Pretty Good Solitaire Mini vs Microsoft Sudoku
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pretty Good Solitaire Mini
Experience a vast collection of over 900 solitaire card games, including classics and unique inventions. Enjoy intuitive controls, beautiful card designs, and advanced features like full undo/redo and automatic saving. Perfect for serious solitaire enthusiasts.
- Over 900 solitaire games
- Intuitive drag-and-tap controls
- Beautiful, easy-to-see card designs
- Full undo and redo functionality
- Automatic game saving
- Dynamic card sizing
- Detailed game statistics
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Pretty Good Solitaire is the premier solitaire game collection with 800 different solitaire card games (plus 100 bonus games, for a total of 900 games). Since 1995, Pretty Good Solitaire has been the choice of millions of solitaire players at Goodsol.com! Includes the popular games Klondike, FreeCell, Spider, Yukon, Scorpion, Pyramid, Cruel and more. Also includes many games invented for Pretty Good Solitaire, such as Demons and Thieves and Aces and Kings. Features: - Easy to play: just drag the cards or tap them to move them quickly. - Beautiful cards: designed to look like real cards but be easy to see. Use the special large suit card set or choose one of our other regular card sets. - Full Undo and Redo: undo any move or all your moves, and redo them. - Automatic Game Saving: saves your games when you leave and you can continue playing when you return. - AutoPlay/QuickMove: option can automatically play cards to the foundations for you. - Dynamic Card Sizing: pinch to make the cards smaller or spread to make them bigger. It automatically adjusts card size for portrait or landscape. - Tap and hold on a pile to get more information about what cards can be played there. - Tap the game name button to do a new game, play the next game number, or see your statistics. - Tap the Rules button to see the rules of each game. - Over 2 billion starting positions for each game. Game numbers compatible with the Mac and iPad versions. - Statistics for multiple players. Pretty Good Solitaire is the solitaire game for players who take solitaire seriously!
Microsoft Sudoku
Enjoy classic and unique Sudoku puzzles with adjustable difficulty. Engage in daily challenges, track your progress, and customize your gameplay with various themes and settings. An optional premium subscription removes ads and unlocks past challenges.
- Classic and Irregular Sudoku modes
- 6 difficulty levels
- Daily Challenges with badges
- Multiple themes and symbol options
- Note-taking and mistake erasing
- Cloud save and Xbox Live achievements
- Progress tracking and statistics
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Relax and keep your mind sharp with a game of Microsoft Sudoku, the world’s best Sudoku app. Classic: Play puzzles you’ve come to love now with 6 difficulty levels to choose from! Elegant, clean and intellectually stimulating. Play at your leisure where every puzzle is freshly generated giving you a never-ending supply of unique classic Sudoku games to play. Irregular: Try a whole new take on Sudoku! Rules are the same but the blocks have irregular shapes. You might not ever go back to the classic way of playing again! It’s cool to be Irregular. Daily Challenges: Play 3 unique challenges every day, collect coins and win badges! Classic, Irregular and an all new Ice Breaker game mode! In Ice Breaker placing correct numbers sends shockwaves across the board that break the ice. Give it a try, it’s a breeze! Features… • Freshly generated puzzles every game across 6 levels of difficulty for Classic and Irregular Sudoku • 3 new Daily Challenges every day • Multiple different themes to choose from. Are you a visual person? Try the Charms theme that uses symbols instead of numbers and can be played in any game mode! • Take notes like you would like you did on paper that get automatically updated each time you fill in a cell. • Made a mistake? No problem just erase it • Sign in with a Microsoft account to earn Xbox Live achievements and save your progress in the cloud across all your Apple devices. • Track your Statistics for all game modes including your Best Time, Average Time, and Games Played. • Customize the way you play with tons of settings including Block Duplicates, Show Mistakes, Show All Notes, and more! • Play by choosing a square first or a number first. Any input method works! • Pick up right where you left off, your classic and irregular puzzle progress is saved when you close the app! Upgrade to Premium on iPhone and iPad. You can purchase the Microsoft Sudoku Premium Subscription for $1.99 per Month or $9.99 per Year. Benefits that come with a Premium Subscription include: • Removing advertisements from your game • Play Daily Challenges from previous months NOTE: Premium Subscription grants premium experience on mobile only. It is non-transferrable to other platforms. Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account on confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews monthly or annually depending on the subscription type purchased. Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period ($1.99 monthly, or $9.99 annually, depending on the subscription type purchased). You can turn off your auto-renewal by going to your Account Settings after purchase. If auto-renewal is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period, you will not be charged for the next period. All cancellations will take effect at the end of the current period. © Microsoft 2025. All Rights Reserved. Microsoft, Microsoft Casual Games, the product logos and Sudoku, and the Sudoku logos are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Acceptance of Microsoft Services Agreement and Privacy Statement are required to play. (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/servicesagreement, https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/privacy/privacystatement) Microsoft account registration required for cross-platform play. Game offers in-app purchases. Persistent internet connection required. Features, online services and system requirements may vary by country and are subject to change or retirement over time.
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Verdict
Pretty Good Solitaire Mini and Microsoft Sudoku both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Pretty Good Solitaire Mini's written reviews are positive against 37% of Microsoft Sudoku's. Pretty Good Solitaire Mini also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). Microsoft Sudoku's advantage is price (Free vs $1.99) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 35 months). On rating, 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
Microsoft Sudoku is free to download; Pretty Good Solitaire Mini costs $1.99 up front. Microsoft Sudoku sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Pretty Good Solitaire Mini asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Pretty Good Solitaire Mini against 4.7 for Microsoft Sudoku. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Microsoft Sudoku has 7.5K ratings behind it against 22, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Pretty Good Solitaire Mini's written reviews are positive against 37% of Microsoft Sudoku's.
Pretty Good Solitaire Mini ships an update every 35 months, Microsoft Sudoku every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.
| Parameter | Pretty Good Solitaire Mini | Microsoft Sudoku |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (22 ratings) | 4.7 (7.5K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 37.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 22 | 7.5K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 35 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | #119 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 140 MB | 153 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Goodsol Development Inc. | Microsoft Corporation |
Customer experience
Pretty Good Solitaire Mini
Microsoft Sudoku
Bugs and requests
Pretty Good Solitaire Mini
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Microsoft Sudoku
Reported bugs
4 issues- Daily challenge progress not syncing across devices
- Levels and scores resetting unexpectedly
- App getting stuck on loading screens
- Ads hijacking device controls and interrupting background audio
Requested features
5 requests- Landscape mode support for tablets
- More customization options for notes and highlighting
- Ability to replay past daily challenges
- Improved undo/redo functionality
- Autofill or auto-complete options for advanced players
In-app purchases
Pretty Good Solitaire Mini
No in-app purchases
Microsoft Sudoku
- Premium Monthly Subscription$1.991 Month
- Premium Yearly Subscription$9.991 Year
Questions
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