Comparison

40 Thieves vs Forty Thieves Solitaire!

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

Head to head
About

40 Thieves

A classic solitaire card game where the objective is to move all cards to eight foundation piles, building them up by suit from Ace to King. Utilize temporary holding piles to strategically arrange cards and progress through the deck.

Highlights
  • Move all cards to 8 foundation piles
  • Build foundation piles by suit (A to K)
  • Use 10 temporary holding piles
  • Move cards one lower and same suit
  • Turn over new cards from the deck
Features
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In Forty Thieves Solitaire the goal of the game is to move all the cards to the 8 foundation piles at the upper right corner. The foundation piles are built in suit from A to K. You can use the middle 10 piles to hold the cards temporarily while you build up the cards in the foundation piles. You may only move one card at a time, and you can only move a card to another pile if it is one lower and in the same suit. If you cannot make a move you can turn over a new card by clicking on the facedown deck in the top left. It's game over if you have used all the stock cards and cannot put all the cards on the foundation.

About

Forty Thieves Solitaire!

Experience a challenging solitaire card game where the goal is to move all cards to foundations. Enjoy intuitive controls, beautiful cards, and multiple game modes. Relax with no timers and unlimited undo options.

Highlights
  • Move all cards to eight foundations
  • Intuitive tap-to-move controls
  • Beautiful, easy-to-read cards
  • Low Vision Mode
  • No timers
  • Unlimited undo support
  • 3 different game modes
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Boy Howdy's Forty Thieves Solitaire is a fun and very challenging patience game, and it's 100% FREE! • Forty Thieves is a classic solitaire game where you try to move all the cards onto the eight foundations, building upwards from Aces with cards of the same suit. Sounds easy, but you'll have to carefully study the Tableau to figure out your best move... • Fast and intuitive controls - Just tap on a card and watch it move by magic! • Beautiful, easy to read cards! • NEW - Low Vision Mode! • No timers at all! Just relax and have fun! • Unlimited undo support, with no penalties if you want to go back and try things a different way! • 3 different Game Modes to keep things interesting! • Fun Mode lets you drag stacks around the Tableau and have unlimited redeals • Medium Mode you can only move single cards around the Tableau • Hard Mode has no re-deals! Crazy! • Global high score leaderboards with Game Center • Your progress is automatically saved, all the time, so go ahead and take that call or jump out to any other apps - you can come back and pick up playing right where you left off! • Sounds can be disabled if you want a quiet game • You can even listen to your own music while you play Thanks for playing! Search for Boy Howdy to see all our free games!

Screenshots

40 Thieves3 screens
Forty Thieves Solitaire!2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Forty Thieves Solitaire! at 94% against 40 Thieves's 19%. Forty Thieves Solitaire! also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). 40 Thieves's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.0). On price, update cadence 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. 40 Thieves sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Forty Thieves Solitaire! asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Forty Thieves Solitaire! holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Forty Thieves Solitaire! has 560 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 19% of 40 Thieves's written reviews are positive against 94% of Forty Thieves Solitaire!'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
40 Thieves versus Forty Thieves Solitaire!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter40 ThievesForty Thieves Solitaire!
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (13 ratings)4.8 (560 ratings) — better
Positive reviews18.8% of reviews93.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings13560 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 5 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUwe MeierBoy Howdy Technology LLC

Customer experience

40 Thieves

All ratings13 ratings
Positive38.5%
Neutral15.4%
Negative46.2%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive18.8%
Neutral6.3%
Negative75.0%

Forty Thieves Solitaire!

All ratings533 ratings
Positive95.1%
Neutral3.8%
Negative1.1%
Written reviews48 reviews
Positive93.8%
Neutral4.2%
Negative2.1%

Bugs and requests

40 Thieves

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Forty Thieves Solitaire!

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Unable to transfer game progress between devices
  • Ad tracking cannot be disabled despite user attempts

Requested features

4 requests
  • Clock Solitaire variant
  • Paid ad-free version option
  • Cross-device save synchronization
  • Ability to customize hard mode rules (allow any card in empty spaces)

In-app purchases

1 purchases

40 Thieves

One-time1
  • No Ad.$1.99
None

Forty Thieves Solitaire!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is 40 Thieves free?
40 Thieves is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Forty Thieves Solitaire! free?
Forty Thieves Solitaire! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, 40 Thieves or Forty Thieves Solitaire!?
Forty Thieves Solitaire! is rated higher. 40 Thieves averages 3.0 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while Forty Thieves Solitaire! averages 4.8 from 560 ratings.
Do 40 Thieves or Forty Thieves Solitaire! have ads?
Forty Thieves Solitaire! shows ads; 40 Thieves does not.
Which is updated more often, 40 Thieves or Forty Thieves Solitaire!?
40 Thieves ships an update every 5 months, and Forty Thieves Solitaire! every 5 months. Most recently, 40 Thieves was updated on October 3, 2026 and Forty Thieves Solitaire! on October 20, 2026.

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