What changed
History
- 0.8.0
- NewThe game on the home page is now the same game as the Play Solitaire: FreeCell app for Android. The deal you were playing, deal numbers and replay links open on the Deal numbers page
- ChangedWhere the app would show an ad, the home game shows the app's page on Google Play instead. The one for hints gives you the hint after 3 seconds, as in the app
- 0.7.1
- ChangedThe privacy policy now covers the Play Solitaire: FreeCell app for Android: Google AdMob ads, the Remove ads purchase and usage statistics. The web game here has no app ads and works as before
- 0.7.0
- FixedPressing Hint over and over could move the same card back and forth between two columns forever. Hints now follow one winning line, so hint after hint finishes the game.
- ChangedThe foundations now show the actual top card instead of a small number, and you can see cards fly up to them.
- FixedDropping a card where it cannot go now sends it back. Before, the card could slip into a free cell on its own right after the game said it could not go there.
- FixedYou can drag a card into any empty free cell, not just the first one. A double-click now makes one move, not two.
- FixedHint explanations only mention the move limit when it really changes, and the count of cards on top of a buried ace is now that ace's own count.
- NewMoves and time now sit on the table while you play. The clock stops while you are in another tab.
- ChangedThe reason for each hint now appears on the table next to the buttons, so it is visible without scrolling.
- NewWhen a deal can no longer be won, the table now says so right away, with one button that takes you back to the last position that could still be won.
- NewWin a deal you have won before and the result shows your best on it. Beat it without hints and the title says so. Fewer moves wins, and time breaks ties.
- NewEach strategy page now shows the idea on a real deal: the board as it stands, the move the hint makes and what it changes, with a link to play that deal yourself.
- NewNew Easy and Hard pages. Easy deals can be won with one free cell or none, and hard deals need three or four. Our solver graded each deal, and New game stays at the level you picked.
- NewThe message that a deal can no longer be won now also offers to start the same deal again.
- FixedThe replay buttons (review your game, share the replay, step through it) were in English on every language version except English and Korean. They now follow the page's language.
- NewThe deal numbers page lists every easy and every hard deal number we publish. Tap one to play it at that level.
- NewFreeCell is now in Romanian, including the hints, the strategy guides and the Easy and Hard pages.
- 0.6.0
- ChangedCards and text now use the Onest typeface, the same one as Play Sudoku. Ranks read more clearly on small phone cards.
- ChangedOn phones the table now reaches the edges of the screen, so cards are 44px wide instead of 35px.
- FixedReview my game was drawn as an underlined link that wrapped onto two lines. It is now a button the same size as Share replay.
- NewThe home page now has FreeCell by the numbers: our solver won 31,976 of the 32,000 Microsoft deals, and four deals in five need only two free cells.
- NewKlondike and Spider are one tap away at the bottom of every page, in your language.
- NewA Daily button now sits among the game buttons on the table, with a tick once you have finished today's deal.
- FixedNew game, Undo, Redo and Hint were drawn in the browser's default font instead of the site's. They now match the rest of the page.
- NewOnce you have won a game, the line under the table shows your wins and your daily streak. It links to your full record.
- ChangedAfter a win, the result window offers today's deal if you have not played it yet.
- NewAfter a win you can add FreeCell to your home screen. Say Not now and it will not ask again.
- NewFreeCell is now in Italian, with every page and the hints translated.
- NewFreeCell is now in Polish, with every page and the hints translated.
- NewFreeCell is now in Dutch, with every page and the hints translated.
- ChangedCards under other cards now show their suit as well as their rank, so you can read a whole column. Every card has its rank at the top left and its suit at the top right.
- 0.5.1
- ChangedHints are no longer limited to three per game. Press Hint as often as you like; each one still plays the move and explains why.
- 0.5.0
- ChangedThe buttons (New game, Undo, Redo, Hint, sound) now sit inside the green table at the bottom right, with the status line beside them. Only the title is above the board, so it starts at 146px on desktop and 139px on a phone instead of 271px and 264px.
- NewShare your actual game and review it one move at a time, including undo and redo.
- ChangedCards deal from a deck when a new game starts. Automatic finishing now moves cards home one at a time.
