Solitaire Arena

Have been playing this game on my iPad for years. Recently downloaded to new iPad 9. App does not work very well. When app opens it does not take me to opening window which allows me to choose to play tournament or world tour. It automatically takes me to tournament. Once I am in the game, it will not allow me to move cards, either by clicking or by dragging, from one stack to another unless I hit the HINT button. If there is more than 1 stack that can be moved, it only lets me move the stack IT wants to move first, not the one I want to move. Sometimes it will not let me move a King from one stack to an open space. Sometimes when I click the END button it does not work. When the MENU button is pushed, it displays…settings, store, help and home but none of these buttons work when pushed. The cards from the facedown stack turn up when the stack is clicked and if clicked will play on a stack or on the pile above…they will play automatically at the top if the Magnet button is activated. The app worked perfect on my iPad 5 but not worth a dime on my new ipad 9. Hope you know what to do to fix this.

Game used to be pretty fun. Not too many ads interrupting. But for the last several months there have been no free daily magic wands or new game after wait time. Only way to play now is to watch a 30-45 second add. World Tour has been busted for over a year now. No more leader boards. Needs updating and bug fixing badly but game has been abandoned by creator - it’s not even an option on their support page anymore. Find a supported solitaire game if you like to play. UPDATE: The support page doesn’t work at all. UPDATE 2 - Shortly after this review, a major bug fix was released. Free daily magic wands are back and World Tour is once again working. Unfortunately, the ad that comes on after winning a tournament in World Tour locks the game up and I have to exit and reload to play another. Major inconvenience.

Below is my review that use to be 5 stars but with the upgrades I get tired of being asked to rate the app. The adds are bothersome but that’s par for the course for a free app. I’d rather pay once for an app and be done with it. The new World tour adds a way to keep playing since you can play world tournament while waiting for regular tournament to refresh. In addition the world tour keeps your position and does not refresh each week so that you can keep track of your progress. That being said the magic button is still too close to the deck I hate wasting magic by hitting accidentally in play.