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Spades Classic Card Game App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024
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✓ Why isn’t my partner working with me?Hi, like others I love this game, but am fed up with the hidden advantage the opponents seem to have. I like a challenge but my partner seems to do inexplicable plays, when clearly there would have been better plays with the cards they had. Very frustrating!.Version: 1.0.2
✓ SpadesGood game. Too many ads.Version: 1.1.0
✓ NIL problems - deleted game!I’ve been enjoying this game. Like other players, I have noticed that my partner will NEVER cut the opposing team’s NIL bid, it always takes the trick when it has a lower card which would have cut the NIL. I’m the only one who even tries to cut their NIL. However, if I bid NIL, the opposing team will frequently cut my NIL by throwing low cards. (If you don’t believe me, explain how I could win a bid with a 4 of clubs, and my partner threw off but had a spade left). The other team is the computer and it knows my cards. My partner is also the computer and it knows their cards but it will not support my NIL by taking the trick when it has the card to save the NIL. It’s very frustrating!.Version: 1.4.1
✓ Spades by Mobility WareI have been playing this game for a reasonable time now. I really like the game but I have decided to stop using it because there are some annoying and disincentivising features. When I win a round and I have demolished the opponent team with better use of the cards I receive a notice that it was a tremendous round for me but almost instantaneously the game adds upwards of 50 points to my opponent when they have done nothing to deserve this significant uplift narrowing the difference. And this sometimes changes the order in the next game. Another annoying feature is that I get much more poor scoring hands immediately after I have won a round convincingly. And it appears that the dealer is favouring the opponents team. The third annoying feature of the game is the propensity for my partner, who is supposed to be working towards us winning a round. I never ever say that I haven’t got a hand that can’t win one hand. I always work very hard on every round at winning 1 of the hands. If you were playing 2 human beings they would have agreed a strategy before sitting down to play. Perhaps you could consider having an electronic switch to disallow a NIL bid. I’m glad to see that you read and respond Io users comments. I will come back and see your comments? Have you ever actually played the game yourself?.Version: 1.0.2
✓ No patience for addsI like your games but given up trying as the add intrusions are just so annoying. It’s ok to pay to use your games but how can you expect anyone to waste their life being subject Casino and slot machine adds? I don’t understand how this is a good business model ?.Version: 1.5.2
✓ To many adsBefore you can play a hand you have to watch an ad. Very annoying and I will delete game because of it..Version: 1.2.4.1556
✓ Why isn’t there any AD free feature?!I really like this game but after EVERY single round you have to watch these awful ads. I would much rather pay for the game to remove ADs, why isn’t there an option for that?.Version: 1.1.2
✓ FrustratingFar too many ads that take forever to get through. And often have to shut my phone down as the x doesn’t work. Which I note others have commented on this issue before. Sooo frustrating!!.Version: 1.5.2
✓ Why do I loose so many times!!I’m always loosing — never winning a game. I don’t understand the ‘SCORING’ system and it frustrates me greatly. I’ve never been a GOOD card player — never ever played cards if any type as a kid and I find it difficult to cope now. I AM GETTING BETTER BIW.Version: 1.3.4
✓ GameI would give a 5 except for having to cancel the pop ups at least 4 times per hand.Version: 1.2.4.1556
✓ Higher levels “fixed”As most people say higher levels the opposite team always either bids Nil or has high cards for high bid or partner plays bad cards.Version: 1.2.4.1556
✓ Ad between each games are not fun at all….can we stop them ?To much add ….one between each game!.Version: 1.2.4.1556
✓ Smart App Learns Your moves and makes winning impossible.I’ve been playing this game for a year. I actually purchased a year. The farther your progress the more difficult. If learns your play. I use NIL whenever possible. But if you have 4 spades on deal, NIL is almost always a losing play. Once I reach silver I am dealt 4 spades 90% of the deals. With 4 spades NIL is almost impossible to use. This proves the learning and slant to losing. There are 13 spades. If the deals were random would be almost impossible to receive 4 spades 90% of the time. STOP MAKING THIS IMPOSSIBLE TO WIN. Very frustrating. I will continue to post negative reviews until this is resolved..Version: 1.5.3
✓ Poor win streakI use to love playing this game but lately it seems like the other team always gets the better cards and wins. Not really a way to entice people to play your game if they are going to lose 9 out of 10 times. It would be different if you were playing against real people but when you’re just playing against the app it gets very frustrating and I’ve deleted your game of Hearts for the same reason. I will be looking for a different developer of Spades and Hearts to play and will advise my friends to do the same..Version: 1.2.4.1556
✓ Ad nightmare - I’d rather pay to playMore ad time than playtime. It’s an annoying 6 clicks to get back to a hand. Ads are all gaming ads and so annoyingly irrelevant. I’d rather be locked in a room with blaring metal music than forced to watch gaming ads over again..Version: 1.3.4
✓ All BotsI read a review that raved about the game and how the ads were short and do it was worth downloading. Don’t buy it. It’s between every hand and in between all the levels and they are the type that you have to click on the X over and over again to get back to the game. Then all the players, even your partner are Bots. As you get higher in the ranks the Hans you’re dealt are crap and there is no way you can win. And I’m a pretty decent spades player. Get a game where you can play with real people because this game is so rigged! (Nick name I tried to use, cuz you have to, has been used already - bot hater! Seems I’m not the only one!).Version: 1.2.3
