Solitaire Game Pack vs Full Deck 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.
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.
- 83 unique solitaire variations
- Smart hint system
- Detailed game statistics
- Daily challenges
- Customizable backgrounds
- Smart badge system
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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!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Full Deck Solitaire at every 9 days against Solitaire Game Pack's every 2 months. Full Deck Solitaire also leads on ratings volume (23K vs 23) and device support (3 vs 1). Solitaire Game Pack's advantage is review sentiment (81% vs 68%). 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 Full Deck Solitaire sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Solitaire Game Pack against 4.7 for Full Deck Solitaire. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Full Deck Solitaire has 23K ratings behind it against 23, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 81% of Solitaire Game Pack's written reviews are positive against 68% of Full Deck Solitaire's.
Solitaire Game Pack ships an update every 2 months, Full Deck Solitaire every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Solitaire Game Pack | Full Deck Solitaire |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (23 ratings) — better | 4.7 (23K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 81.1% of reviews — better | 68.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 23 | 23K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 9 days — better |
| 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 | 150 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Patrick J Maloney LLC | GRL Games |
Customer experience
Solitaire Game Pack
Full Deck Solitaire
User reviews
Solitaire Game Pack
From 23 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great variety of games
- 👍 Addictive and engaging gameplay
- 👍 Easy to use interface
- 👍 Good for passing time
- 👍 Classic solitaire experience
Room to improve
- 🐛 Missing cards in some games
- 🐛 Ads cover cards
- 🐛 Restore purchases not working
- 🐛 Tiny card numbers
- 🐛 Some games virtually impossible to win
Full Deck Solitaire
From 23K App Store ratingsWhat 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
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
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
Solitaire Game Pack
- Remove Ads$2.99
Full Deck Solitaire
- 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
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