Comparison

Solitaire ◆ vs Solitaire∗

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

Head to head
About

Solitaire ◆

Experience the ultimate Solitaire game with stunning live backgrounds, daily challenges, and unlimited winning deals. Customize your play style and track your progress with detailed statistics. Enjoy a visually appealing and satisfying card game experience.

Highlights
  • Live Backgrounds
  • Daily Challenges
  • Unlimited Winning Deals
  • Customizable Themes & Card Backs
  • Statistics Tracker
  • Leaderboards & Achievements
  • Undo Functionality
Features
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This brand new fully featured Solitaire is the best Solitaire game you'll ever play! From the amazing Live Backgrounds and Daily Challenges to the classic intuitive gameplay, we promise the most robust and satisfying Solitaire experience you will find in the App Store. Relax with a game at home, during your busy commute to work, or on the plane. Unlimited winning deals ensures you’ll never run out of interesting games to exercise your brain. Track your progress and game stats to beat your best times and scores or see how you rank against other players in the Leaderboards. The best looking card game in the store for an aesthetic play experience: • Live Backgrounds provide wonderfully relaxing, ambient animations • Beautifully crafted and curated themes • Fun and dynamic win animations! • Use our custom card backs, faces, designs, or choose from gallery Customize your play style, from the look and feel to each and every rule: • Draw 1 card • Draw 3 cards • Vegas scoring (-$52) • Unlimited Undo’s • Left handed support • UI customizations • Statistics tracker records your play history • Game Center support for leaderboards and achievements • Portrait and Landscape mode • And much, much more! Daily Challenges: Check in for a NEW challenge every day! • Complete unique and puzzling challenges • Unlock and master achievements to earn trophies for every month! • Earn bronze, silver, and gold trophies. The better you do, the more you'll win. Fans of Solitaire (also known as Patience or Klondike) or any of its variants, such as Tri-Peaks or Spider, will feel right at home with our classic style and gameplay. A great game for Poker and Blackjack players too! We set out to make the best Solitaire available for the App Store and we hope you'll enjoy it. Check back again for updates on new features, theme packs, and more! For fast and friendly support, email us at contact@maplemedia.io.

About

Solitaire∗

Experience a classic card game redesigned for mobile with enhanced operations and special effects. Enjoy thousands of challenges, customize your game with various backgrounds and card designs, and engage with daily challenges and a new store system. Perfect for entertainment, brain training, or relaxation anytime, anywhere.

Highlights
  • Redesigned classic card game
  • Optimized mobile operation
  • Thousands of card challenges
  • Customizable backgrounds and card designs
  • Daily challenge mechanism
  • New store and economic system
  • Dynamic scenes and treasure chests
Features
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we redesign this kind of classic Cards which have been already possessed 23years history. The operation experience and the special effects are more suitable for mobile phone, whenever you are in airplane,on the train, inder the metro, wait for the queue or the appointment. Are you feeling boring ? Then Begin a new round Solitaire to spend the entertainment time! Play Solitaire in the morning! It will help you fresh your brain and strengthen its dynamic, also to organize the train of thought. Plan Solitaire at night! It will help you quickly fall asleep and relieve all the pressure. -You will must be falling in love with this Solitaire! -We will provide you thousands of different ways of Cards to challenge yourself, nomatter you would like to be relax or sharpen your brain. -Various of background, front and back side of Cards, and orignal creation of dynamic background. We optimize the design for human's operating system. In order to delivery a better experience, we will polish each single details. [New item] 1. Added game lobby-easy to use 2. New brand new store system + economic system-open treasure box for playing games! 3. Added daily challenge mechanism-Complete the daily challenge to get a big trophy and a big treasure chest! 4. New dynamic scenes: up to 12 beautiful dynamic scenes including butterflies, beaches, waves, cafes, woods, and fish ponds. Let you feel the real nature in the game. 5. Added treasure chest mechanism-all items will be obtained from the treasure chest. Let players get rewards faster 6. New task system-complete the task! The mission must be reached! 7. Added game background music-soothing and beautiful, beautiful! 8. Added daily gifts-see what you can gain on the seventh day! 9. Added teaching mechanism to get you started quickly. 10. Added Jackpot and Lucky Bonus-Get high bonuses fast!

Screenshots

Solitaire ◆4 screens
Solitaire∗4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Solitaire∗ at none against Solitaire ◆'s 1. Solitaire∗ also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 4 months) and review sentiment (92% vs 79%). Solitaire ◆'s advantage is ratings volume (5K vs 1.6K). On price, rating, ads 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 ◆ sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Solitaire∗ asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Solitaire ◆ against 4.7 for Solitaire∗. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5K and 1.6K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 79% of Solitaire ◆'s written reviews are positive against 92% of Solitaire∗'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Solitaire ◆ ships an update every 4 months, Solitaire∗ fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Solitaire ◆ versus Solitaire∗: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSolitaire ◆Solitaire∗
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (5K ratings)4.7 (1.6K ratings) — better
Positive reviews79.1% of reviews91.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5K — better1.6K
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size180 MB98 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperDo More Mobile, LLC.仕良 连

Customer experience

Solitaire ◆

All ratings5,042 ratings
Positive90.3%
Neutral6.0%
Negative3.6%
Written reviews158 reviews
Positive79.1%
Neutral8.2%
Negative12.7%

Solitaire∗

All ratings1,601 ratings
Positive92.9%
Neutral4.9%
Negative2.2%
Written reviews275 reviews
Positive91.6%
Neutral2.5%
Negative5.8%

User reviews

Solitaire ◆

From 5K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Visually appealing graphics
  • 🎨 Customizable card designs and backgrounds
  • ⏱️ Automatic game completion when won
  • 🎶 Relaxing background music

Room to improve

  • 🕰️ Too many ads and long ad durations
  • 🐛 Occasional freezing or crashing issues
  • 🔌 Drains battery quickly
  • 🤔 Lack of challenge for experienced players

Solitaire∗

From 1.6K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎮 Enjoyable gameplay
  • 🧠 Mentally stimulating
  • 🕰️ Good time-passer
  • 📚 Improves skills
  • 🎨 Customizable features

Room to improve

  • 💤 Lack of updates
  • 🤖 Automated moves
  • 💰 Ads/in-app purchases
  • 🔍 Limited options

Bugs and requests

Solitaire ◆

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Cards becoming hidden under others
  • Sound effects disappearing after phone calls
  • Leaderboard/achievements not working properly

Requested features

4 requests
  • Achievements and progress tracking
  • Ability to disable ads for a fee
  • More card and background design options
  • Difficulty settings for different skill levels

Solitaire∗

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Reward issues
  • Crashing/freezing
  • Incompatibility with older devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • Ability to flip 3 cards at a time
  • Detailed gameplay history
  • Option to turn off automated moves

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Solitaire ◆

One-time1
  • Solitaire Premium - Remove Ads$19.99
None

Solitaire∗

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Solitaire ◆ free?
Solitaire ◆ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Solitaire∗ free?
Solitaire∗ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Solitaire ◆ or Solitaire∗?
Solitaire∗ is rated higher. Solitaire ◆ averages 4.6 out of 5 from 5K ratings, while Solitaire∗ averages 4.7 from 1.6K ratings.
Do Solitaire ◆ or Solitaire∗ have ads?
Both Solitaire ◆ and Solitaire∗ show ads.
Which is updated more often, Solitaire ◆ or Solitaire∗?
Solitaire ◆ ships an update every 4 months, and Solitaire∗ fortnightly. Most recently, Solitaire ◆ was updated on October 12, 2026 and Solitaire∗ on October 11, 2026.

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