Draw a Card Deck vs PODOC
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Draw a Card Deck
This app simulates a deck of cards for various games and decision-making. It allows customization of card decks, shuffling options, and downloading free decks from different categories.
- Tap to flip cards
- Customizable card decks
- Shuffle after flip option
- Draw until deck empty option
- Download free decks
- Multiple deck categories
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Tap the screen to flip a card. Ideal if you need a deck of cards for games such as drinking games, or to solve an argument. Draw a Card offers you different card layouts and options. With Draw a Card you can define the cards containing in the deck, and you can set the deck to shuffle after a card being flipped, or to draw cards until the deck is empty. You can also download new decks completely free. There are many categories to chose from.
PODOC
A digital card table for playing various card games with friends, either locally or online. Offers pre-configured games and extensive customization options for creating your own rules. No ads or tracking, focusing on pure gameplay.
- Digital card table
- Play with real people
- 10 pre-configured games
- Build custom games
- Local Wi-Fi play
- Online multiplayer
- No ads or tracking
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Podoc is a digital card table for playing real card games with real people. There are no computer opponents and no rules to get in your way — Podoc deals the cards, sets the table, and rotates the dealer. You and your friends play by the rules you know (or the house rules you've argued over for years). 10 GAMES, READY TO DEAL Every game comes pre-configured with the right deck, layout, and features: • War — the classic high-card battle • Go Fish — collect sets of four by asking for cards • Crazy Eights — match suit or rank; eights are wild • Hearts — dodge the hearts and the Queen of Spades • Spades — bid, take tricks, and race your partner to 500 • Euchre — fast 4-player, 2-vs-2 trick-taking • Gin Rummy — build melds and knock • Golf — swap cards for the lowest score over 9 holes • May I — contract rummy across 7 escalating rounds • 65 — an 11-round gin-style game from Grandma Bette BUILD YOUR OWN GAME Beyond the presets, create fully custom games: choose the number of decks, add jokers, turn draw and discard piles on or off, enable a shared play area, trick-taking, score sheets, card passing, and teams. Save your presets and deal them anytime. PLAY IN PERSON — FREE Local play connects everyone over Wi-Fi on the same network. No internet, no account, no charge. Pass the devices around the kitchen table. PLAY ONLINE — ANYWHERE Start an online table and share a 6-character code; friends anywhere in the world join in seconds. MADE FOR CARD PLAYERS • Drag-and-drop cards between your hand, layout, the shared arena, and the piles • Round-by-round score sheets • Trick-taking for Spades, Hearts, and Euchre • Card passing for Hearts, Go Fish, and your own variants • Team play with configurable partnerships • Five card-back designs, or upload your own • Save and resume a game when everyone rejoins • Sound effects and event notifications (both optional) HONEST BY DESIGN No ads. No tracking. No analytics. Podoc doesn't collect personal information or require an account — just gather your players and deal. Local play is free forever. Online multiplayer requires a subscription: • Podoc Monthly — $2.99/month • Podoc Annual — $19.99/year Both include a 1-week free trial and are Family Sharing enabled. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://podoc.io/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://podoc.io/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PODOC at 5.0 against Draw a Card Deck's 4.6. PODOC also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 71%). Draw a Card Deck's advantage is ratings volume (837 vs 1). 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. Draw a Card Deck sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and PODOC sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
PODOC holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Draw a Card Deck has 837 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Draw a Card Deck's written reviews are positive against 100% of PODOC's.
Draw a Card Deck ships an update every 3 months, PODOC every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Draw a Card Deck | PODOC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (837 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 837 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Joao Caetano | Apotherium LLC |
Customer experience
Draw a Card Deck
PODOC
Bugs and requests
Draw a Card Deck
Reported bugs
2 issues- Joker keeps getting added to 52-card deck
- Dark mode text is unreadable
Requested features
4 requests- Shuffle function
- Ability to customize decks
- Show number of cards remaining
- Full deck view
PODOC
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Draw a Card Deck
- Remove ads$0.99
PODOC
- PODOC Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- PODOC Annual7 Days trial$19.991 Year
Questions
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