Pair Solitaire vs Flipflop Solitaire
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pair Solitaire
This solitaire game focuses on matching pairs, offering a simple yet strategically deep experience. It challenges your mind while providing the classic enjoyment of solitaire, with a daily challenge mode connecting players globally.
- Pair matching gameplay
- Deep strategy exploration
- Challenging gameplay
- Daily Challenge mode
- Global player connection
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Pair Solitaire is a new kind of solitaire! Match Pairs! Explore deep strategy! As you might have guessed, Pair Solitaire is all about the joy of pair matching. But don't let the simplicity deceive you, hiding underneath is a deep strategy to explore. This game will bring you the simple joys of solitaire, while challenging your strategy skills at the same time. Give it a try! Pair Solitaire also features a Daily Challenge mode, which connects players around the world to solve the daily shuffle.
Flipflop Solitaire
This card game offers a unique solitaire experience with flexible stacking rules, allowing you to build sequences up, down, or both ways. Enjoy a challenging yet relaxing brain teaser with all deals being solvable.
- Flexible stacking rules (up, down, or both)
- All deals are solvable
- Single suit stack restriction
- Track game statistics
- Unlockable content
- Ambient background audio
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From the creator of Sage Solitaire, comes a new Solitaire variant that breaks all the rules! 100% of deals are solvable! Like its footwear namesake — Flipflop Solitaire is unrestrictive, creating a new game for fans of spider, klondike and other traditional Solitaires. In Flipflop you can stack down, up, or even both ways on a single stack! Need to stack an 8 on a 7, or a club on a spade? No problem! - but - Be careful, you can only move a stack of a single suit! It's fun and freeing, but still challenging and captivating. It's Flipflops for your brain. ------WHAT CRITICS ARE SAYING "I'm in love with it already"..."Once you start, it's hard to stop playing." - App Advice "Truly special" — Game of the Week - Touch Arcade "Surprisingly absolutely brilliant" - Cult of Mac "A perfect diversion with just the right amount of challenge, delight, and depth to make it a must-have iOS game." - Mac Stories "A Breath of Fresh Air" - Gamezebo ------WHATS IN THE “BOX”? - Play Flipflop Solitaire from 1-4 suits for free! - Unlock 5 Suit, and 1 Suit Extended with a single in-app-purchase of $2.99 - Track your best times, least moves, least undos, total wins, total plays, and more - Unlock over 1000 numbered deals for 1-5 suits via in-app-purchase - Over a hundred achievements - Unlockable backgrounds, alternate card and card back color schemes - Natural ambient binaural background audio - A strong sense of relaxation ------A WORD FROM THE DEVELOPER Flipflop Solitaire is sort of a sequel to Sage Solitaire in the sense that it's my second crack at the design problem of making a Solitaire game that feels like it was designed for your phone and not for a table. To be honest this is how I wish everyone approached sequels. Usually a sequel takes the solution to a problem and duplicates it. This is why our expectations of game sequels are often more-of-the-same-but-better. I'd rather see more sequels that brought a renewed level of surprise and novelty, and I'm hoping that's what you find in Flipflop Solitaire. While Sage was all about trying to capture the feeling of a tight, easy to play, tough to win, zen solitaire game, Flipflop is about knots. In a typical Solitaire game, like Klondike, you're taking a knot of cards and untying it into sequences. Then you reverse those sequences into clean ordered stacks. In Flipflop you take your knot of cards and tie it into other, hopefully better knots. Then you untie those knots into the final ordered stacks. Having so much control over the way your intermediary knots are constructed led to a lot more depth than I expected. I hope you enjoy this game as much as I've enjoyed discovering it. -zach
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pair Solitaire at 4.6 against Flipflop Solitaire's 4.0. Pair Solitaire also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (86% vs 53%). Flipflop Solitaire's advantage is ratings volume (712 vs 231). On price, update cadence, 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. Pair Solitaire sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Flipflop Solitaire sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Pair Solitaire holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 231 and 712 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of Pair Solitaire's written reviews are positive against 53% of Flipflop Solitaire's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pair Solitaire | Flipflop Solitaire |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (231 ratings) — better | 4.0 (712 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews — better | 53.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 231 | 712 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Monthly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 133 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vitalii Zlotskii | Zach Gage |
Customer experience
Pair Solitaire
Flipflop Solitaire
User reviews
Pair Solitaire
From 231 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎮 Addictive and engaging gameplay
- 🧠 Deceptively simple yet strategically deep
- ⏱️ Quick, bite-sized rounds perfect for short breaks
- 🎨 Clean, minimalist design and presentation
- 🔊 Polished sound effects and audio design
Room to improve
- 🔊 Ad volume excessively loud, even with muted settings
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezing issues
- ❓ Unclear game mechanics and scoring system
- 🌍 Pricing inconsistency across regions (AUD markup)
- 📊 Missing or removed daily challenge rankings
Flipflop Solitaire
From 712 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Super smooth and ad-free
- 👍 Love it
- 👍 Gorgeous!
- 👍 Awesome
- 👍 Excellent!
Room to improve
- 🐛 New Update broke things
- 🐛 Lost data/progress after update
- 🐛 Buggy ads
- 🔋 Battery issues
- 🔒 Requires internet connection to play
Bugs and requests
Pair Solitaire
Reported bugs
7 issues- Game crashes after every game on iPhone 5 with iOS 8
- App freezes and becomes unplayable after multiple games
- Crashes specifically during daily challenge
- Incompatibility with iOS 11
- False 'no more moves' notifications when moves exist
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- App won't open despite previously working
- Purchase receipt not recognized, ads still display
Requested features
10 requests- Numbered games for replay and friend comparison
- Unlimited undo steps for strategy learning
- Visible match counter while scrolling through cards
- Ability to replay individual hands
- Manual game ending option instead of auto-finish
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- Better scoring explanation and transparency
- One-line game variant
- More card design options
- Game save functionality when closing app
- Improved daily challenge visibility and explanation
Flipflop Solitaire
Reported bugs
5 issues- Freezing on game completion
- Crashing on iOS 12
- Cards not flipping/disappearing
- Undo issues
- Leaderboard/achievements not working properly
Requested features
4 requests- Reset scores/stats
- Landscape mode for iPad
- Difficulty modes with card recycling
- Tutorial replay option
In-app purchases
Pair Solitaire
- Full Game$1.99
Flipflop Solitaire
- 200 More Deals17 variants$1.99
- Full Game Unlock$2.99
Questions
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