Accessible Solitaire Version 4.0 includes a new game called Spider Solitaire. For details on how to play this game with the iOS VoiceOver screen reader, the iOS Voice Control speech feature, or the iOS Switch Control switch device feature, please visit https://accessiblesolitaire.com/2026/02/16/accessible-spider-solitaire. If you have suggestions on how the Spider Solitaire game can be made more accessible and more fun for you, please do let me know.

Accessible Solitaire Version 3.16 contains two updates based on player feedback. The first of those updates means that a click on the Help item in the app menu links to content specific to the solitaire game currently being played. For all posts relating to the app, please visit AccessibleSolitaire.com. The second update is a new setting to optionally show a Restart Game button beneath the App Menu button near the top left corner of the app. Clicking this button has the same effect as clicking the Restart Game item in the App Menu, but requires fewer steps to access it. Please note that recent versions of the Accessible Solitaire app have had changes made relating to loading up a previous game session when the app is started or when moving between games, and when the cards are dealt when a game is restarted. Currently the app does need some improvements in this area, so thanks for your patience while I continue to work on that. For example, the games can take a few seconds to start, and players should wait for the game to be ready. Also, in rare cases a dealt card pile might not appear at all or a card in the pile might visually appear empty. Restarting the app should fix those issues until I've had an opportunity to make the app more robust.

Accessible Solitaire Version 3.15 expands the behaviour of the screen reader button which announces open cards. Previously this button would announce open cards in the Tri Peaks, Pyramid, and Baker's Dozen games. Now, in addition to those, it announces the topmost cards in the dealt card piles in the Klondike game. Please note that in the Klondike game the topmost card in each dealt card pile is not the only card that can be selected, but based on player feedback, it would be helpful for a screen reader to announce all the topmost cards in the Klondike game. Also note that if a dealt card pile is not included in the announcement, then it is empty. Version 3.5 also improves the visual layout of the cards in the games. There is now a slight gap between the dealt cards and the target card piles regardless of the game being played and the orientation of the device. Version 3.5 has had some changes made relating to loading up a previous game session when the app is started or when moving between games, and when the cards are dealt when a game is restarted. Currently the app does need some improvements in this area, so thanks for your patience while I continue to work on that. For example, the games can take a few seconds to start, and players should wait for the game to be ready. Also, in rare cases a dealt card pile might not appear at all or a card in the pile might visually appear empty. Restarting the app should fix those issues until I've had an opportunity to make the app more robust.

Accessible Solitaire Version 3.14 contains a new game called Baker's Dozen Solitaire, in addition to the existing games of Tri Peaks, Pyramid, and Klondike solitaire. This new game has been added in response to a request from a player. For more information on the Baker's Dozen game, please visit: https://accessiblesolitaire.com/2026/02/01/accessible-bakers-dozen-solitaire.

Version 3.13 includes a new feature to pause and resume in-progress games. To learn more about this feature, please visit: https://accessiblesolitaire.com/2026/01/27/pause-resume-games-in-the-accessible-solitaire-app

Accessible Solitaire Version 3.12 includes support for switching between in-progress games of Klondike solitaire, Pyramid solitaire, and Tri Peaks solitaire, and later returning to each game to continue playing the in-progress games.

Accessible Solitaire Version 3.11 includes a new game called Tri Peaks solitaire, in addition to the Klondike solitaire and Pyramid solitaire games that are already available in the app. Tri Peaks solitaire can be played using a screen reader, and on some devices, played using speech or a switch device. For more information about the new Tri Peaks solitaire game, please visit https://accessiblesolitaire.com/2026/01/21/accessible-tri-peaks-solitaire.

Accessible Solitaire Version 3.10 includes a new feature requested by players, to optionally auto-complete the Klondike Solitaire game. This option is turned off by default, and can be turned on at the app's Setting page. The option only has an effect when the setting for how many cards should be turned up when the Next Card button is clicked, is set to turn up one card at a time. When the auto-complete setting is on, once the last face-down card in the dealt card piles is turned up, the game is considered complete, regardless of how many cards are left in the remaining cards pile or the upturned cards pile. So once the last face-down card is turned up, all cards instantly move to the four target cards piles, and the "Congratulations" message appears saying that the game was auto-completed, and the time it took to win the game. If you have any more suggestions on how the game can be made more accessible and enjoyable, please do let me know.

Accessible Solitaire Version 3.7 shows the time taken to win the game for both Klondike Solitaire and Pyramid Solitaire. It also improves the reliability of the app on some devices.

Version 3.6 includes a new button in the set of Screen Reader Buttons that can be shown when playing the Pyramid Solitaire game. The new button is called "Open Cards", and when clicked, VoiceOver will announce the names of all the open cards in the pyramid of cards. The announcement begins by announcing the open cards starting with Row 7, and moving up the pyramid through the other rows. Please note that the set of Screen Reader Buttons has been moved to the right of the Menu button near the top left of the app, rather than beneath the Menu button.

Version 3.5 includes improvements to the "time spent playing game" message when a game of Pyramid Solitaire is won.

