Spider Solitaire: Card Game Reviews

by Need It To Work Please

I play several mobility games and all of them either don't load unless you try several times or you have to wait multiple minutes for it to load. What's the problem mobility? I almost feel like you're taking that time I'm waiting so you can hack my phone? I am no longer going to play these mobility games because I’m tired of ads interrupting a game and like so many others are commenting it takes way too long to finally get back to the game and play. You spend more time waiting for the ads which I don’t look at anyway then you do playing the game. There are other similar games that don’t do this. Updating once more..the developer always wants your email addresss to “see why you are having issues” except that never changes anything. I get you have ads so you make money..but waiting 3 to 5 minutes between each hand is now more than I and I see more people do not want to deal with. Seems all mobility games do this. Other developers have 10 seconds of forced ads then you can continue play. I don’t understand what the problem is but no one is interested in ads..I don’t read them and I don’t buy off them. I do advertising as a profession and know in these kinds of activities these ads are a big waste of time for the user and a huge annoyance turning potential customers away. Ads can be quick but not dragging on like these

by Mehmehmehmehmehmehmehmehhh

the game is fine and everything but it really makes me mad that you have to continuously pay a subscription in order to not see an ad every 2 minutes. that’s absolutely ridiculous. i was willing to pay to remove the ads, but i’m not going to pay $2 a month, $24 a year, just to play a game of solitaire on my phone- that’s such a waste and it’s extremely unnecessary. I get that they need to make money, but it’s just too much. the amount of ads they force non-subscribers to watch + the people, like me, who would be willing to pay $2 ONE TIME is sufficient enough revenue for the creators not to require a $2 subscription plan. who gets a subscription plan to play SOLITAIRE. that’s so stupid. deleting the entire game now.
they respond to people’s complaints about the ridiculous ads they show by saying they “rely on advertisement revenue to continue” creating good content, as if the game of solitaire is constantly changing and updating and needs hundreds of thousands of dollars to keep up with the times. the developers are losing that revenue because all of us are deleting the game because of the ads 🙄

by Jan Cavender

I love this Spider Solitaire Game but am about to go to a different producer of it. I play probably over 50 games a day but I have about had it with the ads. It locks ads in without an x or close and I have to shut my IPad down to get the ad to go off. This past week I lost all my points, trophies, etc and had to delete it and start all over because the screen went a brownish color, not black, although it’s done that before when the ad was about to come on. I Tried everything to no avail including shutting it down and Playing other games and coming back to it. Finally after every effort gave up and deleted it. And I furious to have to start all over from the beginning a
. You need to resolve this issue. If it happens again I will no longer play this game or your game of Mahjong.

Well, I did as I threatened after more frustration from too many glitches and problems. Have deleted this Solitaire game and am now playing the”Blue” Spider game. Much less stressful and few ads. Much happier now. Miss some of your features but not worth the frustration. I bet you don’t print this part!!

by MFHulshoff

Been playing over five years, on a few different devices. Just got a new Apple phone and had to start from scratch a couple weeks ago!! Major pain watching ad after ad trying to catch up with six weeks of missed goals!!! Horrible!! And NOW the past couple of weeks, I play Spider, Free Cell and traditional Solitaire, and I’m being interrupted in MIDPLAY while choosing my next play by an AD!!! Very random, but often enough it’s quite unsettling !! Being in the zone and getting T BONED by an obnoxious ad you’ve seen thirty times already in the past couple hours of play time. I’ve already tried to attach a screen shot but I can’t upload photos while the game is playing and it won’t let me copy and paste here. Perplexing to say the least. I understand the need for them, but now, since I can’t back out or Xout off the ad in mid game without losing it, I’ve guesstimated about 15-25 minutes of game play is sitting watching redundant ads I’m not interested in following up with!! I usually just shut off the phone or pick up an old Samsung one to continue play there, where, by the way, it doesn’t happen!!

