Comparison

Flipflop Solitaire vs Dotmates

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

Dotmates

A calm logic puzzle game where you drag colored dots to form clusters. Be strategic, as forming a cluster freezes other dots of that color. Offers 150 solvable levels with no timers or ads.

Highlights
  • 150 verified solvable levels
  • Colorblind-friendly shapes
  • No timers or lives
  • Undo any move
  • Calm ambient soundtrack
  • No data collection or network required
Features
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Drag dots together. Dots of a color that touch bind into a cluster and move as one piece — but the moment a cluster forms, that color's loose dots freeze. Bind the wrong pair first and you'll trap yourself. • 150 levels, every one verified solvable • Par for every level is the true minimum — proven by exhaustive search • Earn three stars by matching par, or switch on Expert Mode to require it • A shape on every color, not just hue — colorblind-friendly at a tap • Unhurried: no timers, no lives, no ads — undo anything • A calm, generative ambient soundtrack (music can be switched off) • No data collected. No network. No account. An original tribute to the mechanics of the 2014 puzzle Dwelp — with all-new art, music, and levels.

Screenshots

Flipflop Solitaire4 screens
Dotmates3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Dotmates at 5.0 against Flipflop Solitaire's 4.0. Dotmates also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 18) and ads (none vs shown). Flipflop Solitaire's advantage is ratings volume (712 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). 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. Flipflop Solitaire sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Dotmates asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dotmates holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flipflop Solitaire has 712 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Flipflop Solitaire ships an update monthly, Dotmates every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Flipflop Solitaire versus Dotmates: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlipflop SolitaireDotmates
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (712 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews53.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings712 — better1
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size133 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZach GageVibesoft LLC

Customer experience

Flipflop Solitaire

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

Dotmates

All ratings1 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

Dotmates

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

Dotmates

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Flipflop Solitaire free?
Flipflop Solitaire is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dotmates free?
Dotmates is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Flipflop Solitaire or Dotmates?
Dotmates is rated higher. Flipflop Solitaire averages 4.0 out of 5 from 712 ratings, while Dotmates averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Flipflop Solitaire or Dotmates have ads?
Flipflop Solitaire shows ads; Dotmates does not.
Which is updated more often, Flipflop Solitaire or Dotmates?
Flipflop Solitaire ships an update monthly, and Dotmates every 4 days. Most recently, Flipflop Solitaire was updated on October 15, 2026 and Dotmates on October 8, 2026.

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