Comparison

Solitaire vs No Ads Solitaire

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

Head to head
About

Solitaire

This classic card game involves strategically arranging a standard 52-card deck into four foundation piles, one for each suit. Players move cards between tableau piles and the discard pile, following specific rules to build sequences and complete the foundations.

Highlights
  • Standard 52-card deck gameplay
  • Tableau pile arrangement
  • Foundation pile building
  • Discard pile management
  • Sequence building
  • Card placement rules
Features
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The game is played with a standard pack of 52 cards. The cards come in 4 suits with two colors, spades (black), hearts (red), diamonds (red) and clubs (black). Within a suit, the ranks are, from low to high, ace, 2, 3,…,10, jack, queen and king. The player starts the game by shuffling and dealing the pack of cards over several piles on the tableau, or playing table. After the player has dealt, there are 7 piles on the tableau containing 28 cards. The first pile has 1 card, the second 2, the third 3, and so on up to the seventh pile. Initially, the top card of each pile is turned face up; all other cards are face down. The remaining cards that are not part of the tableau are placed in the deck-pile. Above the tableau there are five more piles that are initially empty, one discard-pile and four suit-piles, one for each suit of cards. The suit-piles (sometimes called foundations) are built up from aces to kings in one suit. They are constructed as the cards become available. The object of the game is to build all 52 cards into the suit piles through a number of allowed moves. The various moves the player can make are the following: 1) take the faced-down top card from the deck and place it face up on top of the discard pile 2) take the top card of the discard pile and place it on top of a tableau pile or suit pile 3) take the faced-up top card or a sequence of faced-up cards (called a build) from a tableau pile and place it (still in sequence) on top of another tableau-pile 4) take a faced-up top card of a tableau-pile and move it to a suit pile 5) turn over a faced-down top card of a tableau pile 6) when the deck-pile is empty, take the complete content of the discard pile, turn it over, and use it as a new deck-pile. Which cards can be taken and placed during each move is subject to some rules. A move can not be made when these rules are not satisfied. When the object of the game is reached or when no more moves can be made, the game is over. The rules for the placement of cards are the following. A card can be placed on a tableau-pile only on top of a faced-up card of next-higher rank and opposite color. A build can be placed only when its bottom card matches a faced-up top card in this way. Empty piles that arise during play can only accommodate kings. A card can be placed on a suit-pile only if it is of the same suit and next higher card or if the foundation is empty and the card is an ace.

About

No Ads Solitaire

Enjoy classic Solitaire gameplay without intrusive advertisements. Track your scores, customize your game with various modes and themes, and compete with friends. Offers an ad-free experience with optional in-app purchases for additional features.

Highlights
  • Ad-free gameplay
  • Score tracking and scoreboard
  • Vegas Mode
  • Customizable themes and card table colors
  • Right-handed mode
  • Dark Mode support
  • Undo feature (in-app purchase)
Features
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We all like to play Solitaire for free. We got sick and tired of all the versions of Solitaire out there with Advertisements every second, or every new Solitaire deal. We are very excited to for you to use our new concept of a Solitaire game which lets you play good old fashioned Solitaire without all those clutter-some pop-up ads and full-screen take-over advertisements. You can even track your score by the number of moves it takes to win a game and view all your winning games in the scoreboard. Share on with your friends to see who can get the best score! Customize your Solitaire settings to enable things like: - Vegas Mode (draws three cards instead of one) - Customize the Card Table color and App Theme (choose any color in our picker, see it everywhere in the app) - Reset the colors all back to default - Right handed mode, move the Deck over to the right side. - Support for iOS13 - Dark Mode Support - NEW! Undo Feature In App Purchase We have an in-app rating widget to make super easy to give us a rating or even full review of our app! Let us know what you think! Thanks for using our app, please contact our team if you have any feedback or requests for new features! You can also reach out if you want new colors for the app! Who can get the lowest score?

Screenshots

Solitaire1 screens
No Ads Solitaire4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Solitaire at none against No Ads Solitaire's 1. Solitaire also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 17.6). No Ads Solitaire's advantage is ratings volume (11K vs 418) and review sentiment (64% vs 50%). On price, rating, ads and device support 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. No Ads Solitaire sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Solitaire asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Solitaire against 4.4 for No Ads Solitaire. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: No Ads Solitaire has 11K ratings behind it against 418, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of Solitaire's written reviews are positive against 64% of No Ads Solitaire's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Solitaire versus No Ads Solitaire: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSolitaireNo Ads Solitaire
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (418 ratings)4.4 (11K ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews64.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings41811K — better
Update frequency—Every 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS8.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperxNeat.comDrew Schweinfurth

Customer experience

Solitaire

All ratings418 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral10.0%
Negative6.7%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

No Ads Solitaire

All ratings10,785 ratings
Positive85.6%
Neutral7.5%
Negative6.9%
Written reviews249 reviews
Positive64.3%
Neutral14.1%
Negative21.7%

Bugs and requests

Solitaire

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

No Ads Solitaire

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Cards not moving as expected
  • Best score resetting to 0
  • Inconsistent behavior when winning a game

Requested features

4 requests
  • Undo/replay functionality
  • Different card back designs
  • Automatic card movement
  • Scoring/progress tracking improvements

In-app purchases

None

Solitaire

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

No Ads Solitaire

One-time1
  • Undo$0.99

Questions

Is Solitaire free?
Solitaire is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is No Ads Solitaire free?
No Ads Solitaire is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Solitaire or No Ads Solitaire?
Solitaire and No Ads Solitaire are both rated 4.4 out of 5 on the App Store, from 418 and 11K ratings respectively.
Do Solitaire or No Ads Solitaire have ads?
Neither Solitaire nor No Ads Solitaire shows ads.

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