Comparison

Solitaire 3D. vs Astraware Wordsearch

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

Head to head
About

Solitaire 3D.

Experience a vast collection of solitaire games with stunning 3D animations and customizable options. Track your progress with detailed statistics and compete with others through high scores. Enjoy a smooth and beautiful interface perfect for all solitaire enthusiasts.

Highlights
  • 100 different solitaire games
  • Multiple card decks including 4-color deck
  • Wide range of backgrounds
  • High scores and statistics
  • 3D animation effects
  • Sound effects
Features
Currently charting
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"Great app. So many different games in the full version that I never get bored. No ads, just good clean fun." "I love this best app ever!" "Of all the apps I have downloaded in the past year, this one gets played the most." "This is a really terrific app, with a great variety of games. I love being able to compare scores to other players, and also to see which device they played on. Yes, it can be addictive, but it is a great way to kill time when you are waiting for someone or something." "This is a great game, albeit a little addictive. I love this app, no matter how many others I download I end up playing this version of solitaire." Enjoy 100 different solitaire games, multiple card decks (including the unique 4 color card deck), a wide range of backgrounds, high scores, statistics, sound effects, 3D animation effects, and much more. With emphasis on ease-of-play and smooth beautiful graphics, Solitaire 3D is the perfect solitaire partner for all.

About

Astraware Wordsearch

Engage in a classic word search experience with daily and weekly puzzles. Discover hidden words across various themes and categories, with helpful hints and offline play options. Learn new words and test your vocabulary in this fun and engaging game.

Highlights
  • Daily and Weekender puzzles
  • 60 built-in puzzles
  • Over 20 categories
  • Helpful hints
  • Offline play
  • Themed puzzles
  • High score tables
Features
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Astraware Wordsearch is a quick and easy word game with lots of free puzzles for you to play - find all the words hidden in the puzzle! Play against the clock or take your time and just enjoy finding them all! You get free unlimited access to play four new Daily Wordsearch puzzles each day, there's also a new Weekender puzzle available each Friday! There are 60 built-in and unlocked puzzles with a range of categories, so you can play offline and have fun right away. With over 20 categories, and more than 100 different word lists, there's lots of variety as you play the free puzzles each day - and perhaps learn something new too. Many of the puzzles have a different theme, so you might see cute paw-prints on the cat breeds wordsearch, a cascade of leaves on the nature puzzles, a sparkle of stars on the space theme, and much more! Astraware Wordsearch has helpful hints - tap to sparkle the start of a word to give you somewhere to look!), and our popular hold-and-highlight so that you can hold a word to see the first letter lit up throughout the grid, or hold a letter to highlight that letter everywhere! Astraware Wordsearch Top Features: - Free unlimited access to our Daily and Weekender puzzles, each with their own online high score table! - 60 fully-free puzzles in a range of categories to give you plenty of fun! - Play any of the puzzles from the past week and catch up whenever you like! - Unlimited helpful hints - Endless puzzle streams - A wide variety of words in lots of themes - very helpful for early readers and students! - Built-in Special Event Searches, each available for just a few days! - Jump straight into a daily game from the iOS 14 widget, or asking Siri Wordsearch categories and lists include: Cat breeds, dogs, animals, birds, nature, world capitals, geography, weather, fashion, food and drink, history, music, poetry, books, history, USA states & capitals, songs, language, spelling, books, girls' & boys' names, TV shows, films, shows & musicals, sports, football and baseball teams, computer games, constellations, and lots more! If you love this game and you're an avid puzzler, you will be pleased to know that we have other apps available in the Astraware range: CodeWords, Kriss Kross, Number Cross, Acrostics, and of course Astraware Crosswords! Puzzles Plus Subscription Terms and Details Puzzles Plus is our optional subscription which entitles you to play all of the available Daily, Weekender and Stream puzzles as soon as they are available, without in-game adverts. Subscriptions are available with renewal periods of either monthly, quarterly, or yearly. The price shown is the cost of the renewal, with the saving compared to the monthly option. After you confirm a subscription, you will have a free trial period of seven days. Your iTunes Account will be charged as soon as the free trial is over. If you cancel the subscription at any time before the free trial is over, you will not be billed. The subscriptions are automatically renewing, and you will be charged again at the end of your current subscription period. Your subscription will automatically renew unless you turn this off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. The renewal cost will be the same for each subscription period, and will be charged within the 24 hours before the end of your current subscription. You can manage the subscriptions at any time by going to the Account Settings in the Settings App after purchase. There are options to either change to a different renewal period or to cancel your subscription completely. If you cancel the renewal you will still have access to the Puzzles Plus features until the subscription period is complete. If you confirm the subscription before the free trial is complete, any unused portionwill be lost. These terms are available at : https://www.astraware.com/about/puzzlesplus/ For more information on Data and Privacy, please view https://www.astraware.com/privacy

