Simple Classic Solitaire vs Classic Klondike Solitaire
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Simple Classic Solitaire
Enjoy a classic solitaire experience with intuitive touch controls. Track your progress, compete globally on leaderboards, and customize your game with unique backgrounds. Features include unlimited hints and undo options.
- Intuitive swipe and tap controls
- Unlimited hints
- Unlimited undo
- Game Center leaderboards
- Custom backgrounds
- Statistics tracking
- Card Picker feature
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If you like solitaire games, you're going to love this app! The classic solitaire game plus the ability to control card movements naturally by just swiping or tapping the cards on your iPhone/iPod touch/iPad. Think you have the best solitaire score around? You can check the Game Center leaderboard to see how your solitaire skills stack up against players all around the world! * Unlimited hints * Unlimited undo * Klondike * Custom backgrounds * Auto complete * Statistics * Synchronize game center data You can synchronize game data between different devices. New Feature : Card Picker Usage : (1) 'Card Picker' can be called out when there are no effective moves. (2) Use 'Card Picker' to draw a face-down card from desk to pile. (3) Only one card can be picked out in one game. So you can use 'Undo' to get back the 'Card Picker'. (4) You can switch off the feature in 'Options' if you do not like to use it.
Classic Klondike Solitaire
Experience the classic card game of Klondike Solitaire. Arrange cards by suit and rank, moving them to foundation piles to win. Enjoy strategic gameplay with intuitive controls.
- Move all cards to 4 foundation piles
- Arrange cards by rank and alternating color
- Move multiple ordered cards together
- Start empty tableau piles with a King
- Deal new cards from the stock pile
- Redeal when stock is depleted
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Klondike Solitaire is the one of the most popular solitaire game ever. The goal in this game is to move all cards to 4 foundations located at the top right corner by suit from A to K. A card can always be moved onto a card that is one higher in rank and in a different color.You can move multiple cards together if they are ordered. Only a K or a group starts with a K can be moved to an empty tableau pile. You can move a card onto a foundation if it's in the same suit and one higher than the foundation's top card. Click the stock pile at the top left corner to deal new cards. Click to redeal when all cards in the stock pile are dealt.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Simple Classic Solitaire at 692 against Classic Klondike Solitaire's 1. Simple Classic Solitaire also leads on update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 5 months). Classic Klondike Solitaire's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Classic Klondike Solitaire holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Simple Classic Solitaire has 692 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Simple Classic Solitaire ships an update every 4 weeks, Classic Klondike Solitaire every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Simple Classic Solitaire | Classic Klondike Solitaire |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (692 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 86.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 692 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 少箐 岑 | Kevin White |
Customer experience
Simple Classic Solitaire
Classic Klondike Solitaire
Bugs and requests
Simple Classic Solitaire
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game crashes in the middle of a game
- Joker/wildcard feature not always available in new games
- Hint button not working as expected
Requested features
4 requests- Add a reset/restart option to clear scores
- Improve the positioning and visibility of the ad close button
- Introduce a landscape mode option
- Add sound effects when cards are moved to the ace line
Classic Klondike Solitaire
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Simple Classic Solitaire
No in-app purchases
Classic Klondike Solitaire
No in-app purchases
Questions
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