Comparison

Solitaire Journey vs Solitaire Cooking Tower

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Solitaire Journey

Experience classic Solitaire with a competitive twist. Challenge friends in real-time multiplayer matches or compete in global tournaments. Travel to iconic destinations and hone your skills to become a top player.

Highlights
  • Real-time multiplayer Solitaire
  • International tournaments
  • Travel to iconic destinations
  • Daily and all-time leaderboards
  • Play with Facebook friends
  • Rewards and progression
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Solitaire Journey Multiplayer Solitaire goes on a Journey Enjoy the classic game of Solitaire in a brand new way. Challenge your friends for real-time multiplayer action, or take part in international Tournaments. Journey to iconic destinations while advancing your Solitaire skills until you are ready to take on the best players in the world. Play Solitaire Journey today! Exciting Features: ◆ Play multiplayer solitaire live ◆ Daily, All Time, Hall Of Fame Leader boards ◆ Exciting game play in cities across the world. ◆ Easy game to learn, yet challenging to master Extra Features: ◆ Facebook connection so you can play with your friends! ◆ Cool rewards! ◆ Support on multiple devices and platforms! ◆ Play against players from around the world

About

Solitaire Cooking Tower

Play classic solitaire while building and collecting various restaurants. Collect unique card decks like Puppy or Kitty decks as you progress. Enjoy a blend of card game strategy and restaurant management.

Highlights
  • Classic solitaire gameplay
  • Build diverse restaurants
  • Collect unique card decks
  • Restaurant variety
  • Card deck customization
Features
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Welcome to Solitaire Cooking Tower - Best Card Game! Build your own restaurants while playing your favorite solitaire! > Just like the old days! Remember the old solitaire game on your PC that you used to love? Well, things just got better! > Build Restaurants! Hot dogs, tacos, Chinese food, and so on. Variety of restaurants to choose and build from! > Start Collecting Cards Decks! Create your own Card Decks while playing solitaire! Puppy Decks, Kitty Decks, Blossom Decks and much more! More Card Deckss & restaurants all over the world will continue to be updated in-game!

Screenshots

Solitaire Journey4 screens
Solitaire Cooking Tower4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Solitaire Journey at none against Solitaire Cooking Tower's shown. Solitaire Journey also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). Solitaire Cooking Tower's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (1.3K vs 89). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Solitaire Journey sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Solitaire Cooking Tower sells 12 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Solitaire Journey against 4.6 for Solitaire Cooking Tower. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Solitaire Cooking Tower has 1.3K ratings behind it against 89, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 65% of Solitaire Journey's written reviews are positive against 79% of Solitaire Cooking Tower's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Solitaire Journey ships an update every 5 months, Solitaire Cooking Tower monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Solitaire Journey versus Solitaire Cooking Tower: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSolitaire JourneySolitaire Cooking Tower
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (89 ratings) — better4.6 (1.3K ratings)
Positive reviews64.9% of reviews79.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings891.3K — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size71 MB350 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperQublixSticky Hands Inc.

Customer experience

Solitaire Journey

All ratings89 ratings
Positive89.9%
Neutral5.6%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews37 reviews
Positive64.9%
Neutral10.8%
Negative24.3%

Solitaire Cooking Tower

All ratings1,280 ratings
Positive92.4%
Neutral4.0%
Negative3.6%
Written reviews593 reviews
Positive79.1%
Neutral9.4%
Negative11.5%

Bugs and requests

Solitaire Journey

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Solitaire Cooking Tower

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Game freezing or crashing
  • Ads not working as intended
  • Progress and data loss issues
  • Inability to open the game after updates

Requested features

6 requests
  • More restaurants and menu items
  • Ability to choose difficulty level
  • Option to mute or adjust volume of customer sounds
  • Ability to reset progress or start over
  • More game modes beyond just solitaire
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  • Improved daily challenges and missions

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Solitaire Journey

One-time10
  • 1000 Coins$0.99
  • 1 Ticket$1.99
  • 3 Tickets and 7000 Coins$1.99
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  • 6000 Coins$4.99
  • 5 Tickets$4.99
  • 15000 Coins$9.99
  • 12 Tickets$9.99
  • 28 Tickets$19.99
  • 80 Tickets$49.99
  • 200 Tickets$99.99
12 purchases

Solitaire Cooking Tower

One-time12
  • Undo 5$0.99
  • EventPackage1$0.99
  • Shuffle 5$1.99
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  • Magic 5$1.99
  • Star 100$1.99
  • Undo 25$2.99
  • Reward Video ADs skip$4.99
  • Shuffle 25$5.99
  • Alice card deck package$5.99
  • Magic 25$5.99
  • Special Package$7.99
  • Ultimate Package$9.99

Questions

Is Solitaire Journey free?
Solitaire Journey is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Solitaire Cooking Tower free?
Solitaire Cooking Tower is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Solitaire Journey or Solitaire Cooking Tower?
Solitaire Journey is rated higher. Solitaire Journey averages 4.6 out of 5 from 89 ratings, while Solitaire Cooking Tower averages 4.6 from 1.3K ratings.
Do Solitaire Journey or Solitaire Cooking Tower have ads?
Solitaire Cooking Tower shows ads; Solitaire Journey does not.
Which is updated more often, Solitaire Journey or Solitaire Cooking Tower?
Solitaire Journey ships an update every 5 months, and Solitaire Cooking Tower monthly. Most recently, Solitaire Journey was updated on September 30, 2026 and Solitaire Cooking Tower on October 16, 2026.

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