Screenshots

Solitaire 3D.4 screens
Astraware Wordsearch4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Astraware Wordsearch at Free against Solitaire 3D.'s $1.99. Astraware Wordsearch also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.3). Solitaire 3D.'s advantage is ads (none vs shown) and chart position (#197 vs unranked). On review sentiment, ratings volume, update cadence 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

Astraware Wordsearch is free to download; Solitaire 3D. costs $1.99 up front. Solitaire 3D. sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Astraware Wordsearch sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Astraware Wordsearch holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 133 and 56 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 82% of Solitaire 3D.'s written reviews are positive against 80% of Astraware Wordsearch's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Solitaire 3D. ships an update monthly, Astraware Wordsearch every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Solitaire 3D. versus Astraware Wordsearch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSolitaire 3D.Astraware Wordsearch
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.3 (133 ratings)4.8 (56 ratings) — better
Positive reviews82.3% of reviews — better80.5% of reviews
Number of ratings133 — better56
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#197 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS7.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size128 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGrassGamesAstraware Limited

Customer experience

Solitaire 3D.

All ratings133 ratings
Positive83.5%
Neutral3.0%
Negative13.5%
Written reviews198 reviews
Positive82.3%
Neutral4.5%
Negative13.1%

Astraware Wordsearch

All ratings56 ratings
Positive98.2%
Neutral1.8%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews41 reviews
Positive80.5%
Neutral7.3%
Negative12.2%

Bugs and requests

Solitaire 3D.

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Landscape mode not working properly
  • Automatic card movement not functioning
  • Crashing and freezing issues
  • Paid app not transferring to new devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add undo/reset button
  • Improve card readability
  • Optimize for landscape mode
  • Sync progress across devices

Astraware Wordsearch

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Solitaire 3D.

One-time4
  • Expansion Pack 1$9.99
  • Card Decks Pack$9.99
  • Expansion Pack 2$9.99
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  • Mega Solitaire Pack$14.99
12 purchases

Astraware Wordsearch

Subscriptions3
  • Puzzles Plus7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Puzzles Plus7 Days trial$2.993 Months
  • Puzzles Plus7 Days trial$7.991 Year
One-time9
  • Fun-size Pack$0.99
  • Animal Puzzles Pack$0.99
  • Fun Size Pack 2$0.99
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  • Family Pack$1.99
  • Family Pack 2$1.99
  • Vacation Pack$3.99
  • Ad-Free daily puzzles$3.99
  • Deluxe Puzzle Pack$4.99
  • Deluxe Puzzle Pack 2$4.99

Questions

Is Solitaire 3D. free?
Solitaire 3D. costs $1.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Astraware Wordsearch free?
Astraware Wordsearch is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Solitaire 3D. or Astraware Wordsearch?
Astraware Wordsearch is rated higher. Solitaire 3D. averages 4.3 out of 5 from 133 ratings, while Astraware Wordsearch averages 4.8 from 56 ratings.
Do Solitaire 3D. or Astraware Wordsearch have ads?
Astraware Wordsearch shows ads; Solitaire 3D. does not.
Which is updated more often, Solitaire 3D. or Astraware Wordsearch?
Solitaire 3D. ships an update monthly, and Astraware Wordsearch every 6 weeks. Most recently, Solitaire 3D. was updated on October 19, 2026 and Astraware Wordsearch on October 20, 2026.

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