Comparison

Spades vs Table for Four

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

Head to head
About

Spades

Enjoy a classic card game experience offline, with customizable rules and fair AI opponents. Learn strategies with helpful hints and track your progress with detailed statistics. Play as much as you want with a free-to-play model and an optional one-time purchase for unlimited access.

Highlights
  • Offline play
  • Fair AI opponents
  • Bid and play hints
  • Customizable rules
  • Detailed statistics
  • Multiple difficulty levels
  • Undo and replay options
Features
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The grown-up Spades app. Free to play, with one optional unlock and fair AI. No ads, no subscriptions, no accounts. Works offline - even on a plane. Whether you have played Spades your whole life or you are still working out when to bid nil, there is a seat at this table: fair AI partners and opponents, hints from your own seat whenever you want one, and the house rules set the way your table plays them. FAIR AI PARTNERS AND OPPONENTS Three difficulty levels - Easy, Normal and Hard - and every one of them plays the hand it was dealt, seeing the same thirteen cards you see and the same tricks on the table. No stacked deals, and no rubber-banding when you pull ahead. Hard bids with the bag count in mind, so it knows when your side is one overtrick from the ten-bag penalty. LEARN THE HAND, PLAY IT BETTER • Bid Hint - what the Hard AI would bid from your seat, and why • Play Hint - the same for the card in front of you, with one line of reasoning • Unplayed Cards - lay out every card still unaccounted for • Play Log - every completed trick of the hand, and who took it • Last Trick - a free look back any time, just tap the middle of the table • Undo a card you wish you had back • Replay Hand and take the deal again from the top • Statistics for every game you play, kept on your device YOUR RULES, YOUR TABLE • Play to 250, 500 or 750 • Bid nil for 100, or go blind nil before you look at your hand for 200 • Turn nil bids off entirely if that is how your table plays • Standard Hoyle scoring, full bag tracking, the ten-bag penalty • Slow, normal or fast card animation • Confirm Before Playing, for when the phone is in one hand • Card backs, table felts and card faces, previewed together on a live table PICK IT UP ANYWHERE • Plays completely offline - on a plane, on the subway, anywhere • Autosaves after every single card, so a phone call never costs you a hand • iPhone and iPad, portrait and landscape, laid out for each • Card sounds, haptics, and an optional jazz loop that steps aside when Spotify or a podcast is already playing FREE TO PLAY, WITH ONE OPTIONAL UNLOCK • A game costs 50 coins, and the game gives you coins: 50 for coming back each day, 50 for a win, 3 for breaking spades • Hints and powerups run 2 to 10 coins • Spades VIP, one purchase, gives you unlimited games, free powerups, and every card back, felt and card face • No ads, no subscription, no coin packs, no accounts, no sign-in Download Spades: No Ads and play classic partnership Spades free and offline, with Family Sharing - one purchase covers the household. Privacy Policy: https://blite.github.io/Spades/privacy/ Terms of Service: https://blite.github.io/Spades/terms/

About

Table for Four

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Table for Four brings six classic card games to your iPhone and iPad — each one playable any time you like, against three computer opponents who actually know how to play. GAMES INCLUDED • Hearts — the classic penalty-avoidance game, the classic desktop Hearts ruleset • Oh Hell — bid your tricks exactly, and score by being right • Rikken — a Dutch trick-taking game with hidden partnerships • Toepen — four cards, one bet, and the nerve to bluff • Crazy Eights — shed your hand before anyone else does • Spades — the American partnership classic, bid together with your partner WHY TABLE FOR FOUR • Six full games in one app — no separate downloads, no separate purchases • Real opponents. The computer players use genuine search-based strategy, not random guessing — every difficulty tier is measured, not guessed • Three difficulty levels per game, from a relaxed match to a serious challenge • Completely free. No ads, no in-app purchases, no subscriptions • No account, no sign-in, nothing to set up • Works fully offline — play anywhere, no internet connection needed • Available in Dutch and English Whether you grew up playing Rikken at the kitchen table or you're discovering Hearts for the first time, Table for Four is built for one thing: a good game, whenever you want one.

Screenshots

Spades4 screens
Table for Four3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Table for Four at none against Spades's 1. Table for Four also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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. Spades sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Table for Four asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Spades versus Table for Four: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpadesTable for Four
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (81 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings81 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMichael HollowayErik Hamoen

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Spades

One-time1
  • Spades VIP$0.99
None

Table for Four

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Spades free?
Spades is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Table for Four free?
Table for Four is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Spades or Table for Four have ads?
Neither Spades nor Table for Four shows ads.

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