Comparison

Solitaire City (Ad Free) vs ▻ Solitaire +

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

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About

Solitaire City (Ad Free)

Enjoy a vast collection of classic solitaire card games without any interruptions. This ad-free version offers a private and seamless experience, automatically transferring your progress from the free version. Learn new games with an interactive training system and compete globally via leaderboards.

Highlights
  • Ad-free experience
  • No in-app purchases or tracking
  • Automatic score and statistic transfer
  • Universal iPhone/iPad app
  • Interactive training system
  • Game Center leaderboards and achievements
  • Customizable backgrounds and card designs
Features
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Play classic solitaire card games with Solitaire City advert free - one of the first 500 apps on the original iOS App Store that launched in 2008! Enjoy your favorite solitaire games such as Klondike, Double Klondike, Spider, FreeCell, Spiderette, Tri-Peaks, Scorpion, Pyramid and many more. This paid version of Solitaire City is completely advert free, contains no In-App Purchases, no tracking and doesn't collect any analytics data. Your privacy is important to us! If you've played thousands of games with the free version of Solitaire City then your scores, statistics and customizations will now be automatically transferred to this paid version so there's no excuse not to upgrade now! Solitaire City is a Universal App! Buy once and play it on all your iOS devices with tablet enhanced high resolution graphics on iPads and detailed HD graphics on all devices that have Retina displays. Nearly 70 Solitaire Games and Variations Enjoy one of the largest solitaire collections available: • Klondike Solitaire (6 variations) • Spider Solitaire One, Two and Four Suits • FreeCell Solitaire (7 variations) • Double Klondike Solitaire (3 variations) • Spiderette Solitaire One, Two and Four Suits • Tri-Peaks Solitaire (2 variations) • Scorpion Solitaire One, Two and Four Suits • Alternations Solitaire (4 variations) • Three Shuffles and a Draw • Demon/Canfield Solitaire (4 variations) • Poker Squares (4 variations) • Pyramid Solitaire (4 variations) • Cribbage Squares (3 variations) • Golf Solitaire (4 variations) • Casket Solitaire (2 variations) • Eliminator Solitaire (3 variations) • Yukon Solitaire (3 variations) • La Belle Lucie • Demon Fan • Shamrocks • Fan • Super Flower Garden • Baker's Dozen Solitaire • Blind Alleys Solitaire (2 variations) • Accordion Solitaire (2 variations) Solitaire City is played against the clock for points. The faster you complete a game, the higher your score. Think you have an epic score? Then take a look at the numerous Game Center leaderboards to see how it compares with players from all around the world. A unique training system is included that teaches you the game rules and points out valid moves as you play. No more confusing rules to read. Learn new solitaire games as you play! Solitaire City Features: • No adverts or In-App purchases • Universal iPhone and iPad solitaire app • Smooth tap or drag card gameplay • Classic Klondike solitaire (patience) • Windows Solitaire rule numbers. • Beautiful HD graphics for all Retina displays • Enhanced HD graphics on iPad • Play solitaire in portrait or landscape • Rotate your device during play • Stunning card animations and visual effects • Fast timed scoring system • Game Center leaderboards & achievements • Interactive solitaire training system • Hint / Suggest Move button • Detailed solitaire statistics • Listen to your music while playing • Fun sound effects and customizable sound themes • Custom card backs and backgrounds • Use photos from your album as card backgrounds or card backs • Multiple card deck styles • Replay the same solitaire deal anytime • Unlimited undo moves • Automatically saves your game • Left-handed and right-handed play options Notes: • Three Shuffles and a Draw and La Belle Lucie appear under the Fan Games section. • Enable Confirm New/End Game in Settings if you want confirmation before ending a game. • Prefer playing solitaire in bed? Lock the screen orientation to portrait or landscape in Settings. • You can either drag cards onto other cards or use the Tap to Move feature - tap on a card to highlight it grey and then tap where you want it to move to. You can turn Tap to Move off from the Solitaire City Settings screen if you always drag cards. Try our other games "Yatzy Master", "10 Pin Shuffle" and "Silly Saucers", also available on the App Store.

About

▻ Solitaire +

Experience the classic Klondike solitaire with enhanced graphics and intuitive controls. Enjoy unlimited free games with multiple difficulty levels and helpful features like hints and undos. Play in landscape or portrait mode on your iPhone or iPad.

