Comparison

Politaire vs Flipflop Solitaire

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

Head to head
About

Politaire

Experience a unique blend of Solitaire and Poker in this handcrafted game. Aim to create winning Poker hands with your active cards, strategically discarding and drawing to score. Enjoy a minimalist design with deep gameplay and multiple modes.

Highlights
  • Solitaire and Poker blend
  • Create winning Poker hands
  • Strategic card discarding and drawing
  • Two game modes
  • Endless challenges
  • One-handed portrait control
  • Detailed game statistics
Features
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A handcrafted Solitaire game with Poker blended, interesting game mechanics, charming clean visual & a native feel one handed portrait play! Politaire is a minimalistic, a new modern Solitaire experience prepared just for you. Politaire is a Solitaire mixed with Poker. Your aim is to make winning hands with 5 active cards in your hand. Choose cards that you want to discard and swipe it away. Upcoming cards will fill up your active hand and score if you make a winning hand. Discarded cards will go back to the pile, waiting to come up again. The minimalist visuals hide an interesting depth that will keep challenging and surprising as you master it. ** Politaire offers: - 2 game modes (Single Deck & Double Deck). - Endless challenges. - Game Center Leaderboards & Achievements & Cloud saves. - Brilliant design of Card-Faces & Card-Backs - One handed portrait control. (With custom option for Left-Hand or Right-Hand players) - Detailed Game Statistics. - Night Mode (For night play). ------ Thank you for trying Politaire! Ell Tee

About

Flipflop Solitaire

This card game offers a unique solitaire experience with flexible stacking rules, allowing you to build sequences up, down, or both ways. Enjoy a challenging yet relaxing brain teaser with all deals being solvable.

Highlights
  • Flexible stacking rules (up, down, or both)
  • All deals are solvable
  • Single suit stack restriction
  • Track game statistics
  • Unlockable content
  • Ambient background audio
Features
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From the creator of Sage Solitaire, comes a new Solitaire variant that breaks all the rules! 100% of deals are solvable! Like its footwear namesake — Flipflop Solitaire is unrestrictive, creating a new game for fans of spider, klondike and other traditional Solitaires. In Flipflop you can stack down, up, or even both ways on a single stack! Need to stack an 8 on a 7, or a club on a spade? No problem! - but - Be careful, you can only move a stack of a single suit! It's fun and freeing, but still challenging and captivating. It's Flipflops for your brain. ------WHAT CRITICS ARE SAYING "I'm in love with it already"..."Once you start, it's hard to stop playing." - App Advice "Truly special" — Game of the Week - Touch Arcade "Surprisingly absolutely brilliant" - Cult of Mac "A perfect diversion with just the right amount of challenge, delight, and depth to make it a must-have iOS game." - Mac Stories "A Breath of Fresh Air" - Gamezebo ------WHATS IN THE “BOX”? - Play Flipflop Solitaire from 1-4 suits for free! - Unlock 5 Suit, and 1 Suit Extended with a single in-app-purchase of $2.99 - Track your best times, least moves, least undos, total wins, total plays, and more - Unlock over 1000 numbered deals for 1-5 suits via in-app-purchase - Over a hundred achievements - Unlockable backgrounds, alternate card and card back color schemes - Natural ambient binaural background audio - A strong sense of relaxation ------A WORD FROM THE DEVELOPER Flipflop Solitaire is sort of a sequel to Sage Solitaire in the sense that it's my second crack at the design problem of making a Solitaire game that feels like it was designed for your phone and not for a table. To be honest this is how I wish everyone approached sequels. Usually a sequel takes the solution to a problem and duplicates it. This is why our expectations of game sequels are often more-of-the-same-but-better. I'd rather see more sequels that brought a renewed level of surprise and novelty, and I'm hoping that's what you find in Flipflop Solitaire. While Sage was all about trying to capture the feeling of a tight, easy to play, tough to win, zen solitaire game, Flipflop is about knots. In a typical Solitaire game, like Klondike, you're taking a knot of cards and untying it into sequences. Then you reverse those sequences into clean ordered stacks. In Flipflop you take your knot of cards and tie it into other, hopefully better knots. Then you untie those knots into the final ordered stacks. Having so much control over the way your intermediary knots are constructed led to a lot more depth than I expected. I hope you enjoy this game as much as I've enjoyed discovering it. -zach

