Solitaire·
Zynga Solitaire, despite a history of positive ratings, is currently plagued by an overwhelming number of intrusive ads, frequent freezing and crashing, and privacy concerns related to data tracking, making the game frustrating and often unplayable for many recent users R2R4R12R17.
Recent user reviews for Zynga Solitaire indicate a significant decline in user experience, primarily due to an excessive number of ads, frequent app freezes and crashes, and concerns over data tracking. While some users still enjoy the core gameplay, these issues are leading many long-time players to uninstall the app and seek alternatives. The developer's recent update notes are vague and do not address the widespread problems reported by users.
What users like
What users complain about
- Excessive and intrusive ads frequently interrupt gameplayR2R5R7R8
- App frequently freezes, crashes, or fails to load, making it unplayableR4R17R26R95
- Ads have unmutable sound and interrupt other audio, even when the phone is on DNDR20R22R24R34
- Concerns about privacy, data tracking, and suspicious ad behavior (e.g., opening browser to scam sites)R12R13R15R21
- Ads for rewards (shuffles, daily challenges) often play but do not grant the rewardR41R43R44R47
- Game forces updates or prevents play for older devices/OS versionsR9R10R88
- Some ads are inappropriate (porn, guns) and not vettedR35R42
- Game feels rigged or unwinnable, especially daily challengesR3R39R40
- No option to pay to remove adsR45R201R384
- Jerky card movements and slow performance after updatesR31R109R253R371
Latest update · v12.0.0
What the developer says changed (the verdict above weighs this against what reviewers report):
New Age API Integration.
Recurring themes
Who it's for
This app is for users who enjoy traditional Solitaire and don't mind a high volume of ads, frequent technical issues like freezing, or potential privacy concerns R6R79R117. It is NOT for users who expect a smooth, ad-free experience, value their privacy, or play on older devices that may struggle with updates R2R4R12R17.
Evidence note: The recent reviews skew heavily negative, which contrasts with the high lifetime rating. This suggests a significant decline in quality or user experience in recent updates. The developer's release notes are too vague to assess if any reported issues were intended to be addressed.
Frequently asked
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What reviewers actually said
Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.
- [R6] Solitaire: 5
- [R79] Fun Game: It is so fun that I stay up playing it all night.And if I am stressed out this game is my goto.
- [R117] Hi: It’s a good game
- [R118] Solitaire: Solitaire is so fun hehe
- [R2] Awful: This app is absolute trash. Can barley play the game at all but DONT WORRY, ever single ad will work flawlessly. The game on the other hand not so much.
- [R5] Ads: Game contains forced pop-up ads.
- [R7] too many ads: i’ve been playing this game for years but the number of ads integrated into the game the last few years has made playing unbearable. every time you start a new game or restart your current one there’s an ad. i’d be fine with the banners while playing but the frequency is annoying. this isn’t how the game used to run so i’m not sure what changed in their business strategy but i would
- [R8] Dad to delete the app: Too many adds. Had to delete the app first another option
- [R4] FREEZING: You need to update this or get rid of it. It keeps freezing!!!
- [R17] Ads make it crash: Can’t play anymore because it keeps crashing. Ads also make your podcast app stop playing
- [R26] App doesn’t open on iPad.: This app won’t open on iPad it just stays stuck then closes after a little while. My ipad is an iPad Air 1 with iOS 12 which is supposed to be supported by this app.
- [R95] Crash With New Spider Solitaire pop-up: The title says it all. I’ve played this Solitaire game for years. This morning, when I opened to play, a pop-up to play their new Spider Solitaire game comes up. I clicked “Maybe Later,” and the game/app immediately crashes. This happened all day. Tonight I clicked the option to download the new game then went back to my game, and the ad popped up again, the
- [R20] Interrupts Audiobooks: Ads are out of control! I can’t listen to music or audiobooks while playing because they constantly get muted, even when no ads are playing they still run in the background. Fix this please.
- [R22] Kills my music when playing!: Keeps cutting off my iPhone music when I play this game. Years doing this. Needs to be fixed. I’m just gonna switch to a different solitaire app.
- [R24] Too many ads that I can’t mute sound on: Regretfully had to delete and find a different one. Too many ads and can no longer mute the sound so I can listen to the radio while playing
- [R34] Don’t download latest version!!!!!: The constant sounds that play from ads constantly interrupts the game play and these still play even when you turn sounds off in settings. This update has ruined the app for me
- [R12] Too much ads: Too much ads playing in this app. Force you to accept prioritised ads and tracking. Too much legal forms to accept during playing this game. If you don’t accept, game randomly close and won’t allow you play until you you keep pressing accept random legal documents for just a basic game.
