Alien Hive vs Doubled Card Solitaire
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Alien Hive
This game blends match-3 and sliding tile puzzles to evolve aliens. Match tiles to hatch and evolve creatures, harvest resources, and build your ultimate alien hive. Strategically defeat villainous bots and uncover the planet's mysteries.
- Evolving-aliens puzzle gameplay
- Hybrid match-3 and sliding tile puzzles
- Match tiles to harvest resources
- Hatch and evolve alien species
- Defeat villainous Bots
- BLITZ MODE for fast-action fun
- Collect dozens of Supreme Aliens
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- "Indie Showcase Top 10 Award & Best Art Award." - Casual Connect Asia 2013 - "Appxplore brings us yet another fun and addicting puzzle game that is unique to any other." - GameDynamo, EDITORS' CHOICE! - "Alien Hive looks and feels like the best puzzle game I’ve played in a very long time... It’s brilliant, addictive, and endlessly fun." - Arcade Sushi, 9/10 Stars! - "A extremely addictive and surprisingly original title in the overly-crowded match-three puzzle genre. It combines block swapping with monster-collection and breeding. Well worth your time and your IAP money!" - LittleAppPreview, Score: 9/10 - It's a winning combination, with an almost perfect relaxation-to-robot ratio - KOTAKU *Check out the BLITZ MODE Trailer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUbjeXzooYk Alien Hive is all about evolving aliens, blending match-3 with sliding tile puzzles for a game that feels both familiar and fresh. Swipe tiles to make matches – combine eggs to hatch cute baby aliens, and then help them fully evolve into Supreme Aliens. Match resource tiles for upgrades that let you take command of the board, with the goal of building the ultimate alien hive. Strategically avoid the villainous Bots, who block your progress, by crafting power-ups to eliminate these baddies. As you advance, you will uncover the mystery of the hidden aliens… and tame the Red Planet! Alien Hive Features: * Evolving-aliens puzzle gameplay: hybrid of match-3 and sliding tile puzzles… it’s a whole new type of puzzling fun * Match tiles to harvest resources, grow new species of aliens and zap the villainous Bots * Chill out: pastel graphics and mellow soundtrack, with no time limit to harsh the vibe * Advance the alien society: collect and unleash dozens of Supreme Aliens * Additional Fast-Action Fun BLITZ MODE. * 70 Achievements to suit all styles of play * 14 Achievements for Blitz Mode * Auto save game progress * High Score and Achievements sharing on Facebook * Free to play universal app for iPad, iPhone * iCloud & Game Center Support * Over thousands of Power Boost combinations * Level up your Supreme Aliens If you face any technical issue on your device, appreciate if you can contact us prior to writing negative review. We will try to address the issue as soon as possible. For the latest news, updates, and events LIKE us on Facebook. Official http://www.appxplore.com Facebook http://www.facebook.com/appxplore Twitter http://twitter.com/appxplore
Doubled Card Solitaire
Experience a unique twist on classic solitaire with a card-pushing mechanic inspired by mahjong. Arrange cards in descending order, alternating colors, and enjoy a game filled with change and hope. This version offers a special feature to remove a full suite of 13 cards upon completion.
- Unique card pushing mechanic
- Descending order card arrangement
- Alternating red and black cards
- Remove 1 suite of 13 cards
- One hint per game
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Card Solitaire 2 is a unique, addictive and exciting game, and is much more interesting than the traditional solitaire. Card Solitaire 2 absorbs the fantastic pushing-card feature from the famous zMahjong Solitaire. Each time you push cards, you can feel that the game is filled with change and hope. ***Game rule Arrange cards in descending order with red and black alternated. ***How to play the game Push one card first, then tap another card. If these two cards are connected on a same line, the 1st card will be automatically moved to the 2nd card. ***Feature Comparison ▲Remove 1 suite of 13 cards once completed? ◆Card Solitaire Z: No ◆Card Solitaire 2: Yes ▲Numbe of Hints ◆Card Solitaire Z: Depends on points ◆Card Solitaire 2: 1 time
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Alien Hive at Free against Doubled Card Solitaire's $1.99. Alien Hive also leads on ratings volume (195 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Doubled Card Solitaire's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). On update cadence, in-app purchases 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
Alien Hive is free to download; Doubled Card Solitaire costs $1.99 up front. Alien Hive sells 11 one-off in-app purchases and Doubled Card Solitaire sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Doubled Card Solitaire holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Alien Hive has 195 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Alien Hive ships an update every 2 months, Doubled Card Solitaire every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Alien Hive | Doubled Card Solitaire |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.6 (195 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 86.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 195 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 231 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Appxplore (iCandy) Sdn. Bhd. | Shen Zhongyuan |
Customer experience
Alien Hive
Doubled Card Solitaire
Bugs and requests
Alien Hive
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game freezes after watching ads
- Blitz mode score not increasing past 2.1 billion
- Alien evolution progress resets after updates
Requested features
4 requests- More difficulty levels or an easy mode
- Ability to save progress and resume games
- Expanded alien collection and evolution system
- Option to pay for ad-free experience
Doubled Card Solitaire
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Alien Hive
- Pile of Gold$0.99
- Energy Amplifier$1.99
- Gold Booster$1.99
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- Pack of Sparks$1.99
- Core Wormhole$1.99
- Bag of Gold$3.99
- Stack of Sparks$3.99
- Rack of Sparks$6.99
- Sack of Gold$9.99
- Box of Gold$19.99
- Chest of Gold$49.99
Doubled Card Solitaire
- 100$0.99
- 200$1.99
- 300$2.99
Questions
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