✓ Fun but constant adsI’d give it 4-5 stars if it weren’t for the constant ads after every round and every new game. And I have to click the X button at least four different times for the same ad. Fun game, but I can’t do the ads anymore..Version: 1.4.8
✓ Did enjoyI did enjoy playing thought is was one of the best spades games made until you see that they cheat. I don’t like the fact when you can take the lead from some one that you are behind they put you both on the same team to prevent you taking the lead. I don’t like how the team the players up. Not only that if you able to take the lead from someone or is leading someone they put you on the team with that person and they make you lose the game purposely. Game starting to be unfair have to find me a new spades game now..Version: 1.1.5
✓ Spades, pluses and minusesBasically I enjoy playing Spades, and greatly appreciate I don't have to sit through ads after ads in order to play. However, I am so frustrated by games where the Bot plays, and wins, game after game by playing Nil games. I have submitted complaint after complaint about this. The Bot clearly has insights I do not have. I have repeatedly requested a "no Nil" option. Well, I don't think anybody is listening to me, because nothing has been done. It would not be that difficult to offer this option. Is anybody else having this issue, feeling frustrated losing hand after hand because the Bot is playing Nil game after Nil game, sometimes 2 or 3 times per hand? This is my only complaint about this game..Version: 1.6.2
✓ AdsOnce again I am going to have to reduce my playing because of the annoying ads. They are driving me mad! Please have an option not to have them..Version: 1.1.6
✓ Good game but!I don’t enjoy the new additions. “Life time” goal awards seem pointless and get in the way unless you play against others. Turning off this option would be preferred. The cost of “no adverts” is very excessive. 48% reduction for a year meaning £25 is not at all appealing..Version: 1.4.6
✓ SpadesIt is a good game but all the long, repetitive ads after every round of play are very frustrating.Version: 1.2.4.1556
✓ Bot teammates drag me down.Absolute trash programming. Would rate this 0 stars if I could. Your bot teammates will ALWAYS drag you down and pointlessly make plays overtop of yours, throw cards, and bid ridiculously high. RUINS THE GAME!.Version: 1.2.4.1556
✓ Slow, interrupted by freezing, waaaay toooo many adsDon’t bother, find another app for the game.Version: 1.2.4.1556
✓ No AdsI really love this game but I am sick of the ads, any suggestions to get rid of them?.Version: 1.2.4.1556
✓ You Wanted Feedback…Please see solitaire review. Adverts aren’t 5 seconds long closer to 10. First splash screen then main advert 5 seconds if 0 has become a second when you stop at 0 & not go through 0 to -1. Then another splash screen takes about 3 seconds waiting for the elusive “X”. Oh and if like listening to music or an audiobook whilst playing you will either get the advert music dubbed over yours or your music or audiobook will get stopped whilst the advert plays then you have to restart whatever you’re trying to listen to. I think that’ll do. For now. If you don’t mind what irks me then you’ll get what you pay for in your time lost to adverts. Me when I complete all levels it’s going in the bin..Version: 1.1.5
✓ Rigged game with equally greedy developerFirst of all what I don't understand is how come the opponent scores more than us in spite of reaching goal and playing better moves. Secondly your partner is a robot too and will do stupid moves when it will declare Nil and eventually make you loose game. Above all the advertisement in the game is so a big pain. I can understand that developer makes money out of it for all the hard work but this is ridiculous. I am sure I will a standard reply from developer of how unhappy I am and that ad should have a skip button..blah...blah...blah..Version: 1.0.3
✓ Needs fixingThis game was a lot of fun initially, but has become very frustrating. Some key things to point out: 1) the system blocks me from playing a higher spade than the system most of the time, but doesn’t block me when I have a lower spade than the system. 2) the number of Nil 100+ point chances favour the system at about a ration of 4:1. I’ve had games where the system gets 4 chances in 1 game and wins them all. Almost impossible to beat the system’s Nil bid when they are the 4th player. 3) the system more often than not blocks by suit when I have a higher card in a different suit, but opens up all suits when I don’t. Change those things and it’s a 5 star rating. FYI, my win rate keeps dropping the more I play- down from 64% to 58% so far..Version: 1.4.3
✓ Not as enjoyableThis is a fabulous game with great challenges. Unfortunately you now lose points and this makes it near impossible to climb high on the winners ladder. I haven’t played it now for awhile because of this. Seriously considering deleting 😢😡.Version: 1.5.3
✓ Same as the restI used to love this game… once you start increasing in levels, the game does not get harder, you simply get worse hands, your partner becomes completely useless, and you cannot get a nil. It is extremely unfortunate that they cannot find a way to increase the difficulty level without taking away the joy of the game. There is no point in playing when you know that your opponents will bid seven or eight every hand, then nil, while you are stuck, bidding, three or four. It’s a shame. This was my go to game for Spades. I guess I will try to have to find another one. I am deleting. This is the second time I’ve giving it a try..Version: 1.4.3
✓ Too many advertisementsLove the game but recently they have added very long advertisements between ea h hand and I spend more time watching these advertisements then I do playing. For that reason I’m actually looking for a new free app with less advertising..Version: 1.5.2
✓ PartnerGood game but one major flaw. Incorrect moves are made by partner. Ex. In the ultimate tier, partner gives away nil inexplicably. This is in the ultimate level. Better AI with improved goals would make this amazing..Version: 1.3.4
