Comparison

Canasta. vs Forty Thieves Solitaire!

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Canasta.

Experience the strategic card game of the rummy family, featuring joker cards for unpredictable gameplay. Form melds, create canastas, and aim for 5000 points to win team rounds.

Highlights
  • Rummy family card game
  • Joker cards for unpredictability
  • Team play against computer
  • Forming melds and canastas
  • Scoring to 5000 points
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Canasta is the popular card game of the rummy family also known as Argentine Rummy. Use of joker cards makes the game unpredictable and very challenging. You play as a team with computer opponent against computer team. Pick up cards and fit them into groups (melds). Group of seven cards called canasta and allows team to finish the round. Points go for the melds, the first team scoring 5000 points wins.

About

Forty Thieves Solitaire!

Experience a challenging solitaire card game where the goal is to move all cards to foundations. Enjoy intuitive controls, beautiful cards, and multiple game modes. Relax with no timers and unlimited undo options.

Highlights
  • Move all cards to eight foundations
  • Intuitive tap-to-move controls
  • Beautiful, easy-to-read cards
  • Low Vision Mode
  • No timers
  • Unlimited undo support
  • 3 different game modes
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Boy Howdy's Forty Thieves Solitaire is a fun and very challenging patience game, and it's 100% FREE! • Forty Thieves is a classic solitaire game where you try to move all the cards onto the eight foundations, building upwards from Aces with cards of the same suit. Sounds easy, but you'll have to carefully study the Tableau to figure out your best move... • Fast and intuitive controls - Just tap on a card and watch it move by magic! • Beautiful, easy to read cards! • NEW - Low Vision Mode! • No timers at all! Just relax and have fun! • Unlimited undo support, with no penalties if you want to go back and try things a different way! • 3 different Game Modes to keep things interesting! • Fun Mode lets you drag stacks around the Tableau and have unlimited redeals • Medium Mode you can only move single cards around the Tableau • Hard Mode has no re-deals! Crazy! • Global high score leaderboards with Game Center • Your progress is automatically saved, all the time, so go ahead and take that call or jump out to any other apps - you can come back and pick up playing right where you left off! • Sounds can be disabled if you want a quiet game • You can even listen to your own music while you play Thanks for playing! Search for Boy Howdy to see all our free games!

Screenshots

Canasta.4 screens
Forty Thieves Solitaire!2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Forty Thieves Solitaire! at none against Canasta.'s 10. Forty Thieves Solitaire! also leads on review sentiment (94% vs 71%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). Canasta.'s advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (25K vs 560). On price, rating 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Canasta. sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Forty Thieves Solitaire! asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Canasta. against 4.8 for Forty Thieves Solitaire!. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Canasta. has 25K ratings behind it against 560, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 71% of Canasta.'s written reviews are positive against 94% of Forty Thieves Solitaire!'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Canasta. ships an update every 2 months, Forty Thieves Solitaire! every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Canasta. versus Forty Thieves Solitaire!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCanasta.Forty Thieves Solitaire!
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (25K ratings)4.8 (560 ratings) — better
Positive reviews70.7% of reviews93.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings25K — better560
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.612.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSergey SkosyrevBoy Howdy Technology LLC

Customer experience

Canasta.

All ratings25,130 ratings
Positive94.0%
Neutral3.5%
Negative2.5%
Written reviews659 reviews
Positive70.7%
Neutral10.3%
Negative19.0%

Forty Thieves Solitaire!

All ratings533 ratings
Positive95.1%
Neutral3.8%
Negative1.1%
Written reviews48 reviews
Positive93.8%
Neutral4.2%
Negative2.1%

User reviews

Canasta.

From 25K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎮 Great game
  • 🧠 Mentally stimulating
  • 🕰️ Relaxing and enjoyable
  • 💰 No ads or in-app purchases
  • 🕹️ Smooth gameplay

Room to improve

  • 🤖 Incompetent AI partner
  • 🤔 Questionable game logic and rule implementation
  • 🔢 Inconsistent scoring and card interactions
  • 🧠 Lacks challenge at higher difficulty levels
  • 🤑 Paywall for better opponents

Forty Thieves Solitaire!

From 560 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 😊 Highly addictive and engaging gameplay
  • 🧠 Excellent brain exercise and mental stimulation
  • 👍 User-friendly interface with clear graphics
  • 🎮 Multiple difficulty levels for varied challenge
  • ⏰ No time pressure or time limits

Room to improve

  • 😤 Hard difficulty level is excessively difficult/impossible
  • 🔒 Mandatory ad tracking without paid alternative
  • 💾 Data loss when switching devices
  • 🚫 Limited customization options for hard mode rules

Bugs and requests

Canasta.

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Partner ignores player's instructions
  • Opponents get unrealistic card draws
  • Incorrect implementation of Canasta rules
  • Game freezes or crashes unexpectedly

Requested features

5 requests
  • Online multiplayer mode
  • Customizable difficulty levels
  • Ability to choose partner skill level
  • Clearer display of canasta information
  • Option to play 2-player version

Forty Thieves Solitaire!

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Unable to transfer game progress between devices
  • Ad tracking cannot be disabled despite user attempts

Requested features

4 requests
  • Clock Solitaire variant
  • Paid ad-free version option
  • Cross-device save synchronization
  • Ability to customize hard mode rules (allow any card in empty spaces)

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Canasta.

One-time10
  • 1000 diamonds$0.99
  • Cards from deck$1.99
  • 2200 diamonds$1.99
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  • 3400 diamonds$2.99
  • 4700 diamonds$3.99
  • Partner difficulty$4.99
  • Opponents difficulty$4.99
  • 6000 diamonds$4.99
  • Advanced Features$9.99
  • 12500 diamonds$9.99
None

Forty Thieves Solitaire!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Canasta. free?
Canasta. is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Forty Thieves Solitaire! free?
Forty Thieves Solitaire! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Canasta. or Forty Thieves Solitaire!?
Forty Thieves Solitaire! is rated higher. Canasta. averages 4.7 out of 5 from 25K ratings, while Forty Thieves Solitaire! averages 4.8 from 560 ratings.
Do Canasta. or Forty Thieves Solitaire! have ads?
Forty Thieves Solitaire! shows ads; Canasta. does not.
Which is updated more often, Canasta. or Forty Thieves Solitaire!?
Canasta. ships an update every 2 months, and Forty Thieves Solitaire! every 5 months. Most recently, Canasta. was updated on November 12, 2026 and Forty Thieves Solitaire! on November 1, 2026.

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