by Unohav_1

I understand the need for ads, and a popup between hands showing other games Mobility makes is FINE. I’d even be willing to check one out if it looked neat. Then the animated ads with sound started, and you HAVE to watch for a period of time before an X would appear to close them. This went even further, as ads would randomly put the X in different corners so you never know where to look, and even then sometimes the X would either not work at all, or clicking it would open SpiderSolitaire store to the game. This is RIDICULOUS waiting 30+ seconds on ads you cannot close between every single hand. I play games like this to relax, and this BS is far from relaxing. A tip to help was put your phone/tablet in airplane mode actually brought those types of ads to a halt with only single-frame ads you can just close. Yay until a few months back, when this suddenly started causing problems with a hand being dealt. There’s LONG pause before anything at all happens, then a single-frame ad pops up where clicking the X greys it out, and another LONG pause before it closes. I’ve spent upwards of five minutes dealing with this trying to play ONE frickin hand. I’m done. I will never download another Mobility game.

by Kim Sells

I absolutely love this addictive game and play it very often. It helps me keep my mind alert and awake. The only complaint I have at all, is the fact that when I’m in a doctor’s office or I a waiting room where I want to play, but obviously want to be silent, I will put my phone on silent mode. However, even in silent mode, some of the loud ads somehow bypass my phone’s silent mode setting and are able to blast their ads at full volume, much to my embarrassment. All other games I have will silence ads and all noise when my phone is in silent mode, as it should be. One ad that offends me and always blasts is “Buffalo Inferno” and “Hearts of Vegas slots.”
Although I’m still able to turn my volume down quickly, the point of silent mode is to not have to do that so unexpectedly! I wish the makers of the game would better screen their ads to not accept any that bypass the user’s phone settings! That’s manipulation and is extremely frustrating; so frustrating that I will definitely delete this Spider app if these types of ads continue, and will be forced to find another Spider app that does not hijack my phone settings!
*If this practice stops, I will consider reloading SpiderSolitaire.

by ILRC For Bvi

I’ve been playing this game for more than a year. I used to love playing it even with the ads popping up between each game. Sometimes the ads would pop up during the game. But they were fun to watch and didn’t take forever and a day to complete. Now, however, the ads keep going and going and going and take you to SpiderSolitaire Store. What a headache! It’s so irritating!! In order to get back to the game, I have to close SpiderSolitaire and re-open it. What happened? Before this change in ad presentation, I would have given it 5 stars. UPDATE: The developers responded to me. It is wonderful to see that they really care and want to help. I can now report that I am no longer getting stuck in the advertisement or in SpiderSolitaire Store. Yay!
It’s happening again! Specifically, it’s The Candy Crush ad. It takes a long time to time out. There is no way to close it without ending up at SpiderSolitaire Store screen. You then have to close your Spider app and then reopen it again. Can you do something about this problem? It’s very aggravating!

by Saswin11

I have loved this game, I’m a paying customer, but I’m disappointed with the current update. Now the columns no longer shrink up when you tap a very long column; this makes it harder to work with the bottoms of the columns. I got into a situation yesterday where I was trying to move an entire column near the center of the screen. Each time I tried to grab the column, the iPhone pulled down its short “swipe down” screen, interfering with the game. I was never able to move that column, I had to give up on it. I never had that problem with the game prior to this update. Finally, the new design for the menu at the bottom of the screen takes up more space than it used to, which is not a good thing.
I want to go back to the older version. I have always rated this game as five stars; now it drops to three stars. I hate “upgrades” that crow about the improvements but actually worsen the game. New themes are uninteresting if they come along with changes that worsen what used to be the best Spider in SpiderSolitaire Store.
Sarah

by AAAron333

I’ve been playing this game for years! It is the only game on my phone. I play it constantly. It is a great stress reliever for me. I have played it for several hours straight during very stressful times or when I can’t sleep. However, the newest software updates are changing my feelings about it. The new video ads drive me crazy. They actually scared the crap out of me for the longest time during those late nights when I’m laying in bed late and can’t sleep. I would jump every time suddenly seeing people moving and up close in my face. And on occasion I’ve had the sound from a video randomly start playing during the middle of the game when my sound is turned off! It just did that twice in the last 5 minutes! That’s sure not helping me relax! I’m also having problems with it quitting on me in the middle of a game. Between the frustration over videos, it quitting on me multiple times per session and the sound playing without the videos while volume is off, it is no longer therapeutic. I am either frustrated or startled, defeating my purpose of playing this game.
I don’t want to play anything else! Please help!

by 77juana

Update: still having problems frequently with my favorite game. Black screen , then 1/4 of an ad in a corner of the screen— have to close the game ( which I don’t find easy on this phone) and reboot. Noticed a commentary today from 3 years ago — same issue. Come on, fix it already!

