Canasta. vs Holodek
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Canasta.
Experience the strategic card game of the rummy family, featuring joker cards for unpredictable gameplay. Form melds, create canastas, and aim for 5000 points to win team rounds.
- Rummy family card game
- Joker cards for unpredictability
- Team play against computer
- Forming melds and canastas
- Scoring to 5000 points
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Canasta is the popular card game of the rummy family also known as Argentine Rummy. Use of joker cards makes the game unpredictable and very challenging. You play as a team with computer opponent against computer team. Pick up cards and fit them into groups (melds). Group of seven cards called canasta and allows team to finish the round. Points go for the melds, the first team scoring 5000 points wins.
Holodek
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Step into the game. Holodek is a premium home for card, word, puzzle and board games on your phone — multiplayer with friends, computer opponents, no ads, no clutter. Five daily puzzles — Queens, Tango, Wordle, Breach and Sudoku — are playable without an account. One go at each, every day. Make an account when you want a streak, a club or a friend to beat. FIFTEEN GAMES, ONE APP Daily puzzles — Wordle, Sudoku, Queens, Tango, Breach Card games — Eina, Spite & Malice, Blind Man's Bluff, Solitaire, Bingo Numbers & logic — Countdown, The Numbers Game, Number Maze Board & party — Ludo, Lizard Spock BREACH Six code words hidden in a grid of twenty-five. An AI hands you one-word clues; you decode them before the worm eats the board. Play it solo as a daily, co-op with a friend, or head-to-head. PLAY YOUR WAY Play head-to-head with a friend over a room code, jump into a quick match, or take on a computer opponent. Rounds are real-time and server-driven — no host, no waiting, no drama. Bots fill in when matchmaking is quiet, so you never wait long. Add friends, build a profile, collect badges, and start a club — a group that checks in on the same daily puzzles and shares a board. GENEROUSLY FREE No ads. Ever. • Today's daily puzzle in every game — free forever • Every card, board and multiplayer game • 30 practice puzzles per difficulty, in every puzzle game • One club, up to 8 members HOLODEK PLUS — OPTIONAL Holodek Plus is an optional subscription that adds depth, never an advantage: • Every past daily — the full archive • Unlimited practice puzzles, every difficulty, every game • Unlimited Breach • Hints with no daily cap • Unlimited clubs, up to 30 members, with past boards and all-time standings • Every new game we ship, in full Plus never buys a better result: hints are capped per puzzle for everyone, subscribers included, and dailies have no hints at all. SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS Breach is clued by an AI, so the free tier includes five Breach sims a day; Holodek Plus removes that limit. Every other card, board and multiplayer game is unlimited on the free tier. Holodek Plus is offered as a monthly subscription and an annual subscription. Prices are shown in the app in your local currency before you buy. Payment is charged to your store account on confirmation. The subscription renews automatically for the same period unless auto-renewal is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; your account is charged for renewal within the 24 hours before the period ends. Manage the subscription or turn off auto-renewal in your store account settings at any time. If a free trial is offered, any unused portion is forfeited when you buy the subscription. Privacy Policy: https://www.holodek.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.holodek.app/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Holodek at every 9 days against Canasta.'s every 2 months. 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
Both are free to download. Canasta. sells 12 one-off in-app purchases and Holodek sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Canasta. ships an update every 2 months, Holodek every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Canasta. | Holodek |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (25K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 70.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 25K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Sergey Skosyrev | NOLDOR (PTY) LTD |
Bugs and requests
Canasta.
Reported bugs
4 issues- Partner ignores player's instructions
- Opponents get unrealistic card draws
- Incorrect implementation of Canasta rules
- Game freezes or crashes unexpectedly
Requested features
5 requests- Online multiplayer mode
- Customizable difficulty levels
- Ability to choose partner skill level
- Clearer display of canasta information
- Option to play 2-player version
Holodek
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Canasta.
- 1000 diamonds$0.99
- Cards from deck$1.99
- 2200 diamonds$1.99
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- Win Points$2.99
- 3400 diamonds$2.99
- 4700 diamonds$3.99
- Partner difficulty$4.99
- Opponents difficulty$4.99
- 6000 diamonds$4.99
- 8500 diamonds$6.99
- Advanced Features$9.99
- 12500 diamonds$9.99
Holodek
- Holodek Plus7 Days trial$3.991 Month
- Holodek Plus Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Holodek Premium$4.99
- Holodek Founder$19.99









