Comparison

Calculation Solitaire vs Pips & Lies

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

Head to head
About

Calculation Solitaire

A unique solitaire game where the objective is to move all cards to the foundation piles, but with a twist: foundation piles are built by stepping up by a specific number, ignoring suits. A hint card guides players through the challenging gameplay.

Highlights
  • Unique foundation building by number steps
  • Hint card for planning
  • Stashing columns for cards
  • Adjustable difficulty levels
  • Bonus game mode
Features
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CALCULATION SOLITAIRE is a challenging game that will keep you thinking. Like normal solitaire the objective is to move all cards onto the foundation, but unlike normal solitaire you don't build the foundation in-order (suits are ignored). Rather you step by a number with wrap around (modulo 13 for the mathies in the crowd). The first pile is built stepping by 1s. A 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 8 T J Q K The second pile is built stepping by 2s. 2 4 6 8 T Q A 3 5 7 9 J K The third pile is built stepping by 3s. 3 6 9 Q 2 5 8 J A 4 7 T K The fourth pile is built stepping by 4s. 4 8 Q 3 7 J 2 6 T A 5 9 K Sounds confusing, but we provide a helpful hint card which shows the progression so you know what is coming next and can plan to win the game... which you will need to do because it is very challenging. There are board columns where you can stash cards that don't yet go on the foundations. However cards on the board cannot be moved, unless they are promoted to the foundation. Totally free!! No in-app purchases. You can play an easier or a harder version plus a bonus game One234 where all the cards are laid out in a fan.

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Pips & Lies

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Liar's dice, played for rank. Three ranked queues, an Elo rating on every ladder, seasons with podiums, live events with rules of their own, and a record of every bid you make. Plus Pips & Treason, a social deduction game of promises and traitors. RANKED Wild Ones, Straight Ones and the 1v1 Duel each have their own queue, ladder and rating, because they are different games. Overall adds wild and straight together and decides the season podium. Everyone starts at 1000. Your first fifteen matches are provisional; after that, a rating has to be earned. Climb six tiers from FRESH MEAT to LEGEND and see where you stand among every ranked player. Walk out of a ranked match and you finish last. SEASONS AND LIVE EVENTS Every season opens a fresh ladder at 1000, on top of a career rating that never resets. Play ten matches to place. The top three on Overall and in the 1v1 take prizes that are never sold. Live events bend the rules for a limited time, each with a twist of its own, plus its own rating, standings and prizes. EVERY BID ON RECORD Statistics track how often your bids hold when someone calls them, how many of your calls land, and how you bid on every face from one to six, kept apart for wild and straight ones. Eight achievements climb from bronze to diamond; six more are legendary. WEAR WHAT YOU WON Over 120 cups, dice, avatars, banners, nameplates and emojis. The rarest are never for sale: they come from podiums, ratings, events and trophies, and arrive sealed until you open them. FAIR TABLES Bots only fill chairs at private tables, and private tables never move rating, trophies or stats. Wild and straight players are never mixed, one account holds one place in line, and a blocked player is never seated with you again. HOW LIAR'S DICE PLAYS Everyone rolls behind their own cup. Bid on what the whole table is hiding, raise the bid before you, or call LIAR and make somebody prove it. Lose the challenge and lose a die. The last cup standing wins. Two to six players. The table is drawn in perspective, and matches open with every player lit up in turn when everyone has this version. Open a private table with a link or a four-letter code and fill empty chairs with bots on Easy, Normal or Hard. A short tutorial walks you through bidding, calling LIAR and the reveal. PIPS & TREASON Six to ten players, and two to four of them are traitors who know each other from the first deal. Each operation has a leader, who picks a team and promises out loud which die every member will spend. The table votes on the promise, and the dice must hit the target exactly. Every die you spend is gone for the rest of the match. Call LIAR on a contributor and only you learn what they played. One loyal player, THE AUDITOR, knows every traitor - say too much, and the traitors' hunter names you and takes the match. The traitors have a channel of their own. Public tables seat you as soon as six are waiting, and public matches build a career of their own. Private tables take a code or a link, and bots can fill every chair your friends don't. A practice table seats you in a match already under way. FRIENDS AND LEAGUES Add friends by username, by link or from the table, see who is here right now, and see their ratings and public record. Get a notification when someone sends you a friend request or a league invite, if you want one. Friends can start a private Pips & Treason league that keeps score across nights: a point for every win, a point off for every loss. Only members see it. PRIVACY AND SAFETY No advertising. No gambling: nothing is wagered, and nothing you win can be exchanged for money. No third-party analytics or tracking. Notifications only if you allow them. An account is optional and adds cross-device progress, leaderboards, friends and leagues; a guest profile is created on first launch. Chat is limited to the room you are sitting in, and any player can be reported or blocked.

Screenshots

Calculation Solitaire4 screens
Pips & Lies4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Pips & Lies at none against Calculation Solitaire's shown. Pips & Lies also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 12 months). Calculation Solitaire's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.4). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Calculation Solitaire ships an update every 12 months, Pips & Lies every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Calculation Solitaire versus Pips & Lies: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCalculation SolitairePips & Lies
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.8 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 12 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB59 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperMmpApps Corp.JONAS ORBAKK FJAERAA

In-app purchases

None

Calculation Solitaire

No in-app purchases

None

Pips & Lies

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Calculation Solitaire free?
Calculation Solitaire is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pips & Lies free?
Pips & Lies is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Calculation Solitaire or Pips & Lies have ads?
Calculation Solitaire shows ads; Pips & Lies does not.
Which is updated more often, Calculation Solitaire or Pips & Lies?
Calculation Solitaire ships an update every 12 months, and Pips & Lies every 4 days. Most recently, Calculation Solitaire was updated on November 1, 2026 and Pips & Lies on October 31, 2026.

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