Old review..: the game has vanished. There is just a black screen with a Tiny link to a Privacy statement from “Vungle” Nothing to sign that I can see. No tiny “x” to close it. Just a blank screen. What has happen to spider?? New review, a month or two later after reloading Spider several times: Black screen again. This time not even a “Vungle”. Downgraded my rating. Never had this problem with any other app. Contacted Mobilityware last time, emails back and forth UPDATE. Still frequently getting a black sceen, or sometimes a corner of an ad— no x of course, the x probably wouldn’t work anyway, haha. What’s up mobilityware???

by Chsufivkak

I sometimes get stuck on the transition from “Mobility Ware” to the game, and it just sits there for maybe a flat 20 seconds. Then, when you load up a game, you have to wait another 20 seconds before you can start moving cards around. Then, if you go to another app, or really you don’t even have to go to another app. If you double press the home button, then tap back on Spider Solitaire, it will still make you wait about 20 seconds before it lets you do anything DESPITE you maybe only being off the game for less than a single second. It’s annoying when you leave for a split second to reply to someone, then come back to the solitaire app, have to wait before you can do anything and by the time you can, your friend has already texted you back. Sometimes, if you’re gone from SpiderSolitaire for more than a couple seconds, then the whole app restarts and you have to wait through the whole loading process again and everything. However, I haven’t found another solitaire format that I like more and this is the only game I found that works in portrait mode. Just get rid of the bugs!!! If other apps can be immediately responsive after returning to SpiderSolitaire after a short second, then so can some simple card game.

by Okpaducah

New info: you have a problem with the fiverr pro ad…it freezes and there’s no way out except to quit the game. Also, I couldn’t figure out how to send feedback except thru this review. It seemed like a circle taking me back to the same pages. I really enjoy the game.

What’s the deal? Do you not test the ads that you put up to see if they have a way to get out of them? There’s more and more of them. I have to shut down my phone to get rid of them. The last one turned the screen black and there was no way to get to the game. Please change it so we can leave more than one review. I appreciate you fixing the above. So I’ve changed my star number. But I just had an add something about beauty and it’s a horrible thing for a young girl to see. Too much emphasis on what she should look like and even how to walk. I think you have a responsibility to not contribute to girls poor self image with your games n ads. Normally they are fine but this one is over the top.

by CJ61

When you actually get to play the game, it's great! However, there are way too many ads!!! They come up in between games and even pop up in the middle of the game. Several ads have completely locked up the game and it's very difficult to continue. Most recently, one ad locked up the game for several days!
Update: I was impressed that the Developer responded very quickly regarding the problem and wanted to fix the problem. Unfortunately, I have not been able to contact them with the additional details they requested. The add that always locks up is the advertisement for the 'Word Stack' game. I have figured out how to get through it, but it continues to lock up.
update 2: sorry, I will not click on unknown links. I explained the problem and appreciate your quick response. It's your advertisement and up to you to fix.

by Grandmaofalex

I don’t like the new version. The older one was better. Is there any way to get back the former version. If not I think I’ll delete the game completely. One of the problems is the congratulations videos at the end when you win. They are now very cheap looking without the detail the earlier version had. The previous version had quality and the new one lacks it. Looks like it was done by someone less experienced with game development.

