“Too many commercials — Way too many commercials”
Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 500 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-07.
4.8 ★270,850 ratings
—Downloads
4+Age rating
455 MBApp size
Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
Play the BEST Spades card game on your iOS device, made by MobilityWare -- the #1 card and parlor game developer!
Spades adds a new element of strategy & puzzles to the classic card game space. Plan and strategize each move as you compete with a partner to try and out-bid and out-play your opponents. Win the most books and be the first to 250 points to win! Be careful though, spades can't be played until they are broken! Precision, strategy and quick thinking are needed to master the game! We've also included clear tutorials to help you learn the game of spades at your own pace! Relax and train your brain as you compete in the game of Spades!
SPADES FEATURES:
New feature: Leagues!
- Take on several groups of players as you work your way through the ranks! - Learn advanced gameplay techniques as opponent skill increases alongside yours - Perfect your game and earn rewards!…
Preview
Real screenshots from the store listing.
Independent evidence report
The evidence behind this assessment
This is where the page changes from an app-store listing into an evidence report: findings, important reviews, pricing and a dated history.
Which version this describes
When we ran this analysis, and what the store lists now.
This analysis describes version 2.9.2 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-07 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 2.9.2, updated 2026-09-28.
What we measured
Each line is a measurement published as a measurement, never a verdict.
Each line is a measurement, published as a measurement. Where we have not looked, the line says so rather than reading as a zero.
Developer replies to reviews
Replies to fewer than 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
States a price and a billing period
Cancelling, in the store description
Does not say how to cancel
Themes reported by reviewers
1 theme reported
Counted from the reviews we have read for this app. "No theme reported" means no theme reached our reporting threshold — it is not a finding that nothing is wrong with this app, and we do not say it is.
Five-star share of ratings
80–89% five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.
In the package we scanned
No package has been scanned for this app, so nothing is published about what it ships. That is an absence of evidence about the app, not a finding about it.
Graded bands · predicate set 1.4 · how these are measured
What the analysis found
App-specific findings, grouped by what each one rests on. How they are graded lives on its own page.
The catch list 1
Charges we publish at a strength we stand behind: measured from an artefact, agreed by independent sources, or reported by enough users to clear that charge's own published bar.
Reported by users: Aggressive ad load
Advertising volume or placement that interrupts normal use: ads between every action, unskippable or forced full-screen ads.
What we saw: Raised by 63 distinct reviewers — 12.6% of the 500 reviews scanned on this store leg (App Store).
Context 1
Measured and published because a reader would want to know — deliberately not a charge. The measurement alone does not show a harm.
Cheapest and priciest options are far apart
The disclosed in-app purchases span an unusually wide price range. Published as context: the cheapest and priciest items may be different kinds of product entirely, so the spread alone deducts nothing.
What we saw: In-app purchases run from USD 0.99 to USD 24.99 — a 25x spread across 4 items
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“Too many Ads — Love this game just hate how most of the ads hold my game hostage. It causes me to lose interest and a game that should be complete in a few minutes takes sometimes days to finish.”
“Too many ads — The game goes to an add after every round. They include TEMU and other known scam sites.”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 2.9.2.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
Items shown4
Lowest$0.99
Highest$24.99
Premium Status 1 Month$4.99
Premium Status 6 Months$9.99
Premium Status 12 Months$24.99
Premium Pass$0.99