Solitaire vs Solitaire Anytime
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Solitaire
Experience classic Klondike Solitaire with no interruptions. This app offers a pure, ad-free card-playing experience with intuitive controls and customizable settings. Enjoy unlimited undo and helpful hints to enhance your gameplay.
- 100% free, no in-game ads
- Classic Klondike rules
- Drag and drop or tap to move
- Customizable user settings
- Unlimited undo capability
- Show possible move hints
- Portrait and landscape support
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Enjoy classic Klondike Solitaire with no ads, no interruptions, and no pressure. Play at your own pace with familiar rules, flexible controls, and helpful features. PLAY SOLITAIRE YOUR WAY • Choose Draw 1 or Draw 3 • Drag and drop cards or tap to move • Undo moves without limits • Get hints when you need help • Enjoy smooth autoplay animations • Restart and replay the current game • Play in portrait or landscape TRACK YOUR PROGRESS Review your game history, including your scores, completion times, and number of moves. COMPLETELY AD-FREE Solitaire by NxgWare is completely free to play and contains no in-game advertising. Just open the game and enjoy a clean, relaxing game of classic Solitaire.
Solitaire Anytime
Enjoy a classic card game experience with customizable rules and scoring. Play offline with no ads or tracking. Features smart hints, undo options, and a timer for focused gameplay.
- Classic Solitaire gameplay
- 1-card or 3-card draw options
- Optional Vegas scoring
- Smart hints for guidance
- Configurable undo limit
- Countdown timer mode
- Offline play
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Settle into a calm, ad-free game of classic Solitaire. Solitaire Anytime lets you play your way—single-card or three-card draw—plus optional Vegas scoring, smart hints, undo with a configurable limit, and a countdown timer for focused sessions. No accounts. No tracking. Just great Solitaire that works offline. Features - Classic Solitaire that feels right - Play 1-card or 3-card draw - Optional Vegas scoring (or classic scoring) - Smart Hints highlight helpful moves - Undo with a user-set limit (or turn it off) - Countdown Timer mode (1–10 minutes) or normal timer - High scores & fastest times for each draw mode - Subtle win celebrations - Phone & iPad layouts with crisp card art - No ads. No analytics. Offline. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Solitaire at Free against Solitaire Anytime's $0.99. Solitaire also leads on ratings volume (37 vs 3). Solitaire Anytime's advantage is rating (4.3 vs 3.8) and review sentiment (100% vs 69%). On ads, in-app purchases, 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
Solitaire is free to download; Solitaire Anytime costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Solitaire Anytime holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Solitaire has 37 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of Solitaire's written reviews are positive against 100% of Solitaire Anytime's.
Solitaire ships an update every 2 months, Solitaire Anytime every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Solitaire | Solitaire Anytime |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 3.8 (37 ratings) | 4.3 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 69.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 37 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #155 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | NX Gentech, LLC | NT2 Gaming, LLC |
Customer experience
Solitaire
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In-app purchases
Solitaire
No in-app purchases
Solitaire Anytime
No in-app purchases
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