✓ DifferentNot played the right way. There should be bags and you lose 100 points when you collect ten bags. Also no double nil which adds more to the game. Also you can’t play against real people..Version: 1.0.2
✓ Too many adsIt’s a great game and format however I can’t play more than 1 or 2 games until I have to close the app because of the ads for solitaire $ and other games they offer. Reduce the annoying ads and I’ll give you a better rating..Version: 1.3.2
✓ You can’t winThe game is set up that your partner plays wrong so you can’t win. I think I am going to try playing with real people..Version: 1.4.8
✓ UpdateHi the recent update has caused the game to go blank after every hand. Have to swipe game from iPad and reload every hand. Getting very frustrated.Version: 1.5.1
✓ Tooo many ads!Just downloaded this great game but sooooo many ads. Can’t stand it. I’m deleting the game now!.Version: 1.1.7
✓ Was playing all the time until..Until I realised the computer doesn’t have to stick to the same suit like the player does?? Ie I play a spade and computer puts down 3 diamonds for the other 3 players, so technically no one else should have spades left as none were played, and then a few rounds later the opponent is putting down a spade. So deleting now..Version: 1.1.5
✓ Enough!Quit opening my App Store while I’m trying to clear the ads. Why does it take up to five “exits” to exit an ad? Thanks for responding, but X means exit, not open App Store, advance to another screen with an X, and then advance to another screen with an X, then advance to another screen with an X. I’ve had to X 6 times to dismiss an ad in your app.Version: 1.4.8
✓ Too many glitchesThis game used to be so much better but seems like in the last several months it glitches a lot. It has strange sounds when some of the ads come on and you can’t get rid of the glitch until you shut down your phone and reboot. Also it freezes on ads and I have to reboot. That’s gets old! Today I tried that and even after I did the sound (machine gun sound) continued when I rebooted. Also once you offered the purchase option now the ads have gotten longer. I have also noticed glitches in playing. Many times when I see trumps come out the first time on a suit their supposed to be out of. That suit they trumped before will come out again and then they will play that suit. Also I’ve seen someone go nil and then get set but it’s not counted against them. They still get their 100 points. So this game needs work. This was my go to spades game but now I’m finding myself playing different ones because this app is messing up too much now. Please fix these issues..Version: 1.5.3
✓ Need to fixI pay for the premium app so no commercials etc. I agree with the review above me… great interface. Easy to play. However, the opposing team as you get further in the game literally bids NIL every other hands and often several times in a row. So this isn’t a true random card deal. It was great the first couple levels. But as I get farther along I’m now looking for a new app to play spades because this one is loosing my interest. It wouldn’t be so bad if you could pick the rule options for instance “ no NIL” like any other spades game but it wont.Version: 1.1.7
✓ Don’t expect any meaningful changes.Discover your inner masochist! Almost always dealt cards are painfully biased (despite claims of innocence in that regard). (A post game option showing actual hands dealt would be very revealing). Unfortunately it’s among the best in terms of “playability”….so stuck with the pain. There is absolutely no advantage in reaching the top level, “Grandmaster” is if anything more painful than entry level… nothing really changes….the ratings and levels seem utterly pointless. (Played in excess of 5000 games). My preference is to play through the early levels, then delete the app completely and start again..Version: 1.1.2
✓ Ads too long!Ads take tooo long and get you booted out of your game damaging your rating through no fault of your own.Version: 1.5.3
✓ Ads to longAds.Version: 1.2.4.1556
✓ Fun game.. At firstWhen I first played this game it was a lot of fun, your partner worked with you. As you climb up the tiers it gets increasingly harder since your partner is dumb and self sabotages themselves. They bid higher than the amount they should, go nil when they have high cards. While the other team works so well. I don’t know if it was the luck of the cards but it’s still ridiculous that the other team went nil four times during one round. I’d rate this game higher if it wasn’t for your teams AI. Otherwise it’s a fun addicting game that looks and feels smooth, and the ads aren’t as annoying as other ads..Version: 1.3.2
✓ Calling NilWhy do my 2 opponents go Nil approximately 10% of games but my partner ( changes every new game) less than 1%!!.Version: 1.6.0
✓ The AdsThere are too many ads and when I’ve ordered from these ads they took my money but I did not receive the product and the web site is now gone. There is no recourse you can take from the app because they don’t care who is selling on their app. I’m really disappointed because I love playing the game but sick of the ads that are 30 seconds or longer they keep sending you to web sites that only exist long enough to take your money. This app should be responsible for the the ads they run and be responsible to the customers and ensure they get the products the order. Please help me get my money back from an ad you sponsor otherwise let all customers know this site cannot be trusted. That’s why you are getting one star..Version: 1.2.4.1556
✓ Spades appI have a request. When this app opens with the second screen (where the MobilityWare is in a single line in the center of the screen) there is a line of white type near the bottom that contains information. I would definitely love to have a few seconds to read that information in case it can help me in playing Spades better. However the next screen pops up so quickly and blocks that information, that I can’t read it. Please try to delay that third screen for several seconds. I bet there are many Spades players that would appreciate it! Thank you!.Version: 1.4.3
