# Forty Thieves Solitaire Gold — user reviews > 147 indexed App Store user reviews of Forty Thieves Solitaire Gold by Glowing Eye Games Ltd, rated 4.70/5 from 2,632 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/forty-thieves-solitaire-gold/id584786618/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/forty-thieves-solitaire-gold/id584786618.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 2,045 · 4★ 387 · 3★ 126 · 2★ 36 · 1★ 38 ## What do users think of Forty Thieves Solitaire Gold? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 🚀 Fast and responsive gameplay - 👍 Challenging and engaging gameplay - 💡 Interesting game mechanics - 🎨 Colorful and visually appealing **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezes - 💰 Paywall for basic features - 📢 Intrusive and frequent ads - 🔍 Difficult to progress without paying **Commonly reported bugs** - Game resets to previous state after winning - Cards become unresponsive during gameplay - Difficulty settings not working as expected **Most requested features** - Option to disable ads - Ability to save progress and resume games - More customization options for the game board - Improved tutorial and instructions for new players ## Newest reviews (14 of 147) ### 2/5 — Reshuffle *2026-03-19, version 2.0.26* I really like this game but… I hate that they charge you $.99 for reshuffling every game. Just paid $1.99 for no ads but it still charges for the reshuffling. So basically, you can never bet the game without constantly paying. Ridiculous! ### 3/5 — Hard to complete the first level *2025-01-28, version 2.0.25* Downloaded this game years ago and play for awhile until I get totally bored of not passing the first level. I have only ever completed two levels in one go - it’s an easy game that’s just too difficult!!! Always disconnect to WiFi before playing as this stops any Ads! ### 4/5 — Forty thieves *2024-07-20, version 2.0.25* Good game for keeping your mind active. ### 4/5 — Game after winner *2024-07-06, version 2.0.24* Need to have a choice after the first win. The mandatory games are 90%, or more, unwinnable because of card placement in the front row. Plus, I hope you know the game is heavily biased against spades. ### 2/5 — Virtually impossible to complete *2024-02-29* This would be a great game to pass the time, if you could actually win a game. I’ve had this game for years and play it on occasion, but I’m fed up of never being able to complete a round. ### 4/5 — Quaranta ladroni *2023-12-15, version 2.0.23* Gioco piacevole ben fatto ma partite molto difficili da vincere ### 3/5 — Glitch since newest update *2023-12-14, version 2.0.23* Hi my game has a white banner Ad that’s at the top of the screen. It’s fine for the first game but after winning and advancing to the next round, the banner ad is right in front of the top (of screen) card piles and the draw pile so I can barely see which card is behind it. I have to completely close down the app and restart it. It’s almost like the game zooms in ### 3/5 — It’s ok *2023-08-30, version 2.0.22* Sure, I mean the house always wins in Las Vegas but this is insane. Every game I have ever played has a reasonable chance to win but this is ridiculous. I don’t believe there is a level above three cause I can’t get past that level at all. I’ve been playing this game for over a year off and on and I thought it was a fluke but I did get above level three ONCE, after that nothing ### 2/5 — Game Change! *2023-07-07, version 2.0.21* Please return this game to the previous format. I don’t expect to win every game but I haven’t won any since the format change. Why?? ### 5/5 — Aces *2023-07-06, version 2.0.21* Why were the aces taken away? ### 5/5 — Easy mode *2023-07-04, version 2.0.21* Why can’t the aces be already played when starting play? ### 5/5 — Keeps reverting from easy mode *2023-07-03, version 2.0.21* Purchased this app years ago. All was working well but now every time I stop using the app and then resume it has reverted to ‘hard’ mode. So frustrating ### 5/5 — Ace’s *2023-07-01, version 2.0.21* Want the ace’s up. Why did it change??? ### 5/5 — Love Forty Thieves *2023-06-30, version 2.0.21* I am hooked on Forty Thieves and love the challenge. I play on easy mode and until recently this has worked perfectly. Now it keeps defaulting to hard mode which is frustrating. