Comparison

Eric's Spider Solitaire vs Solitaire ▻ Spiderette

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

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About

Eric's Spider Solitaire

Enjoy four classic Spider Solitaire card games with beautiful graphics and an intuitive interface. Offers multiple play modes, customizable card animations, and unlimited undo for a relaxing experience. Save your progress and track your stats.

Highlights
  • Four Spider Solitaire games (1-suit, 2-suit, 4-suit, Spiderette)
  • High-resolution graphics and fun user interface
  • Drag, tap, or 'shove' cards to move
  • Playable cards wiggle or glow for assistance
  • Unlimited Undo
  • Portrait and Landscape support
  • Game state saved when interrupted
  • Detailed Statistics
Features
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Eric's Spider Solitaire includes four Spider Solitaire games with beautiful high resolution graphics and more! Play Spider Solitaire 1-suit, 2-suit, 4-suit and Spiderette. This top-rated free card game has a fantastic user interface, beautiful graphics and subtle sound effects. "Nice fresh UI and animations. Simple and fun!" "Sweet and simple. 5 stars indeed" Drag, tap, or for the most fun, give cards a shove to send them on their way! If you love solitaire please try Eric's FreeCell Solitaire and Eric's Klondike Solitaire, too. DESCRIPTION Written by the same Eric that developed the Eric's Solitaire Sample that came on every Mac in the U.S. and Eric's Ultimate Solitaire for Mac OS. You can drag and drop or tap cards to move them. You can even throw the cards with a shove! Supports portrait and landscape orientations and has a fun user interface. Spider is one of the most popular variations of solitaire. It's Eric's favorite as it offers lots of room for skill and almost every deal can be won. Your game is saved when you quit or get a call and is quickly restored when you return. FEATURES • Four games – Spider, Spider 2-Suit, Spider 1-Suit and the one deck game Spiderette • Beautiful art, cool particle effects and a fun user-interface • Subtle sound effects so you can enjoy your music or podcast • Drag and drop cards or throw them! • Playable cards wiggle or glow -- turn off for a bigger challenge. The more the cards wiggle the better the move. • Unlimited Undo • Portrait and Landscape support & orientation lock • Detailed Statistics Send your feature requests and feedback to eric@sniderware.com Follow me on Facebook: http://facebook.com/sniderware Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula

About

Solitaire ▻ Spiderette

Experience a classic card game with enhanced graphics and intuitive controls. This single-deck solitaire offers unlimited puzzles, multiple difficulty levels, and a smart scoring system for engaging gameplay.

Highlights
  • Unlimited free games
  • Multiple difficulty levels (Easy, Medium, Hard, Expert)
  • Smart Point System
  • Tap-to-place and drag-and-drop controls
  • Landscape and portrait gameplay
  • Automatic game save and resume
  • Unlimited undos
Features
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Spiderette Solitaire is the #1 free card games solitaire! Discover the next evolution of the classic free spiderette solitaire with amazing graphics and ease of use. This is a card game like one you have never experienced before. No wonder this free solitaire is rated so highly! And, with our optional extra-large card symbols, squinting the eyes is a thing of the past! Solitaire Spiderette it's similar to the classic spider solitaire but with a single deck of cards (52 cards) instead of two decks (104 cards) to create a faster game play yet still quite challenging, plus it's very easy to play while holding your iPhone or iPad upside with just one hand :) With this solitaire game you get unlimited puzzle games, all free games, all best of class games, and we have added a Smart Point System and multiple levels of difficulty: Easy, Medium, Hard, and Expert :) Spiderette Solitaire, along with Solitaire (Klondike), FreeCell Solitaire, Spider Solitaire, and Card Games solitaire, is part of our family of card games and puzzle games, all created with the same mix of passion for enjoyment, midnight oil, and deep technology skills to bring you the best solitaires… try the difference. Check out our raving reviews... and look at our ratings!!! Spiderette Solitaire makes it amazingly natural to control the cards movements and to feel in control: With tap-to-place, you simply tap the right card and it magically does the right move, or when you prefer you can also use our assisted drag-and-drop to move a card anywhere it creates a valid move. With this solitaire card game you also get all the nice features you would expect from a first class card game, such as: • unlimited number of free games • landscape and portrait card game play • optimized portrait gameplay • drag destination highlight • multiple moves hinting • automatic game save and resume • automatic card spacing • interface auto dimming • selectable rich features • independent volume settings • unlimited undos • tap to place cards • drag and drop cards • scores, moves, and times • statistics • awesome graphics and animations :) • show or hide time/battery • online games scoring • online achievements • … too many more to keep listing :) Spiderette Solitaire is an iPhone game and an iPad game combined into one iOS app. Your iPhone, iPod, or iPad automatically selects for you the iPhone app and iPad app. Spiderette Solitaire is part of our family of card games and puzzle games, all created with the same mix of passion for enjoyment, midnight oil, and deep technology skills to bring you the best solitaires… try the difference! The feeling of playing Solitaire is not just that of playing cards… it's the feeling of being part of a community… an enriching, shared experience that never makes you feel apart!

