Solitaire Whizz vs Orbital Pursuit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 40 solitaire game variations
- High-quality retina graphics
- Turn tips and auto-complete
- Scrolling and zooming
- Sound effects and animation
- No hidden extra purchases
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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/
Orbital Pursuit
Navigate your spaceship through an endless galaxy, collecting stars and dodging meteors. This arcade strategy game increases in speed as you travel further, challenging your reflexes. Compete with friends via Game Center for the highest score.
- Endless galaxy exploration
- Star collection for points
- Meteor avoidance
- Lane-switching navigation
- Increasing speed challenge
- Game Center leaderboards
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Orbital Pursuit is an endless battle into deep space. Your mission: Fly through the galaxy collecting stars, diamonds, and power-ups. Destroy asteroids & enemy ships at all costs! Play is simple - there are three lanes to fly. Swipe your finger left & right for quick navigation to avoid space rocks, enemy ships, & projectiles. Tap to shoot! As you fly further into the unknown, your spaceship increases speed, making obstacle avoidance more difficult. Stay on your toes! Game Center: Your high score is automatically submitted to the global leaderboard. Music can be turned on and off using the settings menu. Remove ads forever, just $9.99. Locate the in-app purchase through the settings menu. Want a feature added? Let us know in a review! :-)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Orbital Pursuit at Free against Solitaire Whizz's $2.99. Orbital Pursuit also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.1) and review sentiment (100% vs 61%). Solitaire Whizz's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (10 vs 2). On in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Orbital Pursuit is free to download; Solitaire Whizz costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Orbital Pursuit holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Solitaire Whizz has 10 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 61% of Solitaire Whizz's written reviews are positive against 100% of Orbital Pursuit's.
Solitaire Whizz ships an update every 3 months, Orbital Pursuit every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Solitaire Whizz | Orbital Pursuit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.1 (10 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 61.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 18.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 183 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Neil Coffey | Logan Voss |
Customer experience
Solitaire Whizz
Orbital Pursuit
In-app purchases
Solitaire Whizz
No in-app purchases
Orbital Pursuit
No in-app purchases
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