XBOX vs Sandbagged
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
XBOX
Stay connected with your gaming community through voice and text chat, notifications, and messages. Discover and purchase games, explore Game Pass content, and share your best gaming moments. This app keeps you in the game, no matter where you play.
- Voice and text chat with friends
- Game notifications and achievements
- In-app game and add-on purchases
- Explore Game Pass catalog and Perks
- Share game clips and screenshots
- Gaming Copilot for assistance
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XBOX keeps you connected to the fun with your friends, games, and supported gaming devices from your phone or tablet while on the go. Buy games you want without leaving the app. Explore Game Pass, queue games to play, set alerts for new games, and more. Keep up with friends and parties with voice and text chat, even if they're on console or PC. Share your wishlist, game clips, and screenshots from your console to favorite gaming & social networks. See game invite notifications and achievements from you and your friends, messages, and more. Track, claim, and redeem your Rewards points. Stay connected to your world of gaming with the XBOX mobile app. - XBOX keeps you connected to the fun with your friends, games, and supported gaming devices from your phone or tablet while on the go. - Share game clips and screenshots from your console to favorite gaming & social networks. - Friends and parties follow you with voice and text chat, even if they're on console or PC. - Install games remotely on your console from your phone. - See game invite notifications, achievements from you and your friends, messages, and more. - Explore Game Pass and get customized recommendations, notifications about new games, queue games to play, and more. - Buy games you want without leaving the app. - Track, claim, and redeem your Rewards points. - The XBOX mobile app is the best way to stay connected to your world of gaming. XBOX APP AGREEMENT The following terms supplement any software license terms that accompany the XBOX App. Please refer to Microsoft's EULA for Terms of Service for Microsoft's gaming applications on iOS. By installing the app, you agree to these terms and conditions: https://support.xbox.com/help/subscriptions-billing/manage-subscriptions/microsoft-software-license-terms-mobile-gaming FEEDBACK If you give feedback about the XBOX App to Microsoft, you give to Microsoft, without charge, the right to use, share and commercialize your feedback in any way and for any purpose. You also give to third parties, without charge, any patent rights needed for their products, technologies and services to use or interface with any specific parts of a Microsoft software or service that includes the feedback. You will not give feedback that is subject to a license that requires Microsoft to license its software or documentation to third parties because we include your feedback in them. These rights survive this agreement.
Sandbagged
This app accurately tracks scores for Spades games, including bids, tricks, and bags. It supports 2v2 and 3-player Cutthroat modes with automatic scoring to prevent disputes. Features include live scorecards, bag warnings, and round history.
- Automatic Spades scoring
- Bid and trick tracking
- Bag and Nil bid support
- 2v2 and 3-player modes
- Live scorecards
- Round history
- Auto-save mid-game
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Sandbagged is the sharpest Spades scorekeeper at the table. Track every bid, trick, and bag across 2v2 or 3-player Cutthroat games — with full automatic scoring so you never argue over the math again. FULL SPADES SCORING · Standard bids with overtrick (bag) tracking · Nil bids — +100 if you hold, -100 if you crack · Blind Nil — double the stakes (+/- 200) · Bag penalty: -100 every 10 bags accumulated · Target score of 300, 500, 750, or 1,000 points ALWAYS KNOW WHERE YOU STAND · Live score cards with progress toward the target · Bag meter warns you before the penalty hits · Real-time score preview before confirming each round · Full round history with swipe-to-delete YOUR GAME, SAVED · Auto-saves mid-game — pick up right where you left off No ads. No subscriptions. Just Spades.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: XBOX at 1.7M against Sandbagged's 1. XBOX also leads on chart position (#57 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). Sandbagged's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Sandbagged holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: XBOX has 1.7M ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | XBOX | Sandbagged |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.7M ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 51.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.7M — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #57 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 93 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Microsoft Corporation | Danilo Diaz |
Customer experience
XBOX
Sandbagged
Bugs and requests
XBOX
Reported bugs
4 issues- Captures not uploading or viewable in the app
- Remote control input lag and inconsistent functionality
- Messaging conversations disappearing or not loading
- Repeated sign-in prompts and account access issues
Requested features
4 requests- Add ability to browse and purchase games directly in the app
- Improve notification system and message delivery
- Restore achievement tracking and game stats viewing
- Optimize app performance and stability
Sandbagged
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
XBOX
No in-app purchases
Sandbagged
No in-app purchases








