Crescent Solitaire vs Short Circuits
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Crescent Solitaire
This classic card game offers a unique solitaire experience with customizable difficulty. Build stacks up or down in suit to complete the objective, with options for different cycle counts to adjust the challenge.
- Drag & Drop card play
- Build stacks up or down in suit
- Complete middle stacks
- Adjustable cycle count for difficulty
- Classic solitaire gameplay
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Classic solitaire game. - Drag & Drop cards from one pile to another. Outer stacks will can be built up or built down in suit (so the 6C can go on a 7C or 5C). - The object is to complete the middle stacks, left side King down to Ace, right side Ace up to King. - "Cycle" will up the bottom card of each outer stack to the top. - You can choose to play with 20 (easiest), 6, 4, or 3 (hardest) cycles in a game. Totally free. No in-app purchases!
Short Circuits
A logic puzzle game where players rotate pieces to connect all wires. It offers a progressively challenging experience, starting simple and increasing in difficulty.
- Wire connection puzzles
- Piece rotation mechanics
- Progressive difficulty
- Logic-based gameplay
- Challenging levels
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Can you connect all of the wires? Rotate the pieces and use your logic to solve these puzzles! It starts easy but gets tough! Good luck!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Short Circuits at 100% against Crescent Solitaire's 33%. Short Circuits also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.9) and ads (none vs shown). Crescent Solitaire's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (every 4 months vs every 15 months). On price and device support 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. Short Circuits sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Crescent Solitaire asks for nothing beyond the download.
Short Circuits holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Short Circuits has 54 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Crescent Solitaire's written reviews are positive against 100% of Short Circuits's.
Crescent Solitaire ships an update every 4 months, Short Circuits every 15 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Crescent Solitaire | Short Circuits |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (7 ratings) | 4.8 (54 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 54 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 15 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | MmpApps Corp. | GammaLateral LLC |
Customer experience
Crescent Solitaire
Short Circuits
In-app purchases
Crescent Solitaire
No in-app purchases
Short Circuits
- Get 30 Hints$0.99
- Get 70 Hints$1.99
- Remove Ads$1.99
Questions
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