Highlights
  • Unlimited free games
  • Multiple difficulty levels
  • Tap-to-place and drag-and-drop controls
  • Draw one and draw three card puzzles
  • Guaranteed winnable games
  • Hints and unlimited undos
  • Landscape and portrait play
Features
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Solitaire is the #1 card games solitaire! Discover the next evolution of the classic Klondike solitaire with amazing graphics and ease of use. This is a card game like one you have never experienced before. No wonder this Solitaire is rated so highly! And, with our optional extra-large card symbols, squinting the eyes is a thing of the past! With this solitaire game you get unlimited puzzle games, all free games, all best of class games, and we have added a Smart Point System and multiple levels of difficulty: Easy, Medium, and Hard :) So easy to use: Solitaire has been built specifically for your iPhone and iPad to bring you the best card game experience ever… for you to fall in love with it over and over again like our players, which rank it the best solitaire card game and best card puzzle :) Solitaire (Klondike), along with Spider Solitaire and FreeCell Solitaire, is part of our family of card games and puzzle games, all created with the same mix of passion for enjoyment, midnight oil, and deep technology skills to bring you the best solitaires… try the difference. This is what some of our players are saying: :) "Fun and Easy! — …Easy to use and it makes you keep wanting to beat your previous scores… I ended up playing for an hour straight without even realizing it!…" :) "Good Stuff — Easily the best solitaire app out there. Grab it." :) "Addicted — I'm so addicted to this game!! Playing it for months now." :) Check out the rest of our raving reviews... and look at our ratings!!! Solitaire makes it amazingly natural to control the cards movements and to feel in control: With tap-to-place, you simply tap the right card and it magically does the right move, or when you prefer you can also use our assisted drag-and-drop to move a card anywhere it creates a valid move. With this solitaire card game you also get all the nice features you would expect from a first class Klondike card game, such as: • unlimited number of free games • landscape and portrait card game play • draw one card puzzles • draw three card puzzles • right and left game layout • drag destination highlight • automatic game save and resume • unlimited undos • cards placement hints • tap to place cards • drag and drop cards • autocomplete to finish a solved puzzle • scores, moves, and times • statistics • guaranteed winnable card games • show me how to solve a puzzle • awesome graphics and animations :) • show or hide time/battery • online games scoring • online achievements • klondike solitaire game rules • … too many more to keep listing :) Solitaire is an iPhone game and an iPad game combined into one iOS app. Your iPhone, iPod, or iPad automatically selects for you the iPhone app and iPad app. Solitaire is part of our family of card games and puzzle games, all created with the same mix of passion for enjoyment, midnight oil, and deep technology skills to bring you the best solitaires… try the difference! The feeling of playing Solitaire is not just that of playing cards… it's the feeling of being part of a community… an enriching, shared experience that never makes you feel apart!

Screenshots

Solitaire City (Ad Free)4 screens
▻ Solitaire +4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Solitaire City (Ad Free) at none against ▻ Solitaire +'s shown. Solitaire City (Ad Free) also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months) and chart position (#4 vs #41). ▻ Solitaire +'s advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.6) and monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs paid). On price, review sentiment, 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

Solitaire City (Ad Free) costs $4.99 and ▻ Solitaire + $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

▻ Solitaire + holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4.3K and 5.1K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of Solitaire City (Ad Free)'s written reviews are positive against 94% of ▻ Solitaire +'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Solitaire City (Ad Free) ships an update every 2 months, ▻ Solitaire + every 5 months. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Solitaire City (Ad Free) versus ▻ Solitaire +: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSolitaire City (Ad Free)▻ Solitaire +
Price$4.99$4.99
Rating4.6 (4.3K ratings)4.8 (5.1K ratings) — better
Positive reviews85.6% of reviews93.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4.3K5.1K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#4 — better#41
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB72 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperDigital Smoke LLCPeopleFun CG, LLC

Customer experience

Solitaire City (Ad Free)

All ratings4,317 ratings
Positive89.3%
Neutral3.2%
Negative7.5%
Written reviews907 reviews
Positive85.6%
Neutral5.0%
Negative9.5%

▻ Solitaire +

All ratings5,010 ratings
Positive96.1%
Neutral2.1%
Negative1.9%
Written reviews308 reviews
Positive93.5%
Neutral2.3%
Negative4.2%

User reviews

Solitaire City (Ad Free)

From 4.3K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fantastic
  • 🚀 No ads
  • 👍 Easy to play
  • 👍 Lots of game options
  • 👍 Customizable

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Scoring issues
  • 🐛 Crashes
  • 🐛 Freezing
  • 🐛 Unwinnable games
  • 🐛 Inconsistent scoring

▻ Solitaire +

From 5.1K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Challenging and engaging gameplay
  • 👍 Smooth and responsive app
  • 👍 Variety of difficulty levels
  • 👍 Addictive and enjoyable experience
  • 👍 Reliable and stable performance

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional bugs and crashes
  • 🔋 High battery consumption
  • 🔒 Lack of account/progress sync across devices
  • 🔒 Concerns about data privacy and ads

Bugs and requests

Solitaire City (Ad Free)

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Casket scoring broken
  • Columns freezing
  • Incorrect charges
  • Poker game card placement issues

Requested features

6 requests
  • Confirmation before ending game
  • Automatic card flipping
  • Ability to turn off scoring
  • More card/background customization options
  • Improved layout for larger screens
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  • Ability to reset stats/high scores

▻ Solitaire +

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Resume button not working properly
  • Freezing or locking up on certain devices
  • Inconsistent card placement logic
  • Incorrect 'no more moves' notifications

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to customize card designs and backgrounds
  • Option to disable the 'no more moves' indicator
  • Improved scoring system and leaderboards
  • Multiplayer or competitive modes
  • Accessibility features for visually impaired users

In-app purchases

None

Solitaire City (Ad Free)

No in-app purchases

None

▻ Solitaire +

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Solitaire City (Ad Free) free?
Solitaire City (Ad Free) costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is ▻ Solitaire + free?
▻ Solitaire + costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Solitaire City (Ad Free) or ▻ Solitaire +?
▻ Solitaire + is rated higher. Solitaire City (Ad Free) averages 4.6 out of 5 from 4.3K ratings, while ▻ Solitaire + averages 4.8 from 5.1K ratings.
Do Solitaire City (Ad Free) or ▻ Solitaire + have ads?
▻ Solitaire + shows ads; Solitaire City (Ad Free) does not.
Which is updated more often, Solitaire City (Ad Free) or ▻ Solitaire +?
Solitaire City (Ad Free) ships an update every 2 months, and ▻ Solitaire + every 5 months. Most recently, Solitaire City (Ad Free) was updated on October 31, 2026 and ▻ Solitaire + on October 31, 2026.
Which is more popular, Solitaire City (Ad Free) or ▻ Solitaire +?
Solitaire City (Ad Free) currently peaks at #4 in the App Store charts, and ▻ Solitaire + at #41. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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