Screenshots

Eric's Spider Solitaire4 screens
Solitaire ▻ Spiderette4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Solitaire ▻ Spiderette at 14K against Eric's Spider Solitaire's 843. Solitaire ▻ Spiderette also leads on review sentiment (85% vs 72%) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 2 months). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Eric's Spider Solitaire sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Solitaire ▻ Spiderette sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Eric's Spider Solitaire against 4.7 for Solitaire ▻ Spiderette. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Solitaire ▻ Spiderette has 14K ratings behind it against 843, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 72% of Eric's Spider Solitaire's written reviews are positive against 85% of Solitaire ▻ Spiderette's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Eric's Spider Solitaire ships an update every 2 months, Solitaire ▻ Spiderette every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Eric's Spider Solitaire versus Solitaire ▻ Spiderette: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEric's Spider SolitaireSolitaire ▻ Spiderette
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (843 ratings)4.7 (14K ratings)
Positive reviews72.3% of reviews84.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings84314K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS1712.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB172 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperEric SniderPeopleFun CG, LLC

Customer experience

Eric's Spider Solitaire

All ratings843 ratings
Positive92.5%
Neutral5.0%
Negative2.5%
Written reviews137 reviews
Positive72.3%
Neutral10.2%
Negative17.5%

Solitaire ▻ Spiderette

All ratings13,801 ratings
Positive94.6%
Neutral3.3%
Negative2.1%
Written reviews402 reviews
Positive84.6%
Neutral4.5%
Negative10.9%

User reviews

Eric's Spider Solitaire

From 843 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fast and responsive
  • 👍 Challenging and fun gameplay
  • 🕰 Great time-killer
  • 📱 Works well on mobile devices
  • 🎨 Good graphics and animations

Room to improve

  • 🙄 Too many ads
  • 🔊 Loud ads with annoying music
  • 🤔 Difficulty level too high for some users
  • 🔀 Irritating card animations

Solitaire ▻ Spiderette

From 14K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Challenging and engaging gameplay
  • 🧠 Mentally stimulating
  • ⏱️ Quick games
  • 🎨 Nice visual design

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Unresponsive controls after updates
  • 🔄 Repetitive gameplay
  • 💰 Aggressive monetization with ads
  • 🔧 Bugs and crashes after updates

Bugs and requests

Eric's Spider Solitaire

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • App crashes when too many cards are on the playing field
  • Issues with card movement and selection

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add difficulty settings
  • Reduce frequency and intrusiveness of ads
  • Provide option to disable card animations

Solitaire ▻ Spiderette

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game freezes and crashes
  • Cards not responding to touch input
  • Incorrect card layout and sizing

Requested features

3 requests
  • Option to disable ads
  • Ability to restore game progress
  • More difficulty levels

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Eric's Spider Solitaire

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$4.99
1 purchases

Solitaire ▻ Spiderette

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$4.99

Questions

Is Eric's Spider Solitaire free?
Eric's Spider Solitaire is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Solitaire ▻ Spiderette free?
Solitaire ▻ Spiderette is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Eric's Spider Solitaire or Solitaire ▻ Spiderette?
Eric's Spider Solitaire and Solitaire ▻ Spiderette are both rated 4.7 out of 5 on the App Store, from 843 and 14K ratings respectively.
Do Eric's Spider Solitaire or Solitaire ▻ Spiderette have ads?
Both Eric's Spider Solitaire and Solitaire ▻ Spiderette show ads.
Which is updated more often, Eric's Spider Solitaire or Solitaire ▻ Spiderette?
Eric's Spider Solitaire ships an update every 2 months, and Solitaire ▻ Spiderette every 5 weeks. Most recently, Eric's Spider Solitaire was updated on September 21, 2026 and Solitaire ▻ Spiderette on September 24, 2026.

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