I want my Solitaire back
April 21, 2019 8:22 AM   Subscribe

I want the standard (Game Center) Solitaire game on my new iPad mini. Where is it?

I set up my new iPad mini with a backup of my iPhone, but I can't find the iOS standard Solitaire app. It's on my iPhone and my full-sized iPad, but I can't get it on the mini. It isn't in the App store, I can't find it in my previously purchased apps, and iTunes on my Mac no longer lets you manage apps, and Game Center is no longer a part of iOS.

I know there are plenty of other Solitaire apps available, but I really like the standard one. I play it on my iPhone and other iPad, so why can't I have it on my mini?
posted by Joleta to Technology (3 answers total)
 
Could it be a victim of the Great iOS 11 32-Bit App Purge?

I lost a handful of games to it, including 100 Rogues (which I don’t think was a Game Center app), Boggle (which was), and more I cannot remember.
posted by Mister Moofoo at 8:36 AM on April 21, 2019 [2 favorites]


I don’t think Apple has ever had a “built in” solitaire game the way that Windows does. Probably the app you’ve been using isn’t compatible with your new mini; what generation are your phone and full-size iPad?
posted by MadamM at 12:32 PM on April 21, 2019 [1 favorite]


Response by poster: iPhone 7+, iPad 6th gen. iPad mini 5th gen (2019). All running iOS 12.
posted by Joleta at 4:14 PM on April 21, 2019


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