Comparison

Spades Elite vs Table Talk Spades

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

Head to head
About

Spades Elite

Enjoy a classic card game experience with smart AI opponents or play with friends in private rooms. Offers various game modes, custom scores, and a relaxing dark theme for offline play.

Highlights
  • Classic, Quick, Expert & Endless Game Modes
  • Private Rooms via 6-Digit Code
  • Custom Target Scores
  • Smart AI Opponents
  • Offline Play
  • Dark Theme
Features
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Play classic Spades anytime with smart AI opponents or host private rooms with your friends! Enjoy fast-paced matches, Daily Puzzles, and a clean, relaxing card game experience. Features: • Classic, Quick, Expert & Endless Game Modes • Private Rooms (Join via 6-Digit Code) • Custom Target Scores (100–500 PTS) • Smart AI Opponents & Offline Play • Smooth Dark Theme & Easy Controls

About

Table Talk Spades

Play Spades with custom house rules and invite friends instantly via a shared link. The app handles scoring and offers bot players, making it easy to start a game anytime, anywhere.

Highlights
  • Customizable house rules
  • Instant invite via link/QR code
  • No download or account needed for players
  • Automatic scorekeeping
  • AI bot players
  • Themed table backgrounds
  • Quick reactions and end-of-game awards
Features
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Spades the way your house actually plays it. Start a table, pick your rules, and send one link. Your players tap it, type a name, and sit down — no download and no account on their end. Four seats fill in about a minute. SET THE RULES ONCE Play to 250, 500, or 750. Jokers and deuces high. Board. Blind nil. Boston. Even reneging, if your table calls it out. Set it up the way your family has always played, and the game runs itself from there. ONE LINK OR A QR CODE Drop the link in the group chat, or hold up the QR code if everybody's in the same room. Seats fill as people arrive. If somebody's phone dies or the signal drops, they come right back to the same hand. THE GAME KEEPS SCORE Books, bags, nil, blind nil, set. The app tracks all of it, so nobody has to be the scorekeeper and nobody has to argue about what the score was three hands ago. TABLE TALK Quick reactions so you can talk your talk without leaving the hand. End-of-game awards for the things worth bragging about. And Run It Back, for when nobody's ready to stop. PICK YOUR TABLE Backyard, Family Reunion, Barbershop, or Rooftop — the table looks like the room you'd rather be in. SHORT A PLAYER Fill any empty seat with a bot that actually plays. Start the game with two people if that's who showed up. BUILT FOR THE GROUP CHAT THAT KEEPS SAYING "WE NEED TO PLAY SOON" Game night. Family reunions. Partners three states apart. Table Talk Spades is for real tables, real partners, and the rules your house has been playing for years. Free to play. No ads.

Screenshots

Spades Elite4 screens
Table Talk Spades4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Table Talk Spades at none against Spades Elite's shown. Table Talk Spades also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and ratings volume (7 vs 1). On price, rating, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Spades Elite against 5.0 for Table Talk Spades. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Table Talk Spades has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Spades Elite versus Table Talk Spades: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpades EliteTable Talk Spades
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings17 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.415.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB2 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperBansi PatelDesign Matrix Studio

In-app purchases

None

Spades Elite

No in-app purchases

None

Table Talk Spades

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Spades Elite free?
Spades Elite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Table Talk Spades free?
Table Talk Spades is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Spades Elite or Table Talk Spades?
Spades Elite and Table Talk Spades are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 7 ratings respectively.
Do Spades Elite or Table Talk Spades have ads?
Spades Elite shows ads; Table Talk Spades does not.

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