Allgood Solitaire vs HardBack
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Allgood Solitaire
Explore over 200 Solitaire variations, from classic Klondike and Spider to unique eclectic games. Offers comprehensive guides, hints, and customizable decks and backgrounds for endless card-playing enjoyment.
- Over 200 Solitaire games
- Unlimited undo/redo
- Optional autoplay
- Move hints
- Favorite game bookmarks
- Peek at face-down cards
- Extensive rule guide
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This iPad version of the popular, feature-rich Solitaire package offers over 200 different kinds of games. Enjoy the familiar games you know and love, like Klondike, Pyramid, Canfield, and Spider, with all their derivative games, or try your hand at some more unusual and eclectic games, like Monte Carlo, Herring Bone, and many many others. With this many options, there’s sure to be a good match for every Solitaire lover, from the casual player, to the hard core addict. Allgood Solitaire is the perfect way to while away a lazy afternoon, or to unwind after a hard day. For every game, a full comprehensive guide is available on how to play it, and you can get hints to suggest possible moves that may have been missed. Bookmarks can be set to tag your favourite games and play them again quickly, and Undo and Redo are always available. Some of the many features include: * Over 200 different games to choose from. * unlimited undo and redo * optional autoplay - moving cards automatically to foundations, once they are freed. * move hints, to show moves you might have missed * bookmarks for favourite variations, so you can quickly find them again. * ability to peek at face down cards in a pile * quickly hilight and locate cards you need to build foundations * many different deck, and background choices. * extensive rule guide for all games. * statistics for each game. Requires iOS 8.0 and at least iPad 2
HardBack
Build a deck of letters to craft words and earn prestige in this unique word game. Specialize in genres, push your luck for extra cards, and race to become a celebrated 19th-century novelist. Challenge AI opponents or play with friends.
- Deck-building with letter cards
- Genre specialization for bonuses
- Push-your-luck card drawing
- Hotseat and online multiplayer
- AI opponents
- Hardcore mode with no word repeats
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Hardback is a deck-building word game, a prequel to Paperback. As an aspiring 19th-century novelist, you work to pen your next masterpiece, earning prestige along the way. Specialize your deck in certain genres to exploit card combinations, and press your luck to draw extra cards — but make sure you can still string a word together! Players build a deck of letters with various powers and race to 60 fame points to win. Features: 1-5 player hotseat and online async 3 levels of computer opponents to challenge you. Gameplay No wilds in your deck - any card can be wild. Push your luck for more cards with the Ink system. Match genre colors to gain bonus abilities on your cards. Fight over the coveted award cards. Timeless Classic cards stay in play, until someone uses them. New hardcore mode - can't repeat a word!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Allgood Solitaire at 4.7 against HardBack's 3.8. Allgood Solitaire also leads on review sentiment (79% vs 54%) and price ($0.99 vs $4.99). HardBack's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 27 months) and chart position (#125 vs unranked). On ratings volume, ads, 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
Allgood Solitaire costs $0.99 and HardBack $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Allgood Solitaire holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 38 and 39 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of Allgood Solitaire's written reviews are positive against 54% of HardBack's.
Allgood Solitaire ships an update every 27 months, HardBack every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Allgood Solitaire | HardBack |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (38 ratings) — better | 3.8 (39 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 78.6% of reviews — better | 53.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 38 | 39 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 27 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | — | #125 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 281 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Allgood Software Ltd | Fowers Games Inc. |
Customer experience
Allgood Solitaire
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In-app purchases
Allgood Solitaire
No in-app purchases
HardBack
No in-app purchases
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