Version 3.4 adds support for the various sounds available in the Settings page when playing the Pyramid Solitaire game. For example, a sound can be played whenever an attempt to discard a card from the pyramid has succeeded.

Version 3.3 includes an improved VoiceOver announcement experience when a card is discarded in the Pyramid Solitaire game. When the card is discarded from the pyramid, VoiceOver moves to the left of the card that was discarded, and announces the name of that card.

The "Congratulations!" message in Version 3.2 now includes the time taken to complete the pyramid game.

Accessible Solitaire V3 includes a Pyramid version of the solitaire game, in addition to the Klondike version of solitaire. Please note that the Pyramid version of the game is a work in progress. Current constraints in the app are listed at the game's help content up at https://accessiblesolitaire.com/2025/11/26/coming-soon-accessible-pyramid-solitaire. Your feedback will help me prioritise the work ahead, so please to let me know where the game needs improving. Thanks! Version 3.1 include improved translations for the Polish version of the game.

Accessible Solitaire Version 3.0 includes a Pyramid version of the solitaire game, in addition to the Klondike version of solitaire that's always been available in the app. The Pyramid version of the game has been added following requests from people interested in playing the game using the iOS VoiceOver screen reader and the iOS Voice Control feature. Please note that the Pyramid version of the game is a work in progress, and while it is playable today, there are a number of improvements that need to be made to the app. Some of the current constraints in the app are listed at the game's help content up at https://accessiblesolitaire.com/2025/11/26/coming-soon-accessible-pyramid-solitaire. Your feedback will help me prioritise the work ahead, so please to let me know where the game is working satisfactorily, and where it needs improving. Thanks!

Accessible Solitaire Version 2.30 includes a change to how cards are shown visually when they are selected. Previously, when a card was selected, a colour border appears at the edges of the card. Players of the game requested that the background colour of the card also change when the card is selected. So in Version 2.30, the background card colour also changes, to be the same as the colour shown by dealt cards when they're in a set of selected cards. While this decreases the colour contrast between the selected card background and the suit and rank symbols shown on the selected card, the contrast still meets accessibility guidelines, and so it is hoped that overall this change makes the app more usable. If you have your own feedback on this change, please do let me know.

Accessible Solitaire Version 2.29 improves the game-playing experience for players using both Voice Control and VoiceOver at the same time. As part of this, the names of the optional screen reader-related buttons shown in the app are now: "Game state", and "Available moves". Also, the setting to have the target card piles in the app be headings, is now off by default. If you would like to have these the target card piles headings, please visit the app Settings page and turn the related setting on. A video showing Accessible Solitaire being playing with Voice Control and VoiceOver at the same time, is at https://youtu.be/Tl3ryTP7xtA.

An earlier version of Accessible Solitaire introduced a feature where the target card piles were made headings, which resulted in faster navigation through the app when using the VoiceOver screen reader. This change meant that Voice Control of the app no longer worked, as Voice Control could not always recognise cards which are marked as headings. This new version of Accessible Solitaire, Version 2.28, adds a new setting to change whether the target card piles are headings or not. So if a player wants to play the game using Voice Control, this new setting can be used to have the target card piles not be headings. This means the game can now be played with either VoiceOver or Voice Control.

In Accessible Solitaire version 2.27, all the target card piles are headings. This means that when using heading navigation with the VoiceOver screen reader, it's more efficient to reach the target card piles. For example, if VoiceOver is at an Ace card in dealt card pile four, when heading navigation is enabled, a swipe-up gesture will move to the spades target card pile directly, bypassing all other dealt card piles. Also, the top card in the upturned card pile is now a heading. This means that when VoiceOver is at the Next Card button and heading navigation is enabled, a swipe-down gesture will move directly to the top upturned card, bypassing the other two lower cards in the upturned card pile.

Version 2.26 includes a new setting to have available moves automatically announced by VoiceOver following the successful move of a card. VoiceOver will make the available move announcement after announcing information relating to the move that's just been made. Please note that the available move announcement does not include moves of cards to empty dealt card piles, or moves of cards from the target card piles down to the dealt card piles.

Version 2.25 includes a new "Preview sound" button in the Settings page, to preview the sound to be played when a game is won.

Accessible Solitaire Version 2.24 now supports a brass fanfare as the celebratory sound played when a game is won.

Accessible Solitaire Version 2.22 uses the latest components for building apps, and this means the game can now run on more devices such as iPhone 16. For the moment, the game no longer supports changing screen orientation when the device is rotated. So when changing between portrait and landscape orientation, the game must now be restarted.

Version 2.21 includes new VoiceOver screen reader announcements when a move is attempted but not possible. For example, say a double tap is made on the 2 of Diamonds, and the card is selected. If a double tap is then made on a 4 of Clubs, no move can be made, and the 2 of diamonds is deselected. In earlier versions of the app, VoiceOver would not announce anything following the double tap on the 4 of Clubs, and so the player is not informed that a card has been deselected. In the new version of the app, VoiceOver will announce that no move has been made and the card has been deselected. Also, this version has a new "Close menu" item in the app menu, and the app menu's Help item links to a new location for the app Help content.