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Eric's FreeCell Solitaire HD – Entertainment Game Review
Eric's FreeCell Solitaire HD is a Entertainment/Card/Strategy game from Eric Snider, first launched in 10th December 2010.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 672+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Eric's FreeCell Solitaire HD Stand Out
If you love solitaire you'll love Eric's FreeCell Solitaire HD with a fantastic user interface, beautiful graphics and subtle sound effects. Comes with two bonus solitaire games: "Towers" and "Eight Off."
Drag, tap, or for the most fun, give cards a shove to send them on their way!
DESCRIPTION
Written by the same Eric that developed the Eric's Solitaire Sample that came on every Mac in the U.S. and Eric's Ultimate Solitaire for Mac OS. You can drag and drop or tap cards to move them. You can even throw the cards with a shove! Supports portrait and landscape orientations and has a fun user interface.
FreeCell is one of the most popular variations of solitaire. It offers lots of room for skill so players don't have to rely on luck as much as in other solitaire variations. This version is strictly for iPad.
Your game is saved when you quit or get a call and is quickly restored when you return.
FEATURES
- Beautiful art, cool particle effects and a fun user-interface
- Even nicer high resolution retina graphics for iPad 3
- Subtle sound effects so you can enjoy your music
- Drag and drop cards or throw them!
- Playable cards wiggle or glow — turn off for a bigger challenge. The more the cards wiggle the better the move.
- Unlimited Undo
- Portrait and Landscape support
- Game state saved when interrupted
- Detailed Statistics
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This Entertainment game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Eric's FreeCell Solitaire HD is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 18th January 2023
Recent improvements include:
• Many updates to keep this working smoothly!
Download & Availability
Eric's FreeCell Solitaire HD is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Eric's FreeCell Solitaire HD on App Store
Requirements: Requires iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 / iPad Mini 3 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 4 / iPad Mini 4 (Cellular) or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
This is our favorite FreeCell app and we play it daily. In this new release you have removed the time from the upper left hand corner. Thats not going to fool us to play longer. Call we get the clock back.
Ive played this game almost 4100 times and it never gets old because its never the same twice.
Love this Spider Solitaire. It allows you to pick the cards and the background. For us its the easiest Spider game to navigate. We enjoy it very much.
One of our favorite games. Love this app. So easy to use.
Works well. Game is winnable if you concentrate on advanced moves. Some games require multiple restarts, but they are too, eventually winnable. Love playing it.
Style and format really nice. We like the way the play goes. Color, clarity, really makes it comfy to play.
What can we say, but this is our favorite game. We started playing this game on Apple Performa back in the day. Great game to pass time.
Love it! Play it for hours! Keeps the brain cells multiplying.
Nice backgrounds. On/off features for identifying available moves, sound and auto (quick) finish. The graphics are appealing and set this app apart from others. Quick resolution of any issues by the developer; excellent attention to feedback.
Once again our favorite game! Thanks.
We like this very much. Better than any other Ive seen except it could be much better. It should have an indicator to let you know as soon as you make a move that puts you in a position with no possible solution. In all fairness, we havent seen any other FreeCell game that does that either. But it could. The Brainium version will tell you that but you have to ask for it, it doesnt do it automatically as you go along. This one looks so nice, the movement of the cards is so nice, we just wish it had that one last feature.
We loved the game till it just froze up! We were at 4000 (and change) It will not restart! On our IPad! Please help! We've searched thre apps store for maybe another version. Each,,, only Eric Snyder is the best.
Very addictive. We love to see how many games we can win in a row. Also very calming in this frenetic world.
We have played variations of these games for decades. Quality software/apps that work reliably, and great customer service to boot. Friendly interactions lead to loyal customers. Eight Off is our favorite. :).
Great app, lots of fun, addictive! Love the challenge, and seeing our rewards at the end of each game.
We first saw our son playing this game as a stress reliever, now we are hooked. We even emailed Eric Snider to let him know how much we loved the game, the Best FreeCell on the web.
