Leave a Review Solitaire by MobilityWare
Too intrusive
I’ve played this game for years and loved it, but the new version is too intrusive. It not only tells you when it thinks you’ve lost but does everything it can to end the game. I’ll give up when I’m ready, not when the game tells me to. I hope they disable that function.
Two other minor quibbles:
The screen no longer shows iPhone info at the top, especially the current time, which is a problem for those of us who play during stolen moments...
Also, the controls at the bottom (hints, undo, etc.) have always toggled with a single tap. If they toggled with a double tap, those of us who want them there all the time wouldn’t have to keep bringing them back just because we touched an unused part of the screen.Show lessScribe1215
My Favorite
UPDATE - This USE to be my favorite until this last update!! I agree 100% with the others who are saying this latest update ruined it. I hate it! The new lay out is terrible and my running high score (vegas accumulative) is gone from view, I have to purposefully look it up every time instead of it being in constant view. The new graphics & UI are obnoxiously inconvenient and were much better the way they were. If I can’t change it back to how it was before the update, I will be looking for a new favorite.
Love this game. Played a lot of others that don't have the features this one does. Smooth graphics with a lot of options - you can change the background and card backs with their numerous selections or your own pictures - a feature I love. You can turn animations up or down, play different versions ( I like Vegas scoring), and select different card faces such as regular to easy to see. Too many options to list - in short - you can't go wrong with this one! I've had it for years and it just keeps getting better. Thanks for the great app!! A+++++ 👍Show lessChardenay
Developer Response
Hello Chardenay, We truly appreciate your feedback about our recent game update to Solitaire, while our team continues to assess user feedback. Please open the game Settings, select Support and then Contact Us if you have any more details about how we can improve your game experience! We hope that you will continue to play Solitaire in the future and thank you again for your feedback!The Best Solitaire game in the App Store
I have been plain this game for years. It is beautifully rendered. You can choose from a good sized library of background images and card backs to change the appearance of the game just to your liking. There are many options, but not an overwhelming amount. You can also choose whether you want a random shuffle, a winning deal (even with a winning it doesn’t mean it is easy. that easy) there is a choice between 3 or 1 card draw and it isn’t going to troll you with ads all the time, or requests, and it doesn’t have in-app purchases. There is also a daily challenge, which I like. Also, there are leaderboards and rewards for surpassing yourself. I have tried many solitaire games over the years, but I always end up returning to this one. If you like no nonsense solitaire, this is the one folks.Show lessRandoma
Good but frustrating
I have been playing this app a lot. It has some of the most original graphics of the competing Solitaire games. I like playing winnable deals. The frustrating part is that many of those deals seem to have been played and won with extremely high scores and unbelievably fast. So fast, in fact, that I don't think they could have been played by real people. So I must be playing against a computer program—and that is frustrating.
But I have also become a better player thanks to this app. I have learned to look for a number of playing options through the app’s hints that I had been overlooking before.Show lessvcmjr
What happened
This app used to be the very best. I was constantly playing with my sister in another state. We could hook up really well and talk while playing. For quite awhile now we never get to Hook up, maybe ONE out of 10times. We miss each other, we’re solitaire nuts. Can’t we get back what we had. Sure your app works great now if you want to play by yourself but to invite a certain person doesn’t work well now. Fix it I beg you, we loved you. Need you back Denise in CT Ginnie in WA, sisters for over 60 years, solitaire buds on your app for maybe three years. Help us, solitaire was providing us sanity before some update made it impossible.Show lessGinGinnieGin
Reliable. Performs Well
Really, my ONLY complaint about this app is that it sometimes indicates (in advance) that a game is "winnable", when the only way you could win the game is through illogical moves that require advanced knowledge of where the cards are.
That aside, I have owned this app for years but only started playing it regularly a couple of months ago. It is nice mental exercise and I now play the game everyday. I play the "daily challenge" and while I am not fast enough to achieve scores in the top tier, I do enjoy the stimulation. The app offers various modes of play, with multiple draw styles, multiple scoring methods, and the ability to minimize being dealt "unwinnable" hands (although, just because a game is not indicated as "winnable" does not mean it is "unwinnable").
TL;DR- game is reliable, fast and has multiple methods of play. Only quirk is how it occasionally will determine a game "winnable". Would definitely buy again.Show lessWm Gardner
Great
This is an update to the following review from years ago. I am still addicted to the game and play very often. My one complaint is that the last update took away the visual cue that you had selected a card. I find myself touching the card a second time to be sure. Other than that the following still applies
I am addicted to this game. Much better than other solitaire games I have tried over the years. Works well and I like the info it provides. It's nice to see that you have solved in as few steps as the previous best solvers. My time is always much slower so my score is low. It's also nice to solve one of the random deals.Show lessCathieQ
Best. Solitaire. Ever
I have been using this app on my iPad and love it, but I had a different solitaire on my iPhone until just now. When I thought why am I doing this and installed the mobilityware solitaire for iPhone. What's good about it? One, No ads. No having to find the mysterious hidden little X to get back to the game. (How do they monetize this I wonder?) But that's not all that's good. I can control whether or what percentage of winning deals I am given. It shows me whether the deal has been won before. The hints are meaningful and when there are no more productive moves, it tells me, instead of moving some card back and forth endlessly without it opening up any additional moves. So, all good. I like it.Show lessNanaEllen
Newer Version
This Mobility Solitaire game had been my favorite of all Solitaires, then it disappeared from my apps. I found another version, the graphics still good, but some changes in how cards fell in random deals. The cards would all be red and the same numbers, eg., 4 sevens in succession, and several eights in succession, etc. It become what seemed like impossible to win, and boring. I got back to pretty much liking the play, and winning a fair number of times. I've just gotta win those Daily Challenges!
I just downloaded what seems to be the latest version and I like it thus far. I lost the first time I played, but undid everything and tried again and won. A sliding scale is one of the settings, so that the player can choose a percentage of win-able games. I chose 45%, but I'm going to lower it. I like a challenging game. I just don't like "random" deals that are like those described above.
There are updates on the graphics, it seems. The graphics on this game have always been beautiful, card backs are like fine art. It is such a fine-looking game to play, and there are some new choices, also nice.
I'm looking forward to playing lots of games with this version.Show lessRevivePlants
Lots of Fun
I have played thousands of rounds of this game in all different modes. I loved it so much that I finally paid for the app to avoid getting ad pop-ups. A short while ago the game froze and I had to delete and reinstall it. Of course I lost all my status ratings when I did this which was disappointing. I compete against myself but I still liked seeing the achievements that I attained. The reason I only gave four stars is because the feature that was once present when you touched a card has been removed. I miss that feature and would like to see it return. Still love playing.Show lessMaryBiz
