Extreme 500 vs Ultimate 500 Lite
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Extreme 500
Experience the classic card game of 500 with a modern, elegant design. Bid, pass, and play trump to win in either a 4-player partnered or 3-player solo mode against challenging AI. Customize your gameplay with different scoring systems and deck sizes.
- Classic 500 card game
- 4-player partnered mode
- 3-player solo mode
- Intelligent AI opponents
- Three scoring systems
- Adjustable deck size
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Extreme 500 is the classic game of 500, with a fresh elegant simplistic design. Bid, Pass and Trump your way to victory, playing the traditional 4 player partnered 500 or a cutthroat 3 player solo 500. With and against intelligent and challenging Ai. Play your way! Choose from three different scoring systems and choose how many cards in your deck.
Ultimate 500 Lite
Enjoy a popular card game with intelligent AI opponents or challenge friends locally. Customize game rules, use personal photos for card tables, and track your progress with a local leaderboard. This version offers core gameplay with helpful features for an enhanced experience.
- Play against AI opponents
- Local multiplayer (pass and play)
- Customizable game rules
- Use personal photos for game visuals
- Undo feature
- Intelligent bid/play suggestions
- Local leaderboard
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The free version of the ultimate 500 card game with following features: - - Play against intelligent AI opponents. - Play against friends on same device using pass and play - Take photo's or use images on your device to appear as your card table or the card's themselves! - Customise rules to allow different variations of your game as per the 500 wiki. - Undo feature after each move - Intelligent Suggest feature to recommend what to bid or even what card to play - Ability to control game pace between tricks and between games - Local leaderboard to keep track of all game statistics - Play in landscape or portrait on iPad with improved interface Any bugs, support questions or ideas for improvements please go to Facebook Community page http://www.facebook.com/ultimate500community
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Ultimate 500 Lite at Free against Extreme 500's $2.99. Ultimate 500 Lite also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 14.0). Extreme 500's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 3.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On device support there is nothing between them.
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Ultimate 500 Lite is free to download; Extreme 500 costs $2.99 up front. Ultimate 500 Lite sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Extreme 500 asks for nothing beyond the download.
Extreme 500 holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Extreme 500 has 577 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of Extreme 500's written reviews are positive against 17% of Ultimate 500 Lite's.
Extreme 500 ships an update every 2 months, Ultimate 500 Lite every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | Extreme 500 | Ultimate 500 Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.4 (577 ratings) — better | 3.5 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 43.1% of reviews — better | 17.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 577 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 79 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | James Swiney | Mark Deitch |
Customer experience
Extreme 500
Ultimate 500 Lite
Bugs and requests
Extreme 500
Reported bugs
4 issues- Cards disappearing from screen
- No-trump bid not working properly
- Misere bid overriding higher bids
- Incorrect scoring for misere
Requested features
6 requests- Online/multiplayer mode
- Customizable settings (e.g. speed, sound)
- Ability to sort cards into suits
- Improved partner AI
- Scoring/bidding clarifications
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- Support for additional 500 variants (e.g. open misere)
Ultimate 500 Lite
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Extreme 500
No in-app purchases
Ultimate 500 Lite
- Remove Ads$0.99
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