Pyramid vs Solitaire Prime
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pyramid
A solitaire card game with an optional Aztec pyramid theme. Players tap or drag cards to make sums of 13. Customize the game's appearance and compete for high scores.
- Solitaire card gameplay
- Optional Aztec pyramid motif
- Tap or drag cards to sum 13
- Customizable game appearance
- Game Center score submission
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Pyramid is a solitaire card game favorite -- and this version is even more fun with an optional Aztec pyramid motif. Tap 2 cards that add up to 13; or drag one card onto another to make 13. Choose number of rows, background, card face, and submit your best scores to Game Center. This version is ad-supported.
Solitaire Prime
Experience a classic card game with intuitive controls and customizable visuals. Enjoy a winnable game experience with helpful features like hints and undo. Unlock new card sets and backgrounds as you play.
- 2D or 3D play modes
- Unlockable card sets and backgrounds
- Background effects
- Statistics tracking
- Scoring and timer
- Draw three cards option
- Undo and hint features
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Solitaire Prime is classic Klondike Solitaire, the card game also known as Patience, beautifully made for iPhone and iPad. Deal a new game in a tap and play it your way: drag the cards, or simply tap a card and it jumps to the best place. PLAY IN STUNNING 3D Switch between a crisp 2D table and a gorgeous 3D table with real depth, soft shadows and smooth card flips, in portrait or landscape. WINNABLE DEALS Turn on Winnable and every deal you get has already been played through to a win, so with Draw One each game can be solved. Prefer a challenge? Turn it off for a truly random shuffle. YOUR GAME, YOUR WAY • Draw One or Draw Three • Unlimited passes through the stock • Unlimited Undo • Hints when you're stuck • Offers to finish the game for you once every card is face up • Left-handed layout • Score, moves and timer, or hide them for a calmer game MAKE THE TABLE YOUR OWN Choose from four card decks, including the all-new illustrated Pirate deck alongside classic, vintage and pixel-art designs, plus five card backs, photo and coloured backgrounds, and relaxing effects such as falling snow and stars. Win games to unlock new decks and backgrounds as you go. MADE FOR IPHONE AND IPAD • Portrait or landscape, on iPhone and iPad • Game Center achievements and a fastest-time leaderboard • Your game is saved when you leave, so you can pick up right where you left off • Statistics: games played and won, best score, fastest and longest games • Easy on your battery, and no internet connection needed to play Just relaxing, classic Solitaire.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pyramid at 5.0 against Solitaire Prime's 4.7. Pyramid also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.2). Solitaire Prime's advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and ratings volume (10 vs 1). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Pyramid holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Solitaire Prime has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Pyramid ships an update every 2 months, Solitaire Prime every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pyramid | Solitaire Prime |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.7 (10 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 111 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | fishdog.net | Hugh Allan |
Customer experience
Pyramid
Solitaire Prime
In-app purchases
Pyramid
No in-app purchases
Solitaire Prime
No in-app purchases
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