Russian Solitaire vs Pivots
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Russian Solitaire
Experience a unique solitaire card game with a no-nonsense interface. Features multiple game modes with varying difficulty and building rules. Enjoy a completely free experience with no in-app purchases.
- Unique solitaire gameplay
- Suit-based building
- Multiple game modes (Easy, Hard, Chukotka, Sakha)
- Auto-promote to foundations
- No in-app purchases
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A unique solitaire game with the MmpApps no-nonsense card game interface. Totally free!! No in-app purchases. Columns build down (King to Ace) in suit. Any unflipped card can be moved (they do not have to be in order - like Scorpion). Auto promote will move cards onto the suit foundations. Easy mode - Start with three empty columns. Hard mode - Start with two empty columns. Chukotka - Yukon with in-suit building. Sakha - Chukotka with two cache spots.
Pivots
Engage in a fast-paced math puzzle game where you race against the clock to make rows and columns of numbers sum to 15. Utilize a unique rotating 2x2 grid mechanic to find patterns and score high. Earn extra time with successful matches and face increasing speed and multipliers as you progress.
- Number addition puzzles
- Rotating 2x2 grid mechanic
- Race against the clock gameplay
- Pattern recognition
- Time bonuses for matches
- Increasing difficulty levels
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Pivots is a game about racing the clock to add rows and columns of numbers to 15. It uses a unique new mechanic of rotating 2x2 squares in a larger 5x5 grid of numbers. Find patterns, add the numbers, and rotate to score high. If you like sudoku you'll love Pivots. As you get matches you add time to the clock to keep going, failed moves will subtract time. As you progress, each level speeds up the clock and adds a multiplier to your scoring. Race against the clock and see how far you can go.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Russian Solitaire at none against Pivots's 1. Pivots's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 7 months). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Pivots sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Russian Solitaire asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.0 for Russian Solitaire against 4.1 for Pivots. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 8 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of Russian Solitaire's written reviews are positive against 75% of Pivots's.
Russian Solitaire ships an update every 7 months, Pivots every 5 days. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | Russian Solitaire | Pivots |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (8 ratings) | 4.1 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MmpApps Corp. | 30 South LLC |
Customer experience
Russian Solitaire
Pivots
In-app purchases
Russian Solitaire
No in-app purchases
Pivots
- Remove Ads$2.99
