# Card Shark Solitaire — user reviews > 601 indexed App Store user reviews of Card Shark Solitaire by Easy 8 Software, rated 4.70/5 from 4,609 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/card-shark-solitaire/id293405659/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/card-shark-solitaire/id293405659.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 3,694 · 4★ 608 · 3★ 161 · 2★ 68 · 1★ 78 ## What do users think of Card Shark Solitaire? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Fast and smooth gameplay - 👍 Variety of solitaire games - 🔒 No ads or in-app purchases - 💡 Customizable card backs and tables - 👍 Simple and intuitive interface - 👍 Keeps track of game progress and scores **Cons** - 🐛 Recent updates have caused issues (cards getting too small, screen resizing problems) - 🐛 Occasional freezing or crashing - 🔋 Dynamic card resizing can be hard on the eyes - 🐛 Inconsistent shuffling algorithm leading to repetitive card patterns **Commonly reported bugs** - Resets accumulated scores after updates - Difficulty closing the app on newer devices - Euchre game issues with computer player actions **Most requested features** - Add more solitaire game variants - Option to disable dynamic card resizing - Ability to manually adjust card size - Restore previous layout and functionality ## Newest reviews (17 of 601) ### 3/5 — Slow to move cards *2026-07-19, version 10.3* Cards don’t move easily ### 4/5 — Unsolvable deals? *2026-03-07, version 10.3* Would be nice to know if the game deals only solvable games or if it deals both solvable and unsolvable games. Otherwise love the user interface and functions and statistics. ### 4/5 — Carry win stats & games over to new device & phone *2025-12-06, version 10.3* Otherwise I love it ### 4/5 — Dad game *2025-10-30, version 10.3* This a game my dad plays but its still great ### 4/5 — Great but waiting for glitch fix *2025-09-25, version 10.3* I’ve been using this app for many years and still find it to be the best solitaire app. Unfortunately when I recently updated my iOS, it began to glitch. I’m hoping for a fix, but in the meantime trying out some alternatives ### 5/5 — Nice! *2025-02-19, version 10.3* Free, simple, no extra garbage, smooth and very enjoyable. ### 5/5 — My game has disappeared *2025-02-18, version 10.3* I absolutely love this game. I have been playing for many years. My favorite Klondike game and all my points have disappeared. There are other Klondike games available, but not with the layout (A’s on the left, deck on the right) I prefer and the other versions available do not accumulate points. This may be a result of the latest iPhone update. Will this be addressed? ### 3/5 — Problem *2025-01-20, version 10.3* In rummy the computer is never forced to discard a playable sequence of the discard pile. ### 5/5 — Been Favorite for Years *2024-12-23, version 10.3* I have kept this game going for years, like the basics of it without all the extra annoying parts. Please keep it simple, would give more stars except for one change. Why is Canfield flipped to the left? Playing stack is on the left and not the right now. Good for let handed players but as majority right handed very awkward. Can it be flipped back? Give the option? Still play but on a tablet makes it tedious. Seems the whole app is flipped to the left. After so long, why? ### 5/5 — Favorite of all time *2024-10-28, version 10.3* This is one of the best games for iPhone I’ve found. It works great, has lots of fun solitaire games, and no crazy obtrusive ads after every action. My phone died while on vacation and I didn’t have access to a backup, so I searched through the hundreds of solitaire games to find this one again because it’s such an old favorite. Worth it! Thanks for the great app and experience Card Shark team! ### 5/5 — Delightful Brain Challenge *2024-10-01, version 10.3* Will keep your brain sharp. ### 5/5 — Best solitaire game available *2024-09-22, version 10.3* Honestly. It’s the best. ### 5/5 — Exactly as advertised *2024-09-18, version 10.3* Practically no adds and zero micro transactions. Exactly what is advertised no hidden trash, just a feee game. ### 4/5 — Forty thieves fun *2024-08-25, version 10.3* Pretty fun. But don’t like that I can re-start deck and positive win, MAYBE re-start only once…. Might have numeric score too. Worth it! ### 5/5 — Nice *2024-08-09, version 10.3* Some games do it all for you. This one lets you work for it!! ### 5/5 — Favorite Game App *2024-07-06, version 10.3* It's my favorite card game app! The graphics are great, colors vivid and is very speedy!! Best of all no adds!! ### 5/5 — Very good indeed *2024-06-29, version 9.0.3* I've played a lot of card games and this is far and away one of the better ones. Well worth checking out if you enjoy card games. