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Tap New in the toolbar. The Game Style selector at the top groups the twenty-five games as Klondike, FreeCell, Spider and Others; tap Deal beside any game to start it. The draw count for Klondike and the suit count for Spider are chosen here too, and apply to the next deal.

Tap Rules in the toolbar for the rules of the game on the table. In the New sheet, the question-mark button beside each game shows its rules before you deal it.

A tap sends the card, or the run it heads, to the best place it can go: a foundation if it can go there, otherwise a column, preferring a column with cards over an empty one. In FreeCell a single card goes to a free cell before an empty column, since empty columns are worth keeping. Drag instead whenever you want a particular destination.

To the first move of the deal, in every game. The moves are saved as you play, so undo still works after the app has been closed and reopened.

One move that is worth making, highlighted on the table. Each game has its own order of preference - in Klondike, a card to a foundation comes first and a draw from the stock last. A hint never takes a card off a foundation and never suggests a move that simply reverses the one before, so following hints does not go round in circles. When nothing useful is left, the hint is to draw or deal.

When the rest of the game is certain: the stock and waste are empty, nothing is face down, and every column is in order. Finish then plays the remaining cards to the foundations. Spider has no Finish button because complete suits leave the table by themselves.

The game is paused. Pause covers the table and stops the clock, so a position cannot be studied on a stopped clock. Tarry also pauses itself when it leaves the screen and when it reopens with a game in progress. Tap anywhere to carry on.

The deal number, from 1 to 999999. Anyone who deals the same game with the same number gets exactly the same cards.

Tap New. Replay this deal at the top starts the current deal again from the beginning. Under By number, choose the game, type the number and tap Deal.

To send a deal to someone, open Stats and tap Share deal number.

A game counts as played at its first move. Starting a new deal, or replaying the current one, while a game is under way counts it as a loss. A deal you never moved a card in is not counted at all.

Because draw three is a harder game than draw one, and four-suit Spider is a much harder game than one-suit Spider. Mixing them would make a win rate mean nothing. Stats lets you choose the game, then the option.

Klondike and most other games use standard Windows Klondike scoring: points for cards reaching a foundation and for turning cards over, a penalty for taking a card back down or turning the waste over, and a bonus at the win that is larger the faster you finish. Spider starts at 500, loses a point for every move and gains 100 for each completed suit. Golf scores one point per card played to the waste.

Settings → Reset statistics. It clears the statistics for every game. It cannot be undone.

Each of the six themes has a matching app icon, and choosing a theme in Settings switches to it. iOS shows a short confirmation when an app changes its icon; that message comes from iOS.

It mirrors the table, so the stock and waste sit on the right, under the thumb. Turn it on in Settings.

On iPad, yes - Tarry works in any orientation. On iPhone it is portrait only.

No. Card sounds play alongside whatever else is playing and follow the silent switch. Sound can be turned off in Settings.

It removes the banner above the toolbar, and the app stops requesting ads. It is a one-off purchase, not a subscription. Every game, theme and feature is free whether or not you buy it.

Open Settings and tap Restore Purchases in the Ads section. That checks the purchase with Apple again. It applies on every device signed in to the Apple Account that bought it.

Where the law requires a consent form, Settings has a Privacy Choices row that reopens it. Tracking is controlled by iOS, in Settings → Privacy & Security → Tracking. Tarry works fully whatever you choose; only the ads change. The privacy policy has the details.

Yes. Every game works without a network connection. Only the banner ad needs one.

Yes. The game is saved after every move and when the app goes to the background, and it reopens exactly where you left it, paused.

Tarry has no account or sync of its own. Its data is included in your device’s backup, so restoring a new iPhone or iPad from an iCloud or computer backup brings your games and statistics with it.