- [R13] Good app but no tracking options: I’ve enjoyed this game until the recent cookies/tracking all or nothing requirement. Contrary to the offered option, there are no options in the game settings to choose cookies/tracking options. So as I will not “accept” the allow-the-developer-to-track-everything condition, I will be deleting this game.
- [R15] Tracks too much knows too much: All these apps using nosy ai software
- [R21] Has turned into malware: I’ve spent a lot of time in this app, collecting rewards and badges, but unfortunately, I’m gonna have to delete it now, since it’s auto directing me to Safari pages without my interaction. I feel like it’s spying on me.
- [R41] Faulty Ads for No Reward: Continuously makes you watch ads and not reset after.
- [R43] Issue with daily challenge: When I try to watch a video to play an old daily challenge it plays the video but doesn’t let me play the game.
- [R44] Don’t waste your time: There are many Solitaire apps, don’t waste your time with this one. There are way too many ads and glitches. I have watched ads to get shuffles, etc, only to end up without the reward, repeatedly. The ads are excessive for one of the easiest to make games out there. Zynga has always had problems with giving up on the games they release but this waste of time is ridiculous. D
- [R47] Loading ad freezes: I’ve played this app for years. Lately, the Exclusive Offer feature is very glitchy . It’s very frustrating to sit through the ads you must watch to earn the “exclusive offer” only to have it freeze upon loading but the timer continues and you lose the offer. This has been happening more frequently. Also, the “hints” aren’t at all helpful as they just show an available move. Ti
- [R9] Customer: It was amazing but I have one of those old button I’m home button iPhones and it keeps on saying to update it and no matter what I try I just can’t update it!
- [R10] I just want to play solitaire: How about allowing somebody to play a game WITHOUT demanding they update. I am not updating, I am uninstalling. Say bye bye to your ad revenue.
- [R88] Pretty good but: So normally I don’t write reviews but this game is very good it’s enjoyable but with the newest update it keeps giving me the update button and I can’t play the game without updating and I already update so I just can’t play the game anymore and would really appreciate if that was fixed
- [R35] porn, gun ads neg reviews removed!: Left 2 negative reviews 1 soft porn (couple months ago) & 1 loading a gold gun w/gold bullet ads (about a week ago)- can’t find under the “Critical Review” search option. Kids play this game & it appears you don’t vet your ads! And apparently you remove these & don’t respond!
- [R42] Horrible ads: Thr game is fine, but the ads are completely inappropriate for children. Do not download!
- [R3] Was great, now terrible: I just played my 17th game in a row that was not winnable. Usually every third or so I win. Something is not working correctly.
- [R39] Loved it until I met an unsolvable daily challenge: I know I’m not crazy because there are literally no moves possible today. I went through and clicked on every card from the draw pile and on my main columns. Are we supposed to HAVE to use shuffle? I just want normal solitaire without weird extras like shuffling the unseen cards… and a daily challenge that is always winnable. Understood not al
- [R40] Not sure the game mirrors what an actual card deck does.: I get making it challenging but man, this game gets into impossible to win win mode and it’s over.
- [R45] Is there no way to pay to remove ads?: Title basically. I like this particular solitaire app but the ads are frustrating. Usually most apps have an option to pay to remove ads. This does not.
- [R201] Been playing for years: I’ve played this game for years. I would love to buy the app to be able to avoid ads.
- [R384] Non adjustable music volume in ads .: Agree completely with Janda43 . These ads have become unbearably intrusive. I spend enough time as it is playing the game , I really don’t need long interruptive non volume-adjustable ads to add to my time wasting . I’m going to delete mine . It’s so unnecessary . Please change that or deleting . Sorry . It’s fine otherwise . I’m happy to pay a nominal fee t
- [R31] Teacher: I don’t love this last update. The cards move in a jerky manner and not smooth. They do move faster, but not smooth. They seem to stall sometimes. Just my opinion. Would like the older version back. 🤷♀️
- [R109] Slow: Ever since the newest update the game is extremely slow
- [R253] Bloated, slow, with lots of ads: Latest update has a memory leak, the app slows to a crawl and phone overheats after a minute. I’ve had this app for a long time, I’m keeping it because I like having my historical stats.
- [R371] Slow: Cards but favourable most of the time. Can't really be chance
- [R152] Glitching!!: I love the game, but it’s constantly glitching. Currently it’s glitching to the point where I can’t even play the game. It gets to 4 seconds into the game and it freezes! When I click the cards nothing happens and the time has stopped. The game freezes completely. I exit and restart the app and the same thing happens all over again. It freezes at 4 seconds. I love playing this solit
- [R23] Malware: This used to be my favorite solitaire game but now it constantly opens “virus scanning” pages in Safari automatically in the middle of games. Not worth infecting my phone when there are tons of other Solitaire apps.
Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store