Comparison

Vertical Speed vs Railroad! Solitaire

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

Head to head
About

Vertical Speed

Features
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Get ready for the ultimate highway challenge! Race through busy public roads and compete for the best time. Show off your skills with risky stunts and stylish riding to earn adrenaline points and coins. Unlock and collect legendary motorcycles, each with its own unique character. Need more speed? Activate powerful boosters to blast through the tracks even faster. Push the limits, break the rules, and prove you’re the king of the road!

About

Railroad! Solitaire

A unique single-player card game where players match cards by suit or rank to clear the deck. Earn rewards and power-ups by filling a meter and triggering cascades, adding strategic depth to the game of chance.

Highlights
  • Card matching gameplay
  • Power-ups and rewards
  • Strategic depth
  • Achievements
  • Customization options
  • Detailed statistics
Features
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Railroad! Solitaire is a unique single-player card game of chance — now with power-ups, rewards, and a whole new layer of strategy. Deal cards one at a time and watch for matches. When the newest card matches the card three positions back by suit, the middle cards are discarded. Match by rank, and all four are removed! Clear all 52 cards to win. With base odds of roughly 1 in 140 games, victory is rare but thrilling. Build your Power Meter with every discard. When it fills, the Reward Wheel spins — earning cosmetic unlocks or powerful new power-ups. Trigger a cascade of 3 or more to unlock the Caboose Bonus: pick cards from your discards and build poker hands in your permanent vault. Complete a hand and the wheel spins again! Power-ups: * Joker — Insert a wild card that randomizes to any card when it enters play * Derail — Remove 2 random cards from the board and trigger a cascade check * Meter Boost — Double your Power Meter fill rate * Extra Pick — Reveal one more card in the Caboose Bonus round * Switchyard — Move the last card to the front for one last shot at a cascade Features: * New achievements to unlock * Earn new card backs and felt colors on the Reward Wheel * Detailed statistics tracking * Mac the Engineer cheers your wins and guides you through the game * Satisfying animations, sounds, and haptic feedback

Screenshots

Vertical Speed4 screens
Railroad! Solitaire4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Vertical Speed at none against Railroad! Solitaire's 1. Vertical Speed also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). Railroad! Solitaire's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 weeks). On price, 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. Railroad! Solitaire sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Vertical Speed asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Vertical Speed ships an update every 2 weeks, Railroad! Solitaire weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Vertical Speed versus Railroad! Solitaire: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVertical SpeedRailroad! Solitaire
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—4 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size220 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCortex (Apps)Leslie Street Studio LLC

In-app purchases

None

Vertical Speed

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Railroad! Solitaire

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$4.99

Questions

Is Vertical Speed free?
Vertical Speed is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Railroad! Solitaire free?
Railroad! Solitaire is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Vertical Speed or Railroad! Solitaire have ads?
Both Vertical Speed and Railroad! Solitaire show ads.
Which is updated more often, Vertical Speed or Railroad! Solitaire?
Vertical Speed ships an update every 2 weeks, and Railroad! Solitaire weekly. Most recently, Vertical Speed was updated on October 5, 2026 and Railroad! Solitaire on October 24, 2026.

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