Comparison

Solitaire ◆ vs Solitary Confinement

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

Solitary Confinement

A minimalist solitaire game designed for quiet, uninterrupted play. Enjoy a pure card-matching experience with no timers, ads, or in-app purchases. Choose from various card designs and layouts for endless solo enjoyment.

Highlights
  • Simple solitaire gameplay
  • Multiple layout shapes
  • No timers or pressure
  • No ads or in-app purchases
  • Unlockable card designs
  • Offline play
Features
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Solitaire! In Solitary Confinement. A pure quiet game of solitaire for when you have all the time in the world. No ads. No timers. No coins, boosters, nags, or pop-ups. Just you, your deck of home made cards, and quiet solitude to play. - Simple solitaire, match up or down one rank. - Many layout shapes or pure random Scatter for infinite variety*. - No timers and no pressure. - No ads, no coins, no shop. - Many card designs to choose, all unlocked. - Offline play. - Some fun extras to see. * OK, not infinite, but you'd have to play many lifetimes to repeat.

Screenshots

Solitaire ◆4 screens
Solitary Confinement4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Solitary Confinement at none against Solitaire ◆'s 1. Solitary Confinement also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 4 months). Solitaire ◆'s advantage is ratings volume (5K vs 5) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On price 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

Both are free to download. Solitaire ◆ sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Solitary Confinement asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Solitary Confinement holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Solitaire ◆ has 5K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Solitaire ◆ ships an update every 4 months, Solitary Confinement every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Solitaire ◆ versus Solitary Confinement: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSolitaire ◆Solitary Confinement
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (5K ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews79.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings5K — better5
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size180 MB33 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperDo More Mobile, LLC.Headlight Software, Inc.

Customer experience

Solitaire ◆

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

Solitary Confinement

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Solitary Confinement

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Solitaire ◆

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

Solitary Confinement

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Solitaire ◆ free?
Solitaire ◆ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Solitary Confinement free?
Solitary Confinement is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Solitaire ◆ or Solitary Confinement?
Solitary Confinement is rated higher. Solitaire ◆ averages 4.6 out of 5 from 5K ratings, while Solitary Confinement averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Solitaire ◆ or Solitary Confinement have ads?
Solitaire ◆ shows ads; Solitary Confinement does not.
Which is updated more often, Solitaire ◆ or Solitary Confinement?
Solitaire ◆ ships an update every 4 months, and Solitary Confinement every 5 days. Most recently, Solitaire ◆ was updated on November 6, 2026 and Solitary Confinement on November 5, 2026.

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