Marian Solitaire vs Elba's Solitaire
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Marian Solitaire
A classic solitaire card game designed with Catholic values of beauty, thoughtfulness, and simplicity. Enjoy a peaceful gaming experience with readable cards, unique designs, and helpful features like hints and undo, all without advertisements.
- Classic solitaire gameplay
- Catholic and liturgical designs
- Daily Challenges
- Hints and undo functionality
- No advertisements
- Readable cards
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From the trusted makers of iRosary, Marian Solitaire is classic solitaire shaped by Catholic values: beauty, thoughtfulness, simplicity, and respect for your attention. Enjoy readable cards, Marian and liturgical designs, Daily Challenges, hints, undo, and no ads. No casino gimmicks, no pop-ups. Just the card game you love, made with care.
Elba's Solitaire
Enjoy a calming and beautifully designed Klondike solitaire experience. Choose your preferred draw mode, play in relaxed or classic modes, and customize layouts. This offline game offers helpful features like undo and hints.
- Classic Klondike (Draw 1 or Draw 3)
- Relaxed or Classic game modes
- Left/right-handed layouts
- Beautiful card backs and themes
- Win/streak tracking
- Undo, hints, auto-finish
- Offline play
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Elba's Solitaire is a cozy, beautifully simple take on classic Klondike solitaire — the card game you already know, made calm and welcoming. No ads. No timers forcing you. No accounts. Just shuffle, deal, and play. • Classic Klondike — Draw 1 or Draw 3, your choice • A relaxed Casual mode that helps place cards for you, or a stricter classic mode • Left- or right-handed layouts — put the deck under your favorite thumb • Beautiful photographic card backs and table themes • Track your wins, streaks, best times, and scores • Undo, hints, and auto-finish when the game's won • Plays entirely offline — your stats stay on your device • Daily Deal: one deal a day, the same for everyone A gentle little game to keep your hands and mind busy. Enjoy the orchard.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Elba's Solitaire at free against Marian Solitaire's free with in-app purchases. Marian Solitaire's advantage is ratings volume (5 vs 1). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Marian Solitaire sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Elba's Solitaire sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Marian Solitaire against 5.0 for Elba's Solitaire. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Marian Solitaire has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Marian Solitaire | Elba's Solitaire |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | — | Every 5 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 82 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Opicury Software | Raul Martinez |
Customer experience
Marian Solitaire
Elba's Solitaire
In-app purchases
Marian Solitaire
- Marian Premium$4.99
Elba's Solitaire
- Buy Us a Coffee$4.99
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