Comparison

Solitaire Whizz vs cardinal.

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

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About

Solitaire Whizz

This comprehensive card game collection offers 40 different solitaire variations in a single app. Enjoy classic and challenging games with high-quality graphics, helpful hints, and auto-completion features. No additional purchases are required to access all content.

Highlights
  • 40 solitaire game variations
  • High-quality retina graphics
  • Turn tips and auto-complete
  • Scrolling and zooming
  • Sound effects and animation
  • No hidden extra purchases
Features
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48 GAMES IN ONE! A comprehensive solitaire collection for iPad: 48 addictive solitaire/patience card games in one a single app. For ONE single purchase, get ALL games, including Free Cell (Windows solitaire), Klondike (classic solitaire), Pyramid 13, Poker Solitaire, Yukon, Spider, Golf, Russian Solitaire and a host of other games. Features include: - Full on-screen instructions for all games - Intelligent 'move suggestion' guide with undo - Gameplay customisation (tap/drag mode, colour preferences, background music/sound effects...) Full list of games currently included: Foundation Builders: - Agnes, Baker’s Dozen, Baker’s Game (2 variants), Free Cell, Free Cell Strict, Hard Cell, Klondike, King's Secrets, Klondike Double, Miss Milligan, Napoleon at St Helena, Seahaven Towers, Simple Simon, Sir Tommy and Tommy Five. Foundation Calculators: - Calculation (2 variants), Canfield and Duchess. Layout Builders: - Accordion, Fan, Flower Garden, La Belle Lucie, Russian Solitaire, Scorpion, Spider, Spiderette, Whitehead and Yukon. Matchers & Pairers: - Apophis, Fourteens, Golf, Monte Carlo (2 variants), Pyramid 13, Ra’s Chamber (2 variants) and Three Peaks. Calculators: - Nestor, Odd & Even, Osmosis, Peek, Poker Solitaire (2 variants) and Windmill. Castle Games: - Beleaguered Castle and Streets & Alleys. For beginners, the popular games Klondike, FreeCell and Pyramid 13 are recommended. For a quick, easy games, try Fourteens. Spider and Spiderette provide more of a challenge for advanced players. As ever, additional games are planned for future updates! General gameplay: In general, games are played by dragging cards from one pile to another. Depending on your preference, you can also choose to tap the source card followed by its destination (either an empty pile or an existing pile or sequence of cards). In various games, the goal is to gradually build cards on to 'foundation' piles, typically in ascending order with one foundation per suit. Typically, a game will also include a 'tableau' of piles used to organise the cards before they are played on to the foundations. In a few games, the goal is to discard pairs of cards according to a particular rule. To see specific details of the rules and aim of a given game, on-screen instructions are provided: simply press the '?' button to the right of the screen. In most games, you can also press the 'Hint' (light bulb) button to get a turn suggestion at any point during play. Redeals Some games allow 'redeals'. If available, the redeal icon in the top right of the screen will be available. Depending on the game, a redeal will typically of re-shuffling and re-dealing the 'stock' of cards, or dealing extra cards on to the tableau. Please consult the rules for the individual game in question for more details of the availability and function of redeals. Support & Feedback For further information about Solitaire Whizz, or to report a potential problem, please got to https://neilcoffey.github.io/solitaire-whizz-info/

About

cardinal.

Engage in a minimalistic logic puzzle game where you deduce a secret solution using sixteen cards and clues. Enjoy procedurally generated boards for endless play and compete globally in daily challenges.

Highlights
  • Minimalistic logic puzzles
  • Deduce secret solutions
  • Procedurally generated boards
  • Endless regular mode
  • Daily global competitions
  • 16 logic cards
Features
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Minimalistic yet challenging, CARDINAL gives you sixteen different cards and clues in which you must figure out the secret solution! Begin with the cardinal rule you can then continue to creatively deduce the solution from there! An endless amount of procedurally generated boards waits for you in regular mode. And when you feel ready, test yourself in the daily competition alongside players from all over the globe.

Screenshots

cardinal.3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: cardinal. at Free against Solitaire Whizz's $2.99. cardinal. also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.1) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 months). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

cardinal. is free to download; Solitaire Whizz costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

cardinal. holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 14 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 61% of Solitaire Whizz's written reviews are positive against 80% of cardinal.'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Solitaire Whizz ships an update every 3 months, cardinal. every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Solitaire Whizz versus cardinal.: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSolitaire Whizzcardinal.
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.1 (10 ratings)4.9 (14 ratings) — better
Positive reviews61.1% of reviews80.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1014 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.611.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size52 MB99 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNeil CoffeyPerfect Hat Games LLC

Customer experience

Solitaire Whizz

All ratings10 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive61.1%
Neutral27.8%
Negative11.1%

cardinal.

All ratings14 ratings
Positive92.9%
Neutral7.1%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Solitaire Whizz

No in-app purchases

None

cardinal.

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Solitaire Whizz free?
Solitaire Whizz costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is cardinal. free?
cardinal. is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Solitaire Whizz or cardinal.?
cardinal. is rated higher. Solitaire Whizz averages 4.1 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while cardinal. averages 4.9 from 14 ratings.
Do Solitaire Whizz or cardinal. have ads?
Neither Solitaire Whizz nor cardinal. shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Solitaire Whizz or cardinal.?
Solitaire Whizz ships an update every 3 months, and cardinal. every 3 days. Most recently, Solitaire Whizz was updated on November 1, 2026 and cardinal. on November 3, 2026.

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