Comparison

SheepsheadTonight vs Ward

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

Head to head
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SheepsheadTonight

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Finally, a modern Sheepshead. Pull up a chair at the Bavarian beer-garden table and play the trick-taking card game your family has played for generations โ€” beautifully rebuilt for iPhone. If you grew up with Sheepshead (Schafkopf) in Wisconsin, the Midwest, or the old country, you know the App Store has ignored it for years. Sheepshead Tonight fixes that. REAL SHEEPSHEAD RULES - Authentic 32-card deck with the full trump order โ€” every Queen, every Jack, and every Diamond - Picking the blind, burying, partners, and proper point scoring to 61 - Play hand after hand against three named AI personalities, each with their own table style A TABLE WITH CHARACTER - A warm beer-garden table, snappy trick play, and clear card faces - Track your record as picker and defender over time STAMMTISCH PASS โ€” ONE-TIME PURCHASE Unlock the Stammtisch Pass once and keep it forever: remove ads, premium card-back and table themes, and more. No subscription. Sheepshead Tonight is free to play and supported by ads; remove them anytime with the one-time Stammtisch Pass. Deal me in.

About

Ward

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A defense without guns. Enemies dive at your core from every direction โ€” and you never fire a shot. Drag gravity wells to bend their paths: slingshot attackers into the sun, crush them in a well's pull, or whip them clean off the field. Live trajectory lines show where each enemy is headed โ€” red means it is on course for your core, gold means the sun claims it. Mid-flight correctors can change course, so read the field, reposition your wells, then brace for the wave. โ€ข Pure physics combat โ€” every takedown is environmental: sun, crush, or deflection โ€ข Draft a perk between waves: new wells, deeper gravity, drag fields, core plating, solar flares โ€ข Heavies, mid-flight correctors, and Warden bosses keep every run escalating โ€ข Doctrines โ€” loadouts you choose before a run that shape its opening; earn Cores to unlock more โ€ข Free ranked Daily Challenge โ€” one shared board a day, same for every player, with a global leaderboard โ€ข Free-play runs save at every wave break and whenever you pause or leave, mid-wave included: come back and pick up where you left off GO PRO The first 10 waves are free โ€” the complete loop, every perk, and a Warden boss. Going Pro opens the endless climb past wave 10 plus Warden skins and board themes. Choose a one-time Ward unlock, or the StackForge Play Pass for Pro in every StackForge game, plus One Good Thing. Prices are shown before you buy. The Daily Challenge is always free, in full, for everyone. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy: https://stackforgestudios.com/privacy

Screenshots

SheepsheadTonight4 screens
Ward4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Ward at none against SheepsheadTonight's shown. Ward also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. SheepsheadTonight sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Ward sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
SheepsheadTonight versus Ward: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSheepsheadTonightWard
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Monthly
AdsYesNo โ€” better
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod โ€” better
Requires iOS17.015.1 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size4 MB61 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperChristian PedersenStackForge Studios

In-app purchases

1 purchases

SheepsheadTonight

One-time1
  • Sheepshead Tonight Lifetime$4.99
3 purchases

Ward

Subscriptions2
  • StackForge Play Pass Monthly$2.991 Month
  • StackForge Play Pass Annual$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Ward Full Unlock$4.99

Questions

Is SheepsheadTonight free?
SheepsheadTonight is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ward free?
Ward is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SheepsheadTonight or Ward have ads?
SheepsheadTonight shows ads; Ward does not.

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