Comparison

Solitaire Now vs Solitaire

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

Head to head
About

Solitaire Now

Experience the classic Klondike Solitaire game on your mobile device. Enjoy various scoring modes, customizable layouts, and helpful features like unlimited undo and hints. Share your progress with friends on social media.

Highlights
  • Standard and Vegas scoring
  • Landscape and portrait orientation
  • Unlimited Undo and Redo
  • 1-Tap play mode
  • Adjustable card size
  • Hints and Timer
Features
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Welcome to the amazing world of solitaire! Solitaire, also known as Klondike, is one of the most played patience games in the world. Now you can enjoy it anytime, and anywhere, on your mobile phone or tablet. Share your Solitaire scores with your friends on Facebook and Twitter. From Odesys, the makers of the best solitaire games for mobile. The goal of Solitaire is to split all cards in the deck into four home stacks, one for each suit. The cards in the home stacks must be placed in ascending order, from Ace to King. Moves to a column must be made in descending order, alternating colors. Multiple cards can be moved from one column to another as long as they are properly ordered. Only a sequence of cards starting with a King can be moved to an empty column. Odesys Solitaire Features: • Standard and Vegas scoring • Landscape and portrait orientation • Unlimited Undo and Redo • Solvable deals only mode • 1-Tap play mode • Left and Right board layout • Adjustable cards size (pinch-to-zoom) • Sound • Hints • Timer • Animations • Auto save on exit • Auto collect Follow us on Twitter: @OdesysSolitaire Look for other great patience games by Odesys. If you like the classics, you would love Klondike Solitaire, FreeCell Solitaire, Spider Solitaire, or its lesser known variations, Black Widow Solitaire and Tarantula Solitaire. You might also like to try Pyramid Solitaire, or its somewhat easier variation, Seven Solitaire, or the completely open Giza Solitaire. No solitaire collection would be complete without the unique Golf Solitaire, the addictive Yukon Solitaire, or its almost impossible to solve cousin, Russian Solitaire.

About

Solitaire

Enjoy a classic solitaire card game with unique, artist-designed decks. This ad-free experience offers high-quality graphics and an immersive 3D environment. Customize your gameplay with purchasable card decks.

Highlights
  • Classic Klondike solitaire gameplay
  • Custom designed playing card decks
  • Ad-free experience
  • High-quality graphics
  • 3D environment
  • In-app purchases for new decks
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Play the classic solitaire game (Klondike variant, one card) with custom designed decks of poker size playing cards. The game is free to download, free to play, free from ads, and with high quality graphics. You start with 3 available decks. Two of them have been designed exclusively for high clarity on mobile and tablet. The 3rd one is a taste of what a custom designed deck of cards look like. You will navigate your collection and preview the cards of the other custom decks available as in-app purchase. All these decks are designed by Stockholm17 Playing Cards, Sweden. Any custom deck can be used to play the game. Make sure you read the in-game legibility properties of each deck before the purchase, some of them might be hard to read on devices with small screen. App size: approximately 80Mb as first download, reaching up to 150Mb in various stages during the usage of the app. Landscape mode only, you will be playing in a 3D environment and 4 simple tasks will guide you to quickly learn the interface and the game dynamics. Game Center is necessary to access the leaderboard. You need an internet connection to play the game. In the future more custom decks will be added and improvements will be made. Have fun and good luck!

Screenshots

Solitaire Now2 screens
Solitaire4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Solitaire Now at none against Solitaire's 19. Solitaire's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and rating (4.6 vs 4.4). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Solitaire sells 19 one-off in-app purchases. Solitaire Now asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Solitaire holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 76 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Solitaire Now's written reviews are positive against 95% of Solitaire's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Solitaire Now ships an update every 4 months, Solitaire every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and September 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Solitaire Now versus Solitaire: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSolitaire NowSolitaire
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (16 ratings)4.6 (76 ratings) — better
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews95.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1676 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB212 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperOdesys, LLCStockholm17 AB

Customer experience

Solitaire Now

All ratings16 ratings
Positive81.3%
Neutral6.3%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative0.0%

Solitaire

All ratings76 ratings
Positive90.8%
Neutral2.6%
Negative6.6%
Written reviews43 reviews
Positive95.3%
Neutral2.3%
Negative2.3%

Bugs and requests

Solitaire Now

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Solitaire

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Cards disappear when dragged from foundation
  • App drains battery even when plugged in
  • Horrible, clunky movement
  • Sideways view is problematic

Requested features

2 requests
  • Address battery drain and heating issues
  • Ensure all games are possible to complete

In-app purchases

None

Solitaire Now

No in-app purchases

19 purchases

Solitaire

One-time19
  • Mr. Green the Frog$0.99
  • Odd Fellow Lil Jakko$0.99
  • Black Requiem - Counterspell$1.99
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  • Odd Fellow Cpt Spindel Webber$1.99
  • N°17 Le Chat Rouge$1.99
  • HOTRS Cartomancer$1.99
  • Heretic Lux$1.99
  • Gemini Noctis$1.99
  • Odd Fellow Sir Octo$1.99
  • Golden Frog$1.99
  • Intrepid$1.99
  • Solis (Sun)$1.99
  • Avant Garde$1.99
  • 17th Kingdom - Experimental$2.99
  • Astra Polaris (Pole Star)$2.99
  • Odd Fellow Madame Laveau$2.99
  • 52+Joker Club Deck 2021$3.99
  • The Eye of the Ocean-The Claw$3.99
  • Odd Fellow Madame Laveau LTD$3.99

Questions

Is Solitaire Now free?
Solitaire Now is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Solitaire free?
Solitaire is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Solitaire Now or Solitaire?
Solitaire is rated higher. Solitaire Now averages 4.4 out of 5 from 16 ratings, while Solitaire averages 4.6 from 76 ratings.
Do Solitaire Now or Solitaire have ads?
Solitaire Now shows ads; Solitaire does not.
Which is updated more often, Solitaire Now or Solitaire?
Solitaire Now ships an update every 4 months, and Solitaire every 6 weeks. Most recently, Solitaire Now was updated on September 9, 2026 and Solitaire on September 5, 2026.

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