LG / game / SOLITAIRE
REVIEW
Solitaire on LG webOS is the generic shovelware solitaire your TV doesn't need.
MlvFun's Solitaire is one of dozens of nearly identical Klondike implementations across the smart-TV stores. The LG version exists. It does Solitaire. There is nothing else here.
BY THE APP COMRADE DESK · MAY 9, 2026 · 2 MIN READ
Smart-TV app stores have a long tail of generic-card-game shovelware — solitaire, hearts, spades, freecell, mahjong — built by micro-studios in volume, distributed by the storefront’s own discoverability churn, monetised through low-quality ad networks that don’t scrutinise the inventory. MlvFun’s Solitaire on LG webOS is one of those products, a Klondike implementation indistinguishable from a dozen near-identical apps elsewhere on the same store.
The app isn’t broken. The card mechanics are correct, the undo and hint functions work, and the install is small enough that nothing about owning it is actively bad. What’s missing is any reason to install it specifically. Solitaire as a category is solved on phones, in browsers, and in operating-system bundles; the TV-app version of solitaire competes against any of those by being on the same device as your TV, which isn’t an argument that holds up against the convenience of a phone in your pocket.
The editorial position on shovelware is straightforward. The app exists, the app works at the basic level, and the storefront’s quality bar permitted the listing — none of which makes the app worth your time. App Comrade’s response to a Klondike implementation that brings nothing to the genre and an advertising-supported model that’s worse than the phone alternative is to recommend a skip. The Solitaire users who want a TV solitaire app are an audience the LG store could serve better; this isn’t the version that does it.
Solitaire on the TV is a category that exists; this specific Solitaire is one of the indistinguishable installs filling that category.
FEATURES
Solitaire on LG webOS from MlvFun is a Klondike solitaire app — the standard 52-card single-player solitaire variant most users mean when they say "Solitaire". The TV-store category contains a dozen functionally identical versions from different micro-studios; this is one of them.
Core surfaces: a single-screen Klondike game with the standard draw-1 / draw-3 toggle, undo, hint, new-game / restart-game, and a basic stats screen tracking wins and times. Card art is a generic pip-and-suit set; background colour is the felt-green default of every solitaire app since Microsoft Windows 3.0.
Free with ads. The advertising surfaces are pre-game interstitials and post-game banners; there's no obvious in-app purchase path for ad removal in the LG build.
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED
As a solitaire game, it works. The card mechanics are correct, the win-detection logic is correct, the undo and hint systems function, and the stats persist between sessions. For a player who specifically wants to play Klondike on a TV with a webOS remote, this app delivers Klondike on a TV with a webOS remote.
The install is small, the load time is short, and the app doesn't ask for permissions, accounts, or personal information beyond what the LG store already has. There's no online component, no friend-list integration, no "share your win" prompts.
ROOM TO IMPROVE
There is nothing here that distinguishes the app from any other free solitaire on any other smart-TV store. Card art is generic, the table design is generic, the menu typography is generic, and the audio is the cheapest possible click-and-shuffle SFX library. Whatever differentiation MlvFun could have built — themed card decks, player-vs-player turn-based play, timed-puzzle modes, daily-deal challenges — is absent.
The remote-as-input experience is mediocre. Selecting individual cards via the webOS direction pad is slower than dragging on a touchscreen and lacks the satisfying tactile feedback that makes phone solitaire apps work. The Magic Remote's pointer mode is a partial improvement but the app's hit-target sizing wasn't designed around it.
Advertising frequency is high relative to the gameplay payoff. A short solitaire game punctuated by interstitial advertising is a worse experience than the same game without ads on a phone, where the alternatives are a tap away.
CONCLUSION
Skip Solitaire on LG webOS. There's no version of "I want to play solitaire" where this is the right install — phone solitaire is better, browser solitaire is better, the Microsoft Solitaire Collection on Windows is better, and even the other solitaire apps on the LG store are mostly indistinguishable from this one. Generic shovelware exists because the storefront allows it; the editorial response is to leave it on the shelf.