Comparison

Full Deck Solitaire vs Solitaire ▻ Spiderette

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

Head to head
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

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

Full Deck Solitaire4 screens
Solitaire ▻ Spiderette4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Full Deck Solitaire at every 9 days against Solitaire ▻ Spiderette's every 5 weeks. Solitaire ▻ Spiderette's advantage is review sentiment (88% vs 68%) and iOS requirement (12.4 vs 15.6). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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 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 Full Deck Solitaire against 4.7 for Solitaire ▻ Spiderette. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 23K and 14K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 68% of Full Deck Solitaire's written reviews are positive against 88% of Solitaire ▻ Spiderette's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Full Deck Solitaire ships an update every 9 days, Solitaire ▻ Spiderette every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on October 14, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Full Deck Solitaire versus Solitaire ▻ Spiderette: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFull Deck SolitaireSolitaire ▻ Spiderette
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (23K ratings)4.7 (14K ratings)
Positive reviews68.2% of reviews87.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings23K — better14K
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.612.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size150 MB172 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperGRL GamesPeopleFun CG, LLC

Customer experience

Full Deck Solitaire

All ratings23,012 ratings
Positive92.5%
Neutral4.2%
Negative3.3%
Written reviews550 reviews
Positive68.2%
Neutral8.0%
Negative23.8%

Solitaire ▻ Spiderette

All ratings13,801 ratings
Positive94.6%
Neutral3.3%
Negative2.1%
Written reviews730 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral3.7%
Negative8.8%

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

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

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

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

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
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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
1 purchases

Solitaire ▻ Spiderette

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$4.99

Questions

Is Full Deck Solitaire free?
Full Deck 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, Full Deck Solitaire or Solitaire ▻ Spiderette?
Full Deck Solitaire and Solitaire ▻ Spiderette are both rated 4.7 out of 5 on the App Store, from 23K and 14K ratings respectively.
Do Full Deck Solitaire or Solitaire ▻ Spiderette have ads?
Both Full Deck Solitaire and Solitaire ▻ Spiderette show ads.
Which is updated more often, Full Deck Solitaire or Solitaire ▻ Spiderette?
Full Deck Solitaire ships an update every 9 days, and Solitaire ▻ Spiderette every 5 weeks. Most recently, Full Deck Solitaire was updated on October 14, 2026 and Solitaire ▻ Spiderette on October 14, 2026.

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