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[Looking for game] No nonsense solitaire game for a tablet (preferable without ads, and free)

bramkaandorp

bramkaandorp

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I've tried several games, but they suffer (so to speak) from one or more of the following:

-No screen rotation (essential on tablets)
-Prominently featured ads in the game
-Only one type of game, and not Klondike
-No themes (admittedly not essential, but I really dislike red as a background colour. It's way too aggregating. Blue or green are much easier on the eye)

I almost included clunky looking interface, but then I decided against it, because it would be too subjective.

So, with that tall order on the table, does anyone know of any?
 
I've been playing this one for a long time, currently on my Note 3. Last week, while I was playing it in my doctor's office waiting room, I noticed the woman next to me playing the same one on a 7" tablet.

It rotates, you can change the background and card back colors (and the card styles), it has a hint button and it can autocomplete once you have all the cards out.

There are ads, which are easily dismissed, but they stop after about half a dozen games (every time you run it).
 
@Rukbat

A good game in and of itself, but the ads are even worse than what I had in mind.

I was playing for about 4 minutes, and I suddenly get a full-screen ad. I can see myself accidentally clicking it, leading me to the play store. Definitely a non-starter, because I want to keep on playing without such interruptions, even if they stop after a certain amount of games.

Full disclosure: I'm looking for a game for someone else who hasn't been using android for very long. And I am also still looking for one myself, so please don't feel like I'm farming it out.
 
Well the problem mostly is that it's unlikely to find something free with no ads. The dev has to make something out of it.
 
chanchan05 said:
Well the problem mostly is that it's unlikely to find something free with no ads. The dev has to make something out of it.
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I know, and I respect that. In fact, I'm willing to put up with ads myself, but when recommending an app for someone who isn't well versed in Android, I hesitate to recommend apps with very prominent ads in them. The frustration of having to exit the play store after every accidental click on an ad would not be something I'd recommend.

Also, She isn't in a position to pay for apps (not an easy thing to do here), so that not an option either, unless of course if "gifting" of apps becomes a thing, but I don't see that happening any time soon.
 
Desecrated said:
Sorry misread post

Solitaire Champion HD. No ads during gameplay, don't remember if there are any when you open or close
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It looks great, but one of the ads said "your version is about to expire".

Any app that uses such ads, I'm not willing to recommend, nor use.
 
After having looked around a bit, I found the following app, which doesn't quite fill all the gaps, but enough of them to be a good possibility:

Smooth Klondike

It's not themeable, doesn't have screen rotation and it has only one type of game (luckily it is klondike).

So, that's 2,5 (since it has klondike, so that's half a point) out of 4 points not met (and since the screen orientation is good, that's another half point off, making it 2 points), but the fact that it happens to be klondike with a green background makes up for a lot.

Again, not perfect, but a great start.
 
i like droidgox solitaire card games

LINK

the ui is simple. there is klondike and freecell plus a slew of other solitaire games and some cardgames i have not seen before

simple to play too, has leaderboards and achievements for fun

and it gets updated from time to time with new solitaire games
 
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