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Freecell – Entertainment Game Review
Freecell is a Entertainment/Card/Puzzle game from JELLY BOX APPS LTD, first launched in 5th December 2011.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 901+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Freecell Stand Out
FreeCell has been bundled with all versions of Windows since 95 . The term "FreeCell" is given to the four empty spaces above the tableau that are used for the temporary storage of cards. The rules only allow you to move one card at a time but the FreeCells can be used to move sequences of packed cards between tableau columns. All the cards are dealt face up at the start of the game and this lets you analyze the outcome of moves before you make them.
This Entertainment game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Freecell is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 7th October 2019
Recent improvements include:
In this release: Fixed a problem that caused the game to crash for some people.
Download & Availability
Freecell is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
We always enjoy playing this game.
This game really makes us have to think and pay attention. This is important to us because Im 70 and we dont wanna lose our memory. Or our common sense and attention thank you so much for inventing it.
Fun game to play. Very relaxing and enjoying.
We've played Freecell for yrs since the 90's… We absolutely love this app… It provides a wide variety of challenges & a fair amount of easy games as well … We like the fact we can listen to our favorite music while playing.
For us the simple game is perfect! We can play and talk, watch tv, just perfect.
This is everything we need from a freecell app. Everything around the game works perfrectly well, with no extra frills or irritating ads. There are a few quirks, like the volume is based on a ringer volume instead if the media volume, and there's no text for us in the settings menu. It is absolutely still our favorite app for freecell though.
Good game without ads between game, only ads are at the bottom.
Wonderful game – well designed and great fun.
Its free cell – period. Which we like. The ads are not intrusive at all and it is infinitely better than the other free cell apps. We agree there is room for improvement but overall a good app.
Well done. Really enjoy an the ads are unobtrusive. Thanks.
Our previous free cell game upgraded to ad interruptions that could not be silenced or stopped. We searched through more than 6 or 7 more games in the app store that all were rendered offensive by ads. This app offers the card game, no frills (we dont want frills) and minimal ads that run across the top or bottom of page. Easy to ignore, silent. Just what we wanted.
Hi! We like this game very much, however the icon saying the tool bar is hidden its annoying. We click not to show it again to no avail. Why do you have that option if is not going to work.
Easy us the best we can do! For us its a challenge and thats good.
Absolutely great! Each game is a challenge and comforting when you win one. Our best time is 3.3 (3 minutes and 3 seconds. We would like to review our old scores and compare with others.
We find this game a pleasing way to pass our downtime. We would recommend it to anyone.
Been playing for years. After 10s of thousands games see repeats. Still occupies our mind. Could use some more variations. We dont have patterns memorized, however, some are recognizable.
The dont show this again always comes up and irritates us! And maybe its just us but it seems like there are only 4 or 5 games, that repeat over and over.
A great way to pass time while watching TV.
Even though Ive already rated this game it keeps asking us over & over. Please stop.
We really like this free cell program. We wish it didn't have ads but if there is a subscription to get rid of them we're not sure it's worth it because the ads are on the bottom and don't bother us except when we accidentally touch them and our browser pops up overtop of the game etc.. We've played other FreeCell games and liked the animation when you win. Minimal animation just to make you feel good about winning but not wit sound and flashing colored background. We haven't explored the settings thoroughly but we don't see anything that tracts wins or shows you if you're improving or any type of comparison to national averages just so you know if you are as good (or bad) as you think you are. Otherwise it's a good game! 2 Thumbs up.
The update finally returned the game to its previous functionality. An OS update removed many of the functions limiting the ability to change the game from easy to more difficult, or change the format of the game after completing a game. You would have to reboot the app to play another game.
We played a different FreeCell and unfortunately we cant find it anymore. We dont like that the games arent numbered so you can go back to them if you hit the wrong button. We dont like that it will make plays for you that you dont want. We dont like that you cant re-do a play.
Please let us finish the game! Im going to look for a solitaire game that doesnt finish the game after we do the work to get it that point.
We would gladly give this app a five. The graphics on the cards is excellent and they are easy to read. However, the stats dont always work. The first time they stopped working we removed the app from the phone and downloaded again from the Apple store. It worked well a few times and then the stats stopped working again.we dont feel like doing this a third time since probably the same thing will happen again. We might just remove it and will try to find another app that works well.
If you dont mind playing the same games over and over again, this version is OK. There is not many varieties of games offered. Im rather disappointed.
You idiots the GAME is FreeCell! You dont deal a NEW GAME every time, you deal a new HAND!!!! STOP with this persistent rating request.
We will be playing a game and then half way through it will blank out and restart with a new game. This needs to be addressed.
We want the old function back that lets you play your same game over without having to tap undo 80 times. A previous feature was you could choose NEW and it would allow you to start over the same game you were playing.
Goes to home screen and closes, love the game on our iPhone 7.
We know we dont get everything we want but if there is one thing we want is that you should bring back the older version since the style of the cards were much better. We really loved this game until the 2nd update and then the 3rd update made us miss the first version.
No clutter or pop ups. Easy to maneuver. All needed controls are handy.
This is our favorite version of recall. It makes you think a lot more than regular solitary.
Love this game, totally addicted, play every single day.
If you like to play Freecell we are sure you will enjoy this game.
Have tried them all. This one always satisfies.
Our favorite card game – love the challenge to win it and we like being able to see our stats.
It is functional and the ads are not totally annoying and invasive. The deck of cards is a little stretched however, so after you've been playing for awhile and you go to another app, everything looks vertically squished. Small price to pay for unlimited FreeCell games.
Scoring is weird. Enjoy playing a few games everyday.
Good app, ant tell why some completed games are worth less than 13,000 and others 27000 or 35000. Otherwise fun.
The think the scoring to this game is off. The faster you solve the game, the higher your score should be, rather than the longer it take the higher the score. The less moves in the least time you take to complete the game should score the highest points. Because the faster you finish the more skillful you are wouldn't you agree.
This is so user-friendly! Highly recommended.
We really enjoy this card game. One of our favorites! But please; we will pay to have the ads removed!!!!! Very annoying! Give us the option to upgrade to remove them.
Great version of free cell. Works well.
It works, does not crash and has customizable features if you want. The ad banner on the bottom does not interfere with the gameplay and still does its job. We have found it useful without being obnoxious. Very well put together game.
This is a great game to quietly pass the time and remove your mind from the what is going on around you, good or bad. Enjoy hours of enjoyment and easy to use.
We like this game. We did like the previous graphics better. Sometimes it needs to reset. We wsh when you won, they gave you option to start a new game. As of now, the only option is to automatically finish it which means then you wait and start a new game.
We enjoy Free Cell as it challenges us especially when more difficult. We are amazed how our "thinking process" becomes 'automatic' finger taps on next move without effort. Good brain exercise.
Could use a better explanation of how to accomplish high scores, but it's interesting to keep trying.
Fun game but scoring algorithm is inconsistent. We've scored over 27,000 points on a game of over 5 minutes and over 100 moves and then scored under 13,000 points on a game of under 3 minutes and under 90 moves. Scoring appears to be independent of number of moves and amount of time.
This game app continue to crash if one leave and return.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.9
- Size: 35.23 MB
- iOS: 9.1 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: JELLY BOX APPS LTD
Last updated: 7th October 2019 | Genre: Entertainment, Card | Developer: JELLY BOX APPS LTD