Solitaire Challenges vs FaceCards Solitaire
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Solitaire Challenges
A card game where you clear the board by matching cards one above or below the deck card. It features 160 levels with varied missions and a wild card to help build sequences. Success requires both luck and strategic card selection.
- Clear board by matching cards
- 160 levels with varied missions
- Wild card for sequence building
- Scoring based on card value and sequences
- Skill-based gameplay beyond luck
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Solitaire Challenges is a card game that consists in clearing the board by taking a card that is one above or below than the card on the deck. Among the 160 levels available to play, you would find several missions such as: - Have a sequence of X number of cards. - Obtain X points. - Find the card-key to open the lock. - Solve the game in X amount of time. - Get a golden card by having a sequence of 5 cards. - Solve 2 rounds of the game. From level 5 you would have available a wild card, that you would be able to use any time replacing the card that you need. It's very useful for building long sequences. Each card taken off from the board has a value of 100 points, and if it follows a sequence then its value would have 50 bonus points. This means that the longer the sequence is then more points you get. Solitaire Challenges doesn't only involves luck but the skill of selecting the necessary cards to solve the game.
FaceCards Solitaire
A challenging solitaire card game where players strategically place cards and clear the board by forming groups that sum to 10. The goal is to place all face cards or fill the board before running out of moves. Success requires careful planning and a low success rate makes high scores impressive.
- Unique board clearing mechanic
- Strategic card placement
- Face card placement goal
- Challenging gameplay
- Low success rate for high scores
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Welcome to FaceCards Solitaire. This challenging solitaire is very easy to play but very hard to win. You have to place the cards one by one on empty spaces on the board. Once all the spaces are filled you can clean the board by removing cards in groups of 1 or 2 that add up to 10. Then you go back to place cards one by one on the spaces you emptied. Keep doing that until you manage to place all the face cards on their respective places or you run out of places. Success rate is very low, if you managed to place 10 face cards or more you did very well.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: FaceCards Solitaire at 100% against Solitaire Challenges's 54%. FaceCards Solitaire also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.4) and in-app purchases (none vs 6). Solitaire Challenges's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99) and ratings volume (7 vs 1). On 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
Solitaire Challenges is free to download; FaceCards Solitaire costs $0.99 up front. Solitaire Challenges sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. FaceCards Solitaire asks for nothing beyond the download.
FaceCards Solitaire holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Solitaire Challenges has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of Solitaire Challenges's written reviews are positive against 100% of FaceCards Solitaire's.
Solitaire Challenges ships an update every 40 months, FaceCards Solitaire every 18 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Solitaire Challenges | FaceCards Solitaire |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 3.4 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 53.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 40 months | Every 18 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 97 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jose Varela | GLBW Consultoria de Engenharia e Inform?tica ltda |
Customer experience
Solitaire Challenges
FaceCards Solitaire
In-app purchases
Solitaire Challenges
- 3 extra lives$1.99
- Undo button$1.99
- 5 Extra Cards$1.99
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- Extra Joker$1.99
- Extra Time$1.99
- Set of 5 lives$2.99
FaceCards Solitaire
No in-app purchases
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