Pair Solitaire vs Solitaire Cooking Tower
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.
Solitaire Cooking Tower
Play classic solitaire while building and collecting various restaurants. Collect unique card decks like Puppy or Kitty decks as you progress. Enjoy a blend of card game strategy and restaurant management.
- Classic solitaire gameplay
- Build diverse restaurants
- Collect unique card decks
- Restaurant variety
- Card deck customization
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Welcome to Solitaire Cooking Tower - Best Card Game! Build your own restaurants while playing your favorite solitaire! > Just like the old days! Remember the old solitaire game on your PC that you used to love? Well, things just got better! > Build Restaurants! Hot dogs, tacos, Chinese food, and so on. Variety of restaurants to choose and build from! > Start Collecting Cards Decks! Create your own Card Decks while playing solitaire! Puppy Decks, Kitty Decks, Blossom Decks and much more! More Card Deckss & restaurants all over the world will continue to be updated in-game!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Pair Solitaire at none against Solitaire Cooking Tower's shown. Pair Solitaire also leads on iOS requirement (6.0 vs 12.0). Solitaire Cooking Tower's advantage is ratings volume (1.3K vs 231). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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 Solitaire Cooking Tower sells 12 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Pair Solitaire against 4.6 for Solitaire Cooking Tower. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Solitaire Cooking Tower has 1.3K ratings behind it against 231, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 86% of Pair Solitaire's written reviews are positive against 79% of Solitaire Cooking Tower's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pair Solitaire | Solitaire Cooking Tower |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (231 ratings) | 4.6 (1.3K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews — better | 79.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 231 | 1.3K — 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 | 350 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vitalii Zlotskii | Sticky Hands Inc. |
Customer experience
Pair Solitaire
Solitaire Cooking Tower
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
Solitaire Cooking Tower
From 1.3K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Best game ever
- 👍 Fun, cute, and relaxing game
- 👍 Addictive and enjoyable
- 👍 Great concept and gameplay
- 👍 Smooth and fluid gameplay
Room to improve
- 🐛 Bugs and glitches after updates
- 🔋 Battery draining issues
- 💸 Expensive in-app purchases
- 📺 Too many intrusive ads
- 🤔 Confusing translation/localization
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
Solitaire Cooking Tower
Reported bugs
4 issues- Game freezing or crashing
- Ads not working as intended
- Progress and data loss issues
- Inability to open the game after updates
Requested features
6 requests- More restaurants and menu items
- Ability to choose difficulty level
- Option to mute or adjust volume of customer sounds
- Ability to reset progress or start over
- More game modes beyond just solitaire
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- Improved daily challenges and missions
In-app purchases
Pair Solitaire
- Full Game$1.99
Solitaire Cooking Tower
- Undo 5$0.99
- EventPackage1$0.99
- Shuffle 5$1.99
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- Magic 5$1.99
- Star 100$1.99
- Undo 25$2.99
- Reward Video ADs skip$4.99
- Shuffle 25$5.99
- Alice card deck package$5.99
- Magic 25$5.99
- Special Package$7.99
- Ultimate Package$9.99
Questions
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