Glad to see you changed it, much better now. I don’t care for your daily challenges and not being able to continue without picking new names, etc. I would think you should leave things alone or give the option to bypass these annoying screens and mandatory selections. I was almost ready to delete the game again because of this. Again thank you for the improvement and hope to see the same type of improvement to these other items.

by RitaTaylor234

I would give it 4.8 if I could. That point two percent is for the adds that I get audio for but no picture and no way to close them. When I start a new game I get the required add that you close after five seconds or so and then get on with the game. But after that first add I get random audio as if another add is playing but there is no picture and no way of closing out. I have updated the game, I have updated my phone, I have even turned my phone off, waited a few minutes, then turned it back on again and it is still doing it. I don’t know what to do. It is super annoying as I just have to sit there until the sound stops. I still play the game every day, I just usually end up turning my sound off because of the random noise I can’t stop. Developers, if there is something you can suggest to help me out that would be appreciated. I love this game and I hate that I have this glitch.

by Kamcap

I've been playing Spider since before there were computers. It’s THE BEST solitaire game for allowing a player to develop skill as opposed to other solitaires which rely more on the luck of the draw. I win about 45% of the time on SpiderSolitaire game, which echoes about the same win rate I have with real cards… therefore I believe the deals in SpiderSolitaire truly are random. Love all the graphics and options, including the ability to use my own photo for the background. But these new aggressive ads!!! You can’t get out of some of them without actually closing SpiderSolitaire and then reopening it! That’s just plain rude. Don’t these advertisers realize we’re not going to be bullied into taking their products when they launch an advertising assault like that? Please fix!

by Kassy1212

Like many of the other MobilityWare card games you can play the Daily Challenge to get a crown and they recently added daily tasks which are fun. Fun card game. But as a SUGGESTION TO THE DEVELOPERS what I would really love to see is being able to get the Daily Crown for all 4 versions of the daily challenge. That is if you select 1, 2, 3, or 4 suits under options it will give you a daily challenge with that many suits. So there are actually 4 different Daily challenges each day depending on how many suits you have chosen as your default, but you can only win the crown once per day, so you have to choose one and play it. But it would be fun to get a double, triple or quadruple crown depending on if you could defeat all the suit choices in one day (that is play the one suit daily challenge game get a crown, now switch under options to two suits, play the daily challenge in two suits and get that crown and so on.) I just think it would be a fun challenge - how many of us could get defeat all 4 for one day?

by April1956

I started with cards and played solitaire and then discovered it on my phone. Spider solitaire was a natural progression. This is just a nice way to wake myself up in the am. I also read a book for pleasure and a bible and a informational book with my bible. I have around 8 different games on my phone. I don't do them every day except daily challenge solitaire, spider, and some other ones. The games take the place of commercials also. These things take the place of constant tv for me. They go with me to appointments also. The ads don't bother me because the game is free and you can get rid of them soon. You can also turn your wifi off in settings if they do mess with your game. That usually doesn't happen but you do have that option if you happen to get a bad game. No wifi...no ads... Id be miserable without my games or books to keep me company

by 65smiley

I would definitely give this fun game 5 stars until today.I’ve always loved playing spider solitaire with all the colorful backgrounds and fun card faces but today I wasn’t happy with the added “burst of color that spews out of the card when you line it up to match the same color in the card sequence” It’s very annoying to see it displayed on the screen each time you move the card or multiple cards to the matching color row of cards. I don’t know if I described it accurately but hopefully the developers will delete it from the game. This is only my opinion and I’m sure there are many players who might like the “burst of color that are red hearts and diamonds and black spades and clubs”. But, to me it’s an unnecessary addition to the game. I’ve recommended this game to my friends and family. It’s a fantastic game that challenges your cognitive thinking process. I apologize for being picky but the new addition really bothered me.

by Snowy Home

For the first time I had trouble with the game. It hard crashed my iPad and the end result was that I had to reinstall. I lost two years of gold trophies. 😟 still love the game but I'm having difficulty with the upgraded game and find some changes irritating. For one thing, the highlighted and darkened cards in some of the game styles. I finally got it to more like the old version so I can enjoy it. Still annoyed that I lost all that history, but still playing and it's still the best.
Casual, no pressure! I enjoy the game every time I play,even keeping up with the weekly challenges👌. I have had very few games which I enjoyed without getting annoyed and it's a real pleasure to have found this one. I can' spend cash in games but with this one I don' have to spend. The ads are inserted with little intrusion and my sessions leave me satisfied with the interlude. Thank you to the developers for a good looking, challenging yet fun game!