Comparison

Solitaire vs Tahoe5

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

Head to head
About

Solitaire

Enjoy a classic solitaire card game with unique, artist-designed decks. This ad-free experience offers high-quality graphics and an immersive 3D environment. Customize your gameplay with purchasable card decks.

Highlights
  • Classic Klondike solitaire gameplay
  • Custom designed playing card decks
  • Ad-free experience
  • High-quality graphics
  • 3D environment
  • In-app purchases for new decks
Features
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Play the classic solitaire game (Klondike variant, one card) with custom designed decks of poker size playing cards. The game is free to download, free to play, free from ads, and with high quality graphics. You start with 3 available decks. Two of them have been designed exclusively for high clarity on mobile and tablet. The 3rd one is a taste of what a custom designed deck of cards look like. You will navigate your collection and preview the cards of the other custom decks available as in-app purchase. All these decks are designed by Stockholm17 Playing Cards, Sweden. Any custom deck can be used to play the game. Make sure you read the in-game legibility properties of each deck before the purchase, some of them might be hard to read on devices with small screen. App size: approximately 80Mb as first download, reaching up to 150Mb in various stages during the usage of the app. Landscape mode only, you will be playing in a 3D environment and 4 simple tasks will guide you to quickly learn the interface and the game dynamics. Game Center is necessary to access the leaderboard. You need an internet connection to play the game. In the future more custom decks will be added and improvements will be made. Have fun and good luck!

About

Tahoe5

Features
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Tahoe5 is five-card draw solitaire, scored on points. Deal five cards, hold the ones you want, and draw to replace the rest. The hand you end up with earns points — a pair of jacks or better scores 10, on up to 2500 for a royal flush. A round is 10 hands. Beat your best score. There is no betting. No chips, no balance, nothing to lose — just the hand in front of you and the decision of what to keep. Originally a DOS and Windows shareware game from 1992, rebuilt for Mac,iPhone and iPad. - Ten-hand rounds with a saved best score - Nine scoring hands, from jacks or better to a royal flush - Custom card artwork and sound - Runs fully offline. No accounts, no ads, no tracking, no purchases

Screenshots

Solitaire4 screens
Tahoe52 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tahoe5 at none against Solitaire's 10. Solitaire's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Solitaire sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Tahoe5 asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Solitaire ships an update every 6 weeks, Tahoe5 every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Solitaire versus Tahoe5: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSolitaireTahoe5
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (88 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews95.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings88 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size214 MB3 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperStockholm17 ABZack Urlocker

Bugs and requests

Solitaire

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Cards disappear when dragged from foundation
  • App drains battery even when plugged in
  • Horrible, clunky movement
  • Sideways view is problematic

Requested features

2 requests
  • Address battery drain and heating issues
  • Ensure all games are possible to complete

Tahoe5

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Solitaire

One-time10
  • Mr. Green the Frog$0.99
  • Black Requiem - Counterspell$1.99
  • Odd Fellow Cpt Spindel Webber$1.99
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  • N°17 Le Chat Rouge$1.99
  • HOTRS Cartomancer$1.99
  • Heretic Lux$1.99
  • Gemini Noctis$1.99
  • 17th Kingdom - Experimental$2.99
  • Odd Fellow Madame Laveau$2.99
  • 52+Joker Club Deck 2021$3.99
None

Tahoe5

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Solitaire free?
Solitaire is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tahoe5 free?
Tahoe5 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Solitaire or Tahoe5 have ads?
Neither Solitaire nor Tahoe5 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Solitaire or Tahoe5?
Solitaire ships an update every 6 weeks, and Tahoe5 every 3 weeks. Most recently, Solitaire was updated on November 3, 2026 and Tahoe5 on November 7, 2026.

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