# Spiderﾠ Solitaire — user reviews > 42 indexed App Store user reviews of Spiderﾠ Solitaire by Duncan Crawbuck, rated 4.40/5 from 441 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/spider-solitaire/id1488238124/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/spider-solitaire/id1488238124.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 310 · 4★ 54 · 3★ 32 · 2★ 20 · 1★ 25 ## What do users think of Spiderﾠ Solitaire? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - ✨ No ads - 👍 Simple and straightforward - 🧠 Good for brain health - ✅ Functional - 🌟 Great game **Cons** - 💸 Paid app disguised as free - 🥶 Freezing issues - 🤏 Cards too small - 😵 Poor design, hard to read - 🚫 No excitement or special tricks - 😩 Glitchy hint feature - ❌ Limits backup options - 📱 Awful user interface - ⏳ No timer - 📉 Bad win ratio - 🎛️ Weird interface - 👎 Not worth payment - 😵‍💫 Frustrating card movement - 😵‍💫 Clumsy card movement - 😵‍💫 Dumb card placement algorithm - 😵‍💫 Auto move selects wrong card - 😵‍💫 Inconsistent auto-move - 😵‍💫 Tapping card moves to wrong suit - 😵‍💫 Doesn't always go to best matched card - 😵‍💫 Can’t undo wrong moves - 😵‍💫 Cards knocked out of view - 😵‍💫 Hard to play in landscape - 😵‍💫 Cards too large in landscape - 😵‍💫 Need to scroll in landscape - 😵‍💫 Annoying help button - 😵‍💫 Poor programmed game - 😵‍💫 Unusable auto-move on tap - 😵‍💫 No animation - 😵‍💫 No hint key - 😵‍💫 No sound? - 😵‍💫 Does not show full landscape view **Commonly reported bugs** - App freezes before starting - Hint feature causes column stacks to overlap - App crashes on restart - Auto-move selects wrong cards - Cards go off-screen in landscape mode on iPad - Help button places cards on opposite suits - Cannot undo incorrect moves after stack completion - Cards are knocked out of view in landscape mode - Game does not show full landscape view - Auto-move on tap is unusable - Game crashes when restarting **Most requested features** - Add timer and move counter - Improve card visibility in landscape mode - Add animation - Add hint key - Add sound - Improve auto-move functionality to select correct suit - Allow full backup options - Add more excitement/special tricks - Improve card readability - Make the game truly free or clearly state pricing ## Newest reviews (11 of 42) ### 2/5 — Two Stars only because it’s functional *2026-05-31* This is a paid app disguised as free, you will get one game before you are required to pay to play any more. ### 3/5 — Glitch *2026-05-03* Simple, basic Spider game, but if you click on the ? for a hint, any time after the first the column stacks on itself in a funny way, and you can’t see or use the cards in that column. ### 2/5 — Too small *2026-04-26, version 2025.06.21* Very hard to visualize ### 2/5 — Works fine but I miss the deal *2026-04-22* I tried this because the others have changed and have too long ads ### 2/5 — Regret buying *2026-03-29, version 2025.06.21* The design is very poor. Very hard to read and differentiate the cards. Gives me a headache. ### 3/5 — Subscription?? *2025-12-28* The game itself is fine but why do I have to pay to play solitaire dude ### 4/5 — Query *2025-11-17* I’d like to know if every game has a possible winning solution? Or are some impossible? ### 2/5 — Awful user interface *2025-09-18* I paid my 99 cents and regret it. This app has two major flaws. First the movement of cards is very clumsy. And the algorithm to assign moved cards to their logical spot is just dumb. And there is no timer to make this a contest against the clock. The only benefit is that it's ad and pop up free. Not sure it's even worth the minimal price. ### 2/5 — Restart *2025-08-01, version 2025.06.21* Every time I go to restart this game it crashes ### 4/5 — Missing *2024-03-30* I cannot get any information whe I use a function (?) ### 5/5 — Needs some work but has no ads *2023-07-05* Cards are small to read when in portrait phone position but when moving it to landscape they are so large you have to continually scroll up and down on the screen to see all the cards. I agree with other reviews that it’s kind of annoying that the help button will put the card on an opposite suite when a matching suite is available. The win ratio for medium or two decks is pretty bad. I don’t know why I have won much more on a different app but I have. But there are no ads. So there’s that. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Smh *2026-05-24, version 2025.06.21* This game sucks it keeps freezing on the settings before I could even start playing ### 1/5 — Boring *2026-04-12, version 2025.06.21* Game is spider but there no excitement to the game no flashing lights no special tricks when you win ### 1/5 — Don’t download *2026-02-10, version 2025.06.21* First game no ads, then needed unlock ### 1/5 — Definitely not *2026-01-22* Weird interface and doesn't actually let you play for free. It is way too cheap looking and slow to warrant a payment. ### 1/5 — Limits backup. *2025-10-31, version 2025.06.21* Plays normal but does not allow backup beyond last flip. Sometimes I like to go all the way back and replay but no can do here. ### 1/5 — msd *2025-10-26, version 2025.06.21* Terrible app. Many better spider solitaire apps ### 1/5 — Just Buy Another Version *2025-07-30* The game lies and says free but you can only play one game and then it prompts you to pay. It is a terrible UI so not worth paying for. Other options are better at the same price. ### 1/5 — duplicitous *2025-07-30, version 2025.06.21* appears to be free, but once downloaded will only let you play one game before demanding a subscription of continue ### 1/5 — Does not show full landscape view *2023-12-16, version 1.4.5* I just installed yesterday and was so disappointed to see that I can’t play it in landscape mode. I will be deleting it soon. ### 1/5 — Bad interface *2023-07-03* If only you could see the cards when playing in landscape mode. If you have more than 5 cards on a pile of unturned cards they get knocked out of view so it’s hard to play. Better versions out there, but they have ads…so boooo!!! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Perseverance pays *2026-03-07* I looked at this app and was going to move on when I received a discounted offer on the page. I bit, and I’m glad I did. I’m 70 years old and disabled and I have to work at these puzzles but often I solve them. Sometimes, I have to use the back key but that’s not cheating if your goal is brain health, right? Thanks, Crawbuck! ### 5/5 — Great! No ads! *2026-02-10* Other spider solitaire applications can keep you in an endless loop of ads. No “x” to kill the ad and start the game. ### 5/5 — I mean its just better than the normal one innit *2025-10-09, version 2025.06.21* Had a bug on the hints but that seems to be gone now ### 5/5 — Gr8 game *2025-09-22, version 2025.06.21* Really good. Im really lonely so this helps ### 5/5 — Not bad… *2025-09-19* Like the game, simple, wish there wasn’t a payment though. ### 5/5 — Best game for straight forward spider solitaire. *2025-07-09* Best game on my iPhone. I paid $1 for this and it’s without adds, so that makes it the best! A few adorable glitches, nothing that ruins the game. Thanks for creating this. My wife and I can’t stop playing this game ### 5/5 — felip *2025-06-20, version 2025.05.17* good ### 5/5 — Patriot1712 *2025-06-04, version 2025.05.17* My favorite game! ### 5/5 — Cannot stop playing *2024-08-13* Appreciate the bright layout and easy on the eye graphics! ### 5/5 — spyder *2024-02-28, version 1.5* to easy ! --- *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 2026-08-31.*