- FixedResuming a game now keeps its elapsed time and full replay history.
- 0.4.1
- FixedDiamonds were drawn narrower than the other suits, so diamond cards looked faint. Card backs also showed mostly their pale border when stacked
- FixedRanks in a column now line up on one center line. Jacks, queens and kings used to sit about 3px left of the number cards
- ChangedThe board now fills the page width, so cards are slightly larger
- ChangedThe menu now reads Daily, This month, Your record, Deal numbers, Rules, How to play
- FixedPicking a card in the middle of a column no longer covers the cards stacked on it
- ChangedCards stacked underneath now show only their rank, in the same corner spot as a card on top. The suit no longer jumps beside the rank
- ChangedJacks, queens and kings now use a proper court design based on 19th-century Goodall & Son cards, instead of the drawn placeholder
- ChangedCards now show a pip for every point, the way a real deck does — a six of spades shows six spades. The single large symbol used to crowd the corner index on 10s
- ChangedPicking up a card now lifts it slightly, so it is obvious which card is in your hand
- ChangedA hinted card pulses twice. The outline alone was easy to miss
- ChangedThe count on a home cell is now a small badge instead of white text on the green
- 0.4.0
- NewYour first move now has a short card sound, with distinct cues for a home cell, a blocked move and a win. Sound never starts by itself, and the mute button remembers your choice
- ChangedFirst-time players see one short prompt above the ready board instead of a Play gate. It disappears after the first move and does not return
- ChangedNew game no longer looks like the required first step. After a first win, the main next step opens today's deal so there is a reason to return tomorrow
- 0.3.2
- ChangedEvery covered card shows its suit now, and tens read 10 instead of T — the whole deal can be read before the first move, including on a phone
- ChangedThe play page has a visible game title and direct links to How to play, Rules, Daily and Deal numbers below the board
- ChangedRules now diagrams the board areas, while How to play shows why an empty column doubles the cards you can move
- ChangedShare cards now lead with the live move capacity and use the same 10 notation and highlighted free cells as the game
- 0.3.1
- ChangedThe five strategy pages are now listed inside How to play, and the separate Strategy link is gone from the top bar. Old strategy links still open
- 0.3.0
- NewThe site is in nine languages now — the picker at the foot of the page switches the board, the guides and the hints together
- 0.2.2
- ChangedThe deal you are on was drawn as a plain grey box on the monthly page. It now matches the other two, with the accent outline marking it
- 0.2.1
- NewThere is a contact page now. The link at the bottom of every page opens it, and leaving an address gets you an answer
- FixedThe about page still said the operator and contact address were to be filled in before launch
- ChangedSearch results can show the path to a page — Strategy › Empty a column — instead of the bare address
- 0.2.0
- FixedThe suit under each rank was being cut in half by the card stacked on top of it
- ChangedCards are shaped like a real pack now, and the one you can actually reach carries a large suit in the middle
- FixedA card you moved slid behind the other columns on its way across. It passes over them now
- NewA hint plays the move straight away and says why it is the move. You get three a game, and a refresh does not give you more
- NewThree deals a month, the same three for everyone. Your total time appears once all three are finished — not before, or a month you barely played would look like your fastest
- NewThe daily page has a calendar of the month. Days you finished are filled in, and any past day opens that day's board again
- ChangedEvery page carries the same menu, with the time left on today's deal and on this month's three
- ChangedThe board keeps room for a longer column, so the page stops jumping as a column grows
- NewFreeCell can go on a phone's home screen now, with an icon of its own
- NewPasting a link shows the board for deal 617 and the line that says you can move 5 cards at once
- FixedThe tab icon was blank in Safari and was not eligible to show in Google results — Google does not accept SVG icons
- 0.1.0
- NewFreeCell is playable here. Deals use the same numbers as Microsoft FreeCell, so game 11982 is the famous unwinnable one
- NewThe board always says how many cards you can move at once. That number is why a run refuses to go
- NewA card goes home as soon as nothing could need it again, which is a little sooner than Microsoft FreeCell does it
- ChangedDeals that cannot be finished in a hundred moves are not handed out
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