Samsung Galaxy / Games > Card / SOLITAIRE
REVIEW
Solitaire from ABO TETSUYA is the generic version of a game with better implementations.
Solitaire is in the public domain. The Samsung Galaxy Store catalogue contains dozens of clones; this one is competent, ad-heavy, and identifiable mainly by its developer name.
BY THE APP COMRADE DESK · MAY 9, 2026 · 2 MIN READ
Solitaire
ABO TETSUYA
OUR SCORE
4.5
SAMSUNG GALAXY
★ 5.0
PRICE
Free
Solitaire is a public-domain card game and the F2P-mobile category has thousands of implementations. Most are interchangeable: a Klondike engine, a few cosmetic options, a heavy ad load, and a developer name no one recognises. The Samsung Galaxy Store hosts dozens of these listings, and the ABO TETSUYA build under review is one of them — competent enough that the rules are right and the cards deal correctly, generic enough that nothing about it stands out from the rest of the cohort.
The editorial honesty has to be that there is no reason to install this specific version. Microsoft Solitaire Collection is free, well-maintained, runs across Windows / iOS / Android with cross-device progression, includes the major Solitaire variants, and has a meaningfully lighter ad load on its free tier. Solitaired and the better indie builds offer their own credible alternatives. The ABO TETSUYA listing is the generic option in a category where the non-generic options are also free.
App Comrade’s role on listings like this is to be honest about catalogue noise. The Samsung Galaxy Store, like every Android store, is full of templated white-label apps that get visibility primarily through search-ranking accidents and developer-name proliferation. For Solitaire specifically, the credible builds are easy to identify and free; the generic ones are not worth the install.
Solitaire is a public-domain card game. Most of the F2P implementations are interchangeable. This one is no exception.
FEATURES
Solitaire from ABO TETSUYA on the Samsung Galaxy Store is one of dozens of generic Klondike Solitaire builds in the catalogue. Single-player card game, draw-one or draw-three modes, optional daily challenges, optional themed card backs, optional time-and-moves scoring.
Free, ad-supported. Banner ads on most surfaces, full-screen interstitials between hands, occasional reward-video prompts in exchange for hint or undo currency. There is no paid tier listed on the Galaxy Store entry to remove ads — the ad-supported model is the entire monetisation strategy.
No cross-device sync, no account system, no leaderboards beyond the local-device score history. Statistics tracking is per-install. The build appears to be a templated white-label Solitaire — the same engine and asset set powers an unknown number of similar listings under different developer names across Android-store catalogues.
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED
As Klondike Solitaire, the rules are correctly implemented. Cards deal correctly, foundations build correctly, the win condition fires correctly. The card animations are competent if generic. For the user who has never played Solitaire and wants a free version on a Samsung phone, this build will teach the rules without bugs.
Performance is adequate. The app is small, launches quickly, doesn't drain battery noticeably, and runs without obvious technical defects on current Samsung hardware.
ROOM TO IMPROVE
Ad density is the editorial concern. Full-screen interstitials between hands, banner ads during gameplay, and reward-video gates on the hint and undo features create an experience where the user spends a non-trivial fraction of session time looking at ads rather than playing cards. The public-domain status of the game means there's no licensing cost; the ad density is pure margin extraction.
No editorial differentiation. There is nothing this build does that Microsoft Solitaire Collection, Solitaired, or any of the better-known free Solitaire apps don't do better — Microsoft's free build has cross-device sync, daily challenges with real progression, multiple Solitaire variants, and a meaningfully lighter ad load. The ABO TETSUYA build is undifferentiated catalogue filler.
No persistence. Stats don't survive a reinstall, scores don't sync across devices, and the daily-challenge progress is local-only. For a category where progression and stats are most of the appeal, this is a structural limitation.
Developer transparency is thin. ABO TETSUYA appears to be a publishing label rather than a known studio, and the listing carries no credible information about who built the app, who maintains it, or what the privacy posture is. The Samsung Galaxy Store has many such listings; identifying the credible Solitaire builds requires looking past the catalogue surface.
CONCLUSION
Don't install this version of Solitaire. Microsoft Solitaire Collection is free on every major Android store including Samsung's, has decades of polish, runs lighter ads, and includes Klondike alongside Spider, FreeCell, Pyramid, and TriPeaks. Solitaired and the better-known indie Solitaire builds offer cross-device progression and meaningful daily challenges. The ABO TETSUYA build is a generic implementation in a category where the better implementations are also free; there is no editorial reason to prefer it.