Comparison

Master Solitaire vs Forty Thieves Solitaire!

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

Head to head
About

Master Solitaire

Explore a vast collection of 34 solitaire card games, including unique original titles. Enjoy a variety of gameplay styles and difficulty levels with features like multiple undos and auto-move options.

Highlights
  • 34 solitaire card games
  • Five original games
  • Easy-to-read cards
  • Double-tap to move
  • Multiple undos
  • Auto-move to foundations
  • Win/Loss statistics
Features
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Master Solitaire is a collection of 34 different solitaire card games, including five original games created for this app. A wide variety of solitaire games is included with different styles of play and different difficulty levels. There is a solitaire game here for everyone to enjoy! Games Included: Aces Up, Agnes, Alhambra, Baker's Dozen, Bouquet, Bristol, Calculation, Canfield, Duchess, Easthaven, Eight Off, Forty Thieves, Gaps, Golf, Interregnum, Klondike (Deal 1), Klondike (Deal 3), Lady of the Manor, Octave, Osmosis, Osmosis (Easier), Parallels, Pyramid, Salic Law, Scorpion, Shamrocks, Spider, Windmill and Yukon. And, introducing five original games created for Master Solitaire: Blank Slate, Cascade, Collapse, Skillet and Willow. FEATURES: - Easy-to-read cards with face card pictures and the correct number of spots on number cards - Double-tap to move cards - Undo multiple moves - Auto move cards onto foundations - Win/Loss and Average Score statistics for every game - Complete in-game rules for every game

About

Forty Thieves Solitaire!

Experience a challenging solitaire card game where the goal is to move all cards to foundations. Enjoy intuitive controls, beautiful cards, and multiple game modes. Relax with no timers and unlimited undo options.

Highlights
  • Move all cards to eight foundations
  • Intuitive tap-to-move controls
  • Beautiful, easy-to-read cards
  • Low Vision Mode
  • No timers
  • Unlimited undo support
  • 3 different game modes
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Boy Howdy's Forty Thieves Solitaire is a fun and very challenging patience game, and it's 100% FREE! • Forty Thieves is a classic solitaire game where you try to move all the cards onto the eight foundations, building upwards from Aces with cards of the same suit. Sounds easy, but you'll have to carefully study the Tableau to figure out your best move... • Fast and intuitive controls - Just tap on a card and watch it move by magic! • Beautiful, easy to read cards! • NEW - Low Vision Mode! • No timers at all! Just relax and have fun! • Unlimited undo support, with no penalties if you want to go back and try things a different way! • 3 different Game Modes to keep things interesting! • Fun Mode lets you drag stacks around the Tableau and have unlimited redeals • Medium Mode you can only move single cards around the Tableau • Hard Mode has no re-deals! Crazy! • Global high score leaderboards with Game Center • Your progress is automatically saved, all the time, so go ahead and take that call or jump out to any other apps - you can come back and pick up playing right where you left off! • Sounds can be disabled if you want a quiet game • You can even listen to your own music while you play Thanks for playing! Search for Boy Howdy to see all our free games!

Screenshots

Master Solitaire4 screens
Forty Thieves Solitaire!2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Master Solitaire at none against Forty Thieves Solitaire!'s shown. Master Solitaire also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 12.0). Forty Thieves Solitaire!'s advantage is ratings volume (547 vs 3) and review sentiment (94% vs 80%). On price, rating, update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Master Solitaire against 4.8 for Forty Thieves Solitaire!. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Forty Thieves Solitaire! has 547 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 80% of Master Solitaire's written reviews are positive against 94% of Forty Thieves Solitaire!'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Master Solitaire ships an update every 3 months, Forty Thieves Solitaire! every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on June 10, 2026 and August 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Master Solitaire versus Forty Thieves Solitaire!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMaster SolitaireForty Thieves Solitaire!
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3 ratings)4.8 (547 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews93.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3547 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS6.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMichael SmithBoy Howdy Technology LLC

Customer experience

Master Solitaire

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative10.0%

Forty Thieves Solitaire!

All ratings533 ratings
Positive95.1%
Neutral3.8%
Negative1.1%
Written reviews48 reviews
Positive93.8%
Neutral4.2%
Negative2.1%

Bugs and requests

Master Solitaire

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Forty Thieves Solitaire!

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Unable to transfer game progress between devices
  • Ad tracking cannot be disabled despite user attempts

Requested features

4 requests
  • Clock Solitaire variant
  • Paid ad-free version option
  • Cross-device save synchronization
  • Ability to customize hard mode rules (allow any card in empty spaces)

In-app purchases

None

Master Solitaire

No in-app purchases

None

Forty Thieves Solitaire!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Master Solitaire free?
Master Solitaire is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Forty Thieves Solitaire! free?
Forty Thieves Solitaire! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Master Solitaire or Forty Thieves Solitaire!?
Forty Thieves Solitaire! is rated higher. Master Solitaire averages 4.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Forty Thieves Solitaire! averages 4.8 from 547 ratings.
Do Master Solitaire or Forty Thieves Solitaire! have ads?
Forty Thieves Solitaire! shows ads; Master Solitaire does not.
Which is updated more often, Master Solitaire or Forty Thieves Solitaire!?
Master Solitaire ships an update every 3 months, and Forty Thieves Solitaire! every 5 months. Most recently, Master Solitaire was updated on June 10, 2026 and Forty Thieves Solitaire! on August 27, 2026.

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