We're glad they did update it so it will still be usable, but all the movements of the cards are quite choppy now. Needs a bug fix we guess. Never mind. It is fixed! It started working very smoothly – even better than before! Thanks.
Play it every day, it's a challenge.
Towers is our favorite Solitaire game, and this is a very good version. But it could be great with a few improvements like Inclusion of numbers for each puzzle and a way to access specific puzzles would let you share your experiences with other players. A solver would also be welcome. Once you get addicted to Towers you will never go back to an easy game like Freecell we hope a future update will address these issues.
We have tried a number of FreeCell games and this one is BY FAR the BEST!! Be careful it's addictive!! We've played over 5,000 games on this APP.
Beautiful, tasteful design. Well-programmed game interface. Fun, original reward animations after victory. Brain-effort able to win 70+% of games played.
Graphics great. Puzzles challenging. Highly recommend this game.
Two years ago we closed our business in order to take care of aging parents. Now, eight thousand games later, along with meditation we still have most of our sanity.
After trying this freecell, you won't want to go back using any other freecell out there.
Good game selection, well implemented, fun to play.
Adding Eleven Off and some of the other games from the author's Mac collection would make this five stars.
Excellent version for a free game. Thanks.
This is about the best free cell app we have tried. Some others have more bells and whistles, but for basic free cell, this is a winner.
This is the best card game we've ever played.
This is a good game! It is addictive and challenging,.
Just the very best. Play it for at least a few minutes every night.
This app is awesome! We can't stop playing. The graphics are amazing and the play is fast. We used to play the Windows version on our PC, but this app is 10 times better.
We have thoroughly enjoyed the game play :).
We play this on our iPhone 4S and iPad, and it works great.
Best written game in iTunes Never a bug and smooth flowing.
This is an excellent app. We really enjoy FreeCell and this app works very well. One suggestion is to offer a more traditional option in the look of the cards, we.e. Show all 7 diamonds on the 7 of Diamonds, or show the picture of the Jack of Clubs. Otherwise, very good.
Enjoy playing but, not sure how to play towers, instructions not helpful.
This free cell not only looks good, but feels good and sounds good. It's very satisfying to flick the cards across the screen and have them "kshhhht" into place. Obviously the creators took into account all the senses involved in working with a touch screen. Kudos. There's just one little thing–not enough to take away a star. About every 500 games or so, the game won't let you move a last card in a column to the waiting area. There is almost always an alternative move you can make to break the hold, but it's as if the game is saying, "Uh-uh, not that one. There's a better move." we find this annoying, but as it's rare and we can get around it, it's no big deal. We played the free version for about a year, but finally couldn't take accidentally hitting on the add and being forced into the App Store. This game is really fun.
Excellent games. With the updates you'll have hours of fun.
Easy to enjoy, nice features and graphics – happy with this purchase.
Fun, elegant, intellectually challenging game that we've spent WAY too much time playing. But it's great for when you're waiting for a plane or otherwise want something to occupy your mind.
This game is challenging but very addictive. We like the way the cards move when you barely touch them. Wish card face was little different.
Might take one a " few times" to get this one going, but it's a blast to play.
Having a great time playing on this rainy day in Georgia.
Well done, especially automatic features.
We love free cell and play it all the time. This App for the iPad is great.
Fun, challenging right from game one.
We have played many free cell apps and this is by far the best. Last release improved upon a great app. Thanks.
This game is the best freecell version we have played. The only thing we wish for is better solid backgrounds. Other than that, no complaints.
We first played 8off on our Palm Pilot. Loved it but frustrated when the cards went off the bottom of the screen. All these aggravations are gone in this version. It can be a challenge to play but we also like the fact there is a winning solution to each hand.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.9
- Size: 38.61 MB
- iOS: 14.1 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: Eric Snider
Last updated: 18th January 2023 | Genre: Entertainment, Card | Developer: Eric Snider