Comparison

Card Shark Solitaire vs Full Deck Solitaire

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

Head to head
About

Card Shark Solitaire

This app offers a collection of popular solitaire card games with a smooth, intuitive interface. Enjoy various game modes, customizable visuals, and helpful features like undo/redo and autoplay.

Highlights
  • Drag-and-drop interface
  • Autoplay compatible cards
  • Supports multiple solitaire variations
  • Customizable card backs, tables, and fronts
  • Undo/redo functionality
  • Left/right-handed stock placement
  • Smooth 3D animations
Features
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Card Shark uses an intuitive drag-drop interface and is fat finger friendly - piles are automatically split following a drag-drop gesture. Tap foundation piles to autoplay compatible cards. Card Shark supports Klondike Solitaire, FreeCell, Spider Solitaire, Canfield, Forty Thieves, Beleaguered Castle, Crazy Eights, Draw Poker, and Memory Match. Features include: - silky smooth animations with a tasteful 3d presentation. - photo library support for custom tables and card backs - multiple styles of card fronts, backs, tables - does not interfere with ipod music - left/right handed stock placement - undo/redo - optional vegas scoring - fast load time - sophisticated random number generator capable of dealing billions of unique hands Are you an artist? Contact the author for tools to help you design your own decks. If you like this game, please consider supporting further development by submitting a user review and/or upgrading to Card Shark Collection Deluxe. "Card Shark Solitaire is currently the best free solitaire game in the App Store." - Art Of The iPhone

About

Full Deck Solitaire

Experience a vast collection of solitaire card games with a beautiful interface and smart features. Track your progress with detailed statistics and enjoy daily challenges for endless fun. Customize your background with stunning visuals.

Highlights
  • 83 unique solitaire variations
  • Smart hint system
  • Detailed game statistics
  • Daily challenges
  • Customizable backgrounds
  • Smart badge system
Features
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Designed by a Solitaire loving Mom and Daughter, Full Deck Solitaire is a beautiful card game with an easy to use user interface. Eight four uniquely different variations of Solitaire not seen in many other games keep even the most seasoned guru occupied. Statistics for each game let you know how many hours you have played, games you have won and your highest score for that game. A uniquely smart three level hint system lets you know if there are moves to play and will even shake the cards if you can’t quite see that elusive move. Smart badges on decks show you how many cards are left to be dealt from that deck. This latest update adds Daily Challenges, three guaranteed solvable games of solitaire for you to bend your mind over. Can you get all nine stars every day? "Clearly the best solitaire game available." "Most excellent solitaire game ever!" "Excellent graphics. Realistic cards." "Love this app." "Excellent graphics and a huge selection of games makes the app feel fresh every time I play." "I love this app and all the games" "Wonderful game, great time waster!" "One of the best editions I've ever played! Excellent!" "This is a wonderful app." - Just some of the reviews for the current version! Thank you, we are really humbled by your love for the game! The game has an option of a classic background, your own wallpaper, or a gorgeous moving video of the ocean under the Moon. Games include Klondike 3 Card, Klondike 1 Card, Vegas Solitaire, Freecell, Thieves Of Egypt, Forty Thieves, Red And Black, Royal Parade, Demon, Canfield, Canfield 1 Card Turn, Double Canfield, Spider 1 Suit, Spider 2 Suit, Spider 3 Suit, Spider 4 Suit, Pyramid, Tri Peaks Solitaire, Golf, Golf Around Corner, Gaps, Montana, Beleaguered Castle, Bisley, Mrs. Mop, Clock Patience, Grandfather's Clock, German Clock, Captive Queens, Scorpion, Scorpion 2, Wasp, Three Blind Mice, Osmosis, Yukon, Russian Solitaire, Chinese Solitaire, Australian Patience, Fortress, Pyramid Golf, Aces Up, Miss Milligan, Demons and Thieves, La Belle Lucie, Trefoil, The Fan, Super Flower Garden, Storehouse, Cruel Solitaire, Baker's Dozen, Spanish Patience, Castles in Spain, Portuguese Solitaire, Good Measure, Baker's Game, Eight Off, Penguin Solitaire, Seahaven Towers, Rank And File, Number Ten, Lady Jane, Zerline, Double Klondike, Double Klondike 1 Card, Osmosis By The Book, Eagle Wing, Texas Fury and Texas Patience. A few of these classic games are unique to Full Deck Solitaire! And now with daily challenges, unique solvable puzzles that will challenge you every day. Please write or visit our support page if you are having any problems at all. We want you to love this game!

