Comparison

Flipflop Solitaire vs Fire Ant Solitaire

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

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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

About

Fire Ant Solitaire

Exterminate an ant infestation in this addictive card game. The goal is to remove red cards from the board using simple rules that require strategic thinking. Features include multiple difficulty levels, a rewind button, and hints to help you master the game.

Highlights
  • Ant extermination card game
  • Simple rules, strategic depth
  • Multiple difficulty levels
  • Rewind button for mistakes
  • Hint button for assistance
  • Leaderboards
Features
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Oh gross! Are those ants?! Why are there ants all over this app?? Help exterminate the infestation in this clever and addicting new card game. Try to remove the red cards from the board. The rules are simple, but it will take hive mind to master the strategy! Fire Ant Solitaire includes three difficulties to teach and challenge you. If you make a mistake, don't sweat it! A helpful Rewind Button is at your disposal to go back in time to rethink a tricky move. And if you're ever super stumped, there's a Hint Button to offer you a nudge in the right direction. Climb the leader boards to become Queen of the Hill! App includes reward advertisements to replenish in-game hints.

Screenshots

Flipflop Solitaire4 screens
Fire Ant Solitaire4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Fire Ant Solitaire at 4.8 against Flipflop Solitaire's 4.0. Fire Ant Solitaire also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 18) and ads (none vs shown). Flipflop Solitaire's advantage is ratings volume (710 vs 6). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Flipflop Solitaire sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Fire Ant Solitaire asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Fire Ant Solitaire holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flipflop Solitaire has 710 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flipflop Solitaire ships an update monthly, Fire Ant Solitaire daily. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Flipflop Solitaire versus Fire Ant Solitaire: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlipflop SolitaireFire Ant Solitaire
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (710 ratings)4.8 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews53.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings710 — better6
Update frequencyMonthlyDaily — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size133 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZach GageDerek Seibel

Customer experience

Flipflop Solitaire

All ratings712 ratings
Positive73.7%
Neutral7.3%
Negative19.0%
Written reviews298 reviews
Positive53.0%
Neutral17.4%
Negative29.5%

Fire Ant Solitaire

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

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

Fire Ant Solitaire

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Flipflop Solitaire

One-time2
  • 200 More Deals17 variants$1.99
  • Full Game Unlock$2.99
None

Fire Ant Solitaire

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Flipflop Solitaire free?
Flipflop Solitaire is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Fire Ant Solitaire free?
Fire Ant Solitaire is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Flipflop Solitaire or Fire Ant Solitaire?
Fire Ant Solitaire is rated higher. Flipflop Solitaire averages 4.0 out of 5 from 710 ratings, while Fire Ant Solitaire averages 4.8 from 6 ratings.
Do Flipflop Solitaire or Fire Ant Solitaire have ads?
Flipflop Solitaire shows ads; Fire Ant Solitaire does not.
Which is updated more often, Flipflop Solitaire or Fire Ant Solitaire?
Flipflop Solitaire ships an update monthly, and Fire Ant Solitaire daily. Most recently, Flipflop Solitaire was updated on October 22, 2026 and Fire Ant Solitaire on October 17, 2026.

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