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Used to work well… *2026-01-25, version 10.3* This was once a good app until it was updated and “improved” with nonsense that I didn’t ask for and don’t want. Example: automatic zooming in on the cards. Why??? Can’t any app just leave well enough alone??? ### 1/5 — Card Shark *2025-10-08, version 10.3* It has so many games but I can’t play any of them!! Even when I have internet it will load for about 6 hours!!! Once I tried timing the loads on my dads phone it lost charge because it was so long!! Plus his phone was on 92% charge!! Like that’s a lot!!! ### 1/5 — No top margin *2025-05-08, version 10.3* When trying to play in portrait mode, the cards are right at the top of the screen, underneath the camera area! In addition, every time you pull a card down the lock screen gets pulled down. Need an adjustable top margin or exclusion zone to make it playable. In landscape, the auto-scaling makes the cards tiny when you have a long line of cards. Very poor playability. Can’t recommend, sorry. ### 1/5 — Too sensitive to touch *2024-06-28, version 10.3* The space around the cards is too wide and touching a card on the edge makes the game switch to the menu mode :( ### 1/5 — Only Spider will load *2024-06-17, version 10.3* Suddenly, only spider will load. I can no longer play any other game such as FreeCell etc. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling etc. Boo!!! ### 1/5 — Glad I didn’t pay for this *2024-03-29, version 10.3* I had the original version and enjoyed the games. I made the mistake of ‘upgrading’ the App only it should have said ‘changing’ the App. The worst part is that games keep repeating. Secondly nearly all the games have changed. ### 1/5 — Card Shark Solitaire *2024-02-23, version 10.3* This used to be my favorite solitaire game. For the last year or so I haven't played it as much because as you play the game the cards get smaller. Why? ### 1/5 — This game update is trash *2023-04-16, version 10.3* First of all, I’m spider, they spam certain number whenever you reveal cards instead of playing fair with equal set of numbers, then there’s this game where you suppose to deck from certain given number to the end that game has too many rules to the point no one will win. They can’t even make a simple spider game why would they make another game that is complicated and rigged? So I deleted this app because the whole play through is stupid. I’ll download another card game. ### 1/5 — Timer not working *2023-01-24, version 10.3* If you pause a game of klondike the timer starts over. Zoom is unusable. Get rid of zoom. The zoom out feature is unusable(too small to see) , it doesn't track the time right, it pulls down the top screen, it pulls up the bottom screen, the back arrow is too far left to find easily. I use klondike ### 1/5 — Dislike update *2022-12-02, version 10.2* I dislike the update you made that makes the cards fall back and get smaller when the piles reach the bottom of the screen. They are to hard to see and read when they get smaller. Please put it back the way it originally was. If it’s not broke don’t fix it. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Does what it says on the box. Plays patience *2026-06-12, version 10.3* Works well. The best solitaire I have found on iPhone ### 5/5 — 今どきない素晴らしいアプリ *2026-05-18* すごい！宣伝がありません！ そして、グラフィックがとても丁寧でリアルです。 作った人の誠実さが伝わってきます。 当たり前で素朴ですが、昔のiPadでも動きます。 新しいハードを購入しても、このアプリだけは必ず入れています。 ### 5/5 — Great App *2026-01-28, version 10.3* I have been playing on Card Shark for years! It is easy to use and just perfect when you want a 5 minute break. ### 5/5 — Card Shark! *2026-01-27, version 10.3* This is a great card gaming app with so many games under the hood. My fave is Spider! I never get bored as there is a great collection and I go back to it daily. Also - NO ads!! Some great improvements in the latest update, and the date is much clearer. Keep up the good work, many thanks. Still the Greatest !! Wot more can I say ?? ### 5/5 — Top *2025-12-05, version 10.3* If you like solitaire, this is the best app. ### 5/5 — Card Shark Game *2025-11-26, version 10.3* It is an excellent game! ### 5/5 — Love it! *2025-08-25, version 10.3* I’ve had this game for over a decade, since my first iPad. No complaints. ### 5/5 — Good until *2025-08-18, version 10.3* I have had this app for four plus years and enjoyed until the random card selector became unhinged. I often get up to 9-10 red or black card in a row. I can predict the next card as being the same number card 50 to 60 percent of the time, ie. If I get a red 6 of hearts, the next card will be a six. If it is on a red or black run then the next six will follow the color of the run. This drops the chances of winning any game dramatically. I am looking for a new app. ### 5/5 — Addictive *2025-05-03, version 10.3* I spend far too much time playing this. I’ve put it on every new iPad I get. ### 5/5 — Simple with no ads *2025-02-22, version 10.3* Easy to play with a choice of games --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-01.*