✓ Ads too intrusiveGood game, ruined by ads. Removed app, no way.Version: 1.2.4.1556
✓ An ad after every single hand?No thank you..Version: 1.2.4.1556
✓ AI players are stupidYou love this spades version but the partner player always plays against the best interests of the game in competitive mode. It doesn’t recognize play to stop the other team achieving Nil score or play to stop the other team achieving their goal score. Instead it tries to beat my cards as their partner and this is incredibly frustrating. I just wish that the game had a bit more sophistication in its algorithm when playing in competition mode. I like the tactical side of the game but it is a partnership game and I hate that my AI partner is always playing against me. It spoils the strategic aspect of play..Version: 1.4.1
✓ SlowBeen playing this game on and off for I can’t remember now but lately the games had a couple of updates which now seem to have slowed the down app meaning the games are not running properly.Version: 1.4.6
✓ Game computer almost always winsGreat game, fix a few bugs. After playing for months on end the game is almost predictable. Your “partner” is just about useless I understand it’s a computer but your just about on your own. In competitive mode I understand it’s supposed to be hard but after playing I figured out the computer almost always knows what cards you have especially if you bid nil so you lose that round. Kinda annoying but after playing for months on end with almost no progress in the game almost given up. Tried to give it a shot but good fundamentals hence the two stars.Version: 1.1.0
✓ Constant ads with very bad themesWhilst this is a brilliant game the tone of the adverts ( that are too many) continue to be rude, violent towards women and children, and explicit …. unacceptable. Why is there no option to turn off this filth? How dare you subject us to it without you screening it yourself first? This is brain washing of our children. Young minds should not be exposed to these ads and it appears to be with all Mobilityware software. Parents, don’t let your kids play these games!.Version: 1.1.6
✓ DisappointingI was playing the game and enjoying it until I realised that you weren’t playing with an accurate deck. Games where the A e of spades goes missing etc.. Usually done to sway the game in the favour of the computer. Once I realised this I checked it out and it happens quite frequently so you lose the skill element and it depends on how many cards the app decides to not issue per game whether you win or not !!!.Version: 1.1.0
✓ Cool Game with an unfair advantageI don’t like the fact that I’m playing against bots and not real people. Your partner will help the other team win by laying off an opportunity to use a cut card thus causing you to loose the game, and will also beat a card that you have beat, like playing an Ace on top my King…and I’m like “WOW dodo” really?! Which will also cost you the game because now you’re short a book. It’s much better playing a real life game with real people. And would rather choose my partner, not random trash bot players lol. The bot opponents already know what cards you have, so it’s easy for them and your own partner to set you up when they get tired of you winning lol. Happens to me all the time. I don’t liked rigged games, but I guess it’s good for passing time..Version: 1.2.1
✓ NPCs are trashWhy does my NPC not meet his bid several times every game. He trumps my win when he’s the last to play often. It’s like my partner vs our NPC opponents are different leagues. They play perfect games and my partner seems to be playing a different game. If you are gonna have NPCs at least make them somewhat fair.Version: 1.3.2
✓ LynHi. I’ve played this app for several weeks now, made it to the final series, got three from top and can’t seem to get past that. Loose more than I win thanks to my avatar partner, regardless of who it is. It’s like the partners get careless with bids, plays etc. they always trump over my spades especially if I’ve already taken the trick. This quite often causes us to lose because my partner then is out of trump cards and could have made the difference if they hadn’t played over my trump. I left this app due to frustration but have not found a better set up so I’m back. Hope you will take what I and others have given as constructive criticism and make some positive changes. Thanks!.Version: 1.1.1
✓ Not terrible butSo, i have played spades IRL for over 20yrs. My complaints w/ this game are that all of the non-human players CONSTANTLY under bid. It is highly frustrating cause i wanted to play with the sandbag limit on but it didn't change how my partner bid. It is very frustrating. I also hate that once spades has been broken, the computer players start just emptying their hand of spades. IRL the only reason to do that is if you have no other suit. But as the hand continues you quickly find out that the other players have plenty of cards from other suits. The game should mimic a real spades game closer than it does..Version: 1.1.5
✓ Having another goVery frustrating . I really enjoyed this game in the beginning but as you progress it’s hard to win too many games when it’s obvious your partner is a computer designed not to let you win too many . It’s such a shame as it gets so frustrating especially when further in to a game your partner throws out cards that you know should’ve been played earlier . And the adds go twice as long as other games for some reason it’s like common I know we have adds but do your 5 seconds and start next round not then after the x comes up you get another 5 seconds of the same add.Version: 1.1.2
✓ RiggedFirst off, way too many ads. I feel like I spend more time watching ads than playing the game. Half the time the game feels rigged with your two computer opponents having the luxury of being able to know exactly what cards you have because they are software are not real opponents. Essentially they can count cards better than most humans and can know exactly what everyone is holding. Your partner is also just software and half the time makes obvious mistakes with playing low cards when they have something better in their hand, especially when you’re going nill. I’ve also noticed a slight error when I lead with a spade and the computer opponents play a non-spade card only to play a spade the next turn. They can’t avoid matching the lead card but a somehow manage to do it enough times it’s noticeable. Because of all these issues my win rate is only 50% which is significantly lower than it is in non-rigged games and against human opponents..Version: 1.1.7
