Comparison

Spades Score Tracker vs Bower

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

Head to head
About

Spades Score Tracker

Features
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Spades Score Tracker is the simplest way to keep score for the card game Spades. Put down the pencil and paper, enter each team's bid and tricks, and the app does the math for every hand. BUILT FOR SPADES • Enter bids and tricks and it calculates scores instantly • Partnership (2 teams) or Solo / Cutthroat (3–4 players) • Nil and Blind Nil bidding, scored for you • Bag tracking with an optional sandbag penalty (−100 for every 10 bags) • Set your target score (default 500), the winner is crowned automatically • Tap to edit any past round if you mis-enter a score YOUR HOUSE RULES Everyone plays Spades a little differently. Choose your nil value, turn blind nil and the sandbag penalty on or off, set the target. Before a game or change it mid-game, this scoreboard keeps up. SIMPLE AND DISTRACTION-FREE • A clean, bold scoreboard you can read from across the table • Works completely offline, no account, no sign-up • No ads, ever • Games save automatically so you can pick up where you left off NEW TO SPADES? A built-in How to Play guide walks you through bidding, taking tricks, nil and blind nil, bags, and how scoring works. FREE TO START Track your first game free. Unlock unlimited games with Spades Premium. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Whether it's family game night or a serious partnership rivalry, Spades Score Tracker keeps the score so you can focus on the cards.

About

Bower

Experience a classic card game with customizable rules and AI opponents. Learn the game with a guided mode and track your progress with career stats. Play with friends on a single device.

Highlights
  • Offline play
  • Ad-free experience
  • Customizable house rules
  • Three difficulty levels
  • Guide mode for learning
  • Pass and play multiplayer
  • Career statistics tracking
Features
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Bower is euchre the way it's played at a kitchen table — you and your partner against two opponents, first team to 10 or 11 points. No accounts. No ads. No timers pushing you to play faster. Just the game. A GOOD GAME, EVERY TIME Your partner leads suits that make sense, holds trump when it should, and won't hand the opponents a round it could have taken. Three difficulty levels set how hard the whole table plays — Easy while you learn, Hard once you want a fight. LEARN BY PLAYING Guide mode deals a practice hand and walks you through every decision: what the right bower is, why the left bower counts as trump, when it's worth going alone. Nothing in it counts against your record. A How to Play reference is one tap away whenever a rule slips your mind. THE RULES YOU PLAY BY Every table has its own house rules, so Bower lets you set yours: • Stick the Dealer — the dealer must call if everyone passes twice • First to 10 or first to 11 • Partner's Best — a lone player trades a discard for their partner's best card • Farmer's Hand Redeal — throw in a hand with nothing above a ten • Auto Mode — plays your card for you when there's only one legal choice PASS AND PLAY Hand the phone around. Any seat at the table can be a person instead of the computer, so two, three, or four of you can play on a single device. FOUR LOOKS Classic Felt is the green table you'd expect. Midnight is dark and quiet. Kitchen is warm paper and serif type. Court Press is high-contrast and loud. TRACK YOUR GAME Career stats follow your wins, your euchres, your lone marches and your longest streak. Achievements unlock as you go, and sync to Game Center. Your game saves itself. Close the app mid-hand and pick it up exactly where you left off. Euchre is a 24-card trick-taking game played across the American Midwest, Ontario and beyond. If you grew up with it, Bower will feel familiar. If you didn't, guide mode will get you playing in about five minutes.

Screenshots

Spades Score Tracker4 screens
Bower4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Bower at daily against Spades Score Tracker's every 6 days. Spades Score Tracker's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Spades Score Tracker sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $3.99 per year and Bower sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Spades Score Tracker ships an update every 6 days, Bower daily. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and August 11, 2026 respectively.

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Spades Score Tracker versus Bower: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpades Score TrackerBower
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperErin KerrCapware LLC

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Spades Score Tracker

Subscriptions1
  • Premium Unlock$3.991 Year
1 purchases

Bower

One-time1
  • Bower Pro$2.99

Questions

Is Spades Score Tracker free?
Spades Score Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bower free?
Bower is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Spades Score Tracker or Bower have ads?
Neither Spades Score Tracker nor Bower shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Spades Score Tracker or Bower?
Spades Score Tracker ships an update every 6 days, and Bower daily. Most recently, Spades Score Tracker was updated on September 26, 2026 and Bower on August 11, 2026.

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