Comparison

Classic Spider Solitaire HD vs Spider Solitaire Master

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

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About

Classic Spider Solitaire HD

Relive the classic computer card game experience on your mobile device. Challenge yourself with this strategic game of skill and patience to remove all cards from the table. Enjoy a familiar interface and engaging gameplay.

Highlights
  • PC version replication
  • Excellent control
  • Two decks of cards
  • Multiple difficulty levels
  • Descending order card building
  • Suit matching at advanced levels
Features
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Could never resist the attraction of the computer game Spider Solitaire? It has now landed on the AppStore. You can even play it to kill the boring time on your commuting. Spider Solitaire, what a familiar picture! During the years without pervading online games, this classic card-game had brought us uncountable happy moments. In those times, several students gathered round a computer and waited for their turn to play the game, which made the computer class the most cheerful one. As is known to all, the game is very hard to win (never try to seek psychological comfort from playing the junior level monochrome game, which is prepared for the small kids), and it is which aroused the great enthusiasm of some players. Since it’s hard to win, the victory after a hard battle brings a stronger sense of achievement. Game features: 1. Completely copy the PC version 2. Excellent control Spider Solitaire: rules and basics The object Remove all the cards from the table in the fewest number of moves. The table Spider Solitaire is played with two decks of cards. Depending on the difficulty level, the decks consist of either one, two, or four different suits. The cards are arranged in ten columns. The top card in each column is face up, the rest are face down. The remaining cards are piled in the lower-right corner of the table. How to play To win, you must remove all the cards from the table by building columns organized in descending order, from king to ace. At intermediate and advanced levels, the cards must also match suit. When you succeed in building a sequentially-ordered column, it flies off the table. If you run out of moves, click the pile at the bottom of the table and Windows deals a new row of cards. You aren't limited to moving just one card at a time. If a run of cards are all in the same suit, and arranged in numeric order, you can drag them around as if they were a single card. Scoring You start with 500 points. From this, Windows subtracts the number of moves it takes to finish a game. It then increases this subtotal by 100 times the number of runs removed from the table.

About

Spider Solitaire Master

Arrange 13 cards of a suit in ascending order to complete suits and discard them. The game is won when all eight suits are successfully played out.

Highlights
  • Assemble 13 cards of a suit
  • Ascending sequence from ace to king
  • Discard completed suits
  • Win by playing out all eight suits
  • Classic gameplay
Features
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How to play: The goal is to assemble 13 cards of a suit, in ascending sequence from ace through king, on top of a pile. Whenever a full suit of 13 cards is so assembled, it is lifted off and discarded from the game. The game is won if all eight suits are played out.

Screenshots

Classic Spider Solitaire HD4 screens
Spider Solitaire Master2 screens

Verdict

The call

Classic Spider Solitaire HD and Spider Solitaire Master both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 71% of Classic Spider Solitaire HD's written reviews are positive against 33% of Spider Solitaire Master's. Classic Spider Solitaire HD also leads on ratings volume (125 vs 12). Spider Solitaire Master's advantage is monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). 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. 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 — 4.5 for Classic Spider Solitaire HD against 4.4 for Spider Solitaire Master. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Classic Spider Solitaire HD has 125 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 71% of Classic Spider Solitaire HD's written reviews are positive against 33% of Spider Solitaire Master's.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Classic Spider Solitaire HD versus Spider Solitaire Master: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClassic Spider Solitaire HDSpider Solitaire Master
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (125 ratings) — better4.4 (12 ratings)
Positive reviews71.1% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings125 — better12
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB45 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer顺华 刘炜春 唐

Customer experience

Classic Spider Solitaire HD

All ratings125 ratings
Positive89.6%
Neutral2.4%
Negative8.0%
Written reviews152 reviews
Positive71.1%
Neutral9.2%
Negative19.7%

Spider Solitaire Master

All ratings10 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%

Bugs and requests

Classic Spider Solitaire HD

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • Game stops registering wins
  • Ads invade screen even in airplane mode
  • Game volume out of control
  • Cards move slow or get stuck
  • Game does not save current match
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  • App crashes after updates
  • Freezes cards mid-move
  • Music stops when playing game

Requested features

7 requests
  • World rankings
  • Ability to replay the same game
  • Stats function
  • Touch screen to move cards
  • More instructions
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  • Change font style
  • Dark mode option

Spider Solitaire Master

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Classic Spider Solitaire HD

No in-app purchases

None

Spider Solitaire Master

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Classic Spider Solitaire HD free?
Classic Spider Solitaire HD is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Spider Solitaire Master free?
Spider Solitaire Master is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Classic Spider Solitaire HD or Spider Solitaire Master?
Classic Spider Solitaire HD is rated higher. Classic Spider Solitaire HD averages 4.5 out of 5 from 125 ratings, while Spider Solitaire Master averages 4.4 from 12 ratings.
Do Classic Spider Solitaire HD or Spider Solitaire Master have ads?
Both Classic Spider Solitaire HD and Spider Solitaire Master show ads.

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