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — The Thieves are the Game Software People *2025-10-15, version 2.0.26* Not only do they charge $0.99 EVERYTIME you want to refresh the deck. But WATCH OUT, they charge you, WITHOUT telling you if you hit the want to (not exactly sure of the wording) but something to the effect of refreshing the update preference! THIEVES through and through, don’t need their game, lots of other GOOD games out their. A BIG DELETE!!! ### 1/5 — Very upset *2024-04-22, version 2.0.24* I can’t play properly because of dumb ads that cover the top part. I can’t see my cards!!! 😡 the banner is to BIG ### 1/5 — Used to save settings *2023-07-11, version 2.0.22* Something changed. The game used to save Easy Mode setting. Now if you win a hand and then continue to next hand, it disconnects from Easy Mode. Not fun. ### 1/5 — Easy mode *2023-07-09, version 2.0.21* I’ve been playing this for a very long time: I like playing it in Easy Mode because I like the simplicity of it. All of a sudden, I now have to go into the settings every game. I do not like that the game decides how I want to play. I have cleared my game history thinking that because I have played so long I have bumped myself into the next level but it hasn’t helped. Is there a way to fix this or do I need to find a new game? ### 1/5 — Non-functional *2023-07-08* This app is now non-functional. Literally. Cannot tap card to play on row across top. Most aces are light/semi-transparent as if not available. The app has always been clunky. When starting a new game, it backs up to the previous game played. Have to tap a few things to work your way through to new game. Developed by rookies, apparently. They have no interest in improving, either. I have requested before but to no avail. **Developer response:** Hello! We have resolved this glitch and the update has been released! Please be sure to update your game to the most recent version to correct the ace issue. ### 1/5 — Forty Thieves *2023-07-06, version 2.0.21* An enjoyable game, but really difficult to win a game. After a while it just gets frustrating. ### 1/5 — Scores *2021-02-15, version 2.0.18* In the beginning when I cleared the board, I got high scores. Now, not matter how I clear the board, my score is always, 63000 Update: I just got a higher score ### 1/5 — Designed to make you pay *2020-11-24, version 2.0.17* Very cheeky — you can’t win unless you pay. Liked the design and effects, but deleting immediately. Would’ve been happy to pay a one off amount, not during every game. ### 1/5 — Needs updating *2020-10-01, version 2.0.16* This used to be my favourite game but now I can’t get it to stay opening for more 5han a few seconds on my iPad. You need to talk to Apple and find out what the problem is guys. ### 1/5 — Has NRA ads *2020-09-07, version 2.0.16* This is the second forty thrives solitaire game I’ve tried recently that has NRA ads. I deleted the app as soon as I saw the ad. Very offensive. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great solitaire game *2026-06-19, version 2.0.26* It’s a fun game, it’s harder than you think. But worth it when you win a hand and when multiple in a row. ### 5/5 — Challenging Thieves *2026-03-11, version 2.0.26* Captivating Game ### 5/5 — Still waiting after all those years *2025-12-16, version 2.0.26* Love playing the game but I wish I there were an option for right handed people to play. My hand is constantly blocking the cards. ### 5/5 — Russel *2025-04-28, version 2.0.25* It shouldn’t cost anything to reshuffle the deck. ### 5/5 — Why can I not change the back card photo *2024-10-30, version 2.0.25* Please help ### 5/5 — Lo disfruto muchísimo amo este juego es lo máximo:-)) *2024-06-15, version 2.0.24* 😘😍😃 ### 5/5 — Ads *2024-04-23, version 2.0.24* There is now an add that pops up along the whole top banner of screen and now I can only see 3/4 of the cards. Can’t even play now without being annoyed. ### 5/5 — Forty thieves *2023-10-07, version 2.0.22* Have played game for years and like it very much! ### 5/5 — Working fine *2023-07-18, version 2.0.22* I am updating my review, the developer fixed problems, one new and one old. It actually works better now than in the past. They got to it quickly as well. Thank you. ### 5/5 — New Board *2023-07-15, version 2.0.22* I love the new board with the Aces added. Makes the game more balanced. --- *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 2026-09-09.*