Last updated on December 15th, 2025 at 07:56 am
Montana (Gaps) Solitaire – Strategy Game Review
Montana (Gaps) Solitaire is a Strategy/Entertainment/Card game from CHENGDU MIAOZHI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., first launched in 4th June 2021.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 374+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Montana (Gaps) Solitaire Stand Out
Montana Solitaire is also known as Gaps or Spaces.
Object:
To order all of the cards in 4 rows of increasing order from 2 to K, one single suit per row.
Layout:
All 52 cards are dealt face up into 4 rows, 13 cards each, where the cards are not overlapped.
After the dealing the Aces are removed to create 4 blank spaces.
Play:
Any card can be moved to a blank spot, if it is one rank higher than the card to the left of the blank and it is from the same suit.\nClick a blank to fill it, or click on the card you want to move to a space (if the card can be moved).
A space in the first column can only be filled with a Two from any suit.
A King blocks any spaces to the right of the King. You can continue arranging the cards until all moves are blocked by a King.
If all spaces are blocked by a King, press Shuffle Remaining button. All cards, which are not in ascending value within the same suit (starting with a Two in the first column), will be gathered, shuffled with Aces, and redealt.
Only three shuffles of the remaining cards are allowed in Montana Relax, and only one shuffle of the remaining cards are allowed in Montana Classic.
Tips:
We have few really good tips. Just avoid leaving gaps to the right of Kings, and be careful in choosing which deuce you play to an empty space in the first column. Try to think ahead!
One reader suggested to us that’s it’s not good to finish a row too soon. If you finish a 2-through-King row by placing a King in the 12th column and then deal, you get a gap in the 13th column that is useless to you for the rest of the game.
Another reader suggests that you should not place too many cards before the final redeal. If the game is mostly finished before the final redeal, you will have few choices after the redeal and a high chance of being stuck. By leaving more cards unplayed, you will get more freedom of choice for your last moves.
When played as a puzzle game, with unlimited use of the Redo command, Montana is nearly always winnable.
Chance of Winning:
1 in 20 games.
Scoring:
∙ You get one point for each card that is in sequence. The highest possible score is 48 points.
∙ If you have any shuffle moves remaining, you get an extra 10 points for each one.
∙ If you use the undo button, you lose 2 points. So if you use it three times, you lose a total of 6 points.
∙ When you finish the game, we will calculate your score and rank your performance.
Any feedback, please contact [email protected]
This Strategy game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Montana (Gaps) Solitaire is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 21st October 2025
Recent improvements include:
Fix the issues from the last update.
Download & Availability
Montana (Gaps) Solitaire is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Montana (Gaps) Solitaire on App Store
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:
A solitary card game and you are bombarded with Ads.
We cant help but feel this feeling s 100 percent random with little to no skill. Its like playing slots. You often are left with one move making it boring and tedious. The only fun is some illusion of agencywhen reality is its always going to be the same.
They changed the format. You used to be able to shuffle 3 times. Twice is not enough to win before youre forced to watch ads. Really annoying.
We even paid the $5 for the pro version since we play this game everyday – doing that we lost ALL of our calendar wins!!!! Thats 4 months of games Ive won gone.
We were happy to see a new update, thankfully we thought Id give it a try before paying for the new pro. The update is awful! We lost all of our gold medals from the last 5 months or so, instead of having 3 shuffles you only get one, also we can no longer place kings at the end of the playing rows making the game completely impossible to win! We use to win 80% of our games, since the update Ive played 7 or 8 games, dont even come close to winning. Its to bad as we enjoyed this daily, and now Ill probably just delete the app.
The cards disappear making it impossible to play.
Is there a way to make our Cards Larger on our Screen.
Cards get lost and just disappear. There should be 4 empty spots but Ive had 12.
A good game. Worth 3 bucks for no ads. Two thing we don't like is the disappearing cards and the game stays open until it drains the battery to nothing. We contacted support about the disappearing cards…..but nothing.
Needs updatesbadly. Ive had to restart games so many times cause we cant move cards. Glitches and there are duplicate cards.
Update fixes nothing. App STILL want us to pay $3.00 to remove ads every time we open it. It also contains tracking software to collect data about where you gi and what you do online so he can sell it. Pick one: sell info or charge for ad-free game. Choosing both indicates you are a person of low quality. DO NOT BUY THIS AP. DO NOT EVEN USE IT. THIS GUY IS THE WORST SORT OF HUMAN BEING.
We were enjoying the game so we paid to remove ads. EVERY SINGLE TIME we open the app ads appear and we have to restore purchases to get rid of them. Really.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.7
- Size: 47.41 MB
- iOS: 12.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: CHENGDU MIAOZHI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Last updated: 21st October 2025 | Genre: Strategy, Entertainment | Developer: CHENGDU MIAOZHI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.