Screenshots

Card Shark Solitaire4 screens
Full Deck Solitaire4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Card Shark Solitaire at none against Full Deck Solitaire's 7. Card Shark Solitaire also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (85% vs 68%). Full Deck Solitaire's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (23K vs 4.6K). On price, rating 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. Full Deck Solitaire sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Card Shark Solitaire asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Card Shark Solitaire against 4.7 for Full Deck Solitaire. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4.6K and 23K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 85% of Card Shark Solitaire's written reviews are positive against 68% of Full Deck Solitaire's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Card Shark Solitaire ships an update every 3 months, Full Deck Solitaire every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Card Shark Solitaire versus Full Deck Solitaire: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCard Shark SolitaireFull Deck Solitaire
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (4.6K ratings)4.7 (23K ratings)
Positive reviews84.9% of reviews — better68.2% of reviews
Number of ratings4.6K23K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB150 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperEasy 8 SoftwareGRL Games

Customer experience

Card Shark Solitaire

All ratings4,609 ratings
Positive93.3%
Neutral3.5%
Negative3.2%
Written reviews604 reviews
Positive84.9%
Neutral7.1%
Negative7.9%

Full Deck Solitaire

All ratings23,012 ratings
Positive92.5%
Neutral4.2%
Negative3.3%
Written reviews550 reviews
Positive68.2%
Neutral8.0%
Negative23.8%

User reviews

Card Shark Solitaire

From 4.6K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fast and smooth gameplay
  • 👍 Variety of solitaire games
  • 🔒 No ads or in-app purchases
  • 💡 Customizable card backs and tables
  • 👍 Simple and intuitive interface

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Recent updates have caused issues (cards getting too small, screen resizing problems)
  • 🐛 Occasional freezing or crashing
  • 🔋 Dynamic card resizing can be hard on the eyes
  • 🐛 Inconsistent shuffling algorithm leading to repetitive card patterns

Full Deck Solitaire

From 23K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎮 Great games
  • 👍 Enjoyment
  • 🎨 Proper game
  • 🎨 Pretty good overall
  • 👍 Fantastic solitaire app

Room to improve

  • 🙄 Large ads
  • 🙄 Spend more time watching ads than playing
  • 🙄 Long boring ads
  • 🙄 Ads are getting worse
  • 🙄 Constantly crashes

Bugs and requests

Card Shark Solitaire

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Resets accumulated scores after updates
  • Difficulty closing the app on newer devices
  • Euchre game issues with computer player actions

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more solitaire game variants
  • Option to disable dynamic card resizing
  • Ability to manually adjust card size
  • Restore previous layout and functionality

Full Deck Solitaire

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Sound not working
  • Orientation issues
  • Games not functioning properly
  • Stats/progress not saving
  • Freezing/crashing issues

Requested features

5 requests
  • Sound option
  • Ability to replay games
  • Winnable game option
  • Daily challenges
  • Scoring system improvements

In-app purchases

None

Card Shark Solitaire

No in-app purchases

7 purchases

Full Deck Solitaire

One-time7
  • Background Pack$0.99
  • $5,000 poker chips$0.99
  • Add $3,000 to AI Players$0.99
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  • 100 Extra Spins$0.99
  • $10,000 in poker chips$1.99
  • $20,000 poker chips$2.99
  • Remove ALL Ads$4.99

Questions

Is Card Shark Solitaire free?
Card Shark Solitaire is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Full Deck Solitaire free?
Full Deck Solitaire is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Card Shark Solitaire or Full Deck Solitaire?
Card Shark Solitaire and Full Deck Solitaire are both rated 4.7 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4.6K and 23K ratings respectively.
Do Card Shark Solitaire or Full Deck Solitaire have ads?
Full Deck Solitaire shows ads; Card Shark Solitaire does not.
Which is updated more often, Card Shark Solitaire or Full Deck Solitaire?
Card Shark Solitaire ships an update every 3 months, and Full Deck Solitaire every 9 days. Most recently, Card Shark Solitaire was updated on October 12, 2026 and Full Deck Solitaire on October 15, 2026.

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