Solitaire‪+‬ 4+

I’ve played Brainium’s games on my iPhone so I thought I’d try it on my Mac. The gameplay is just as good. This is a solid version of solitaire. However, the graphics are quite pixelated. Perhaps they weren’t updated to run on the Mac’s larger screen? I also would like the hint system to be a little smarter: it would be great if it could let me know when my hand is “dead” -- that is, when there are no further meaningful moves available. Overall, this is a good choice if you want solitaire on your Mac without ads and without pay-to-play mechanics.

When I’m making a phone call and I know I’m likely to be on hold while bad music plays through awful speakers I always open a solitaire game.
I noticed with this specific solitaire game that if I win a game, the next 3 games are impossible to win - the cards I need to complete that game just can’t be uncovered. I’ve found a work-around to defeat this annoying glitch in the program.
When I’ve won and the cards are slowly rolling over on to the deck I wait with my cursor poised over the “new game” icon and as soon as the row of 10’s begins to move I click that new game icon. Usually this disrupts the shuffling algorythm enough to make a new game that I can win. Then I just minimize the game until I want to play again. If it doesn’t work, which does happen sometimes, I can usually get a winnable game after a few tries.
Strategy hint: I never put the first of 2 cards that can go to a place on a stack unless I’m sure the one other card that could go there is not in play. In other words if I draw a 6 of hearts that could go on a black seven I won’t use it until I’ve completed checking all the cards available to play to be sure there’s also a 6 of diamonds I could use - it’s a way to avoid “shooting myself in the foot” by reducing the risk that I’ll make it impossible to play a covered card when/if I do uncover it.

I've been playing this game for years.
There's just one issue that I have. In the latest update the ability of the program to retain the last size and position when reopening the game was lost. It's a small thing but it is irritating to have to move and adjust every time I open it.