Comparison

Full Deck Solitaire vs Flipflop Solitaire

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

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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!

About

Flipflop Solitaire

This card game offers a unique solitaire experience with flexible stacking rules, allowing you to build sequences up, down, or both ways. Enjoy a challenging yet relaxing brain teaser with all deals being solvable.

Highlights
  • Flexible stacking rules (up, down, or both)
  • All deals are solvable
  • Single suit stack restriction
  • Track game statistics
  • Unlockable content
  • Ambient background audio
Features
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From the creator of Sage Solitaire, comes a new Solitaire variant that breaks all the rules! 100% of deals are solvable! Like its footwear namesake — Flipflop Solitaire is unrestrictive, creating a new game for fans of spider, klondike and other traditional Solitaires. In Flipflop you can stack down, up, or even both ways on a single stack! Need to stack an 8 on a 7, or a club on a spade? No problem! - but - Be careful, you can only move a stack of a single suit! It's fun and freeing, but still challenging and captivating. It's Flipflops for your brain. ------WHAT CRITICS ARE SAYING "I'm in love with it already"..."Once you start, it's hard to stop playing." - App Advice "Truly special" — Game of the Week - Touch Arcade "Surprisingly absolutely brilliant" - Cult of Mac "A perfect diversion with just the right amount of challenge, delight, and depth to make it a must-have iOS game." - Mac Stories "A Breath of Fresh Air" - Gamezebo ------WHATS IN THE “BOX”? - Play Flipflop Solitaire from 1-4 suits for free! - Unlock 5 Suit, and 1 Suit Extended with a single in-app-purchase of $2.99 - Track your best times, least moves, least undos, total wins, total plays, and more - Unlock over 1000 numbered deals for 1-5 suits via in-app-purchase - Over a hundred achievements - Unlockable backgrounds, alternate card and card back color schemes - Natural ambient binaural background audio - A strong sense of relaxation ------A WORD FROM THE DEVELOPER Flipflop Solitaire is sort of a sequel to Sage Solitaire in the sense that it's my second crack at the design problem of making a Solitaire game that feels like it was designed for your phone and not for a table. To be honest this is how I wish everyone approached sequels. Usually a sequel takes the solution to a problem and duplicates it. This is why our expectations of game sequels are often more-of-the-same-but-better. I'd rather see more sequels that brought a renewed level of surprise and novelty, and I'm hoping that's what you find in Flipflop Solitaire. While Sage was all about trying to capture the feeling of a tight, easy to play, tough to win, zen solitaire game, Flipflop is about knots. In a typical Solitaire game, like Klondike, you're taking a knot of cards and untying it into sequences. Then you reverse those sequences into clean ordered stacks. In Flipflop you take your knot of cards and tie it into other, hopefully better knots. Then you untie those knots into the final ordered stacks. Having so much control over the way your intermediary knots are constructed led to a lot more depth than I expected. I hope you enjoy this game as much as I've enjoyed discovering it. -zach

Screenshots

Full Deck Solitaire4 screens
Flipflop Solitaire4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Full Deck Solitaire at 4.7 against Flipflop Solitaire's 4.0. Full Deck Solitaire also leads on ratings volume (23K vs 712) and update cadence (every 9 days vs monthly). Flipflop Solitaire's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 and Flipflop Solitaire sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Full Deck Solitaire holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Full Deck Solitaire has 23K ratings behind it against 712, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 65% of Full Deck Solitaire's written reviews are positive against 53% of Flipflop Solitaire's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Full Deck Solitaire ships an update every 9 days, Flipflop Solitaire monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Full Deck Solitaire versus Flipflop Solitaire: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFull Deck SolitaireFlipflop Solitaire
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (23K ratings) — better4.0 (712 ratings)
Positive reviews65.2% of reviews — better53.2% of reviews
Number of ratings23K — better712
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterMonthly
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.612.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size150 MB133 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperGRL GamesZach Gage

Customer experience

Full Deck Solitaire

All ratings23,012 ratings
Positive92.5%
Neutral4.2%
Negative3.3%
Written reviews423 reviews
Positive65.2%
Neutral8.5%
Negative26.2%

Flipflop Solitaire

All ratings712 ratings
Positive73.7%
Neutral7.3%
Negative19.0%
Written reviews297 reviews
Positive53.2%
Neutral17.5%
Negative29.3%

User reviews

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

Flipflop Solitaire

From 712 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Super smooth and ad-free
  • 👍 Love it
  • 👍 Gorgeous!
  • 👍 Awesome
  • 👍 Excellent!

Room to improve

  • 🐛 New Update broke things
  • 🐛 Lost data/progress after update
  • 🐛 Buggy ads
  • 🔋 Battery issues
  • 🔒 Requires internet connection to play

Bugs and requests

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

Flipflop Solitaire

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Freezing on game completion
  • Crashing on iOS 12
  • Cards not flipping/disappearing
  • Undo issues
  • Leaderboard/achievements not working properly

Requested features

4 requests
  • Reset scores/stats
  • Landscape mode for iPad
  • Difficulty modes with card recycling
  • Tutorial replay option

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
Show 4 more
  • 100 Extra Spins$0.99
  • $10,000 in poker chips$1.99
  • $20,000 poker chips$2.99
  • Remove ALL Ads$4.99
2 purchases

Flipflop Solitaire

One-time2
  • 200 More Deals17 variants$1.99
  • Full Game Unlock$2.99

Questions

Is Full Deck Solitaire free?
Full Deck Solitaire is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Flipflop Solitaire free?
Flipflop Solitaire is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Full Deck Solitaire or Flipflop Solitaire?
Full Deck Solitaire is rated higher. Full Deck Solitaire averages 4.7 out of 5 from 23K ratings, while Flipflop Solitaire averages 4.0 from 712 ratings.
Do Full Deck Solitaire or Flipflop Solitaire have ads?
Both Full Deck Solitaire and Flipflop Solitaire show ads.
Which is updated more often, Full Deck Solitaire or Flipflop Solitaire?
Full Deck Solitaire ships an update every 9 days, and Flipflop Solitaire monthly. Most recently, Full Deck Solitaire was updated on September 23, 2026 and Flipflop Solitaire on September 19, 2026.

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