Screenshots

Politaire4 screens
Flipflop Solitaire4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Flipflop Solitaire at Free against Politaire's $1.99. Flipflop Solitaire also leads on ratings volume (712 vs 184). Politaire's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and rating (4.4 vs 4.0). On update cadence, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Flipflop Solitaire is free to download; Politaire costs $1.99 up front. Politaire sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Flipflop Solitaire sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Politaire holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 184 and 712 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 81% of Politaire's written reviews are positive against 53% of Flipflop Solitaire's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Politaire ships an update every 3 weeks, Flipflop Solitaire monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Politaire versus Flipflop Solitaire: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPolitaireFlipflop Solitaire
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.4 (184 ratings) — better4.0 (712 ratings)
Positive reviews81.3% of reviews — better53.2% of reviews
Number of ratings184712 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size91 MB133 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTopeboxZach Gage

Customer experience

Politaire

All ratings184 ratings
Positive89.1%
Neutral2.7%
Negative8.2%
Written reviews379 reviews
Positive81.3%
Neutral6.3%
Negative12.4%

Flipflop Solitaire

All ratings712 ratings
Positive73.7%
Neutral7.3%
Negative19.0%
Written reviews297 reviews
Positive53.2%
Neutral17.5%
Negative29.3%

User reviews

Politaire

From 184 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun and addictive game
  • 🚀 Quick and easy to play
  • 💡 Interesting mix of poker and solitaire
  • 🎨 Beautiful graphics and design

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and bugs
  • 🔧 Controls and touch sensitivity issues
  • 📢 Too many ads
  • 🔒 Lack of save/cloud sync functionality

Flipflop Solitaire

From 712 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Super smooth and ad-free
  • 👍 Love it
  • 👍 Gorgeous!
  • 👍 Awesome
  • 👍 Excellent!

Room to improve

  • 🐛 New Update broke things
  • 🐛 Lost data/progress after update
  • 🐛 Buggy ads
  • 🔋 Battery issues
  • 🔒 Requires internet connection to play

Bugs and requests

Politaire

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Game crashes after completing a round
  • Touch screen unresponsive or inaccurate
  • Objectives and scoring not working as expected
  • Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions

Requested features

4 requests
  • Additional game modes and challenges
  • Ability to disable auto-play
  • Customization options for card designs
  • Leaderboards and social features

Flipflop Solitaire

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Freezing on game completion
  • Crashing on iOS 12
  • Cards not flipping/disappearing
  • Undo issues
  • Leaderboard/achievements not working properly

Requested features

4 requests
  • Reset scores/stats
  • Landscape mode for iPad
  • Difficulty modes with card recycling
  • Tutorial replay option

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Politaire

One-time1
  • Double Deck Mode + No Ads$9.99
2 purchases

Flipflop Solitaire

One-time2
  • 200 More Deals17 variants$1.99
  • Full Game Unlock$2.99

Questions

Is Politaire free?
Politaire costs $1.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Flipflop Solitaire free?
Flipflop Solitaire is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Politaire or Flipflop Solitaire?
Politaire is rated higher. Politaire averages 4.4 out of 5 from 184 ratings, while Flipflop Solitaire averages 4.0 from 712 ratings.
Do Politaire or Flipflop Solitaire have ads?
Flipflop Solitaire shows ads; Politaire does not.
Which is updated more often, Politaire or Flipflop Solitaire?
Politaire ships an update every 3 weeks, and Flipflop Solitaire monthly. Most recently, Politaire was updated on September 22, 2026 and Flipflop Solitaire on September 19, 2026.

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