Comparison

Cards vs Gnome Solitaire

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

Head to head
About

Cards

A collection of classic solitaire card games including Klondike, Spider, and FreeCell. Offers adjustable difficulty, hints, and undo options. Features daily challenges, progress tracking, and customizable card displays. Play offline with no ads or in-app purchases.

Highlights
  • Multiple solitaire game variations
  • Adjustable difficulty and hints
  • Daily challenges and progress tracking
  • Customizable card display
  • Offline play
  • No ads or in-app purchases
Features
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Cards is a collection of classic solitaire games: Klondike, Spider, FreeCell, Pyramid, TriPeaks, Golf and Yukon. Play them the way you know them. Draw 1 or draw 3. Spider with 1, 2 or 4 suits. Easier FreeCell and Pyramid when you want a gentler game. Russian and Alaska for Yukon fans. Every deal can be won. Hints and undo are free, as many as you like. Each game has a daily deal, with a cup for every day you win. There is a 500-level ladder for each game, from easy to hard, plus stats, streaks and achievements. The cards are easy to read: a bold deck with large numbers, an optional four-color deck, adjustable card size and a left-handed layout. Light haptics when you pick up and place a card. New to a game? We teach it while you play, one move at a time. No ads. No in-app purchases. No account. Works offline.

About

Gnome Solitaire

Enjoy a classic Klondike Solitaire experience with no ads, purchases, or sign-ups. Play offline with sharp vector graphics that adapt to any screen size. Features intuitive tap-to-move or drag-and-drop gameplay and unlimited undos.

Highlights
  • No advertisements or in-app purchases
  • Vector art for sharp graphics
  • Offline play
  • Tap-to-move and drag-and-drop controls
  • Unlimited undo functionality
  • Optional gnome animations and music
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Klondike Solitaire, the way it should be: no advertisements, no purchases, no accounts, and nothing to sign up for. Deal a hand and play. Every card is drawn as vector art rather than a picture, so the deck stays sharp at any size — full screen on a Mac, or a phone held sideways on a train. HOW IT PLAYS • Deal three, with unlimited passes through the deck • Tap a card and it goes where it belongs — to its foundation if it fits there, otherwise to the best column • Drag a card, or a whole run, to place it yourself • Undo as far back as you like, right to the opening deal • Score carries from hand to hand, so a good run is worth something WHEN YOU WIN Every card face up and the deck done means the game can no longer be lost. A door opens at the foot of the table and four gnomes troop out, hold up a banner, and troop back in — with a tune to match. Both can be switched off if you would rather they did not. NO PURCHASE It's free and runs on Mac, iPad and iPhone. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Nothing is collected, nothing is tracked and the game never asks for the network. Your score and your game in progress are kept on your own device.

Screenshots

Cards4 screens
Gnome Solitaire4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Gnome Solitaire at every 4 days against Cards's every 6 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cards ships an update every 6 weeks, Gnome Solitaire every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Cards versus Gnome Solitaire: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCardsGnome Solitaire
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews70.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size362 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTroiva LLCMARK GREENING

Customer experience

Cards

All ratings21 ratings
Positive57.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative42.9%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive70.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative30.0%

Gnome Solitaire

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Cards

No in-app purchases

None

Gnome Solitaire

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cards free?
Cards is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Gnome Solitaire free?
Gnome Solitaire is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Cards or Gnome Solitaire have ads?
Neither Cards nor Gnome Solitaire shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cards or Gnome Solitaire?
Cards ships an update every 6 weeks, and Gnome Solitaire every 4 days. Most recently, Cards was updated on October 15, 2026 and Gnome Solitaire on October 7, 2026.

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