Exclusive offers don’t work
Sun Sep 04 2022 JetBlack WriterI don’t know if I am the only player who experiences this, but it’s a bit frustrating when trying to get the exclusive offers. Watching about what feels like hundreds of ads and then not having them register that I’ve watched them so it makes getting these exclusive offers harder to get. I think there’s a bug that’s causing this and I really hope it gets fixed because I’d like to be able to increase my shuffle stash again. I also wish that hints weren’t as frequent a prize than shuffle. Hints don’t really do anything to help win games if you’re stuck. But shuffle helps a lot sometimes. Please fix the bugs that cause the exclusive offers to not work properly. Thanks. Other than that this is such a relaxing game.
Looking for more backgrounds, EG: Pride :)
Wed Jun 05 2019 FelweedHi! Love the app, have picked it up quite a few times over the years and have had a blast each go. This year I had a deal pop up for the subscription and it was 1000% worth it, in my opinion. That’s caused me to play even more! But I have one qualm now.
For an app that prides itself on having been around for over 20 years and having the most downloads, I was shocked to discover there’s no background for Pride month! I know this isn’t a major request, nor something many Straight fans would care to see (and yes, they’ll probably be outraged and upset for no reason as it wouldn’t affect them in any way, but that’s just how Straight, non-ally folks respond to rainbow content in June-only June). But as a queer player, it’s nice to see support from the companies that I spent countless hours supporting and recommending to friends. I’m aware I can upload a background myself. But that’s not the same as something from the developer themselves. I mean, the background for June’s monthly challenges is a soccer field... A rose background was introduced around Valentine’s Day. A small gesture would go a long way. It doesn’t even have to be extravagant! Just a suggestion, that hopefully doesn’t fall on deaf ears. And if so, I’d rather not have to take my business elsewhere, but alas! It’s nice to be supported and recognized just as much as the rest of the world, the rest of the holidays. Thanks! :)
Need a Solution for the Advertisements!!
Tue May 17 2022 gabidix00This has always been my favorite solitaire app because of the design simplicity and the challenges that are generally easy to navigate. The advertisements have never been a problem in the past as you simply click the "X" icon to close it, though recently they have gotten out of hand.
I find myself having to close and reopen the app to avoid advertisements that can sometimes run up to 45 seconds long. Some even navigate you to unsecured websites even if you decide to forego the suggested external site and select the exit icon. This is unacceptable as users are directed to an external site anyway, possibly subjecting them to harmful data breaches. The in-game banners that appeared in the past updates can be very distracting and negatively affect my satisfaction with the app. These are very aggravating distractions, and its alarming that I'm not the only one troubled by this.
I'm frustrated that there is no option for an ad-free version in which you pay a small amount to remove ads. This would be extremely beneficial because the main problem everyone is having is disturbances in their gameplay. I enjoy this app though I am disappointed that it has become cluttered and is no longer seen as relaxing due to the many interruptions. I really hope this will be resolved as it has truly affected my loyalty and encouraged me to look at other options.
Challenges are stupid
Thu Dec 31 2020 milkdudds&popcorn410I really want to like this game but what ruins it is the pointless challenges and ridiculous amount of ads. Every time I play a challenge that requires multiple wins in a row the game does everything it can to make sure that it’s impossible to do unless you feel like playing hand after hand for hours at a time. It’s the worse on the last win you need. It never changes I’ll have one more win and the stupid game refuses to give it to me. That to me is just lazy. Mix it up so it’s not so repetitive and you don’t get the same hands so much. I will constantly recognize hands that I have just beat and they pop up a lot. The worst part of this game are the ads. They’re always the same and a lot of them require you to answer questions and until you do you can’t close them. It’s really annoying especially when you’re trying to beat a hand in a rush and one of these stupid ads with questions pops up and takes time away from the hand. It should be very hard to make a solitaire game frustrating and somehow this game was successful at doing exactly that. I’m gonna try another solitaire app.
Glitchy and slow
Fri Mar 29 2019 jomomma8I don’t know what happened or why things changed, but the app has gone down hill in the last few weeks. It is soooo slow and glitchy. It is not as responsive when I click on the deck for a new card or to drag a card to a new spot. It lags and takes an extra 10 seconds. This has sapped so much of the relaxing fun out of the app for me.
