Shellkeep vs Pokermancer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shellkeep
Collect, merge, and battle unique cards with thousands of possibilities. Hunt for ultra-rare holographic Shinies and compete with other players in live auctions and club bounties. Build your ultimate collection and test your luck.
- Generate and collect thousands of cards
- Hunt for ultra-rare holographic Shinies
- Bid, deal, and sell cards
- Join clubs to team up with collectors
- Compete in live auctions and daily deals
- No advertisements
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Generate and collect thousands of cards. Hunt the ultra-rares almost no one will ever own. Every card rolls two independent rarities, so there are 1,000 normal cards and 1,000 holographic Shinies to chase, 2,000 in all. The rarest are rarer than 1 in a million to pull. And every card has a 1 in 50 shot at being Shiny. GENERATE & DISCOVER Create new cards on a timer, then watch each one reveal. The rarity climbs as the card comes into focus, and the rarer it lands, the bigger the moment. HUNT SHINIES Every Shiny is holographic and 50 times rarer than its normal version. Completing the Shiny set is the ultimate flex. BID, DEAL & SELL Outbid real players in live auctions to snag the cards you're missing, grab limited daily deals, and sell your spare eggs back to the game for coins. JOIN A CLUB Team up with other collectors, pool your finds, and win weekly club bounties together. NO ADS Not one. Ever. Think you can beat the odds? Start your collection today.
Pokermancer
Engage in a strategic roguelite poker-puzzle experience by tracing card paths on a 4x4 grid to form poker hands and achieve target scores. Collect items and trinkets to enhance your build and overcome escalating challenges and boss encounters across multiple floors.
- Strategic card path tracing
- Poker hand formation
- Roguelite progression
- Item and trinket collection
- Boss battles with unique rules
- Escalating difficulty modes
- One-handed play
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Pokermancer is a roguelite poker-puzzle game built for quick, strategic runs. Trace paths through a 4x4 grid of cards to create poker hands and reach the target score. Cleared cards disappear, new cards fall in from your deck, and every path you draw can matter as much as the hand you form. Between rounds, spend your gold in the Break Room on trinkets and items that change how you score. Discover powerful synergies, shape your build, and turn modest hands into massive results. Each floor adds new hazards that change the board, including frozen, burning, and statically charged cards. Every fifth round, a boss changes up the rules. Adapt your strategy or lose the run! Beat all five tables to unlock Overtime, an escalating difficulty mode with ten ranks that remove resources, add challenges, and push your builds even further. Play for free through the first three floors. One purchase unlocks the full game! Features: * 100+ trinkets and 30+ items to collect * 11 unique starting packs each with their own perks and spells * 25+ boss conditions * 7 hazard types to contend with * 10 Overtime difficulty ranks per pack * Keep playing in an endless mode beyond floor 5 * Portrait orientation and one-handed play * No ads, no loot boxes, no pay-to-win; one purchase unlocks the entire game and all future content
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Shellkeep at 4.9 against Pokermancer's 4.6. Shellkeep also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). Pokermancer's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly) and ratings volume (152 vs 31). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. Shellkeep sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Pokermancer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Shellkeep holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 31 and 152 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 90% of Shellkeep's written reviews are positive against 88% of Pokermancer's.
Shellkeep ships an update weekly, Pokermancer every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shellkeep | Pokermancer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (31 ratings) — better | 4.6 (152 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 90.0% of reviews — better | 87.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 31 | 152 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 110 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hamlab AB | Adam Bray |
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Shellkeep
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In-app purchases
Shellkeep
- Quick Gems$0.99
- Small Gems$2.99
- Big Gems$6.99
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- Mega Gems$14.99
Pokermancer
- Full Game Unlock$4.99
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