App Profile: Solitaire X

Jizzanthupus

Rating: 3/5

I like how simple and BS free this version is. Beautiful and clean looking. Far superior version of Solitaire, even with bugs. However, I have a few recurring issues that are making my gameplay frustrating. If these bugs can be corrected, I will amend this review. First, when playing simple klondike, I would work through the draw deck and (seemingly) on the last card in the deck, the little plus sign would grey out and become an x. When this happens, I cannot draw new cards and it will not restack the draw deck. Nothing could change it back to a + sign. I had to close the app and restart to continue playing. This happened often and with no discernible pattern. -1 star there. Next, I had an agonizingly frustrating experience trying to return to the menu. Again, closing and reopening the app did the trick. After a few days playing, I figured out that there IS a swipe right mechanic to return to the menu. But it worked almost never. Seriously, many many failed swipes until it finally worked for whatever reason. -1 star. The last point isn't bad enough to lose a star, but I just have to say I learned the controls in the app as well as game rules largely by trial and error. Man, I'm familiar with the games, but I don't have free cell rules memorized by heart. I would love to see a list of controls and game rules somewhere in the menu to avoid confusion like mine for others. Overall, I really like this app, especially compared to the other versions of Solitaire on the app store. I had to share my experiences, in the hope of making a great app even better. I only meant to offer constructive observations, not to nit pick. 🖖

GraceOM

Rating: 5/5

Well designed. Minimalist. Does everything that the developer said it would do. + more. For me I like looking at an old game in a new way. Playing it is familiar and very new at the same time. It is challenging in a way I like.

🙄😠😡

Rating: 1/5

I congratulate you for your great update, good job. However, now the app does not work well after the update. I enter a game and when I want to go "backwards" it hangs up. it does not move anything, neither up or down nor for one side or the other. I liked the previous version better. They should look at all the flaws before launching an update!