jack7 vs Ultimate Switch
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
jack7
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The UK Black Jack card game, also known as Switch or Last Card. Empty your hand first. Sounds simple, until the 2s start stacking, a Black Jack lands and someone drops a naked Queen at exactly the wrong moment. Match the pile by suit or rank, chain cards into runs and use the power cards to load your opponents with pickups. First to empty their hand wins. Forget to call "Cards!" and you pay the penalty. PLAY FRIENDS ONLINE. Real-time games for up to 7 players. Browse public tables and jump straight in, or start a room and share the code. Drop your connection and you're reconnected. BOTS WITH PERSONALITY. Stacking Stan piles on the pickups. Sneaky Pete plays the long game. Nervous Nora folds under pressure. Six distinct personalities. PLAY OFFLINE. No signal, no problem. Full games against bots without any network. SAVE AND RESUME. Leave mid-game and pick up exactly where you left off. YOUR HOUSE RULES. Change the deal, the penalties, runs, Jokers, turn timers and more. Every rule explains itself with a worked example. THE POWER CARDS. Stack 2s and Black Jacks for bigger pickups and cancel them with a Red Jack. Skip with 8s, reverse with Kings, change suit with Aces and declare Jokers as anything. Risk the naked Queen, but cover her fast. Free, with no ads and no in-app purchases. Music: "Background Jazz" by Mike Sheldon, licensed under CC BY.
Ultimate Switch
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I created this app for my brother, so that we could continue to play our childhood favourite game together despite him now living halfway across the world. It’s both a faithful digital recreation of a classic, and the birth of the Ultimate way to play; bringing new rules and features that are the product of years of quality time spent together. Whether you’re playing with someone in the same room or across an ocean, I hope this game brings you the same shared happiness it has given us for years. PLAY YOUR WAY • VS Computer — 3 difficulty levels with over 60 AI opponents, each with their own name and personality • Pass & Play — hand the phone around the table like the old days • Online — play with friends or strangers through Game Center or public lobbies • Tournaments — 16-player single elimination brackets against AI opponents TWO GAME MODES • Classic — the Switch you know. Match suits, match ranks, stack 2s, skip with 8s, reverse with Jacks, change suit with Aces • Ultimate — everything in Classic, plus Red Jokers (wild cards) and Black Jokers (bonus point cards), Sudden Death buy-backs, and higher stakes scoring MAKE IT YOURS • 9 card back designs including animated Aurora styles (With more on the way!) • Player colour themes, avatars, and win celebration effects (With more on the way!) • Name yourself, pick your look, and your opponents see it all online LEVEL UP • Earn XP from every game — more for harder wins, tournament runs, and Ultimate mode • 38 achievements across Bronze, Silver, and Gold tiers • Track your stats: win streaks, cards played, specials used, tournament results • Quick Play streaks with increasing XP bonuses Why you’ll love it • Easy to learn, rewarding to try and master: This game can picked up and played by anyone of any level of card game experience, and the progression system, competitive leaderboards and the variety of game modes will keep you playing for hours and hours on end. • Fast rounds, big decisions: Play quick hands that reward timing and risk. • Customisation: Make this app your own! Chose layers of customisation above the Game Center customisation to fully set yourself apart. Whether it is your pack of cards or your explosive winning annimation, this will feel truly unique to you! • Fully integrated XP system • Game Center integration and leaderboards • CPU Player personalities How To Play: • Match the top card by suit or number to play your card and be one step closer to winning that round with an empty hand and a crown on your head. If you cannot match a suit or number however, you'll have to draw yet another card for your hand, hopefully it will be a special card to boost your chances of winning. • Play special cards to bend the rules: stack 2s to make your opponents take between 2 and 16 cards in a single go, skip peoples go with 8s, reverse direction of play with Jacks, and change the current suit with Aces. • When a player empties their hand, the round ends. Everyone else counts their remaining cards, this will then be deducted from their score to eliminate the losers. • The match continues over multiple rounds until a champion is crowned. Ultimate Mode: • Transform the Red Joker into any rank to keep your streak alive. • If you are unlucky enough to land the Black Joker then you're in for an extra challenge, but if you are skilled enough to play it you might have just won yourself the whole game! • Sudden Death Buy-Back! This mode allows one last shot to stay in the game, if all players land in a sudden death buy back then it'll winner takes all!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Ultimate Switch at every 3 days against jack7's fortnightly. jack7's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.2). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
jack7 ships an update fortnightly, Ultimate Switch every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | jack7 | Ultimate Switch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | AMBacelar LTD | CHARLIE JAMES FOGG |
In-app purchases
jack7
No in-app purchases
Ultimate Switch
No in-app purchases
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