Comparison

Solitaire vs Toehold

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

Head to head
About

Solitaire

Experience the classic Klondike Solitaire card game for free. This app offers a relaxing way to train your brain with beautiful graphics and offline play. Enjoy daily challenges and user-friendly features designed for a comfortable gameplay experience.

Highlights
  • Classic Klondike Solitaire
  • Draw 1 & Draw 3 modes
  • Standard or Vegas scoring
  • Daily Challenges
  • Offline Play
  • Left-handed support
Features
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The most popular card game in the world, classic Klondike Solitaire, by Conifer is the new best way to play the game you know and love for free!Is a great way to relax and train your brain. With beautiful graphics, fun animations, and offline play, Solitaire is the best game to pass the time. FEATURES: Original Classic Solitaire: - Play Klondike solitaire draw 1 & draw 3 modes - Choose scoring mode: Standard or Vegas solitaire scoring Daily Challenge: - Challenge yourself with the hard mode - Receive special mark everyday - Record every achievement you made - Stay Sharp and see every improvement User Friendly Experience: - Enjoy clean and comfortable visual design - Use new props to make your gameplay more easy - Play Offline: Play random deals everywhere - Supports left-handed play “Start one game and I can never stop!”

About

Toehold

Features
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Every other sudoku app has a hint button. You get stuck, you tap it, it fills in a square, and you have learned nothing. Toehold does the opposite. A panel sits beside your board and keeps a live inventory of the techniques that are available right now — "Hidden single ×2 · Pointing pair ×1 · X-Wing ×1" — updating on every digit and every pencil mark. It tells you what to look for. It does not tell you where. Tap a technique and it shows you the cells that make it true, and one plain sentence explaining why: "The only spots for 6 in box 2 — r1c5 and r3c5 — share column 5, so 6 leaves r4c5 and r6c5." Placing the digit is then a separate, deliberate tap. The toehold is yours; the climb is still yours too. DIFFICULTY THAT MEANS SOMETHING • Most apps grade by counting clues, which tells you nothing about how hard a puzzle is • Toehold grades by the hardest technique a puzzle actually requires • Gentle needs only singles. Steady adds locked candidates. Tricky adds pairs and triples. Tough needs X-Wing, Swordfish, or Y-Wing • Every puzzle is checked before you see it: exactly one solution, and solvable by named logic from start to finish. You will never be asked to guess ELEVEN TECHNIQUES, ALL EXPLAINED Naked and hidden singles · pointing pairs · box/line reduction · naked and hidden pairs and triples · X-Wing · Y-Wing · Swordfish. Each one names itself when it appears, so you learn the vocabulary by meeting it on your own board. BUILT FOR THE GRID • Pencil marks in a fixed 3x3 lattice, so a digit is always in the same spot • Fill all candidates in one tap, or place them yourself • Every key shows how many of that digit are left • Full undo • Optional mistake checking, off by default ON iPAD The technique panel stays open beside the board in a real two-column layout — not a stretched phone screen. PRIVATE AND OFFLINE Puzzles are generated on your device. No accounts, no ads, no analytics, no tracking, no network access of any kind. Free. Toehold is for anyone who has finished a sudoku and still could not say how they did it.

Screenshots

Solitaire4 screens
Toehold4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Toehold at none against Solitaire's 4. Toehold also leads on ads (none vs shown). Solitaire's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). 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. Solitaire sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Toehold asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Solitaire versus Toehold: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSolitaireToehold
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (38K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews88.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings38K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size171 MB0 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperConifer LimitedJohn Doan

Bugs and requests

Solitaire

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Repeated dealing of the same easy hand
  • Issues with card movement/responsiveness

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to move cards between rows at the bottom
  • Option to play in landscape mode
  • Improved ad frequency (e.g. every other game)
  • Maintain high score history beyond 700 points

Toehold

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Solitaire

One-time4
  • 1-month No ads$1.99
  • 3-month No ads$4.99
  • 1-Year No ads$9.99
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  • Permanent$12.99
None

Toehold

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Solitaire free?
Solitaire is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Toehold free?
Toehold is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Solitaire or Toehold have ads?
Solitaire shows ads; Toehold does not.

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