Comparison

Cardjong vs Thoughtful Solitaire

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

Head to head
About

Cardjong

Experience classic Klondike Solitaire with modern enhancements. Enjoy offline play, customizable themes, and helpful hints to master the game. Track your progress and unlock achievements in this engaging card game.

Highlights
  • Classic Klondike Solitaire gameplay
  • Offline play support
  • Unlimited undo feature
  • Customizable themes
  • Smart hints system
  • Achievement system
  • Quick play interface
Features
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Cardjong gives mahjong solitaire a fresh card-game twist. Instead of traditional tiles, match two free playing cards with the same rank and suit. Remove every pair, clear the layered board and reveal the hidden picture underneath. Start with simple layouts and learn how to free the sides of each card. As you progress, new suits, higher layers and more intricate shapes turn every board into a different logic puzzle. Plan each move carefully: removing the right pair can open the path, while another choice may leave useful cards blocked. Explore 40 levels across five chapters. Every level has its own shape and illustration, from compact beginner boards to layered challenges with more than 100 cards. Features: • Mahjong solitaire reimagined with playing cards • 40 levels with distinct board shapes • Five relaxed chapters with varied boards • Hidden pictures revealed as you clear cards • Hints when you need help finding a pair • Undo to try a different move • Optional timer for relaxed or competitive play • Best times, moves and progress saved on your device • Sound, haptics and reduced-motion settings • Play the full campaign offline Cardjong combines the satisfying rules of mahjong games with card matching and hidden picture puzzles. Take your time, read the layers and uncover every illustration.

About

Thoughtful Solitaire

This card game transforms the classic Klondike Solitaire experience by revealing all cards face-up from the start. It offers a pure strategy puzzle with familiar rules, an undo function, and offline play.

Highlights
  • All cards face-up for perfect information
  • Standard Klondike rules
  • Undo function for strategy refinement
  • Offline play capability
  • Clean touch controls
  • Smooth animations
Features
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Nothing is hidden. That is the whole point. Deal a normal patience layout and half the tableau is face down. You play, you lose, and you never find out whether the deal could have been won at all. Thoughtful Solitaire takes that excuse away. All twenty-eight cards in the seven columns are face up from the first second, so the position in front of you is the position, complete. What changes when you can see everything Planning replaces guessing. You can spot the buried nine you will need in fifteen moves, which means you can decide now whether to spend a move protecting it. You also lose the comfort of blaming the shuffle: if the deal falls apart, the mistake sits somewhere in your own sequence of moves, and undo will carry you back to it. The rules underneath are the familiar ones. Columns descend in alternating colours, foundations climb from ace to king in one suit, only a king may take an empty column, and the stock hands you one card or three, your choice, recycled as often as you need. - Undo covering your last hundred moves - A hint available at any point - Games, wins, best times and current streak - Card backs, table colours, light and dark - No connection needed, 33 languages Reach us at sbecker.app@gmail.com

Screenshots

Cardjong4 screens
Thoughtful Solitaire4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Thoughtful Solitaire at none against Cardjong's 1. Thoughtful Solitaire also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 months). Cardjong's advantage is ratings volume (17 vs 1). On price, rating, ads 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. Cardjong sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Thoughtful Solitaire asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Thoughtful Solitaire holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cardjong has 17 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cardjong ships an update every 3 months, Thoughtful Solitaire every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Cardjong versus Thoughtful Solitaire: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCardjongThoughtful Solitaire
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (17 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings17 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPablo Rodriguez LepeSebastien Becker

Customer experience

Cardjong

All ratings17 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Thoughtful Solitaire

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

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Cardjong

One-time1
  • Unlock Premium Mode$1.99
None

Thoughtful Solitaire

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cardjong free?
Cardjong is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Thoughtful Solitaire free?
Thoughtful Solitaire is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Cardjong or Thoughtful Solitaire?
Thoughtful Solitaire is rated higher. Cardjong averages 4.8 out of 5 from 17 ratings, while Thoughtful Solitaire averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Cardjong or Thoughtful Solitaire have ads?
Both Cardjong and Thoughtful Solitaire show ads.
Which is updated more often, Cardjong or Thoughtful Solitaire?
Cardjong ships an update every 3 months, and Thoughtful Solitaire every 4 days. Most recently, Cardjong was updated on October 24, 2026 and Thoughtful Solitaire on October 12, 2026.

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