The bots are smart, but not too smart. They’ll remember when a suit has been cut by spades previously by the other team. Your partner and opponents play the hand smart when there’s a NIL involved, but not so smart that they auto predict each others hands, you can still break your opponents nils. The ads are just the pop up and close ads, not the annoying ones you have to watch and hit the x to get out of 3-4 times to close it. No ads during gameplay just between hands/after games. Overall a smooth, aesthetically pleasing offline spades game. What would be awesome in a spades app would be the ability to play different modes, or make your own rules. I know lots of people play spades differently, like if you bid 10(dime) on your first hand and get it it’s an automatic win, or if you bid 10 you get 200 points instead of 100. I didn’t notice a blind nil option in this game but I might’ve overlooked it. Lots of people play joker joker deuce ace, and I’ve yet to see a spades app have the option to run that version of the game instead of just ace high. A pass and play mode would be nice, or a way to directly invite a partner/opponent

This is my third time writing this review due to the sensitivity of the program. I’m hoping my previous review went through. If not, here is my addendum to the previous review. I purchased a 6 month subscription to SPADES. Initially I was pleased with the game until I began to see that your algorithm for this game is geared to deal the majority of the face cards to my opponents. It rapidly became obvious that my opponents were being dealt the majority of the high cards. I became able to predict when the higher cards would be dealt during the game. It became apparent that the only way for me to win was to bet NIL. But even when betting NIL, my opponents were attempting to set me from both sides. That in itself is not a problem. But your algorithm doesn’t allow MY partner to assist me in my attempts to set my opponents when they bet NIL. Since playing SPADES for approximately a month, I have become able to predict when and where the higher cards will be played. It also appears that my partner is not assisting me when I’m betting NIL. It’s like I’m competing against 3 players. Also, I want to announce that my wife plays the same game on her iPad, and we have come to the identical conclusion. Your algorithm is designed to deal the majority of the high cards to the two opponents. It is very frustrating and unfair to design a game that is purposefully designed to give the advantage to the opponents. I feel the problem is in the dealing of the cards. No one gets the majority of the high cards every time.

The app is fun and meant to be engaging because I feel like they cheat a little to make you play more games. For example whenever I go Nil there’s too many times where my partner overbids by exactly 1 trick. Not 2, 3 or 4 it’s ALWAYS 1 trick. So we lose 100 points and now you have to play more just to get back. Also I feel like the cards aren’t dealt with real world experience. What I mean is with a spades game everyone has their bids and they play but with this game your trick win or lose is determined by the computer. It’s no preset. Like we know in spades the goal is to win the trick so most players throw out their highest cards to win. So if I have a K diamonds my opponent just happens to have an Ace. Makes sense but when the trick is a 4 of hearts and your going Nil the opponent just happens to have a 3 of hearts and you lose. But earlier they had threw out no hearts the entire game but right at the last moment that’s when they miraculously had the card. Once again it is pretty fun but that type of stuff makes it better playing actual people.**Update** So the developers reached out to me and insured me the games aren’t manipulated in any way and the cards are dealt randomly. I appreciate them at least reaching out and YES I’m still subscribed and playing spades daily.

One of the reasons this is such an appealing game is there are a number of choices I, as a human player, can make in each round that has an effect in the game. The Mware Hearts is not as “friendly”. It’s programmed to give the human player the Queen of Spades almost every hand. You’d never know there are four players that she might be distributed to… Back to Spades. My frustration is with the ultimate tier as I’ve made it to the top position. I did that with Hearts, as well, but am less interested because of the programming with the unwanted Q-spades. Mind you, it takes a lot of time to get to the top of the Grand tier, in either. My complaint is, once there, at the moment in Spades, another player, in this instance nearest in points, “Trunks” is 40 points behind me. Suddenly, in a few minutes, is back equal with me, who took several hours to pass “Trunks”. There is NO WAY in actual playing that could happen. Instantaneous 40 point leap in moments when it takes a human several hours to get 40 points?? Takes the “joy” of my accomplishment out of the game when preprogrammed competitors are given vast point movements that in reality human ones have to temporally work through. I do love Mobilityware games, overall❤️❣️Corrected.