Solitaire Forever vs BigPatience HD
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Solitaire Forever
Experience a vast collection of over 150 solitaire games with a refined touch interface and 3D graphics. Enjoy customizable gameplay, including tilt controls, music integration, and various card options for an enhanced experience.
- Over 150 solitaire games
- 3D graphics and smooth animation
- Tilt for portrait/landscape
- Play with your music
- Multiple card decks/backs
- Unlimited undo/redo
- Highlight playable cards
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Enjoy over 150 solitaire games, with a simple graphic, touch interface. Rich graphics and smooth animation enhance your game-play experience in 3D. Features: - Tilt to play in portrait or landscape view - Listen to your music while you play - Multiple card decks and card backs - Unlimited undo/redo with slider bar - Highlight playable cards, zoom, fan out piles - Drag cards, or tap to auto-move - Options for auto-play, auto-flip, relaxed rules - View game rules, statistics, and much more
BigPatience HD
Enjoy a vast collection of 60 solitaire card games with extensive customization options. Personalize your experience with various decks, backgrounds, and rule adjustments. Track your progress with detailed statistics and access helpful guides.
- 60 solitaire card games
- Customizable rules
- Unlimited undo/redo
- 12 beautiful decks
- Zooming feature
- Game statistics
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Play 60 popular and unique solitaire card games! The game features include: * customizing solitaire rules; * unlimited undo and redo; * 12 beautiful decks; * large selection of backs and backgrounds; * zooming feature; * favorites and recent game lists; * game statistics; * the detailed help. Solitaire games included: Aces Up, Agnes, Aribert, Blind Alleys, Canfield, Klondike, Free Cell, Golf, Monte Carlo, Pyramid, Royal Marriage, Yukon and others.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Solitaire Forever at every 3 weeks against BigPatience HD's every 35 months. Solitaire Forever also leads on chart position (#183 vs unranked) and ratings volume (48 vs 8). BigPatience HD's advantage is review sentiment (91% vs 78%). On rating, ads, in-app purchases 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 Forever costs $2.99 and BigPatience HD $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Solitaire Forever against 4.4 for BigPatience HD. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Solitaire Forever has 48 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 78% of Solitaire Forever's written reviews are positive against 91% of BigPatience HD's.
Solitaire Forever ships an update every 3 weeks, BigPatience HD every 35 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Solitaire Forever | BigPatience HD |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.4 (48 ratings) — better | 4.4 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 77.8% of reviews | 91.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 48 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 35 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #183 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 9.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 85 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Solitaire Forever | Lena Pankratova |
Customer experience
Solitaire Forever
BigPatience HD
Bugs and requests
Solitaire Forever
Reported bugs
3 issues- Inability to move cards as expected in some games
- Shimmering/flickering background issues
- Crashes when switching between portrait and landscape
Requested features
4 requests- Option to customize card backs and backgrounds
- Ability to track game stats and progress
- Right-hand/left-hand mode for card dealing
- Customizable rules for games like Klondike
BigPatience HD
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Solitaire Forever
No in-app purchases
BigPatience HD
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Solitaire Forever free?
Is BigPatience HD free?
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Do Solitaire Forever or BigPatience HD have ads?
Which is updated more often, Solitaire Forever or BigPatience HD?
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