FLICK SOLITAIRE - Card Games 4+

Big fan BUT the ads are terrible

The art and design of this app is so much fun. My only complaint is that the ads in this app are more aggressive than any other app I’ve ever experienced. They typically have three stages, and you have to exit out three times like it’s a pop up. The ways to exit are often hidden or small so that you accidentally click on them and pull up the App Store. I understand needing ad revenue, and I enjoy this enough to pay a one-time price, but it’s a highly-priced subscription service instead. It really lowers the quality of the app, but at least it’s very pretty and fun, so those win out over how bad the ads are. I just felt like I should write a review and warn people what they’re getting into if they don’t pay the subscription service.

Developer Response ,

Thank you for your review - it's awesome to read how much you are enjoying the card art designed by artists from all over the world. Our aim is to keep building Solitaire for everyone - for players to come back to and enjoy, forever! To achieve our goal - fresh content is key! We are constantly improving the game via updates plus commissioning new artists each month so we really can't make a pay-once model work. However, we do try to make the sub good value with extra perks and costing about the same as 1 coffee per month. We totally understand that subscriptions aren't for everyone though which is why we try to make sure everyone can have a great free experience with ads. Any purchase (whether that be coins, a deck or a subscription) will remove banner ads forever. We show fewer ads than most similar games which all are skippable after a few seconds. We agree that the X button can be difficult to spot on some ads and sometimes there is more than one static image to skip - but sadly this isn't within our control and is all down to the ad networks themselves. Suggestions to improve further are genuinely welcome (feedback@flick.games). Thank you for your support. Best wishes, the Flick Family.

Beautiful, but too hard and too expensive

I really hate to write this review as on first impression I absolutely love this concept. The beautiful card art and backgrounds, the flick animation is satisfying and makes it easy to play with one hand, lastly I adore the ASMR option for sound. It would be the PERFECT solitaire app for me and I would’ve even been willing to pay the over expensive annual fee if it weren’t for the fact that the game continues to try to micro transaction constantly even if if you pay the $35 for the year. The second thing is that I am a semi-beginner at solitaire and I prefer to play in bed as I’m going to sleep as a soothing and relaxing activity. But even the easy levels on this app get frustratingly hard fast (this is in comparison to the two other solitaire games I play in which I’ve never had trouble finishing easy games). This is again because they want to micro transaction you to buy more hints (which they only give you ten even if you buy premium). If they ever added an endless random deal game option rather than the level system (that deals the same exact hand over and over) I would gladly pay them to play it. Until then I am deleting this app. I genuinely hope they read the reviews and make changes as I would love to come back to it eventually.

Love it, but the ads…

This is the most aesthetically pleasing and fun solitaire app I’ve found. Collecting different decks is really fun, and flicking the cards is really satisfying. I also enjoy that it has more card games than just solitaire.
However, the ads almost make the game unbearable to play. You get an ad every single time you finish a game. Even just restarting a level or going to the menu prompts an ad sometimes! Yes, the ads are only 5 seconds long, but they’re so aggressive and plentiful that the short length really doesn’t make it feel better. I honestly would prefer 30 second ads that show up less often, having my gameplay interrupted constantly is just too irritating. I would 100% buy an IAP to remove the ads, but all they offer is a subscription… I get the reasoning, but a subscription is extremely unappealing and judging by the reviews some people feel the same. The subscription already offers more perks than just getting rid of ads, so I don’t see why a separate “no ads” IAP can’t exist alongside it. That would take the game to 5 stars for me. A small nitpick as well: it takes extremely long to complete decks because I just keep getting duplicate cards.
I love this game but I’d also love to see some changes to how advertising is handled. I hope the devs start considering a no ads IAP.

Developer Response ,

Thank you for your review - we appreciate your feedback. We are extremely lucky to work with such diverse and talented artists - we love to read that players enjoy collecting all of their cards! We try our best to offer a free ad-supported experience for players. We do show fewer ads than most similar apps and all are skippable after a few seconds. Club Flick is a good value subscription package that removes ads plus provides more perks and rewards. We know subscriptions aren't for everyone so we continue to evaluate the value for players and for the price of a posh takeaway coffee per month you help support us to keep improving the game and commissioning amazing artists. 🙏 We appreciate your support and feedback. If you have any more questions or feedback, please don't hesitate to reach out to us at support@flick.games. Thanks for playing. Best wishes, Team Flick 🙏