IOS apps stop working

Judging by the response in other forums this problem has been around for years through many iOS iterations. Every month or two most of my third-party apps stop working on my iPhone 4S. This is not related to multiple iTunes store accounts or any app or os update. Happens out of the blue. Hopefully Apple can fix this soon. The workaround is to download any free app from the store. This seems to get all third-party apps going again. A hard reset does not help. Strange ......

I had solved the problem by installing the free app, which seemed to reset something, then I deleted the free app, and the paid version continued to work until the next day. I was going to show one of my friends the game, and then it once again would not open- the same problem was back, as soon as I went to open it, it crashed back to the desktop without opening the game. I had to re-install the free version again, and for a while, neither version would work, but then after a while, it started working again. I guess I have to leave the free app installed or I won't be able to use the paid version of Uno.
EDIT
Just checked again, took the Uno app out of resident memory by double-pushing the home button and holding the app icon til it starts to shake, and then hit the minus symbol, which deletes it out of resident memory.
Went to open it again, and it of course crashed back to the desktop again. So there is some issue with it that is making it unstable.
I have to keep pushing on either one of the app icons continuously until one of them starts, and then the other one will start.
Gameloft needs to do an update.
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