships an update weekly, Sigmar's Garden daily. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Card Crawl 2 versus Sigmar's Garden: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCard Crawl 2Sigmar's Garden
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (420 ratings) — better3.5 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews51.8% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings420 — better2
Update frequencyWeeklyDaily — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size592 MB6 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperArnold RauersOmer Faruk Mesebuken

Customer experience

Card Crawl 2

All ratings420 ratings
Positive86.4%
Neutral3.3%
Negative10.2%
Written reviews197 reviews
Positive51.8%
Neutral11.2%
Negative37.1%

Sigmar's Garden

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Card Crawl 2

Subscriptions1
  • Tavern Dweller Pass$0.991 Month
One-time6
  • Hero Set Purchase$0.99
  • Chest Pack$0.99
  • Pouchy Upgrade 1$1.99
Show 3 more
  • Starter Pack$4.99
  • Pouchy Upgrade 2$5.99
  • Booster Pack$8.99
None

Sigmar's Garden

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Card Crawl 2 free?
Card Crawl 2 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sigmar's Garden free?
Sigmar's Garden is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Card Crawl 2 or Sigmar's Garden?
Card Crawl 2 is rated higher. Card Crawl 2 averages 4.5 out of 5 from 420 ratings, while Sigmar's Garden averages 3.5 from 2 ratings.
Do Card Crawl 2 or Sigmar's Garden have ads?
Card Crawl 2 shows ads; Sigmar's Garden does not.
Which is updated more often, Card Crawl 2 or Sigmar's Garden?
Card Crawl 2 ships an update weekly, and Sigmar's Garden daily. Most recently, Card Crawl 2 was updated on November 5, 2026 and Sigmar's Garden on October 30, 2026.

Other comparisons