Leave a Review Solitaire by MobilityWare
Used to be a five star app!
Up till the last big update, this app was fun to play. Now it has one major flaw that really ruins the fun. In the old game scores (last game played) were remembered. Even when the game was shut down & restarted. Now if you leave the game for any reason, when you come back, the last score is erased. Even a game as important as the challenge game of the day, doesn't get retained! I am using an old iPad & an iPad Pro. The old iPad is too old to be included in software updates, so it still has the last game memory. If they would restore the last game memory I would up my rating to 5 stars!Show lessShortcircut
Recent Changes Put Me Off
I enjoy playing a bit of Klondike, which I learned with playing cards as a child, around 60 years ago when computers largely were still on vacuum tubes. My mobile devices are much more convenient than cards, and I’ve enjoyed playing MobilityWare Klondike for years, but the most recent updates have made it much less enjoyable for me. It’s now what I would call twitchy as it often flashes a notice to me that a given draw is unwinnable while I’m still poking around. I play the game for my own casual enjoyment, not to be rushed around by the solitaire algorithm. I buy action games to rush me around. Can Klondike get a control to turn that behavior off? My rating is low only because of that behavior.
Thanks for your consideration.Show lessSJ_Art
Our favorite game is back!!!
I play this game since it was available on my 3Com Palm... a lot of people doesn’t even know what I am talking about... I have being a faithful player for more then 20 years... last year we were all surprised by a new version that turned out favorite game into a cheap and slow Hollywood scenario... it was awful... a lot of people gave up and uninstalled it after years playing. I complained and so did hundreds of people and you guys heard us! Thank you for that! Thank you 3 times! This last version update brought our favorite game back, with some interesting new design and style but the same god old game we all love! Thank you for listening to us!Show lessGuima0126
Strike three
Even if, as the condescending popup says, you needed to rewrite the program from scratch due to new technologies (I'm skeptical), you didn't need to ruin the gameplay.
It's still painfully slow to launch. Tip, if you're making your app slower to start you're screwing up.
It still has that stupid 'tips' screen - which is utterly without merit and slows things down even further.
I still would prefer to set the percentage of winning/random deals ahead of time and just play my game. - fixed
I intensely dislike the bright flash for a solving a deal. - fixed
On the good side, the status bar is back and play doesn't feel as painfully slow.
One more version. I think if that stupid tips screen is still there after the next version I'll just delete the app. As it is I use the tips screen to remind me that the game has been mangled and just shut it down.
That stupid and utterly without merit tips screen is still around. Almost make you wonder if the company pays attention to these reviews. When I read them that screen appears to be universally panned. Three updates and the stupid thing is still there. Three updates and it's still horribly slow to load. You lose.Show lessmariposafan
Confused
Before a recent update, I was playing Vegas solitaire. I was $100K in the hole after about 50,000 games (not bad, really; a loss of only $2 per game). My win rate was about 8%. The update hijacked my statistics, zeroed out my debt, and started me over with a new look I didn’t like. Now I am $100K in the black after only a few thousand games and my win rate is through the roof. Have I finally perfected my system? Am I a Vegas solitaire genius? Or did the boys and girls at Mobility decide to tweak the odds in my favor so I would feel better? I don’t feel better. I was okay with my old stats, powered by the conviction (no doubt false) that I was slowly perfecting my game and improving (remember, tens of thousands of games; 50K in my last run, but that was only my most recent reset - I’ve been playing for years and resetting my stats now and then when I wanted a do-over). Now I am a disappointed winner. I’ll keep playing, but gambler’s reinforcement - winning runs after long periods of loss - is gone, replaced by certainty. Who wants to be a winner?Show lessRadlw
New look and other changes with latest upgrade - updated
Update: After last update for this app, I upgraded my rating. Most of the issues were addressed and I appreciate the response by the developers to the comments by many reviewers.
To the developer: do you read the reviews which are mostly negative, and are you going to do anything to change the app? Is there any way to revert to the old version?
