Comparison

Ardoise Jass vs JassMax

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

Head to head
About

Ardoise Jass

This app digitizes the traditional Jass scoreboard, allowing players to track scores with chalk-like strokes on a virtual slate. It supports various scoring methods, offers game history, and allows sharing scorecards.

Highlights
  • Virtual slate scoring
  • Automatic point calculation
  • Round history and correction
  • Game statistics
  • Score sharing
  • Multi-game support
Features
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Put away the notepad: Ardoise Jass turns your iPhone or iPad into the slate for your Jass games. Points are marked on the classic Z, with strokes for hundreds, fifties and twenties, just like with chalk. Each team has its half of the slate, the right way up for the players on each side of the table. FEATURES • Regular points, declarations and matches, with multipliers from ×1 to ×6 • Automatic calculation of the other team's points • Step back and forward through the rounds to check or correct the score • Statistics: running totals per round, points and declarations per team • Points to win, points per round and match points set for each game • All your games kept: current games and completed games • Share the score as a picture • Rematch with the same teams and settings, or reset a game to play it again • Choose the color of the Z, or show the totals only • iPhone and iPad, with the list and the board side by side on larger screens • In English, French, German and Italian Ardoise Jass is free, with ads and two games at a time. The Full App, a one-time purchase, removes the ads and lets you keep as many games as you like. Suggestions? Write to us at ardoise_jass@kynaps.com. We read every message. Have fun!

About

JassMax

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JassMax is a scoring app for the Swiss national game Jass. It supports the game variants "Schieber" and "Büüter". It allows for different input methods for scoring and provides an additional split screen mode for better accessibility for all game participants.

Screenshots

Ardoise Jass4 screens
JassMax4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: JassMax at none against Ardoise Jass's 1. JassMax also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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. Ardoise Jass sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. JassMax asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ardoise Jass ships an update every 10 days, JassMax every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Ardoise Jass versus JassMax: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArdoise JassJassMax
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKynapsFelix Stehli

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Ardoise Jass

One-time1
  • Full App$2.99
None

JassMax

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ardoise Jass free?
Ardoise Jass is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is JassMax free?
JassMax is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Ardoise Jass or JassMax have ads?
Ardoise Jass shows ads; JassMax does not.
Which is updated more often, Ardoise Jass or JassMax?
Ardoise Jass ships an update every 10 days, and JassMax every 3 weeks. Most recently, Ardoise Jass was updated on November 1, 2026 and JassMax on October 30, 2026.

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