Comparison

Black Widow vs SpiderUnplugged

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

Head to head
About

Black Widow

Experience a classic card game with multiple difficulty levels and customizable options. Enjoy features like online leaderboards, achievements, and unlimited undos. Play in portrait or landscape mode with intuitive drag-and-drop controls.

Highlights
  • Three difficulty levels
  • Solvable deals option
  • Online leaderboards & achievements
  • Drag & drop and single tap controls
  • Customizable card backs and backgrounds
  • Unlimited undos and hints
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This is a classic Spider Solitaire game (Black Widow, one of the top solitaires in the world). Features: - three difficulty levels - option for only solvable deals - option for redeal of last game - portrait and landscape orientation - online leaderboards and achievements (Game Center) - drag & drop and single tap controls - animated cards motion - customizable (card backs, backgrounds) - statistics - unlimited undos - unlimited hints - auto save

About

SpiderUnplugged

Experience classic spider solitaire with intelligent hints and optimized controls for a smooth, engaging gameplay. Enjoy curated games designed for more wins and a distraction-free environment.

Highlights
  • Minimal touch controls
  • Intelligent 'Hint Bot'
  • Curated games for better wins
  • No ads or data capture
  • Undo mechanisms with bookmarking
  • Customizable suits and visuals
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Why another version of classic spider solitaire? For all levels of players: Optimized for minimal touches - Most moves are made with a single touch. The intelligent ‘Hint Bot’ can predict the most likely desired move for any card touched. In the vast majority of cases it is exactly what you wanted. If not, touch the card again for the next choice. Unplugged! - No advertising, no social media , muted animations, and no data captured. Just you and the game! Curated games for more fun - Although you can enable random deals, the default mode ‘cherry picks’ from random deals to give you games that have better starting moves and more likelihood of winning. More fun! For the serious player (like the author): - The optimized minimal touches really make a difference when you play multiple games in a row. - The intelligent predictive move mechanism (‘hint bot’) is very good. It is capable of viewing nearly all possible sequences of future moves and ranking the results. - Intelligent hints let you find possible moves as much as 8 or 9 steps in the future. This becomes a 'game within a game'. If the hint bot suggests that you can extend a buried run or clear a cluttered column in 8 moves, can you figure it out? - Powerful undo mechanisms. Automatic 'bookmarking' allows you to undo to the last ‘interesting’ place in the game. It can take you to specific places like the last draw or to the last time two specific columns were empty and more. Surprisingly useful for the dedicated player! - IT’S JUST PLAIN SMART! Options: - One, two, three or four suits. - Allow draws when there are empty columns. - Visual choices like backgrounds, sounds, and button size.

Screenshots

Black Widow4 screens
SpiderUnplugged4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: SpiderUnplugged at 100% against Black Widow's 17%. SpiderUnplugged also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and ads (none vs shown). Black Widow's advantage is ratings volume (38 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.0). On price, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SpiderUnplugged holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Black Widow has 38 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 17% of Black Widow's written reviews are positive against 100% of SpiderUnplugged's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Black Widow ships an update every 5 months, SpiderUnplugged every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Black Widow versus SpiderUnplugged: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlack WidowSpiderUnplugged
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (38 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews16.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings38 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB59 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperAppCoder KftThomas Horsley

Customer experience

Black Widow

All ratings34 ratings
Positive79.4%
Neutral14.7%
Negative5.9%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive16.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative50.0%

SpiderUnplugged

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Black Widow

No in-app purchases

None

SpiderUnplugged

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Black Widow free?
Black Widow is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SpiderUnplugged free?
SpiderUnplugged is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Black Widow or SpiderUnplugged?
SpiderUnplugged is rated higher. Black Widow averages 4.3 out of 5 from 38 ratings, while SpiderUnplugged averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Black Widow or SpiderUnplugged have ads?
Black Widow shows ads; SpiderUnplugged does not.
Which is updated more often, Black Widow or SpiderUnplugged?
Black Widow ships an update every 5 months, and SpiderUnplugged every 6 weeks. Most recently, Black Widow was updated on October 23, 2026 and SpiderUnplugged on October 24, 2026.

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