Stellar Solitaire — Klondike among the stars

The game

The game you know, somewhere new.

Klondike in deep space

Draw 1 or draw 3, seven columns, four foundations drawn as orbital rings. Cards turn with real perspective over a parallax starfield that leans with your phone — and the faces stay plain and high-contrast, so the board is never hard to read.

One deal a day, for everyone

The Daily Deal rolls over at 08:00 UTC and hands every player the same verified-solvable board. Its draw mode rotates through the week — draw 1 Monday through Thursday, draw 3 for the weekend — and the planet keeps a countdown until you clear it.

Three leaderboards

A recurring daily board for your first win of the day, plus weekly fastest-win boards for Draw 1 and Draw 3, Monday to Monday. Game Center sign-in is entirely optional — nothing in the game requires it.

Winnable deals only — or not

Every deal ships pre-certified by a solver, so “new game” gives you a board that can be beaten. Flip one switch for pure random instead, or type any deal number from 1 to 999,999 to play a specific hand.

Hints, undo, and a Finish button

Unlimited undo and redo. Hints that only ever use cards you can see — never the solver, never a face-down card. A “no more moves” check when it feels hopeless, and one-tap auto-complete the moment the win is guaranteed.

Records worth chasing

Win rate drawn as a filling orbit, best time, best score, fewest moves, current and best streak — tracked separately for Draw 1 and Draw 3. Every unfinished game is saved, so you can always pick it back up. No accounts, no sign-ups.

Support

Questions, bug reports, or feedback? Email rick@rickconner.com with “Stellar Solitaire” in the subject line. Including your device model, iOS version, and a short description of what happened helps me fix things fast.

A few quick answers: the game has no accounts and no in-app purchases. Hints are unlocked by watching a short ad — and when no ad happens to be ready, the hint is simply free, so play never stops to wait on one. Your in-progress games, daily results, personal bests, statistics, and settings are stored only on your device: there is no cloud sync, so deleting the app deletes them for good. Game Center sign-in is optional and only powers the leaderboards.

The Daily Deal changes for everyone at the same moment, 08:00 UTC — 4 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 3 AM Eastern Standard Time — and only your first win of the day counts toward the daily board, since replaying a hand you have already seen is no longer the same puzzle.

If the starfield’s tilt makes you uncomfortable, turn off Motion effects in Settings; sound, music, haptics, the timer, and tap-to-move each have their own switch as well.

Privacy Policy

Effective September 2026 (version 1.0)

Stellar Solitaire collects no personal information. There are no accounts and no sign-ups, and nothing the app records is linked to you. Game progress — in-progress deals, daily results, personal bests, statistics, and settings — is stored in a single file on your device and never transmitted to me. There is no cloud sync and no server of mine anywhere in the app: deleting it deletes that file, and I have no copy to restore.

Gameplay analytics. The app records a small set of gameplay events through Google Firebase Analytics so I can see how the game is played: when a game is started, won, or abandoned, with the mode, draw setting, time taken, moves, score, hints, and undos; when a hint, auto-complete, or the “no more moves” check is used; when an ad was shown or a reward earned; which settings are switched on or off; and the outcome of the consent prompt described below. These events carry a random app-instance identifier, not your name, email, or Apple ID. The app has advertising-identifier (IDFA) collection switched off and ad-personalization signals disabled, and it never asks for permission to track you. Firebase’s processing is governed by Google’s privacy policy.

Game Center. If you choose to sign in to Apple’s Game Center, the app submits one number — your elapsed time in whole seconds — to the daily board on your first win of the day, and to the weekly Draw 1 or Draw 3 board for games dealt fresh. Nothing else about the game is sent. Game Center is provided by Apple under Apple’s privacy policy, and the game is fully playable without it.

Advertising. The app shows ads served by Google AdMob: a banner along the bottom of the home menu (never on the game board), a short ad after a win, a short ad when you abandon a game you have been at for a while (limited so they cannot stack up), and a rewarded ad you can choose to watch for a hint. Ads are configured as non-personalized only: the app does not request permission to track you, does not use your data to build advertising profiles, and does not track you across other companies’ apps or websites. To serve and measure ads and prevent fraud, Google’s SDK may process device information such as device identifiers, IP address, and coarse ad-interaction data. That processing is governed by Google’s privacy policy and Google’s advertising policies.

Your consent choices. In the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland the app asks for your advertising consent on first launch using Google’s consent tool. Your answer is stored on your device, and you can change it at any time from Settings → Privacy options inside the app.

Motion sensors. The starfield leans as you tilt the phone, which the app does by reading your device’s motion sensors. That reading happens entirely on your device, is never stored or transmitted, and needs no permission. Turning off Motion effects in Settings stops it.

Children. The app is not directed at children under 13 and knowingly collects no personal information from anyone, including children.

Changes. If this policy changes, the updated version will be posted at this page with a new effective date.

Contact. Privacy questions: rick@rickconner.com.

Terms of Use

Effective September 2026 (version 1.0)

Using the app means accepting these terms. Stellar Solitaire is made and published by Rick Conner, Mineral Wells, West Virginia. If you do not agree with what follows, please do not install or use the app.

Your license. You get a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use Stellar Solitaire on Apple devices you own or control, for your own non-commercial enjoyment. The app, its code, and its artwork remain mine. Because the app is distributed through the App Store, Apple’s Licensed Application End User License Agreement applies as well, and where it and these terms disagree, Apple’s agreement governs.

Free, with ads. The app costs nothing and has no in-app purchases. It is paid for by advertising. I may change, pause, or stop showing ads at any time, and I may change or discontinue any feature — or the app itself — without notice.

Fair play. Please don’t reverse-engineer, decompile, or modify the app, redistribute or resell it, or use anything that tampers with gameplay, with ad rewards, or with the Game Center leaderboards. Scores obtained that way may be reported to Apple for removal.

Game Center. The leaderboards are Apple’s service, not mine. Your use of Game Center is governed by Apple’s terms, and Apple may moderate, reset, or withdraw leaderboards and accounts independently of me.

Your progress. Your saved games, records, and settings live on your device and nowhere else. Deleting the app, losing the device, or restoring it without a backup loses them permanently. I keep no copy and cannot recover them for you.

No warranty; limits on liability. The app is provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. To the fullest extent the law allows, I am not liable for any indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages, or for lost data or lost progress, arising out of your use of the app. Some jurisdictions do not allow these exclusions, so parts of this paragraph may not apply to you.

Changes, governing law, contact. Updated terms will be posted at this page with a new effective date; continuing to use the app means accepting them. These terms are governed by the laws of the State of West Virginia, USA, without regard to its conflict-of-law rules. Questions: rick@rickconner.com.