Solitaire Pro

Review by eFreeware

Solitaire is one of those games almost everyone knows how to play, which makes it surprisingly hard to find a version that fits. Some bury you in ads, some force a single rule set, and some look dated on a modern screen. If you play Klondike regularly, the details matter: how many cards you draw, how you keep score, and whether the table looks the way you want it to.

Solitaire Pro comes from AI Factory Limited. This is the paid edition of its Klondike title, priced at $4.99 with no advertising and no in-app purchases. The developer describes it as the same game as the free version, only without the ads.

The game has been on Google Play since April 2013 and was updated in September 2026 to target Android SDK 36. It has more than 50,000 installs and a 4.6 average across 2,101 ratings, with 309 written reviews. Those numbers describe a settled, long-running title rather than a new release.

One purchase, no interruptions

The clearest thing this version offers is the absence of advertising. The developer is upfront that the game itself matches the free release and that the difference is the removed ads. For anyone who plays a few hands most days, that is a straightforward trade: pay once rather than sit through interruptions between deals.

There are no in-app purchases either, so nothing inside the game asks for more money. That combination makes the price easy to judge. You either want an ad-free Klondike badly enough to pay for it or you do not.

What appeals to me here is the honesty of the pitch. The developer is not claiming extra modes or exclusive content for the paid build, just a cleaner experience of the same game. If the ads in the free version have bothered you, this is the version that removes them.

Difficulty levels and deal types

The game offers random deals alongside easy, medium and hard levels, so you can pick how punishing you want the opening layout to be. The random option is the traditional approach, giving you whatever the shuffle produces, while the named levels sit somewhere between a gentle warm-up and a genuinely awkward board.

Draw style is a separate choice: either one card at a time or three. This single setting changes the character of a game more than almost anything else, since a three-card draw limits how much of the stock you can reach in one pass. Having both available means the same app can serve someone who wants a relaxed hand and someone who wants the tighter, more traditional challenge.

Solutions can be viewed for non-random games, which is a useful safety net when a named difficulty level leaves you stuck. It is the sort of feature that lets you study a board rather than abandon it, and it applies specifically to the fixed-level deals rather than to random ones.

Scoring, hints and the tools around the table

Scoring can be set to the standard system, to Vegas style, or turned off entirely. That last option matters more than it sounds: if you just want to move cards around without watching a number, the game lets you do that. Vegas scoring gives the same deals a different flavor, with the running total becoming part of the decision-making.

Undo and hints are both included, so a mis-tap or a dead end does not have to end the hand. The game also keeps statistics, which is the quiet feature that keeps a solitaire game interesting over months rather than days. Being able to see how often you win, and under which settings, turns a casual pastime into something you can measure.

Rules and help are built in for anyone who needs a refresher on Klondike, and cards are moved by tapping rather than dragging. That last detail is worth noting for anyone who plays on a phone, where precise dragging across a small screen can be fiddly.

Making the table look like yours

There is a fair amount of visual choice here. Four card sets and four card backs are included, along with a range of backgrounds. If none of those suit you, the game lets you use your own photos as either a background or a card back, which is a level of personalization most solitaire games skip.

The layout can be set for left-handed or right-handed play, and both landscape and portrait orientations are supported on screens above 320x240. The game is designed for tablets as well as phones, so the same purchase covers whichever device you happen to be holding.

I would expect the custom photo option to be the feature people either love or ignore entirely. It costs nothing to leave the default art in place, and the included sets are there if you would rather not think about it.

Achievements and leaderboards

Google Play Games provides the achievements and leaderboards. That gives the game a light social layer: milestones to tick off and scores to compare, without turning solitaire into a competitive pursuit. It is the kind of addition that suits a game you play in short bursts, where a small target can be enough motivation to start another deal.

This side of the app runs through Google Play Games. Beyond achievements and leaderboards, the game is what solitaire has always been.

For players who ignore achievements entirely, nothing here gets in the way.

Who this version is for

This is a game for people who already know they like Klondike and want a version they can shape. If you care about draw style, scoring rules, difficulty and how the table looks, there is a setting for each of those, and the paid build keeps the experience free of advertising.

It also suits anyone who prefers tapping to dragging, plays on a tablet as well as a phone, or wants their statistics tracked over time. The custom photo backgrounds and left- or right-handed layout are small touches, but they are the sort of thing that makes a game feel like yours rather than a generic template.

The price is the main consideration. At $4.99 with no ads and no in-app purchases, you are paying once for a cleaner version of a game the developer also offers for free. If you play solitaire often enough that interruptions annoy you, that is a reasonable exchange; if you only open a card game occasionally, the free edition covers the same ground.

A settled choice for regular Klondike players

Solitaire Pro does not try to reinvent Klondike. It takes a familiar game, gives it a full set of options, and sells it once without advertising or in-app purchases. The result is a version that has been on Google Play since 2013, updated as recently as September 2026, and rated 4.6 by more than two thousand people.

The features that stand out are the ones that give you control: three difficulty levels plus random deals, one- or three-card draw, three scoring approaches, undo, hints, viewable solutions on non-random games, and enough visual choice to make the table your own. Achievements and leaderboards through Google Play Games add a light layer on top.

I would recommend this to anyone who plays Klondike regularly and wants it without interruptions, and to players who like tuning rules and appearance rather than accepting whatever a game gives them. If you only need the occasional hand, the free version plays the same game.

What's new in version 1.57

Targets Android SDK 36