Big FreeCell vs FreeCell Forever
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Big FreeCell
Experience the classic FreeCell card game with a straightforward and familiar interface. Enjoy this popular solitaire variation on your iOS device.
- Classic FreeCell gameplay
- Solitaire card game
- Familiar interface
- iOS compatible
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FreeCell as we know it.
FreeCell Forever
Master FreeCell with this app's intelligent assistance. It offers move suggestions, dead-end warnings, and auto-play options to help you improve. Play winnable deals, track your progress with detailed statistics, and choose your preferred level of challenge.
- Move suggestions
- Dead-end warnings
- Highlight next home cards
- Auto-play home cards
- Show winning move sequence
- Track statistics
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Improve your skills and become a FreeCell expert! FreeCell Forever has a number of settings that can help you see the best move, warn you if you reach a dead end, highlight the next home cards, auto-play home cards, or show you a winning sequence of moves from your current situation. Or turn off all the help settings and play without distractions. All deals in FreeCell Forever are winnable, and you can choose to play all of the games in order, try some easy games, or challenge yourself to win some of the most difficult games known. Statistics are kept for moves count, time to win, hints used, and undo's used, so you can see yourself improving over time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: FreeCell Forever at 90% against Big FreeCell's 56%. FreeCell Forever also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.4). Big FreeCell's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 19 months). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
FreeCell Forever holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 327 and 143 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of Big FreeCell's written reviews are positive against 90% of FreeCell Forever's.
Big FreeCell ships an update every 3 months, FreeCell Forever every 19 months. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Big FreeCell | FreeCell Forever |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (327 ratings) | 4.7 (143 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 56.3% of reviews | 89.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 327 — better | 143 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 19 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 105 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Konstantin Hassan-Djalalian | Games By Post LLC |
Customer experience
Big FreeCell
FreeCell Forever
User reviews
Big FreeCell
From 327 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Large card size
- 👍 Enjoyable game
- 👍 Favorite game
- 👍 Great setup
- 👍 Challenging game
Room to improve
- 😠 Too many ads
- 😠 Ads after paying to remove them
- 😠 Cluttered layout
- 😠 Cards too big, cover screen
- 😠 No music, too simple
FreeCell Forever
From 143 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great game, fun to play
- 👍 Appreciated for not being bombarded with ads
- 👍 Good way to pass time
- 🔋 Kind to the battery
- 👍 Much better than other free cell games
Room to improve
- 🐛 Flashing ad at bottom of screen
- 🐛 Ads at the bottom are bothersome
- 🐛 Stuck at Game 1941, no solution/skip
- 🐛 Dead end warnings not always correct
- 🐛 Animation before scores is annoying
Bugs and requests
Big FreeCell
Reported bugs
4 issues- Cards jumping unexpectedly
- Multiple cards moving at once
- Cannot undo to the beginning
- App not available on store anymore
Requested features
3 requests- Bring back old version
- Option to choose game number
- Explanation for periodic tab
FreeCell Forever
Reported bugs
6 issues- Flashing ad at bottom of screen
- Dead end warnings are incorrect
- Game stuck at 1941
- App crashes frequently
- App opens other random apps
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- Animation before scores is annoying
Requested features
3 requests- Option to pay for ad-free experience
- Make text larger
- Hint button on either side instead of bottom
In-app purchases
Big FreeCell
No in-app purchases
FreeCell Forever
No in-app purchases
Questions
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