Comparison

Solitaire Forever vs Sweaty Hat Games

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

Sweaty Hat Games

This app offers seven handcrafted puzzle games, including word challenges, logic puzzles, and skill-based games. Enjoy a clean, ad-free experience with options for unlimited practice via a one-time purchase.

Highlights
  • Seven handcrafted puzzle games
  • Daily word challenges (SWORDLE)
  • Logic puzzles (Sudoku, Sentinels, Shikaku)
  • Skill challenges (Dartle, Spider Solitaire)
  • Universal scorekeeper for board/card games
  • Ad-free and no subscriptions
  • One-time purchase for unlimited practice
Features
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Seven handcrafted puzzle games in one beautifully designed app. Free to play, with no ads and no subscriptions. Just great games, ready whenever you are. ** ONE STREAK, SEVEN DAILIES ** Every game has a daily puzzle. Finish one and your streak grows. Finish all seven and you've earned a Daily Sweep. Miss a day? You get a make-up each week, so a busy Tuesday doesn't erase a month of progress. Optional reminders let you know when today's puzzles are ready and give you a heads-up before a streak slips — on only if you ask, and off the moment you don't want them. Your streak lives on the Home Screen and Lock Screen with widgets, and today's results go to Game Center leaderboards so you can see how your Swordle guesses, Sudoku time, or Spider move count stack up against friends. ** WORD PUZZLES ** SWORDLE — Your daily 5-letter word challenge. Six guesses, a satisfying reveal, and a shareable result grid. SWORDLE SQUARED — Four 5-letter words at once, with nine shared guesses. When one word puzzle isn't enough. ** LOGIC PUZZLES ** SUDOKU — The world's most loved number puzzle. Multiple difficulty levels, a clean grid, and zero interruptions. SENTINELS — A modern spatial logic puzzle. Place one sentinel in every row, column, and color region without any two conflicting. Easy to learn. Surprisingly deep. SHIKAKU — A Japanese classic. Divide the grid into rectangles — each number tells you exactly how large its box must be. Pure deductive satisfaction. ** SKILL CHALLENGES ** DARTLE — Mental math on a dartboard. Estimate answers by placing a dart on a number line, then commit and score. 36 levels across 6 worlds, plus a daily mix built from everyday math you'd actually do in your head. SPIDER SOLITAIRE — The patience classic, played by the real rules. Strategic, methodical, and deeply satisfying when the cards finally fall into place. ** SCORE — UNIVERSAL SCOREKEEPER ** Keep score for any card or board game — Hearts, Catan, Skull King, and dozens more. Save your house rules with each game, track rounds and totals, and keep full game history. When someone wins, the app celebrates (and has a word for whoever finished last). Because game night deserves better than a cocktail napkin. — Every game in SweatyHatGames is polished, focused, and completely ad-free. No energy meters. No pay-to-win mechanics. No notifications unless you turn them on. Daily play is free for everyone, forever. New players also get three free practice plays per game each day for the first week, then one a day after that. Unlock unlimited practice across every game — plus four exclusive color themes — with a single one-time purchase. No subscription, ever.

Screenshots

Solitaire Forever4 screens
Sweaty Hat Games4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Sweaty Hat Games at Free against Solitaire Forever's $2.99. Sweaty Hat Games also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.4) and review sentiment (100% vs 78%). Solitaire Forever's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (48 vs 3). On 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

Sweaty Hat Games is free to download; Solitaire Forever costs $2.99 up front. Sweaty Hat Games sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Solitaire Forever asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sweaty Hat Games holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Solitaire Forever has 48 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of Solitaire Forever's written reviews are positive against 100% of Sweaty Hat Games's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Solitaire Forever ships an update every 3 weeks, Sweaty Hat Games every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 2 level
Solitaire Forever versus Sweaty Hat Games: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSolitaire ForeverSweaty Hat Games
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.4 (48 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews77.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings48 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#169 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS8.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSolitaire ForeverJames Sloan

Customer experience

Solitaire Forever

All ratings48 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral10.4%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews167 reviews
Positive77.8%
Neutral10.2%
Negative12.0%

Sweaty Hat Games

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Sweaty Hat Games

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Solitaire Forever

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Sweaty Hat Games

One-time1
  • Sweaty Hat Games - Pro$4.99

Questions

Is Solitaire Forever free?
Solitaire Forever costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sweaty Hat Games free?
Sweaty Hat Games is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Solitaire Forever or Sweaty Hat Games?
Sweaty Hat Games is rated higher. Solitaire Forever averages 4.4 out of 5 from 48 ratings, while Sweaty Hat Games averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Solitaire Forever or Sweaty Hat Games have ads?
Neither Solitaire Forever nor Sweaty Hat Games shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Solitaire Forever or Sweaty Hat Games?
Solitaire Forever ships an update every 3 weeks, and Sweaty Hat Games every 5 days. Most recently, Solitaire Forever was updated on October 23, 2026 and Sweaty Hat Games on September 24, 2026.

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