# Spades

> Trick-taking card game

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id872912030](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id872912030)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id872912030`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** fishdog.net
- **Category:** Card
- **Rating:** 4.70 / 5 (2,523 ratings)
- **Version:** 26.0.1
- **Last updated:** 2025-10-13
- **First published:** 2014-07-24
- **Size:** 55 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-19
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/spades/id872912030)
- **Website:** [https://fishdog.net](https://fishdog.net/)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://fishdog.net/privacy](http://fishdog.net/privacy)

## Description

Spades is a configurable Chrome extension that brings the classic trick-taking card game to your browser. Play with 3 players, 4 players solo, or 4 players in two teams. The app handles dealing, bidding, and tracking tricks and scores, and lets you customize the number of players and teams, plus the appearance of the table and cards.

Customize rules and AI behavior: nil bid options, when spades can be led, helpful instructions, and adjustable AI aggressiveness. Perfect for casual games or serious practice with friends or computer opponents.

## Rankings

- #36,214 — Overall

## Review summary

Review consensus: Spades looks and plays well on a visual and layout level, with many users praising good graphics and a minimally intrusive ad experience. However, repeated complaints focus on unreliable AI partners and nil bidding logic, which can ruin hands and totals. Ads and recent updates also drew frustration, including UI changes, bidding controls, and occasional sounds or freezes. Overall, the game is enjoyable and mentally engaging, but players want stronger AI reliability and more consistent ad/UI behavior to improve the experience.

### Pros

- Good graphics and a clean, intuitive layout.
- Ads are limited or non-intrusive according to multiple reviews.
- The game is fun and mentally engaging, offering a usable learning curve for strategy.

### Cons

- Unreliable AI partner behavior: overbidding and poor protection of nil, which undermines wins.
- Nil bidding logic and card protection by AI can be inconsistent and frustrating.
- Advertising can be intrusive or inconsistent across updates (banner ads, interruptions).
- User interface changes in updates and bidding controls can disrupt the experience (desire to revert to older layout).
- Frequent bugs and performance hiccups (sounds, freezes, miscounted books) affect play.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id872912030)