Solitaire Zen vs Classic PickUp Solitaire
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Solitaire Zen
Experience classic Klondike Solitaire in a breathtaking virtual reality environment. Compete globally on leaderboards, level up, and earn badges while immersed in stunning 3D graphics and ambient audio.
- Virtual reality gameplay
- Stunning 3D graphics
- Global online leaderboards
- Leveling and ranking system
- Gyroscopic VR controls
- Hyper-realistic ambient audio
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The world's first virtual reality Solitaire! Prepare yourself for the stunningly gorgeous, spectacularly immersive Solitaire Zen: Space. It's classic Klondike (Windows) Solitaire like you've never seen it before. Transport yourself to a world of pure bliss as you glide slowly through space. • STUNNING 3D GRAPHICS • Look around at the cards, the environment, the sky...liberate yourself from the shackles of forced perspective. • BATTLE FIERCE COMPETITION • Realtime leaderboards pit you against players all over the world. Become a Solitaire superstar! • LEVEL UP • Gain experience, level up, and earn new ranks and badges. STACKED WITH FEATURES • Gyroscopic virtual reality controls • Staggering graphics • Hyper-realistic ambient audio • Global online leaderboards • Leveling and ranking system • JOIN OVER 100 MILLION GAMERS WORLDWIDE • Follow @Naquatic on Facebook and Twitter to find out why our apps like MonsterCrafter and Shooting Showdown have been featured by everyone from Apple to IGN, AppAdvice, and TouchArcade.
Classic PickUp Solitaire
A card game where players remove all cards by picking them up in sequential order. You can start with any card, and subsequent cards must be one point higher, lower, or have the same value.
- Sequential card removal
- Start with any card
- Higher, lower, or same value card pickup
- Single-player gameplay
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Classic PickUp Solitaire is a fun solitaire game. The goal in this game is to remove all cards by picking up them in sequential order. You can start with any card – but once you start, each subsequent card you pick up has to be either one point higher, lower, or have the same value.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Solitaire Zen at 4.7 against Classic PickUp Solitaire's 4.0. Solitaire Zen also leads on ratings volume (11 vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 11.0). Classic PickUp Solitaire's advantage is update cadence (every 9 months vs every 21 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 90%). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Solitaire Zen holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Solitaire Zen has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 90% of Solitaire Zen's written reviews are positive against 100% of Classic PickUp Solitaire's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Solitaire Zen ships an update every 21 months, Classic PickUp Solitaire every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Solitaire Zen | Classic PickUp Solitaire |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (11 ratings) — better | 4.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 90.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 21 months | Every 9 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 100 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Naquatic | Kevin White |
Customer experience
Solitaire Zen
Classic PickUp Solitaire
In-app purchases
Solitaire Zen
No in-app purchases
Classic PickUp Solitaire
No in-app purchases
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