Comparison

8 vs Solitaire

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

Head to head
About

8

Experience classic Klondike solitaire with a retro 8-bit art style. This game offers a clean, ad-free experience designed for one-handed play with customizable difficulty and scoring options.

Highlights
  • Classic Klondike gameplay
  • Crisp 8-bit pixel art
  • No ads, tracking, or notifications
  • One-handed play design
  • Customizable difficulty modifiers
  • Winnable deals or true random shuffle
  • Dead-end detection
Features
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Why does every solitaire app bury a simple deck of cards under ads, coins, streaks, and spinning prize wheels? This is just solitaire. • Classic Klondike — draw one or draw three • Crisp 8-bit pixel art on a clean, dark table • No ads. Ever. • No account, no tracking, no notifications begging you to come back • Nothing to buy — everything's included BUILT FOR ONE HAND • The whole board sits mid-screen, right where your thumb lives — no stretching to the top corners • Left- and right-handed layouts: the deck, pause, and undo all flip to your side • Tap to move — no fiddly dragging. One tap sends a card where it should go. MAKE IT YOURS • Difficulty modifiers: draw three, kings-only empty columns, locked foundations, undo on or off — stricter rules multiply your score • Winnable-deals-only mode, or gamble on a true random shuffle • Dead-end detection calls the game the moment it can't be won — no wasting time on an unwinnable deal THE DETAILS • Undo, restart a deal, auto-finish a won game • Local top-10 scores with time and difficulty • Fireworks when you win. The cards drip off the table when you lose. No missions. No coins. No timers. Just a good-looking deck of cards.

About

Solitaire

Enjoy a collection of eight classic card games, playable offline with no advertisements or in-app purchases. Experience pure strategy and fun without any interruptions or artificial limitations.

Highlights
  • Eight classic card games
  • Completely offline play
  • No ads or in-app purchases
  • Unlimited undo
  • Hints and beginner hints
  • Portrait and landscape modes
Features
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Solitaire with no ads, no in-app purchases and nothing to unlock. Eight classic games, all free, all playable offline. That's the whole deal. No video ads between hands. No "premium" version. No coins, energy limits or artificial waiting. No account. Just cards. EIGHT GAMES IN ONE • Klondike – the classic solitaire, draw 1 or draw 3 • Spider – 1, 2 or 4 suits • FreeCell – open information, pure strategy • Pyramid – pair cards to 13 • TriPeaks – clear the three peaks • Golf – the fast one • Yukon – Klondike's trickier cousin • Russian Solitaire – Yukon, harder MADE TO BE PLAYED • Works completely offline – on a plane, on the train, anywhere • Unlimited undo during each game • Hints in every game, plus beginner hints in Klondike • Ultra-legible card faces • Portrait or landscape on iPhone and iPad, and on Mac WHY IT'S FREE We're a small independent studio that makes photo and video apps. This is the game we wanted on our own phones, so we built it and we're giving it away. If you'd like to thank us or support what we do, have a look at our other apps from the "More apps" button. That's the only way you'll ever hear about them – we'll never interrupt your game to sell you anything. No ads. No purchases. No catch.

Screenshots

84 screens
Solitaire4 screens

Verdict

The call

8 and Solitaire both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of 8's written reviews are positive against 50% of Solitaire's. Solitaire's advantage is price (Free vs $1.99) and device support (3 vs 1). On rating, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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

Solitaire is free to download; 8 costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for 8 against 5.0 for Solitaire. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of 8's written reviews are positive against 50% of Solitaire's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

8 ships an update weekly, Solitaire fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
8 versus Solitaire: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter8Solitaire
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings22
Update frequencyWeekly — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB114 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJacob LyonsAlan Cushway

Customer experience

8

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

Solitaire

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

8

No in-app purchases

None

Solitaire

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is 8 free?
8 costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Solitaire free?
Solitaire is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, 8 or Solitaire?
8 and Solitaire are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do 8 or Solitaire have ads?
Neither 8 nor Solitaire shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 8 or Solitaire?
8 ships an update weekly, and Solitaire fortnightly. Most recently, 8 was updated on October 16, 2026 and Solitaire on October 21, 2026.

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