Solitaire Game Pack vs Crystal Golf Solitaire
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Solitaire Game Pack
Enjoy a collection of fifteen popular solitaire card games on your iPad. Features include customizable backdrops, card backs, and animated deals, with unlimited undo/redo functionality. Games automatically save and resume, and it won't interrupt your music.
- Fifteen popular solitaire games
- Portrait and Landscape support
- Drag-and-drop interface
- Unlimited undo/redo
- Selectable table and card backdrops
- Animated deals
- Automatic game saving
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Here are Solitaire games for your iPad! Fifteen popular solitaire games are included: Double Klondike, Doublets, Fourteen, FreeCell, Golf, Klondike, Poker, Saratoga, Scorpion, Spider, Spiderette, Spiderwort, Thirteen, Whitehead, and Yukon Key features: • Portrait and Landscape supported • Easy-to-use drag-and-drop interface for moving cards • Games are saved and resumed automatically • Unlimited undo/redo • Does not interrupt playing music • Selectable table backdrops • Selectable card backs • 3-card deal and 1-card deal Klondike games* • Animated deals user-configurable • Button bar location user-configurable *A resumed Klondike game will be of the game type in effect when play originally began. If you change the Klondike game type, it will not take effect until you explicitly start a new game by tapping New at the bottom of the Klondike screen.
Crystal Golf Solitaire
A classic card game where you match cards in sequence to clear the table. Plan your moves strategically and use jokers to help you succeed. Offers multiple difficulty levels, customization, and statistics to track your progress.
- Card matching gameplay
- Strategic planning
- Joker power-ups
- 3 difficulty levels
- Customizable cards
- Extensive statistics
- Tutorial for beginners
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Simple to learn but hard to master, Golf Solitaire is one of the most played card games in the world! Crystal Squid present their version of this classic game. All you need to do is find the next card in sequence, either up or down, but you need to plan ahead if you hope to clear the table before the deck runs out! Use jokers to help you out when you are 'in the rough' and soon you will be good enough to take on the Expert mode with hidden cards! Challenge your friends to beat your high-scores, or just keep them to yourself and use the extensive statistics to keep track of your best games of Golf Solitaire. With clear and simple casino style graphics, customisable cards, a full tutorial for absolute beginners we hope you will agree that this is the best version of this popular card game to be found. - 3 Difficulty levels to suit beginners to experts - Full tutorial to introduce you to the game gently - Regular or reversed card layouts for left or right handed play! - Option to disable the jokers to earn more points! - Customise the look of your cards, even how scruffy the dealing is! - Extensive statistics to track your improving skills - Simple & intuitive user interface, designed for young and old - Share your scores with your friends via Game Centre - Can you earn all the achievements? The Crystal Solitaire series of games have been some of the top online solitaire games on many sites, and now we have redesigned them for a whole new generation of devices so you can carry on playing your favourite solitaire game wherever you may be!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Solitaire Game Pack at every 2 months against Crystal Golf Solitaire's every 6 months. Solitaire Game Pack also leads on ratings volume (25 vs 3). Crystal Golf Solitaire's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, ads 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
Both are free to download. Solitaire Game Pack sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Crystal Golf Solitaire sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Solitaire Game Pack holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Solitaire Game Pack has 25 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Solitaire Game Pack ships an update every 2 months, Crystal Golf Solitaire every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Solitaire Game Pack | Crystal Golf Solitaire |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (25 ratings) — better | 4.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 81.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 25 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.5 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Patrick J Maloney LLC | Crystal Squid |
Customer experience
Solitaire Game Pack
Crystal Golf Solitaire
Bugs and requests
Solitaire Game Pack
Reported bugs
7 issues- Missing cards
- Restore Purchases not working
- Ads cover cards
- Last update removed menu bar
- No way to start new game or reset game
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- New version 2.0 doesn't work
- Game gets frustrating lag due to ads
Requested features
16 requests- Fix app name on iTunes/iPad
- Fix Restore Purchases option
- Release iPhone/iPod Touch version
- Add sound options (toggle on/off)
- Permit second pass through stack in Thirteen
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- Visible cards version of Fourteen
- Add 3+ cards together to make 13
- Auto play/auto complete feature
- Alternative card face for better visibility
- Add hints for Spider
- Undo button more accessible
- Allow cards to 'stick' on finished row
- Add more variations/games
- Autocomplete and statistics
- Tell user when they've lost
- Dark mode option
Crystal Golf Solitaire
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Solitaire Game Pack
- Remove Ads$2.99
Crystal Golf Solitaire
- Remove Ads$2.99
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