Classic Cruel Solitaire vs Square Peg Round Holes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Classic Cruel Solitaire
A straightforward card game where the objective is to arrange all cards onto foundation piles in ascending order by suit. Players move cards one at a time between tableau piles, following descending suit order. The game allows for redealing cards from the stock pile multiple times.
- Ascending order card placement
- Descending order tableau moves
- Empty tableau pile restriction
- Unlimited redeal option
- Quick and simple gameplay
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Solitaire Cruel is a quick,simple card game. The goal is to move all the cards to the foundations in ascending order by suit. You can only grab one card at a time and move it from one tableau pile to another in descending order by suit. When a tabluea pile is empty, you cannot move new cards there. By clicking the empty stock pile at the upper left, you can collect and redeal the cards in the tableau. The cards will not be shuffled,but will be placed back into the tableau in piles of 4 until no more cards are left. You can do this as many times as you want.
Square Peg Round Holes
A memory game where players drag colored pegs into matching holes against the clock. It offers two modes: regular, which tests each game type at a set difficulty, and endurance, for a continuous challenge of random games until failure.
- Drag and drop peg matching
- Timed challenges
- Regular game mode
- Endurance mode
- Difficulty levels
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Memory game that plays against your lessons as a child. Drag the different colored pegs into their respective holes. Do it before time runs out and you win. Play the regular mode and play each type of game on that difficulty level, or play on endurance mode and play a random assortment of games until you lose.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Square Peg Round Holes at 5.0 against Classic Cruel Solitaire's 1.8. Square Peg Round Holes also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Classic Cruel Solitaire's advantage is update cadence (every 7 months vs every 20 months). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and device support 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Square Peg Round Holes holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 3 respectively.
Classic Cruel Solitaire ships an update every 7 months, Square Peg Round Holes every 20 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Classic Cruel Solitaire | Square Peg Round Holes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.8 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months — better | Every 20 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 87 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Kevin White | David Nestingen-Palm |
Customer experience
Classic Cruel Solitaire
Square Peg Round Holes
In-app purchases
Classic Cruel Solitaire
No in-app purchases
Square Peg Round Holes
No in-app purchases
Questions
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