I don’t like the changes made in the last update. The cards are now extra large and there is no way to select a size. And I don’t like the Game Center screen popping up when I open the app. This never occurred before and I didn’t make any changes to my settings on my iPad. Much slower to start up than it used to be. I regret updating from the old version. I will not upgrade my iPhone until changes are made.Show lessGrammaCajun
Developer Response
Hello GrammaCajun, Thank you for your feedback. We read each and every user review because our team considers all user feedback when making development decisions. Just yesterday, we released an update to address some issues that users have experienced. Hopefully, this improves the app for you and we ask that you Contact Us through the in-game Support page if you have any further suggestions or concerns!Developers mistake
I’ve used this app for 2 years. I purchased 3 other games from this developer because of this one. Now I wish I hadn’t. This abomination is not what I bought and no mount of fixing will make it better. I’ve asked the developer to consider an alternative that may satisfy but all I get is a canned reply. Zero customer satisfaction. Never will purchase another Mobilityware app.
Update: Please don’t assume that the canned responses make up for a lack of credible customer service. Kicking the can upstairs to a “development team” is not accepting responsibility for what was done to this app. And it’s not showing consideration to the numerous customers who have complained in this space. I’ve made my case, added the suggestion to role this back or change the model for the Solitaire version in the app store that does not allow ad removal, to one that does. If there are others like me that are frustrated by this, check out the Solitaire+ app from A-Star.
LATEST: Looks as though customer service kicked this debacle upstairs to the development team. And they’ve punted. No updates or fixes for nearly 4 weeks. This developer no longer cares to address any complaints. Don’t waste your money. Bad reviews outnumber good 10 to 1 or better.Show lessWilie1
Developer Response
Hello Wilie1, Thank you for your feedback. As our team makes development decisions, we consider all user messages and comments. Your review is very much appreciated for that reason! In the time between users contacting us, and our team responding, we send an automated response to confirm that the message has been received. We respond to each and every user message so I am confident that if our team has not spoken with you yet then we will soon! If you have not received a confirmation that we got your message, we ask that you use this link https://mobilityware.helpshift.com/a/solitaire/ to Contact Us. We'd love to hear more information about how we can improve your game experience because we'd love for you to continue to play Solitaire!Add-free & worth it! (Revised)
Finally found the add-free version ($0.99 alone or in a bundle of 4 games for $1.99). Love it & the other 3 in the bundle!
I’m finding that I do not enjoy the changes made in the recent update. I was not having any problems with the operation of the game am not seeing any changes in that aspect now. I do, however, think the aesthetics of the visual are much less than previously. I do not like the changes in position of the various properties, preferring the tool bar at the bottom of the page. (I keep tapping on them unintentionally where they are now.) I love the very intricate pictures made with the cards when one wins one of the games, I find them very entertaining and I always am awed by the mind that could make them appear on my screen. I especially love the sailing boat and would feel especially rewarded for winning a game when it appeared.Show lessMamawPJ
Still works, but has become relentlessly annoying
I’ve played MobilityWare’s Solitaire app most days, for years. I paid to get rid of ads long ago, but since a recent thorough revision, the developers have undertaken to become incredibly annoying in other ways. Now they force use, or repeated avoidance, of Game Center. They provide little messages about the history of Solitaire. They encourage participation in contests, and the winning of vanity awards.
Guys, c’mon, it’s Solitaire. I play it explicitly not to compete with anybody or in any way. I don’t want to share it with anyone. Solitaire, get it?
I suppose some customers want these features. But, could a fella that just wants to idle away a little bit of time get a break? Give it a rest with all the ‘did you know you could change your card backs’ please.Show lessjkr90000
Uglier and slower 🙁
The cards are now having skinny print for A K Q J and the numbers AND without the historical art with the feel of the traditional playing card design—now they are harder to read and less interesting as art. The extra questions that get in the way of playing are obnoxious! The only change that I’d recommend over the previous version that was pretty and worked very well is to give players the option to have the popup “Solved >shall it automatically finish your game?” Turned off so that WHEN we have finished a game as far as we wish, we can trigger the auto-finish. Oh! And I liked the ruby crowns as art MUCH much more than this new crowded bad art finish for each game!Show lessIngeborg Ninja