✓ Annoying adsGreat game but now a second ad - solitaire cash - is taking four screens to exit out of..Version: 1.1.7
✓ Looking for another appUsed to enjoy but lately something seems to have wrong with algorithm. Reached a point where no limit. Time after time I get unplayable cards. All those around me are going Nil and again and again I get loads of duff cards with a just one Ace of Spades meaning I can’t go Nil. Or a king and Queen of Spades with no other picture cards. This happens over and over again and after a while it gets demoralising because I have no ammunition to play with. Boring too. So now looking for another app that deals out the cards in equal fairness to all players. I have played a lot and this has happened just too regularly to make it a coincidence. I don’t mind a good game but when you very rarely get a hand that you can fight with, it’s pointless. I also agree that you should do something about the Nil hand..Version: 1.1.7
✓ Game Needs Improvements1)Partners don’t seem to understand the importance of opponent (who has placed a “NIL” bid) to catch a trick. They always trump it and are so proud while I’ve passed up the opportunity several times in order for the NIL opponent to catch a trick. 2)The winner of the round is obvious after a couple of hands. If you start out with a bad hand, all of them will be and you never catch a break. You get a couple of kings with only one more card in that suit and 7-8 cards in the others. Many times I get the ace of spades and number cards with an occasional Jack. If you get a hand that allows you to go nil, you’ll catch a trick with a low number card like the 5 of hearts. Just saw one where it happened with the 3 of clubs—- they were getting nothing but bad hands. 3)I keep getting the (almost) exact same hand 2-3 times in a row. That’s frustrating. 4)The endless ads are annoying and some go on and on forever. This is the best spades game by far and I’d be willing to buy it so I wouldn’t see the ads but if some improvements aren’t made I’ll just find another game..Version: 1.1.2
✓ Good game, pity about the adsIm enjoying the game but certain adverts are shutting the game down. Literally had to restart my phone twice today. Considering i just read a review from a year ago that was the exact same issue, you would think this would have been fixed by now..Version: 1.2.4.1556
✓ Love the gameHate the fact you have to say no to some adds 4 times annoying.Version: 1.1.7
✓ Find Another Spades GameI have played this app for several years and always enjoyed it until recently. When they first gave the purchase option for ad free I wasn’t interested but decided to go for it. At first it wasn’t bad but now there are leagues set up and you get moved around. I was ranked first one day and twentieth the next with most of my points wiped out?? What?? Why would I pay to play to be dumped to last place? The other crazy thing is the change in point you can win or lose and the rematch. Sometimes you get the option to rematch once, next you can rematch give time, then another game you will get no rematch option. Really have ruined a good app that I have recommended to many people and we are now moving on..Version: 1.5.3
✓ Great game but too many adsLove playing this game but the ads are annoying. An ad after each round is too much and the ads seem to take longer than it does to play a round of spades. Shame, as it really does take the shine off what is a great app..Version: 1.2.2
✓ Ridiculous adsYou can not get out of the ads which run between hands. Mobility Ware says they have a 5 second ad ‘shut down’ policy, but this is not true. I have asked them to please mediate or offer some solution but none seems forthcoming. Some of these ads only move you from window to window and I would suggest the 5 seconds becomes more like 20. After a few hands I feel like it is time to take up solitaire with real cards!.Version: 1.2.4.1556
✓ Too many adsI love the game but the higher the level you just can’t win. Opposition team goes nil 95% of the time. You say it’s a random shuffle but the opposition team goes nil before they have any cards so definitely manipulated. You get a decent hand once in a hundred deals. I’ve lost count of the times I just forfeit because of the lousy deal I get..Version: 1.3.4
✓ CatloverEnjoying the game but a bit frustrated by the hints which appear momentarily as the game loads. They are impossible to read in the time given so could they be introduced elsewhere in the game or as a separate button to be accessed as required..Version: 1.0
✓ Love the Game Too Many Long AdsI totally understand the need for Ads. Most games I don’t mind them too much as they allow me to explore new games I may not have otherwise been aware of. However, these Ads are after every hand and they are in 2 parts making them way too long. It ruins the game experience. I’d rather pay to upgrade then sitting through the same long ads over and over. Ruins the game for me. There must be a better way for consumers to get an enjoyable gaming experience while developers make their money. Pay to upgrade maybe? IDK in the meantime I’ve gotta find a new game. This is a good spade game if you can stand the same 45-1 min ads after every hand..Version: 1.2.4.1556
✓ Programmed to LoseThe most inauthentic game ever! Do t even bother. Skill doesn’t matter - I’m shocked that any card player would give this game a good rating! Not random at all. Programming I aggressively trying to make you lose…. No skill required. You’ll hit low if they choose !.Version: 1.4.3
✓ Game is fun but ads are brutal.There’s an ad after each round. It’s so frustrating. It makes you not want to continue playing, which is unfortunate cause the game is actually good..Version: 1.3.4
