Comparison

XenVaz CardCrown vs CalystrixCard Carnival

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

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XenVaz CardCrown

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Step into a sunlit fantasy kingdom and enjoy three timeless solitaire games in one beautifully crafted collection. Shuffle, deal, and relax to the sound of falling cards against a world of golden castles, rushing waterfalls, and endless blue skies. Whether you have two minutes or two hours, there is always a fresh deal waiting. Three distinct card games — each with its own rules, rhythm, and challenge — keep every session feeling new. Play offline, anytime, anywhere, with no pressure and no timers forcing your hand. Clean classic card art, smooth one-tap controls, and a warm, elegant interface make it easy to pick up and hard to put down. Track your wins, watch your streaks grow, and revisit your recent games whenever you like. Three games. One enchanted table. Endless relaxing fun. FEATURE • THREE COMPLETE SOLITAIRE GAMES in a single collection — Cadenette, Black Hole, and Vault. • MULTI-DECK VAULT (FreeCell style): choose 1, 2, or 3 decks for a quick game or a marathon challenge. • CADENETTE: a classic two-deck braid solitaire — build every foundation up to the King. • BLACK HOLE: a fast, clever single-deck game where every card falls into the centre. • SMART ONE-TAP PLAY with automatic card moves — tap a card and it flies to the best legal spot. • UNLIMITED UNDO and instant New Game on every board. • PLAYABLE CARD HINTS — cards you can move glow gently so you are never stuck guessing. • STATISTICS DASHBOARD: games played, win rate, current and best streaks, fastest times, and fewest moves — tracked separately for each game. • GAME HISTORY: scroll back through your recent results. • ILLUSTRATED HOW-TO-PLAY for every game, with clear rules and quick tips. • GORGEOUS FANTASY BACKGROUND with gentle ambient animation. • 100% OFFLINE — no internet required, ever. • NO ADS INTERRUPTING YOUR GAME and no forced timers. • Designed for both phone and tablet in comfortable landscape. HOW TO PLAY CADENETTE A two-deck game. One Ace and one Deuce of each suit are set out as foundations. Build each foundation up in its own suit all the way to the King. Play cards from the woven braid in the centre, the tableau piles around it, and the waste pile. Turn the stock when you run out of moves — you get two redeals. BLACK HOLE The Ace of Spades starts in the black hole at the centre, and the rest of the deck is dealt into seventeen fans of three. Tap the exposed card of any fan to send it into the hole when it is exactly one rank higher OR one rank lower than the card on top — and Aces and Kings connect, so the sequence never dead- ends on rank alone. Clear every fan to win. VAULT (FreeCell) Every card is dealt face-up, so nothing is hidden. Build the tableau columns DOWN in alternating colours, park single cards in the free cells, and send each suit UP to its foundation from Ace to King. Tap a card to auto-move it to a valid spot, or select it and tap exactly where you want it. Keep free cells and empty columns open to shift longer runs. Choose 1 to 3 decks at the start. GENERAL Tap a glowing card to play it. Use Undo to take a move back, or start a fresh New Game at any time. BENEFITS • RELAX AND UNWIND — a calm, screen-friendly way to take a break and quiet a busy mind. • KEEP YOUR BRAIN SHARP — planning ahead, sequencing, and problem-solving give memory and focus a gentle daily workout. • THREE GAMES, ENDLESS VARIETY — switch between styles so it never gets repetitive, from quick rounds to deep challenges. • PLAY YOUR WAY — pick an easy single deck or a tough triple- deck game and set your own pace, with no clock rushing you. • PROGRESS YOU CAN SEE — streaks, win rates, and personal bests give every win a little extra meaning. • ANYTIME, ANYWHERE — fully offline, perfect for travel, waiting rooms, or winding down before bed. • EASY TO LEARN, REWARDING TO MASTER — simple taps to start, with real strategy underneath for those who want it.

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CalystrixCard Carnival

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CalystrixCard Carnival is a collection of three original card puzzles, each with its own rule set. One idea holds them together: a deck of cards is a wonderful set of puzzle pieces, and a Joker is the piece that fits anywhere. Joker Orbit asks you to plant cards on three turning rings around a Joker star. Every card you plant makes the whole orrery drift, so you are always planning one step into a board that is about to move. Joker Bloom treats cards as seeds. Each suit grows its own way — hearts spread sideways, diamonds run diagonally, spades creep downward, clubs send out a single runner. Four touching plots of one suit bloom and lock in. Plant in the wrong order and your garden strangles itself. Joker Prophecy shows you the future. You can see the next three cards and the exact square each one will land on. You cannot stop them — but you can spend Joker tokens to redirect them, change their suit, or turn them wild. Then you satisfy the omens the stage demands. Every one of the 36 stages is built from a fixed seed, so a stage is the same puzzle for everybody, every time. Skill decides the outcome, not the shuffle. Features • Three original puzzles, 36 hand-authored stages, three stars to earn on each. • Joker Orbit — a drifting three-ring orrery. Nudge a ring, spend a Freeze, align the rays. • Joker Bloom — suit-directed growth on a 6Ɨ6 garden, with Joker Suns that revive everything nearby. • Joker Prophecy — turn-based and untimed. See what is coming, then bend it with Joker tokens. • Versus (2–6 players) — the host picks one puzzle and stage, everyone solves an identical board, and the best score takes the round. Placing earns XP for everyone. • No internet, no accounts, no data leaving your device — versus runs peer-to-peer over Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. • Failed attempts still earn XP, so progress only ever moves forward. • Progression: levels, XP, stars, solve streaks, achievements, a leaderboard, plus Stats and a full run History. • Sound and haptics, both switchable.

Screenshots

XenVaz CardCrown4 screens
CalystrixCard Carnival4 screens

Verdict

The call

XenVaz CardCrown and CalystrixCard Carnival are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
XenVaz CardCrown versus CalystrixCard Carnival: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterXenVaz CardCrownCalystrixCard Carnival
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 6 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS1514.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYusuf Orhan KARACAMANZEYNEP UMUT

In-app purchases

None

XenVaz CardCrown

No in-app purchases

None

CalystrixCard Carnival

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is XenVaz CardCrown free?
XenVaz CardCrown is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CalystrixCard Carnival free?
CalystrixCard Carnival is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do XenVaz CardCrown or CalystrixCard Carnival have ads?
Neither XenVaz CardCrown nor CalystrixCard Carnival shows ads.

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