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Great app. Lots of options.. You can choose your system and convention, play against the computer, replay games, play rubber, duplicate, chicago and now community hands. Its easy to use and I enjoy the variety. I think its the best bridge app I've used.Suo28
Great for a beginner ... and probably for advanced players too
As someone who is pretty much a beginner, trying to reconstruct distant memories of ACOL bidding from an abortive attempt at learning bridge two decades ago, I found this app really useful and fun. I appreciate the option of assistance, which helped my learning, especially with bidding. And I like the ability to compare myself to others in duplicate sessions and the new "community hands". Version by version it is slowly getting even better.Show lessclassicalgeek
Best Bridge App I have found
I love the way one can play a tournament offline within a specified time period and then send the result file for comparison and scoring. The bidding engine is fundamentally
sound, despite one or two little gaps in the logic (just like my regular partners). The standard of play is much higher than the competition, especially in defence. The technical support and responsiveness are both excellent.Show lessPeterMaxUk
Worse than nothing at all
Let me amplify: if you want to become a decent bridge player, avoid this app. You will end up in bad habits. You will end up avoiding good no trump contracts because this app makes you believe that weird defensive distributions are inevitable. You will become conservative in your bidding because you can't rely on your partner to bid according to the system you have selected, but you can depend on the defenders to play as if the hand was double dummy. And if you foolishly purchase their "assist" and even more foolishly follow the advice it gives, you will learn to bid incorrectly. Finally, you will learn to dread the game of bridge, rather than enjoying it.
Original review (2 stars): Look, I play the game. I get it, sometimes the distribution is screwy. But the number of 7, 8, or even 9 card suits you see in these hands (both yours and opponents') just have no basis in statistical reality. The "percentage" play is almost always the losing play; meanwhile, the opponents play the hand as if it were double dummy, eschewing the percentage play for the one that ends up working. I do not find this to be a useful tool to practice real, randomly dealt bridge hands (whether rubber or duplicate).Show lessSoccerfoto
Developer Response
If anyone looks back at our reviews, you will note that we rarely take the opportunity that Apple give us App Developers to respond. However in this case we feel compelled to respond to this unjustly critical review. We will address the 'long-suit' criticism first. The app does enable users to choose filters which will produce non-randome deals (such as single suited hands, high points etc etc) We presume that this user has inadvertantly set the long suit filter to be on, hence the weird distribution that's reported. With no filters set, the app deals a truly random selection, where the long suited hands will appear ... but as frequently (or rarely) as they do at a real table. As for his criticism of the bidding and playing AI. This reviewer should note that he is criticising a Bridge AI which has come in the top 3-4 places at the annual World Computer Bridge Championships every single year since the competition started. It is widely recognised that all the top performers in that competition are performing at near International human standard. Unless this reviewer is also a national Grand Master one should take his critique with a slight pinch of salt. The app, and indeed the AI, are not beyond criticism and improvement. However they both perform to an extremely high standard (as is evidenced by the myriad of 5* reviews around the globe) and this particular review is atypical, biast, and untrue.Review iBridge plus
I have played several bridge apps and iBridge Plus is the best for me. It is easy to navigate, has great tips and guidance. Cards are clearly laid out. Being able to play in duplicate bridge competitions sets it apart from the rest.
Tony Price, New ZealandJaffa12345
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Entertaining and usefulrpm47
