Dwindle
Support
Dwindle is a one-thumb solitaire for iPhone by Fickle Foibles.
Contact
Email rafe.hatfield@gmail.com and a person will read it. Anything at all: a bug, a question, a card that did something you did not expect, or an idea. If you are reporting a problem, telling me your iPhone model and iOS version helps, but send it either way.
How to play
Deal a card onto the end of the line. Look at any three cards in a row. If the two on the outside share a suit or a number, tap the one in the middle: it slides left onto its neighbour and the line closes up. A pile counts as the card on top. Stuck? Deal again. Changed your mind? Undo. When the deck runs out, count your piles. Two is a win; fewer is always better.
Common questions
- Nothing is outlined and I can't tap anything.
- No card can be collapsed right now. Tap the deck to deal the next card.
- What does the play button do?
- It hands the game to the computer, which plays at the speed shown on the pill beside it (½×, 2×, 4×). Pause hands the game back to you, with hints and undo. You can hide this button in Settings.
- How do hints work?
- On for your first three games, then off. Switch them on or off any time in Settings.
- What is the Daily Deal?
- The same shuffle for everyone that day. One attempt counts.
- How do I reset my statistics?
- Settings → Reset stats. This clears your statistics only; the app keeps working.
- Where are the left-handed layout, dark theme, sound and haptics?
- All in Settings.
- What accessibility options are there?
- Five, in Settings, all off by default: a four-colour deck, Larger display (which scales the cards as well as the text), Reduce motion, Spoken play and Speech rate.
- How do I turn on Spoken play without seeing the screen?
- Turn VoiceOver off, then triple-tap anywhere with two fingers. The game says it is listening. Tap a card once to hear it and again to play it; the hint button reads out every move you can make. The same gesture turns it off.
- Does Dwindle work with VoiceOver?
- Not yet. The engine it is built on can't talk to VoiceOver, so VoiceOver sees the game as a blank screen and takes your taps before the game gets them. Spoken play is the game reading itself aloud instead, which is why VoiceOver needs to be off.
Privacy
Dwindle collects nothing. It has no accounts, no analytics and no internet connection, and it asks for no permissions. See the privacy policy.