Archetype vs openklondike
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Archetype
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Archetype is a tactical strategy card game. Build your collection, create decks, and play turn-based matches against other players. Queue for ranked games, challenge friends, track your match history, and climb the leaderboard through careful sequencing, timing, and strategy. Archetype is powered by Draw Two, an open-source engine for strategy card games. Sign in with email, Google, or Apple, and receive push notifications when it is your turn.
openklondike
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The Klondike solitaire you already know. Seven tableau columns, four foundations, draw one or draw three, standard scoring with a clock and a move count. Build the foundations Ace to King to win. No ads. No tracking. No accounts. No in-app purchases. openklondike never touches the network. It runs in airplane mode. THE GAME - Draw One or Draw Three, set in Options - Standard scoring, with the clock and move count along the bottom - The bouncing-cards cascade when you win TOUCH CONTROLS - Tap the deck to deal, tap it again when empty to redeal - Tap a card to send it to a foundation, or to the best tableau build - Drag a card or a run. It lifts clear of your finger, and the pile it would land on is highlighted - Two-finger tap for the menu - Portrait and landscape; the board re-fits when you rotate BUILT - Cards sized to your screen, from a small phone to a tablet - Works offline - Small download OPEN SOURCE openklondike is MIT licensed. Read the code or build it yourself: https://github.com/dannyheskett/openklondike
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Archetype at every 5 days against openklondike's every 10 days. openklondike's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Archetype ships an update every 5 days, openklondike every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Archetype | openklondike |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days โ better | Every 10 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod โ better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 โ better |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Morel Software LLC | Daniel Heskett |
In-app purchases
Archetype
No in-app purchases
openklondike
No in-app purchases
Questions
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