Solitaire Challenges vs Strike Solitaire Free
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.
Strike Solitaire Free
Experience a unique solitaire game set in bowling hotels. Remove matching card pairs to clear the board and achieve level goals, earning money and scores along the way. Progress through 120 levels, each representing a frame in a bowling match.
- Unique bowling hotel setting
- 120 levels across 12 packs
- Remove matching card pairs
- Goal: remove 10 skittle cards
- Earn in-game money and scores
- Bowling frame-inspired levels
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Solitaire or bowling? Two in one! Complete 120 levels in Strike Solitaire! The game utilizes a unique setting for solitaire games where the action takes place in bowling hotels offering a wide range of recreation services and outdoor sporting activities. All levels are split into 12 packs, 10 levels each. Each level symbolizes one frame of a bowling match. All levels look like a solitaire set of cards. Players should remove matching pairs of cards from the game board in order to complete all the level goals. The goal of each level is to remove 10 special skittle cards from the game board. By doing that, players earn money. The amount of money players receive on each level depends on the type of the matching cards and the multiplier. Upon the completion of each level, players also earn scores (just like they would earn scores for each frame in a bowling match). The number of points earned within the whole frame is calculated according to the attained scores.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Strike Solitaire Free at 4.3 against Solitaire Challenges's 3.4. Strike Solitaire Free also leads on update cadence (every 11 months vs every 40 months) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 13). Solitaire Challenges's advantage is review sentiment (54% vs 25%). 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. Solitaire Challenges sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Strike Solitaire Free sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Strike Solitaire Free holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 4 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 54% of Solitaire Challenges's written reviews are positive against 25% of Strike Solitaire Free's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Solitaire Challenges ships an update every 40 months, Strike Solitaire Free every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Solitaire Challenges | Strike Solitaire Free |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (7 ratings) | 4.3 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 53.6% of reviews — better | 25.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 40 months | Every 11 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13 | 6.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 97 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jose Varela | 8Floor Company Limited |
Customer experience
Solitaire Challenges
Strike Solitaire Free
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
Strike Solitaire Free
- Alpine Esplanade$0.99
- 4th Season Terrace$0.99
- Strikes Plain$0.99
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- Bosquet 11$0.99
- Hampton Court$0.99
- 10 000 coins$0.99
- 25 000 coins$1.99
- Lanes 3-7$3.99
- All lanes$4.99
- 100 000 coins$4.99
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