I love this app when I started playing on a long cross country flight with no shows/good books downloaded. I quickly became a little obsessed with it and it successfully helped me quit my Twitter habit :) Instead if scrolling Twitter before bed or sitting in carline, I would play a few games of solitaire. Sadly with the latest update and horrible lag time/glitches, I find the whole thing more annoying than relaxing. It is so frustrating. Please look into why this happens and try to fix the bugs. I also hate the new menu at the bottom with hints and shuffle buttons. Super annoying and unnecessary.
Two months ago I’d have given this 5 stars, but no longer. Please fix it!
I don’t love the newest app update
Fri Mar 08 2019 MelaniekorourkeI play like three games every night before bed. It’s my way of winding down. But now, instead of just running short, minor ads in between games, there is also a banner that runs at the top while you play. Sometimes they’re animated and distracting. I wish it only had the ads in between games. I really dont like the banner, but I get it if you guys need the money.
Also There is now a shuffle/hint option at the bottom of the screen. These are cool features, but I wish there was a way to hide that bottom bar while I play the game (kind of like the how you make the toolbar hide, when not in use, on Macs or Windows). I find the bubbles on the “hints” and “shuffles” remaining to also be distracting. That’s a symptom of living in this modern era of push notifications. I hate those bubbles with numbers in them and I’m the sort of person to clear them as soon as they present.
Earlier update was a solid 5 stars. These updates make me give it a 4 now.
Hints Are Useless
Sat Aug 17 2019 diac1I do like this game & I don't think there are too many ads. I play 3 card draw and I find it challenging but not impossible to win. However, when I've reached a point in the game where I feel it's not win-able I'd like to be able to get confirmation that there are no more moves. If I use a hint, the game will always send me to the deck if there are still cards there, even if none of them can be used. I don't know if I just don't understand the hints correctly or what but I'm quite sure that I've gotten to the point where there are no more useful moves and the hint seems to indicate that I should keep flipping cards.
I'd also like to be able to listen to my own music while playing but the ads get in the way of that. Like I said, I don't mind the ads, I even opt to watch the extra ads to earn hints & reshuffles even though I rarely use those options (I've accumulated over 2000 of each) but I'd like to hear my own music while the ads run.
Ads, ads, ads, and more ads - game itself is good though
Tue Jul 13 2021 ksag022217Far too many ads than is reasonable for a solitaire game, which is supposed to be relaxing and an escape from tedium, not something that bombards you with commercial messages that you have to spend your valuable time waiting through and in which you have zero interest. The ads are annoying and interrupt the flow of the game - and whatever slight reverie you might have derived from gameplay. The plethora of ads (between games and the continuous banner ads during games) make me want to either use this game very seldom — or delete this game entirely and find a less ad-infested solitaire app, which is something I‘ll probably do in the near future. That‘s really too bad because the actual solitaire part of the app is very nicely done and plays well. Recommended only if your patience for ads is higher than average.
No, screw you.
Thu Feb 06 2020 Einherjar 1775I’ve had this game for a long time, a few years on a few different devices, and never before have I ever just quit a game due to the sheer obnoxiousness of an ad. It’s a grey bar with a single blinking Mail icon in the center, and if you click it, it takes you to a ridiculous “Congratulations, you’re a winner!” pages. Are you serious? You sold ad space to a pop-up scam? And if you don’t click the ad, the player is forced to see it blinking furiously in the most aggravatingly distraction way possible? This is what you’ve become? Your whole business model is you annoy us or you try to screw us with a scam? No. You wanna screw us? To hell with that. Screw you.
*Edit - So you made an app, and you can’t even regulate what ads you play? Pathetic. I’d give you another chance, if I felt for one second that you were being sincere. Thankfully, I deleted the app right before I left my review. Have fun with your business model of aggravating people until they delete your app as well.
Frustrating Features, Inappropriate Ad, Overall Very Negative Experience
Fri Mar 05 2021 Skylander Girl 12I usually enjoy myself a fun game of Solitaire, but this app made that experience nearly impossible. The “Hint” feature this app provides does nothing if there are no moves left in the game, which it does not inform you, and so you may just waste your time racking up moves before you start a new game. The rate at which I found games unsolvable, even when utilizing the undo button, was astounding. I also had the unfortunate experience running into a somewhat explicit ad depicting content not suitable for all ages, and had to report the ad. Given complaints I have seen about other intrusive ads, it is very clear that there is not an effective pre-screening process for the ads that can be shown on this app, and I am very disappointed that anything like it was able to be shown in a game with a +4 rating. Either change the age rating on this game, or insure your ads are free of scams and depictions of inappropriate content.