✓ Good game but could do with improvementI enjoy the game but I get frustrated when I’m halfway through a game with absolutely no way to win but I can’t end the game and start a new one so I lose interest..Version: 1.1.2
✓ Love the game but hate the appThere should be a penalty for people leaving mid game when they start losing. We can’t do anything until they confirm to play next round, many just quit once they know they will lose and we are just stuck on the screen not being able to leave the game and start with other people since it says it will count as me forfeiting ? Why is there no such thing as penalty for that or something to deter people doing that?.Version: 1.5.3
✓ Great game, but ads very intrusive now.Been playing this for years. I don’t mind ads, I don’t expect developers to work for free. BUT recently there are really repetitive ads for other games I’m not interested in (Gardenscape, Royal Match) that are very intrusive, irritating and you have to wait to close multiple screens before continuing. I’ve seen these ads probably hundreds of times, I’m never going to buy the games. Totally counter-productive advertising, and it’s ruining some excellent Mobilityware apps..Version: 1.3.2
✓ Not skill, just riggedIf you win in this game it isn’t because you’re talented. I won A LOT…but then it is frowned upon to progress over the person ahead of you in the line of succession. I was leap frogging over everyone. Went from Novice to Grand Master in one month. Then I started getting fantastically lousy cards on EVERY hand. As an example to prove to myself it wasn’t just my imagination when my partner bid NIL I decided I would also. We both achieved NIL and received 200 points! I took a screenshot so I have evidence. If this game were compared to playing poker in the Wild West the dealer (app) would have cards up their sleeves, in their boots, under their collars AND would also be marking the deck..Version: 1.3.4
✓ Your partner in master level is so badIt was good game until you reach to the master level and after that the difference that your partner is playing very bad it looks like he is playing against you . So many mistakes makes you not win for most of the games ..Version: 1.2.4.1556
✓ Enjoyable BUTWhile I enjoy the game play its very hard to get into it when you have an ad after every hand and it does my head in. Extremely annoying. Wouldn’t recommend this to anyone..Version: 1.1.2
✓ Statistically biasedAt the risk of sounding like a nerd, here goes! I’m a statistician by trade and have have a masters degree in mathematical statistics and probability. I sensed a bias in this game, so I decided to statistically test it. I played 200 games analyzing the nil bid at the platinum level and above. East west bid nil 95 times. My partner bid nil only 30 times. Less than half. I would expect roughly 35 to 45 times for my partner. Of the nil bids, east west was successful 81% of the time, my partner was successful 72% of the time. My only task was to protect my partner’s nil bid. Thus to a statistical significance of greater than 95%, there is a bias towards east west and against north south regarding the nil bid. So don’t feel bad, the game is biased against you regarding nil bids. On the positive side, overall I still beat east west 75% of the time!.Version: 1.1.7
✓ Needs workNothing hard about playing hard mode but I know this will not change. You simply rarely win because your AI partner is stupid. Doesn’t know how to trump opponent who bids nil when opponent has clearly won the hand. AI partner trumps me with a spade even when I’ve won a hand. AI partner more often than not over bids. AI partner bids nil while having all cards above the number 10 in multiple suits. No way to cover their hand. Another example is you get a hand with all cards below number 9. You can’t bid nil because you have one spade and it’s the ace and your AI partner only has 1 or 2 winning hands with the opponents having the rest. When this happens 2-3 times is a row it’s game over and you don’t stand a chance. You might win 1 out of 10 games. Very poor programming and shuffling !!.Version: 1.0.3
✓ Too many adds.Far too many adds, should have the option to pay to make add free, that way we are happy and you still make money..Version: 1.2.4.1556
✓ Way too many ads every single hand(like2/3 ads)Take some ads out atleast let ppl play two hands. You’re literally forcing people to watch hundreds and hundreds of ads just to play this game that’s overkill and makes you want to put the game down because it’s annoying..Version: 1.2.4.1556
✓ AdsToo many ads.Version: 1.4.8
✓ AddsAds are supposed to be limited in time. I believe 20 seconds or so if you keep deleting what is appearing. Quite common to delete what’s on screen and the exact same thing appears again. Also at times no matter how many times you try to “x” out of a screen it will not work as if your screen appears to be frozen which it isn’t. These apps are designed to do that. It’s very annoying and almost makes me want to quit playing..Version: 1.2.4.1556
✓ Good, but not greatI play on the high difficulty level. My partner consistently under bids. I have to over bid to compensate or we take too many sandbags & end up with the 100 point penalty. Over bidding ruins my stats. Also, my partner doesn’t know how to set an opponent’s NIL bid. The opponent who had bid NIL played third that trick and played the highest card & should have been set, but my partner trumped the trick! He then went on to catch two sandbags by the time the round was over. He should have played off to set the opponent’s NIL and only caught 1 sandbag. He wasn’t left with nothing but Spades so it was possible to play off..Version: 1.0.3
✓ One star for brief enjoymentI have enjoyed Mobilityware’s Solitaire game for several years. In the last 24 hours I gave added, briefly enjoyed, and deleted Spades and Free Cell by the same designer, and I want to give the explanation. FREE CELL: I enjoy winning a game of Solitaire as much as the next guy, but I’m not such a tyro as to believe that I could jump into a game I haven’t tried in ten years, and win the first ten hands in a row. No option here of selecting the rstio of winning deals or level of difficulty. No challenge, I’m gone. SPADES: Okay, I recognize that ads are the price I pay for using a free app—but three ads in a row for something called “Adblocker”? That’s just a little “on the nose,” as they say. And when Cancel takes me, not back to my app but to the Install page for the app, I call that dirty pool. Mobilityware, take a tip: take the features from Solitaire and incorporate them into your other games..Version: 1.4.7
