PokerTime Deluxe vs Scratch Away!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PokerTime Deluxe
Experience the thrill of video poker on your iOS device with this interactive simulation. Enjoy endless gameplay with free additional credits and chips, all without any advertisements. Play on your iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, or Apple Watch for a single low price.
- Video poker simulation
- Interactive gameplay
- Free additional game credits
- Free chip refills
- No ads
- Apple Watch support
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Can't make it to Vegas this weekend? It's still poker time with Poker Time Deluxe. Get the action of video poker right on your iOS device with our fun, interactive video poker simulation. No ads interrupt your game so it's nothing but non-stop fun on your iPad, iPhone, Apple TV or Apple Watch. With Poker Time Deluxe additional game credits are always FREE. Poker Time Deluxe provides endless hours of play for a single low price of just 99 cents! If you have a streak of bad luck and you lose all your chips, don't worry additional banks of 100 chips are free. Now available for iPad, iPod, iPhone, Apple TV and Apple Watch.
Scratch Away!
Simulate the thrill of lottery scratch tickets without spending real money. Earn in-game currency to unlock a variety of ticket types and enjoy daily rewards. Play seamlessly across multiple devices with Game Center integration.
- Lottery scratch ticket simulation
- No in-app purchases or microtransactions
- Earn in-game currency (hearts) to buy tickets
- Daily and weekly in-game presents
- Variety of scratch ticket types (bingo, poker, etc.)
- Unlock tickets through challenges
- Cross-device syncing via Game Center
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Scratch Away! is the ultimate lottery scratch ticket simulator. Do you love playing scratch tickets but don't like spending the money? Scratch Away! is a buy once, play forever game that has no in-app purchases and no micro transactions! Win hearts in-game and use those hearts to buy more scratch tickets, play to your heart's content! In-game presents are awarded every day to make sure you always have hearts and tickets to play! Game Features: Play a wide range of scratch tickets from classic scratchers, to line match, to crossword, to bingo, to blackjack and poker, roulette, naval strike, and more! Complete in-game challenges to unlock more and more tickets. Scratch Away! comes with 28 unique tickets, with more available in future (free!) updates. Play on Multiple Devices Scratch Away! natively supports all iPhones and iPads and has been specifically laid out to fit each device. If you sign into Game Center, your hearts and tickets will sync between them for seamless gameplay. Start playing on one device and pick up later on your other device! Special Surprises When buying tickets you might get something unexpected, and when playing tickets you might also win free tickets and bonus games! In addition, a new present is given every day, with bigger presents given once a week and once per month! Open the app every day to collect your prize.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Scratch Away! at 91% against PokerTime Deluxe's 0%. Scratch Away! also leads on rating (4.2 vs 2.5) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 15 months). PokerTime Deluxe's advantage is device support (5 vs 2) and chart position (#25 vs #103). 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
PokerTime Deluxe costs $0.99 and Scratch Away! $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Scratch Away! holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Scratch Away! has 10 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of PokerTime Deluxe's written reviews are positive against 91% of Scratch Away!'s.
PokerTime Deluxe ships an update every 15 months, Scratch Away! every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PokerTime Deluxe | Scratch Away! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | $0.99 |
| Rating | 2.5 (2 ratings) | 4.2 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 90.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 15 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #25 — better | #103 |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 223 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Ventura Educational Systems | Human Feet Inc. |
Customer experience
PokerTime Deluxe
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In-app purchases
PokerTime Deluxe
No in-app purchases
Scratch Away!
No in-app purchases
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