Comparison

Peg Solitaire vs Ultimate Peg Solitaire

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

Head to head
About

Peg Solitaire

A classic single-player board game where the goal is to remove all but one peg from the board. Drag pegs to jump over others, making the jumped peg disappear. It's a simple yet challenging puzzle perfect for quick play.

Highlights
  • Classic peg solitaire gameplay
  • Drag and jump mechanics
  • Single-player puzzle
  • Unlimited retries
  • Time-killing activity
Features
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Jump over balls, remove them, and leave just one. Peg Solitaire is a classic puzzle for one player. ■ A new puzzle every game Every game has a differently shaped board and layout. Leave the red boss ball as the last one to clear it. Every puzzle is built to be solvable. Choose from 5 star levels; harder puzzles give more coins. ■ Hints Stuck? A hint shows the next move. If you have strayed and can no longer win, it tells you how many moves to undo. ■ Explore and shop Each game moves your exploration forward. Every 10 games you find new items in the Gem Workshop, the Clay Village and the Picture Book Forest. Spend coins on balls, boards, backgrounds, effects and boss balls to restyle the board. 69 items in all. ■ Classic mode Play the classic English 33-hole board, where any last ball clears the puzzle. Switch modes in Settings. • Select a ball and tap its destination, or drag it • Undo as many moves as you like • No time limit: think at your own pace • Play on iPhone and iPad in portrait or landscape • Nine languages: Japanese, English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Spanish, French, German, and Brazilian Portuguese. Choose your language in Settings Free with ads. An ad appears on every second New Game or Restart and at the bottom of Settings. Hint refills, Speed Up and Luck Boost are video ads you watch only when you choose to. No login and no in-app purchases.

About

Ultimate Peg Solitaire

Design, play, and solve custom Peg Solitaire boards. Features a fast solver and a library of classic puzzles. Compare your solutions to the built-in heuristic solver.

Highlights
  • Design custom Peg Solitaire boards
  • Play pre-loaded classic boards
  • Fast heuristic solver
  • Compare solutions
  • Solvability checker for new boards
Features
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The only Peg Solitaire app you will ever need! You can design your own boards, play them, and see how your solutions compare to the included super fast heuristic solver. You get started with a selection of over a dozen most famous Peg Solitaire boards that you can play right off the bat. If you get frustrated or just want to see what other solutions are out there, the app includes a super fast heuristic non-deterministic solver that can crack the hardest puzzle in seconds. The most awesome feature of the app that is not available in any other app on the market is the ability to design your own new and original Peg Solitaire boards. The app even helps you with this by showing which positions of your new board are solvable.

Screenshots

Peg Solitaire4 screens
Ultimate Peg Solitaire4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Ultimate Peg Solitaire at none against Peg Solitaire's shown. Ultimate Peg Solitaire also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). Peg Solitaire's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Peg Solitaire ships an update every 2 weeks, Ultimate Peg Solitaire every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Peg Solitaire versus Ultimate Peg Solitaire: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPeg SolitaireUltimate Peg Solitaire
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB8 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperYuki HondaMaksim Khrapov

Customer experience

Peg Solitaire

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Ultimate Peg Solitaire

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Peg Solitaire

No in-app purchases

None

Ultimate Peg Solitaire

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Peg Solitaire free?
Peg Solitaire is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ultimate Peg Solitaire free?
Ultimate Peg Solitaire is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Peg Solitaire or Ultimate Peg Solitaire have ads?
Peg Solitaire shows ads; Ultimate Peg Solitaire does not.
Which is updated more often, Peg Solitaire or Ultimate Peg Solitaire?
Peg Solitaire ships an update every 2 weeks, and Ultimate Peg Solitaire every 3 months. Most recently, Peg Solitaire was updated on November 1, 2026 and Ultimate Peg Solitaire on October 29, 2026.

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