Comparison

Solitaire Cooking Tower vs Match Solitaire™

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

Head to head
About

Solitaire Cooking Tower

Play classic solitaire while building and collecting various restaurants. Collect unique card decks like Puppy or Kitty decks as you progress. Enjoy a blend of card game strategy and restaurant management.

Highlights
  • Classic solitaire gameplay
  • Build diverse restaurants
  • Collect unique card decks
  • Restaurant variety
  • Card deck customization
Features
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Welcome to Solitaire Cooking Tower - Best Card Game! Build your own restaurants while playing your favorite solitaire! > Just like the old days! Remember the old solitaire game on your PC that you used to love? Well, things just got better! > Build Restaurants! Hot dogs, tacos, Chinese food, and so on. Variety of restaurants to choose and build from! > Start Collecting Cards Decks! Create your own Card Decks while playing solitaire! Puppy Decks, Kitty Decks, Blossom Decks and much more! More Card Deckss & restaurants all over the world will continue to be updated in-game!

About

Match Solitaire™

This card game blends classic Solitaire with Match 3 mechanics. Strategically stack cards to make 3-of-a-kind matches and solve increasingly challenging puzzles. Unlock animated characters and compete in daily and weekly events.

Highlights
  • Classic Solitaire and Match 3 blend
  • Strategic card stacking
  • 3-of-a-kind matching
  • Thousands of levels and unique puzzles
  • Unlockable animated characters
  • Daily Challenge and Weekly Team Event
  • Hint system
Features
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As featured in "New Games We Love", "Game of the Day", and "Essential Card Games!" Match Solitaire™ weaves the best of classic Solitaire and Match 3 into an original new card-stacking puzzler. Stack cards up, down, or both ways to strategically uncover and collect 3-of-a-kind matches. Master puzzles that start out easy but soon put your brain to the test. Level up to unlock adorable animated characters! Test your skills in the daily challenge! Play for the jackpot in the weekly team event! There's always a fresh new Match Solitaire puzzle to meet your skill level and mood. Have you met your match? FEATURES • 25,000 levels • 10+ million unique puzzles • 40+ animated characters • 7 difficulty levels • Hint system • Daily Challenge • Weekly Team Event • Every deal guaranteed winnable! FROM THE DESIGNER My goal in designing a new kind of Solitaire was to create something that feels fresh and exciting for fans of classic Solitaire while staying true to the spirit of the game beloved by so many. Match Solitaire is my attempt to achieve that goal, and I hope you'll be as delighted to play it as I am to share it with you. -David

Screenshots

Solitaire Cooking Tower4 screens
Match Solitaire™4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Match Solitaire™ at every 4 days against Solitaire Cooking Tower's monthly. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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 Cooking Tower sells 12 one-off in-app purchases and Match Solitaire™ sells 14 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Solitaire Cooking Tower against 4.7 for Match Solitaire™. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.3K and 2.2K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 79% of Solitaire Cooking Tower's written reviews are positive against 78% of Match Solitaire™'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Solitaire Cooking Tower ships an update monthly, Match Solitaire™ every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 16, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Solitaire Cooking Tower versus Match Solitaire™: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSolitaire Cooking TowerMatch Solitaire™
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (1.3K ratings)4.7 (2.2K ratings) — better
Positive reviews79.1% of reviews — better78.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1.3K2.2K — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better12.2
Further details — not scored
Size350 MB273 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSticky Hands Inc.Hot Chai Productions

Customer experience

Solitaire Cooking Tower

All ratings1,280 ratings
Positive92.4%
Neutral4.0%
Negative3.6%
Written reviews593 reviews
Positive79.1%
Neutral9.4%
Negative11.5%

Match Solitaire™

All ratings2,227 ratings
Positive93.5%
Neutral4.6%
Negative1.8%
Written reviews82 reviews
Positive78.0%
Neutral14.6%
Negative7.3%

User reviews

Solitaire Cooking Tower

From 1.3K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Best game ever
  • 👍 Fun, cute, and relaxing game
  • 👍 Addictive and enjoyable
  • 👍 Great concept and gameplay
  • 👍 Smooth and fluid gameplay

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Bugs and glitches after updates
  • 🔋 Battery draining issues
  • 💸 Expensive in-app purchases
  • 📺 Too many intrusive ads
  • 🤔 Confusing translation/localization

Match Solitaire™

From 2.2K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎨 Unique and attractive design
  • 🧠 Challenging yet satisfying gameplay
  • 👍 Relaxing and casual experience
  • 🎉 Addictive and fun
  • 💰 Fair monetization with optional ads

Room to improve

  • 🔍 Difficulty spikes can be frustrating
  • 💰 Slow coin earning rate for power-ups
  • 🔊 Ads play even with phone on silent
  • 🐛 Occasional crashes or bugs
  • 🔍 Lack of clear tutorial or explanations

Bugs and requests

Solitaire Cooking Tower

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Game freezing or crashing
  • Ads not working as intended
  • Progress and data loss issues
  • Inability to open the game after updates

Requested features

6 requests
  • More restaurants and menu items
  • Ability to choose difficulty level
  • Option to mute or adjust volume of customer sounds
  • Ability to reset progress or start over
  • More game modes beyond just solitaire
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  • Improved daily challenges and missions

Match Solitaire™

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Levels randomly resetting to earlier stages
  • Inability to redo moves after using power-ups

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to replay past levels
  • Option to disable animations
  • Improved accessibility for players with disabilities
  • Cloud save functionality

In-app purchases

12 purchases

Solitaire Cooking Tower

One-time12
  • Undo 5$0.99
  • EventPackage1$0.99
  • Shuffle 5$1.99
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  • Magic 5$1.99
  • Star 100$1.99
  • Undo 25$2.99
  • Reward Video ADs skip$4.99
  • Shuffle 25$5.99
  • Alice card deck package$5.99
  • Magic 25$5.99
  • Special Package$7.99
  • Ultimate Package$9.99
14 purchases

Match Solitaire™

One-time14
  • 150 Coins$1.99
  • Relax Bundle$1.99
  • Starter Bundle$1.99
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  • 200 Coins$1.99
  • Relax Bundle2 variants$2.99
  • 500 Coins$4.99
  • Premium Upgrade$4.99
  • Stretch Bundle2 variants$6.99
  • 1 000 Coins$9.99
  • Warm-Up Bundle2 variants$12.99
  • 2 000 Coins$19.99
  • Workout Bundle2 variants$24.99
  • Endurance Bundle$49.99
  • Overload Bundle2 variants$99.99

Questions

Is Solitaire Cooking Tower free?
Solitaire Cooking Tower is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Match Solitaire™ free?
Match Solitaire™ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Solitaire Cooking Tower or Match Solitaire™?
Match Solitaire™ is rated higher. Solitaire Cooking Tower averages 4.6 out of 5 from 1.3K ratings, while Match Solitaire™ averages 4.7 from 2.2K ratings.
Do Solitaire Cooking Tower or Match Solitaire™ have ads?
Both Solitaire Cooking Tower and Match Solitaire™ show ads.
Which is updated more often, Solitaire Cooking Tower or Match Solitaire™?
Solitaire Cooking Tower ships an update monthly, and Match Solitaire™ every 4 days. Most recently, Solitaire Cooking Tower was updated on October 16, 2026 and Match Solitaire™ on October 16, 2026.

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