✓ Why is the bot so poor at playing in relaxed play?I love the game but can’t help being frustrated with my bot partner when it takes a trick, saving our opponent’s Nil bid, then leads a lower card than theirs was. I tried using the undo button but it keeps playing the same. I want a new bot..Version: 1.3.2
✓ Terrible AII have a similar issue to many others here. The AI is just horrible - especially my “partner”. I think I will look for another Spades game to play. Haven’t had this one for long, but to even have a chance at winning, you have to turn on “Bid Suggestions” - which is odd because 99% of the time, the suggested bid is the same that I would have put anyway, and even if I adjust it, I still have a better chance at winning the round than if I turn off the setting. This is with “Hard Mode” turned off. As others have stated, my AI partner is (for all intents and purposes) an idiot. If you know you can’t win the trick, you play your lowest card. When an opponent goes “Nill”, you play your lowest card to force them to take it. Nope. My opponent plays the highest card it has … nearly every single time..Version: 1.0.3
✓ Pretty addictiveI’m not a gamer. Rarely down load games but I love spades. Issue is the ads and my phone would lag pretty badly. My phone ended up breaking, I couldn’t fix it because Of bugs and viruses due to a game I had on my phone. This was the only game I had. I’m itching to download it again, but I’m pretty worried about the impact on my new phone.Version: 1.1.2
✓ This game cheatsThe interface is clean and efficient. Game play is fast and with out lag. However don't expect to win many games, the game engine won't allow it. Your opponent will always have a better hand, always. All you have to do is count the number of trump (spades) cards the opposing team gets. Your opponent will typically get a minimum of seven trump cards and usually all the face cards. On average it's more like nine to ten spades. You just can't win. Even if you don't get set the numbers will never be in your favor. About the only way to get an advantage is to bid nil. To bad. Not a bad game just don't expect to win much..Version: 1.0.3
✓ PartnerThe other opponents play much smarter than my teammate. My partner never play’s back into my hand. Never attempts to drain the opponent with spades. And take the power out of their hand. Always dumps an off suit. And never playing back into my lead. The opposition knows how to drain the spades out of control. So you cannot cut with spades. My teammate has NEVER done that. And too many times when my teammate is the last to play, he will allow the opponent to win the book. So the objective of my game is to MAKE my teammate play spades instead of holding until the end. I have to make my teammate play with me instead of against me. Then my teammate underbids all the time. As many as 4 books.Version: 1.2.4.1556
✓ Ads are too long - Please offer PAID version!This is my favorite single player Spades app - with 1 big exception. They advertise that ads are "skip-able" after 5 seconds. That is true for about 25% of them. The rest you can skip after 5 seconds THEN you have to watch 5 - 10 seconds more and THEN it takes you to a 3rd part of the ad and if you skip that too soon it takes you to another screen prompting you to download the app they are advertising. All of this lasts about 15-20 seconds. Ads are after every hand and a hand of Spades lasts about 30-45 seconds. Just be honest guys..Version: 1.2.4.1556
✓ Great gameThis is a great game to play but your partner is DAF they will lead with a low card when you go nil and sometimes you will not make your predicted amount because your partner will steal your trick There really should be an IQ for your partner.Version: 1.3.2
✓ Ads are extremely annoying, pity as game is goodPlease please please have an option to purchase so we don’t have to sit through the most annoying and frustrating ads between games. Your game is by far the best on the market but we will no longer be playing as because of the ads..Version: 1.1.1
✓ Love the game but too many Ads!I agree with the others. Game is great but tired of being interrupted between each round with Ads. It is annoying and cannot enjoy the game..Version: 1.2.4.1556
✓ Ads😤I love this game and have been playing it everyday for a few years now, although I appreciate there have to be ads just recently they are that long that it takes me less time to play the round than it does watching the ads, bored with it now, will just play solitaire and hearts instead that are incidentally by the same company but the ads only last a few seconds between round, which I don’t mind..Version: 1.5.3
✓ Quite enjoyable…I don’t quite get the scoring system. No matter how well you score, it still only gives you a maximum of 4 points on the leader board. So you can scrape in as a winner, or totally defeat your opponents but the score is the same. Hmm, not a great incentive..Version: 1.1.6
✓ Lifetime GoalsCan you please get rid of the lifetime goals? They’re pointless and annoying..Version: 1.4.3
✓ Hard to rateLove the design. Good options, daily challenges. Best interface that I have seen for Spades. However, frequent play seems to change the odds of winning, opposite team gets really lucky deals. Would still give five stars but… the ads have grown very frustrating, nested ads that last more than thirty seconds, game freezing in the ads. So many ads that are clearly lies. I would rather pay for this app, as it stands now am ready to delete due to the frustrations..Version: 1.3.2
✓ Crashes and too many ads!Most times when an ad plays after each match it freezes with a black screen which means closing and reopening the app each time.Version: 1.5.3
