Comparison

Solitaire 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

Enjoy a classic card game experience with over 50 variations of Solitaire. Personalize your gameplay with custom backgrounds and card styles, and utilize features like winning deals and hints. Play in portrait or landscape, with options for left or right-handed players.

Highlights
  • 50 Classic Solitaire Card Games
  • Winning or Random Deals
  • Custom cards and backgrounds
  • Portrait and Landscape play
  • Right or Left-handed mode
  • Detailed statistics and leaderboards
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This is the original Solitaire that you know and love! Fun and challenging Solitaire gameplay is crafted in an elegant mobile-first design and loaded with intuitive features. Unwind with any of the free 50 great Solitaire games loved worldwide. Innovative features including Winning Deals, Deal Preview and Hints make this Solitaire the favorite of all players from enthusiasts to amateurs. Choose from multiple backgrounds, card styles (including photo card backs) and other custom features to personalize your game play. Features: • 50 Classic Solitaire Card Games • Tap-to-play or drag-to-play • Winning or Random Deals • Portrait and Landscape play • Right or Left-handed mode • Detailed statistics and leaderboards • Custom cards and backgrounds • Auto move option • iPhone, iPad & iPod support • Sync stats across multiple devices This classic card game is built in the USA by our Solebon team and includes these 50 top Solitaire games: Accordion, Aces Up, Agnew Sorel, Ambrose*, Askew*, Baker's Game, Baker's Game Easy, Beleaguered Castle, Blind Alleys, Bouquet, Busy Aces, Colorado, Creepy Crawly*, Demon, Doublets, Easthaven, Eight Off, Eight Off Easy, Fanny, Fanny Easy, Fortune's Favor, Four Seasons, Fourteen Out, FreeCell, FreeCell Easy, Golf, Honeybees*, Klondike Deal 1, Klondike Deal 3, La Belle Lucie, Lady of the Manor, Monte Carlo, Pas Seul, Penguin, Provisional*, Pyramid, Pyramid Easy, Russian Revolver*, Scorpion, Single Rail, Spiderette, Spiderling*, Spiderling 2 Suits*, Spiderling 4 Suits*, Thumb and Pouch, Triple Mulligan*, Vertical, Whitehead, Will o' Wisp, Yukon. (* indicates our own original games not found elsewhere) For support and answers to frequently asked questions, head over to http://www.solebon.com/support.html. Follow us on Twitter @Solebon. Like us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SolebonApp. Privacy Policy: http://www.solebon.com/legalese.html EULA: http://www.solebon.com/legalese.html

About

Solitaire

This classic card game involves strategically arranging a standard 52-card deck into four foundation piles, one for each suit. Players move cards between tableau piles and the discard pile, following specific rules to build sequences and complete the foundations.

Highlights
  • Standard 52-card deck gameplay
  • Tableau pile arrangement
  • Foundation pile building
  • Discard pile management
  • Sequence building
  • Card placement rules
Features
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The game is played with a standard pack of 52 cards. The cards come in 4 suits with two colors, spades (black), hearts (red), diamonds (red) and clubs (black). Within a suit, the ranks are, from low to high, ace, 2, 3,…,10, jack, queen and king. The player starts the game by shuffling and dealing the pack of cards over several piles on the tableau, or playing table. After the player has dealt, there are 7 piles on the tableau containing 28 cards. The first pile has 1 card, the second 2, the third 3, and so on up to the seventh pile. Initially, the top card of each pile is turned face up; all other cards are face down. The remaining cards that are not part of the tableau are placed in the deck-pile. Above the tableau there are five more piles that are initially empty, one discard-pile and four suit-piles, one for each suit of cards. The suit-piles (sometimes called foundations) are built up from aces to kings in one suit. They are constructed as the cards become available. The object of the game is to build all 52 cards into the suit piles through a number of allowed moves. The various moves the player can make are the following: 1) take the faced-down top card from the deck and place it face up on top of the discard pile 2) take the top card of the discard pile and place it on top of a tableau pile or suit pile 3) take the faced-up top card or a sequence of faced-up cards (called a build) from a tableau pile and place it (still in sequence) on top of another tableau-pile 4) take a faced-up top card of a tableau-pile and move it to a suit pile 5) turn over a faced-down top card of a tableau pile 6) when the deck-pile is empty, take the complete content of the discard pile, turn it over, and use it as a new deck-pile. Which cards can be taken and placed during each move is subject to some rules. A move can not be made when these rules are not satisfied. When the object of the game is reached or when no more moves can be made, the game is over. The rules for the placement of cards are the following. A card can be placed on a tableau-pile only on top of a faced-up card of next-higher rank and opposite color. A build can be placed only when its bottom card matches a faced-up top card in this way. Empty piles that arise during play can only accommodate kings. A card can be placed on a suit-pile only if it is of the same suit and next higher card or if the foundation is empty and the card is an ace.

Screenshots

Solitaire4 screens
Solitaire1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Solitaire at none against Solitaire's 1. Solitaire also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). Solitaire's advantage is ratings volume (75K vs 419) and rating (4.8 vs 4.4). On price 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. Solitaire sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Solitaire asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Solitaire holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Solitaire has 75K ratings behind it against 419, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of Solitaire's written reviews are positive against 50% of Solitaire's.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Solitaire versus Solitaire: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSolitaireSolitaire
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (75K ratings) — better4.4 (419 ratings)
Positive reviews69.6% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings75K — better419
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size246 MB15 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperSolebon LLCxNeat.com

Customer experience

Solitaire

All ratings74,663 ratings
Positive95.8%
Neutral2.7%
Negative1.5%
Written reviews1,140 reviews
Positive69.6%
Neutral8.5%
Negative21.8%

Solitaire

All ratings418 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral10.0%
Negative6.7%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Bugs and requests

Solitaire

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes or freezes when ads fail to load
  • Inconsistent controls for dismissing ads
  • Issues with game progress and statistics tracking

Requested features

4 requests
  • Option to permanently remove ads
  • Landscape mode support
  • Ability to compare scores with other players
  • Auto-complete or hint features

Solitaire

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Solitaire

One-time1
  • Streak Saver$0.99
None

Solitaire

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Solitaire free?
Solitaire is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Solitaire free?
Solitaire is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Solitaire or Solitaire?
Solitaire is rated higher. Solitaire averages 4.8 out of 5 from 75K ratings, while Solitaire averages 4.4 from 419 ratings.
Do Solitaire or Solitaire have ads?
Solitaire shows ads; Solitaire does not.

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