Solitaire Star vs Solitaire
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Solitaire Star
Experience the classic card game on your iPhone or iPad. This app brings the beloved Windows game to your mobile device, offering a familiar and enjoyable gameplay experience.
- Classic Solitaire gameplay
- Play on iPhone and iPad
- Familiar interface
- Popular Windows game adaptation
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Solitaire is one of the most popular Windows games in the world. Now you can play it on your iPhone or iPad.
Solitaire
Enjoy a classic card game experience with this straightforward application. It offers a no-frills interface for players who want to focus on gameplay. Supports a wide range of languages for a global audience.
- Classic solitaire gameplay
- No-frills interface
- Multi-language support
- Simple to play
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Fun, no-frills app for people who just want to play solitaire. Supports dozens of languages.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Solitaire Star at none against Solitaire's shown. Solitaire Star also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 12.0). Solitaire's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 42 months). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Solitaire Star against 4.8 for Solitaire. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 12 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 93% of Solitaire Star's written reviews are positive against 100% of Solitaire's.
Solitaire Star ships an update every 42 months, Solitaire every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and August 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Solitaire Star | Solitaire |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (9 ratings) — better | 4.8 (12 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 93.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9 | 12 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 42 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 海鹰 冼 | fishdog.net |
Customer experience
Solitaire Star
Solitaire
In-app purchases
Solitaire Star
No in-app purchases
Solitaire
No in-app purchases
Questions
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