✓ Waaaaayyyyy too many adsThe only way I play this game now is offline due to the number of ads...you get one even before you start a game! In addition the goals mean nothing, the levels mean nothing and the competitive games aren’t even against other real players..Version: 1.1.1
✓ Good interface, rigged handsUpdate: The developer states that “all shuffling is done randomly.” The developer does not state that the DEALING is random. I suspect that the cards of the automated players are redistributed (or dealt) after the bids are made. In the end, the teams usually meet the bids exactly, which suggests that the hands are recalculated/redistributed to match the original bids. ———— Original review ————— The game is fun to play, but at higher levels the hands are obviously not dealt randomly. I understand it is difficult to program a “expert-level” bot without manipulating the deal, but it becomes ridiculous. It also appears that the program shares knowledge of the hands between the bots. It it obvious the hands are dealt for a predetermined outcome because the hands dealt at higher levels are much different than at beginner’s levels. At a certain point, the computer opponents play improbable runs of A-J spades in multiple games. The game is engaging, but I suspect many players stop playing when they see the hands are manipulated and not dealt randomly..Version: 1.2.4.1556
✓ Started great but went bad quicklyThis was great fun until you got to higher levels. I’m at the end of this app. I am NEVER able to successfully get a nil and I am no longer able to break their nil. And my partners are stupid! The last game I did I was able to get 8 tricks and my partner went nil. We had it- BUT my partner went nil with a A, K & Q of hearts and I only had a 2. We lost with those last three moves. This is typical. I ALWAYS have to under bid to cover for the stupidity of my partners bids and how they play. I have an average bid of 3, if I’m lucky. I know to NEVER go nil unless I have only 2-3 spades that are under 5 and all other cards are high cards from J -A. Otherwise, they break me every time. And IF I should be successful and get that nil, my partner breaks his bids by not getting them! So I rarely get my 100 points. This is all predictable 💯 of the time and very, very frustrating! It’s obvious that the other two players know each others hands and play accordingly and always win, especially if they go nil. I feel I have to play against 3 and not with a partner. I’m at Grand Marshall, ultimate tier, at level 3. I have been dropped back down to level 4 twice, due to my partner’s inability to play and AI teaming up and cheating. I am now about to delete this app! 😡😡😡😡 it is aggravating! This started out great but has gone bad quickly!.Version: 1.2.4.1556
✓ THE SCORING IS FLAWEDThree of the four players in each game are penalised. Which means that, over a long period of time, every player’s coins will start to dwindle. In every game played three of the four players lose coins. The player who comes second loses a small number of coins. But, where it really hurts is when a player comes second or third. The players that come third or fourth loses a multiple of their initial outlay based on the points difference to the winning player. This is a completely unfair system. I believe the second player should get their initial investment returned. The third player should lose a multiple of their initial outlay based on the points difference to the SECOND player. I also believe that it is fair enough that the fourth player should lose a multiple of their initial outlay based on the points difference to the first player. Another improvement would be to stop things flashing over the table during games. To me this would improve the appeal of the game and all players would benefit..Version: 1.1.5
✓ Ads made me stop playingGreat card game! Not fun having to watch 5 minutes worth of ads in between hands. How does anybody play this on a regular basis?.Version: 1.6.1
✓ Ad goes for too longThe ad with the king just goes on and on etc etc....takes about 5 goes to exit - seems like a loop. Deleted it and downloaded again but same annoyance. Seems others had same issue with different ads..Version: 1.2.4.1556
✓ Terrible game!This game in the beginning seems to be legit. After a few games of give and take things slowly begin to change. The computer gets hand after hand of nils. Your partner and you get nothing that match and nil hands, with the ace of spades. You get hands that are 4 bids… you barely make… or don’t. Meanwhile the computer opponents bid out of each other’s hands and you are dealt nothing to stop them. In the beginning you win some, you lose some. Then it goes to they win most, you don’t win much. Soon it’s you lose most you hardly win any..Version: 1.1.1
✓ Not badUpdate- got booted again, again with a winning hand. It’s infuriating. I hope you get this issue resolved soon. It never seems to happen when I’m losing. ?? This is probably one of the better Spades apps out there with a couple of exceptions. First, I get booted with great hands and can’t get back in. It happens rather frequently and since I don’t have this issue with my three apps, I’m inclined to say they need a bigger server. Second, slow players are allowed way too much time to make a move and that’s infuriating! Beyond that, I love the sounds, animations, and especially that other players can’t spend all their time talking instead of playing..Version: 1.5.2
✓ No ads pricing is ridiculousNo ads as a subscription comparable to Netflix is ridiculous and out of touch for a single app that requires minimal ongoing development if any... Mental....Version: 1.4.7
✓ Love this game, but…The app is great and the interface is really good. Better than other spades games I have tried. However, I started noticing my partner throwing hands and at times the opponents are being dealt nil hands on nearly every deal. Seems kinda fishy. I made it well past level 1,000 but when I end up playing against three opponents instead of two, I deleted the app. Thought of giving it a second chance, but upon reinstalling, all my previous game data is gone. Was good while it lasted. Pay attention to how your partner plays though. They should be playing to win, not throwing hands..Version: 1.6.2
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