A Nice Challenge

I’ve been playing Free Cell for a long time. The challenge I enjoy is knowing that there is ALWAYS a solution. This is one of the few games that the author has taken the time to provide in both portrait and landscape. My iPad sits in lanscape mode so games only in portrait mode are useless. Portrait mode games usually display only in a way that requires the power connector to be unplugged. One of the first things we learned in Java classes was how to make our solution display in both orientations. There are extras the author provides although I don’t need them to enjoy the game. I play Free Cell the way I might play it with a physical card deck while flying on an airplane say. This game has restrictions that do not fit that concept. There seem to be some flaws - cards light up indicating they might be moved when they can’t. Despite the restrictions, the game can always be won. I have been given games for which there is only one solution and I gave up chasing the answer just because I was doing more work than fun. the game was difficult only because of the restrictions added in that would never exist in the physical game. Thanks for a good game.

I found a bug

I love this game. I love all of the MobilityWare games but this is my favorite. It’s the age of mass advertising. Recently, many software companies ave been investing in an ad that resides at the front-center of their games… including MobilityWare. It sits right on top of the utility bar where the “back” button resides and the “new game” button. I love the “back” button. And what should I do when I’m out of moves? I cannot access these buttons at all! The bar doesn’t move & cannot be dismissed. I don’t consider it an ad. I consider it a bug. I didn’t notice this ad today. I don’t know if it’s because my previous complaint was heard or because I’ve come to expect it. In case it’s still hanging out, you need to fully close & reopen the game. Keep an eye on where the button is that you wish to use and restart the game, tapping the button’s space as quickly & repeatedly. You can out maneuver the ad. If MobilityWare has done away with it, I‘ll come back & tap that last star.. because I do so love this game.

Love this game! Love this app!

I have loved this game since I first played it back in the day on my computer. I love this app because it gives me the same great game on my phone, with the addition of daily goals. As a software tester I truly appreciate the quality. I tried other FreeCell apps and deleted them all before finding this one. If there was one thing I would add to the game though, I would love to know the numbers of the games I have lost, so that I could go back and try again. Update: I did contact support but for the sake of the review readers, I will explain the feature I would like to see. If you go to settings > statistics you can see how many games you have won and lost. My request is, if you play numbered games (yes, I started at 1) that you be able to see the game numbers of the games you lost so that you could try them again. The feature would not work for randomly generated games as they have no numbers. Bonus if winning a previously lost game would erase the count in the lost column. :D

Latest version

Update : Thank you mobilityware for giving the option to remove the icon off the cards. The weekly event challenges are fine, but the others should be removed. The game is now too sensory overloaded for me. The train your brain game should be a completely different app and only memory Games. I appreciate your listening, but I personally don’t like overloaded games. I like games that are simple And come to an end. I deleted a puzzle game and a popular bird game for this very reason and in the games current state, I feel that I will not continue playing it so I’m just going to delete it. I just don’t understand why game developers continue to overload games with features instead of creating a new game. The latest update added a brain icon the cards creating an annoying distraction and the train your brain memory event is nothing more than a unnecessary waste of time that has ruined the game now because it is creating unnecessary sensory overload we and now I have to decided to delete the game thank you very much mobilityware for ruining the game. You gotta know when to hold them and win the fold them.

Hate this new upgrade!!!

The game was great as it was! This new version that I had to upload is terrible! I dislike the two tone cards telling us which card to play next…l feel like YOU ARE DUMBING US DOWN so we don’t have to think for ourselves, you are filling in the next few cards for us -for no reason! Earlier this month my yearly subscription was renewed and I was alerted and automatically paid, which was fine with me, when all of a sudden I started getting advertisements between games. It was impossible to contact you thru apple etc..so I deleted the app and re-installed it, and instead got this HORRIBLE NEW VERSION!! No thanks to you for playing the game for us!!! Is there any way to find or get back to the previous version??? I’d rather play the original game and think for myself!! OMG, I received a very nice reply from the developer who told me exactly how to fix my preferences thru the game settings! I’m all set now and very happy!! Thank you so much!!

This game is no longer challenging.

If you are not an advanced player, there are no problems with this app. If you are advanced and want to be challenged, this app is not for you. With random deals you should get a mixture of difficult and easy deals, but they are now all easy. Every “random” deal has aces near the bottom and rarely has any cards I need buried at the top. For my first 7000+ games, I had a 95% winning percentage (without using Undo to escape from jams), which means I lost 1 of every 20 games on average. At that point, difficult deals were eliminated, and in my 8000+ games since then, I have a 99.9% winning percentage, which means I lose 1 of every 1000 games on average (again, without using Undo to escape losses). I didn’t instantly become that good. As proof of that, I’ve started playing on a different app, and I’ve already lost 5 of my first 56 games. I’ve finally grown tired enough of the lack of challenge with this app that I’m canceling my subscription. If they ever create difficulty levels or make random deals be truly random again, I’d be happy to subscribe again.

A Real Disappointment

My wife’s really old iPad has a very nice version of Mobilityware’s Freecell with no ads. (I presume she paid a one-time fee for it.) In hopes of getting an updated version, I downloaded Mobilityware’s current offering for my new iPad. What a disappointment. Unlike the original, the cards have an unnatural smashed look but most annoying are the intrusive ads after every game. One must wait several seconds before an “x” or “done” appears (and sometimes one must hunt to find them) allowing one to close the ad and resume the game. Sometimes the ad is followed by another ad or two before game play can resume. Worst of all, I’m now stuck in an ad that goes to a blank screen when I hit the “x” and the only thing I seem able to do is close the game, then start again but that only recycles the ad and another blank screen. Since I can’t get out of the loop, I’m unable to keep playing. I did glance at the “no ads” offering when I first started but it looked like a rather high initial charge AND a recurring monthly charge, both of which are deal breakers. My next moves are to call tech support for help permanently removing this ap and to add Mobilityware to my “No Fly” list.

Review

Glad your ads are only after the game is over. All of the other games the ads interrupt the game and you have to wait for it to finish. Sometimes it won’t give you the opportunity to go back to the game and I have to go off and sign back on, what a pain. I’ve taken off some games due the them being so Annoying. Also there are games they have Constant ads over and over and I will NOT ever sign up for those games. There is one with a king in it that I would let him drown, burn up or get attacked just to get rid of him. The other annoying Thing is, I see a game I’d like to try, but when I accept it, it’s not the same game the ad was for and I don’t know how to find it. I deleted it. I’m just telling you all this as if you are not the one doing these annoying ads, maybe you can pass this on to those that do. And last, I wish there was a place you could go let you know how to play the games. Another annoying feature is you have to enter a nickname and anything I enter is taken!

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