Comparison

openklondike vs Solitaire Klondike

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

Head to head
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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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Solitaire Klondike

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Klondike solitaire, done properly. The scoring you remember from the desktop, Vegas if you prefer it, draw one or draw three — and no ads, no in-app purchases, no account and no internet. ALL OF THE RULES, NONE OF THE SHORTCUTS Seven columns, four foundations, a stock and a waste pile. Move a face-up run as a group, turn the deck over, take a card back off a foundation when you need it. Draw one card at a time or three, with the last three waste cards fanned out so you can see what you are working with. THREE WAYS TO SCORE • Standard — the classic desktop scoring, worked out in full: +10 to a foundation, +5 for turning a card over, −15 to take one back, −2 every ten seconds, and a time bonus for finishing quickly • Vegas — buy the deck for 52, earn 5 a card, a limited number of passes through the stock, and an optional balance that carries from one game to the next • None — just the cards and the clock NEVER STUCK, NEVER GUESSING Undo reaches back through the whole game, and it survives closing the app — a deal reopened at a dead end can still be walked back to where it went wrong. Hints cycle through every move worth making, one tap at a time. When a deal genuinely runs out of legal moves the board says so, instead of leaving you to work it out. And once the win is certain, the wand plays the rest of it for you. PLAY IT HOWEVER YOU LIKE • Drag and drop, or tap a card to send it to the best spot • The valid drop target lights up while you drag • Four table felts: Classic Green, Midnight, Ocean and Wine • Four card backs: Crimson, Royal Blue, Emerald and Night Sky • A left-handed layout that moves the controls across • Portrait and landscape, iPhone and iPad • Sounds and haptics, both switchable IT WAITS FOR YOU Close the app in the middle of a deal and it comes back exactly as you left it, undo history and all. Every deal carries a number, so a good one can be replayed from the start — or restarted on the spot when it goes wrong. STATISTICS THAT ADD UP Games played and won, win rate, current and best streak, and your best time, fewest moves and best score — kept separately for draw one and draw three, because they are not the same game and one of them is much easier. BUILT FOR EVERYONE Every pile and every card is labeled for VoiceOver, and each card offers its legal destinations by name — “Move to column 3” — so you pick the pile rather than taking whatever tap-to-move would have chosen. Text follows your Dynamic Type size. Reduce Motion is honored throughout: the deal lands instead of flying in, panels fade instead of growing, and the victory cascade is skipped entirely. FAIR PLAY • No ads • No in-app purchases • No account, no sign-in, no data collected • Works completely offline — there is no networking code in the app at all • English and Czech • iPhone and iPad Just solitaire. Nothing else.

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openklondike4 screens
Solitaire Klondike4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: openklondike at 15.0 against Solitaire Klondike's 17.0. On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

openklondike ships an update every 10 days, Solitaire Klondike every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
openklondike versus Solitaire Klondike: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteropenklondikeSolitaire Klondike
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDaniel HeskettRobert Libsansky

In-app purchases

None

openklondike

No in-app purchases

None

Solitaire Klondike

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is openklondike free?
openklondike is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Solitaire Klondike free?
Solitaire Klondike is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do openklondike or Solitaire Klondike have ads?
Neither openklondike nor Solitaire Klondike shows ads.
Which is updated more often, openklondike or Solitaire Klondike?
openklondike ships an update every 10 days, and Solitaire Klondike every 6 days. Most recently, openklondike was updated on October 26, 2026 and Solitaire Klondike on October 25, 2026.

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