App Profile: Spider Solitaire ・2025

noswamps

Rating: 5/5

This is actually the best of nine such games I have tried over the years. It’s clean, simple, and fast. Short ads play between games about 50 percent of the time, but most such ads are short, clean, and shut down promptly when I click the “x” in the upper right hand corner. Nonetheless, I plan to uninstall in a few days. Why? Several ads with highly sexualized pictures are particularly offensive. These ads refuse to shut down when I click the “x”. Instead, the “x” brings up purchase pages. I have waited as long as 90 seconds to try the “x” a second time. Even then, I have to shut the game down and restart it in order to clear out the ads...which pop up again several times in a row. Eventually the ads cycle back to the clean, quickly ended ads. But within a few minutes, the offensive ads come back. I will check back in a few days for a response from the game-maker. If I don’t see a response, I will post a Zero star rating and uninstall. Advertising does matter - as much as the game’s own behavior. Sorry. Feb. 3rd: upgrade to 5 stars. I noticed an improvement within 3 days, and had a courteous response from the developer. Marvelous!

Tesla0Zero

Rating: 5/5

With an elegant UI design, it offers a smooth, immersive, addictive experience. I’ve spent lots of time playing it and I love it very much. Obviously the developers crafted the program meticulously—You can find not only a lavish victory animation, but also a charming quote below the score panel, each time presenting a different historical tidbit about Solitaire. The rotating set of victory animations is spectacular! Scattering cards whirl, with 3d effects, flying around the screen like a fireworks show. This app is as exquisite as a piece of art! It is full of surprises, and it never disappoints! I can stay immersed in my business without feeling anxious about interruptions from ads—ads exist, but they are well-designed in that you won’t feel them as you go through the game.

Scrabble & Solitaire Player

Rating: 2/5

Love the game but 3 major complaints. 1. Opening game always starts with half screen of whole game. Exiting app and clicking again, fixes it to full screen. Last time I took a screenshot of glitch, was Aug 2023. Clearing cache doesn’t help. Reinstalling app doesn’t help, makes things worse as I lose all the levels and have to start on level 1 with beginner info on how to play. Half screen getting worse: Now half screen game shows up sometimes when still in app, finished game and start new one. New game starts as half screen. Leave, go back and it resets to full screen, but very annoying. 2. Bra ads chronic, too long, displayed more and more as soft porn, with provocative sensual suggestive actions. I walk away and do something else. The short ads were great, but these longer titillating ads are obnoxious, a waste of time, and get stuck with the same type of very cheap labour made bras from China. Thinking about deleting game. Too bad because the game itself is very good, and would have been reviewed as all stars.