Comparison

Golf vs Shifting Tiles

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

Head to head
About

Golf

A solitaire card game where players arrange cards to clear the board. The objective is to remove all cards from the tableau by matching them with the top card of the deck, one rank higher or lower.

Highlights
  • Card arrangement gameplay
  • Deck stacking mechanic
  • Rank-based card removal
  • Game clear conditions
  • Solitaire variant
Features
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Golf is one of the ways to play Trump Solitaire ▼ Game rules 1. Arrange the cards 35 of the 52 cards, excluding the joker, are arranged face up in 7 rows and 5 rows vertically to serve as a card. 2. Place the deck Stack the remaining 17 cards face down as a deck 3. Start the game --Turn one card from the deck. The flipped card is called a knitting card. --If the number is +1 or -1 from the bottom card in each row of the board, you can put it in the set to a knitting card. --If you run out of cards that can be removed, you can open a new deck and update the deck. 5. Game clear conditions If you can remove all the decks by the time all the decks are gone, the game will be cleared.

About

Shifting Tiles

Match tile patterns from cards to a grid to score points. Play solo, with a partner, or against AI. Compete with others on the Game Center Leaderboard.

Highlights
  • Tile pattern matching
  • Scoring system
  • Solo play
  • Partner play
  • AI opponent
  • Game Center Leaderboard
Features
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Each playing card has a pattern of the tiles that you have to match to the grid to score the number of points shown on that card. You can play Solo, against your partner or against AI. Compete with your friends and other players on Game Center Leaderboard.

Screenshots

Golf3 screens
Shifting Tiles1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Shifting Tiles at none against Golf's shown. Shifting Tiles also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Golf's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 17.5). On price, rating, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Golf against 5.0 for Shifting Tiles. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Golf ships an update every 2 days, Shifting Tiles every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Golf versus Shifting Tiles: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGolfShifting Tiles
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS10.0 — better17.5
Further details — not scored
Size105 MB4 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperHAREPPOVlad Feinstein

Customer experience

Golf

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Shifting Tiles

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Golf

No in-app purchases

None

Shifting Tiles

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Golf free?
Golf is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Shifting Tiles free?
Shifting Tiles is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Golf or Shifting Tiles?
Golf and Shifting Tiles are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Golf or Shifting Tiles have ads?
Golf shows ads; Shifting Tiles does not.
Which is updated more often, Golf or Shifting Tiles?
Golf ships an update every 2 days, and Shifting Tiles every 2 months. Most recently, Golf was updated on November 3, 2026 and Shifting Tiles on October 30, 2026.

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