--- description: The popular Microsoft Solitaire game people have played on Windows computers for decades has become available on iPhones and Android phones title: The Windows Solitaire Game Everybody Loves Is On iPhone Now image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # The Windows Solitaire Game Everybody Loves Is on iPhone Now by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Nov 23, 2016 6:42 PM CUT by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Nov 23, 2016 6:42 PM CUT The popular Microsoft Solitaire [game](http://time.com/4550884/best-playstation-4-games-exclusive/ "undefined") people have played on Windows computers for decades has become available on iPhones and Android phones. The “Microsoft Solitaire Collection” offers five different Solitaire games free for download, including Klondike, Spider, FreeCell, Pyramid and Tripeaks, in addition to daily challenges for players. Users can play with friends and earn achievements through Xbox Live as well. For $1.99, players can unlock further features of the game and remove adds on the app. Although both iOS and Android offer several different Solitaire games, Microsoft considers its the “world’s number 1 Solitaire game” because of its strong following of more about 119 million people who have played the game, [the Verge reports](http://www.theverge.com/2016/11/23/13730380/microsoft-solitaire-ios-android-game "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4581721/windows-solitaire-game-iphone/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4581721/windows-solitaire-game-iphone/"},"headline":"The Windows Solitaire Game Everybody Loves Is on iPhone Now","datePublished":"2016-11-23T18:42:56.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:50:45.955Z","description":"Just in time for the holidays","url":"https://time.com/4581721/windows-solitaire-game-iphone/","keywords":["Tech","Games"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4581721/windows-solitaire-game-iphone/","name":"The Windows Solitaire Game Everybody Loves Is on iPhone Now"}}]}] ```