Comparison

Spades County Rules vs Spades Mobile

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

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About

Spades County Rules

A card game variation focusing on bids and team play against AI opponents. The objective is to reach a target score by successfully making your bids, with no penalties for overbidding.

Highlights
  • Simplified Spades rules
  • Team-based gameplay
  • Play against AI
  • No points over bids
  • Quick game mode
  • Minimum bid of 4
Features
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Spades - County Rules is a variation on the Spades card game where there aren't any points over bids (bags), blinds, nil bids, and books are counted on an one to one basis. It is also a team game. Your Team against the Computer Team. The emphasis is on bids with County Rules, either you make the bid and get the points or you don't. The minimum bid is 4 and the maximum is 10. You don't get any extra points for making 10 but it will put you in a much better place because your opponent will be set. The first team to 25 wins. There is also a Quick game options where the first team to 10 wins.

About

Spades Mobile

Engage in a classic trick-taking card game played in teams. Bid on the number of tricks you expect to win, with spades as the trump suit. Score points by meeting your bid and avoid penalties for exceeding it.

Highlights
  • Advanced computer players
  • Save game state
  • Customizable winning conditions
  • Adjustable bag points and penalties
  • Game statistics
  • Intuitive interface
  • High-resolution graphics
Features
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Spades Mobile is a very popular trick-taking card game. The goal of the game is to take at least the number of tricks that were bid before each hand. The game is played in teams and spades are the trump. Your partner sits in front of you and the deals are played clockwise. If you and your partner win as many tricks as the bid you made together, your team gains 10 points for each trick. If your team wins fewer tricks than the bid, you lose 10 points for each bid trick. In order to win you need to make as many points as possible. FEATURES - Advanced computer players - Saves the state of the current game - Option to change winning conditions: i) reach 300 or 500 points, ii) play 4, 8 or 16 hands - Option to change bags points: -1, 0 or 1 point - Option to change bags penalty: 0 or -100 points - Statistics for the games you played - Intuitive interface - High resolution graphics that looks great on both tablets and phones - Nice music and sound effects TIPS - Before each round you place a bid. This bid represents the number of tricks you think you can take in that round. - If you and your partner take more tricks than the bid, each additional trick counts as a bag. Per default, for each bag you get 1 point. For every 10 bags you collect, per default you get a 100 points penalty. - If one player bids nil (0 tricks) and doesn't take any trick, he will win 100 points for the team. If he takes one or more tricks, the team will lose 100 points. - The value of the cards grows in this order: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Jack, Queen, King and Ace. - Players must follow suit. If you don't have a card of the suit which started the trick, you can place any card. - Spades are always trump. You can only play a card of spades if you cannot follow suit. Once a card of spades is played it is said that the spades are broken. After this moment you can start a trick by playing a card of spades. - If the cards in the trick are not spades, the card that follows suit and has the biggest value wins the trick. If cards of spades are played, then the highest card of spades wins the trick. If you have any technical problems, please email us directly at support@gsoftteam.com. Please, don’t leave support problems in our comments – we don’t check those regularly and it will take longer to fix any issues that you might encounter. Thank you for your understanding! Last but not least, a big THANK YOU goes out to everyone who has played Spades Mobile!

Screenshots

Spades County Rules4 screens
Spades Mobile4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Spades County Rules at 67% against Spades Mobile's 0%. Spades County Rules also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). Spades Mobile's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 3.7) and ratings volume (177 vs 7). On price 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 Mobile sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Spades County Rules asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Spades Mobile holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spades Mobile has 177 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of Spades County Rules's written reviews are positive against 0% of Spades Mobile's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Spades County Rules ships an update every 3 months, Spades Mobile every 8 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Spades County Rules versus Spades Mobile: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpades County RulesSpades Mobile
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (7 ratings)4.4 (177 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings7177 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 8 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB98 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPARIS PINKNEYG Soft Team

Customer experience

Spades County Rules

All ratings7 ratings
Positive57.1%
Neutral28.6%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%

Spades Mobile

All ratings176 ratings
Positive84.7%
Neutral7.4%
Negative8.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral16.7%
Negative83.3%

In-app purchases

None

Spades County Rules

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Spades Mobile

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99

Questions

Is Spades County Rules free?
Spades County Rules is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Spades Mobile free?
Spades Mobile is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Spades County Rules or Spades Mobile?
Spades Mobile is rated higher. Spades County Rules averages 3.7 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Spades Mobile averages 4.4 from 177 ratings.
Do Spades County Rules or Spades Mobile have ads?
Spades Mobile shows ads; Spades County Rules does not.
Which is updated more often, Spades County Rules or Spades Mobile?
Spades County Rules ships an update every 3 months, and Spades Mobile every 8 months. Most recently, Spades County Rules was updated on October 24, 2026 and Spades Mobile on October 24, 2026.

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