# Pinochle Lite — user reviews > 121 indexed App Store user reviews of Pinochle Lite by WildCard Classics Inc, rated 3.40/5 from 526 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pinochle-lite/id349848312/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pinochle-lite/id349848312.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 185 · 4★ 103 · 3★ 78 · 2★ 65 · 1★ 95 ## What do users think of Pinochle Lite? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🎮 Fun game - 🧠 Helps learn Pinochle - 🕹️ Enjoyable gameplay **Cons** - 🤖 Incompetent partner AI - 🎥 Excessive ads - 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs - 🤯 Frustrating gameplay issues **Commonly reported bugs** - Partner makes illogical card plays - Incorrect scoring and winners - Game freezes and crashes - Ads interrupt gameplay **Most requested features** - Customizable rules and settings - Multiplayer online mode - Improved partner AI logic - Reduced ads or ad-free option ## Newest reviews (15 of 121) ### 2/5 — Two big problems *2026-04-15* I agree with everything the other reviewers said about the partner being dumber than a box of rocks. I’ll take the bid and the partner will have two jacks of Trump and doesn’t pass either one. So I don’t make a full run, only to see the dumb bot play both jacks. It’s maddening. There’s also a technical glitch where the app is on the phone and it won’t activate from the icon. I’ve had to delete the app then download it again to make it work on my iPhone 17, but this has gone on for years. I’ve probably reinstalled it 20 times and it gets old. If you made it work right, I would pay for this app. ### 3/5 — Fair *2025-12-30, version 1.6.1* The creators do not have a clear understanding of the game. They don’t seem to understand that pinochle is the Queen of Spades and the Jack of Diamonds. Also, they often lead with a ten and don’t know that the ace is higher. ### 3/5 — I’m able to open the game *2025-07-03, version 1.6.1* I have tried multiple many times, on and off over the course of a few months to open this game! This version of Pinochle is my absolute favorite, but I’ve been unable to play it for months on end because, as I’ve said it won’t open. I can get it to present itself on my screen… And it does not open my eye tap on the app face Please find out why and then fix it. I truly miss this game. ### 3/5 — Game is okay *2024-12-07, version 1.6.1* Needs improvement ### 3/5 — Pinochle *2023-06-24, version 1.6.1* In passing cards your partner is passing garbage if they have nothing, you should try to pass aces. I see they have aces and they never pass them. Passing is horrible. ### 2/5 — Fixed *2023-04-07, version 1.6.1* There is no way, no way that the other team can get double pinochles twice in one game, runs with 100 aces all the time, please fix ### 3/5 — Pinochle *2022-11-23* The robot partner doesn’t “understand” the concept of queen of spades and jack of diamonds for pinochle. If my partner bids diamonds and in addition to diamonds I pass the queen of spades “he” invariably returns the queen of spades to me. Same thing happens if my partner bids spades and in addition to spades I pass a jack of diamonds. He returns it every time when he has a queen of spades in his hand. IT’S VERY FRUSTRATING. I USUALLY JUST DELETE THE WHOLE GAME. ### 4/5 — Pinochle fun *2022-05-13, version 1.6.1* I love this game and hope it will be available when I upgrade my iphone! My only frustration is the partner play. You never throw a winning card on a play where your partner already won it!! Sad when my partner throws an ace on mine! ### 3/5 — Needs work *2022-03-26, version 1.6.1* Need to get a real pinochle player to help with programming. Computer does not play like a real player would play. Like throwing Aces off instead of K’s or 10’s. Breaking up double pinochle when passing cards. ### 3/5 — Not challenging enough *2021-12-16, version 1.6.1* There is no way to jump bid. Every time anyone gets the bid there are so few tricks to be taken to win hand. No one ever gets set. ### 4/5 — Very well done. *2021-09-29* Updated 2021 This is a well-polished app, though there is some room for improvement/development. Game play is smooth, and the banner ads are relatively unobtrusive. The AI partner does play a good strategy in cooperation with me. I find the rules fairly similar to what I learned years ago—must play trump if you don’t have the suit, bidder out, etc. A suggestion: allow for “house rules” such as the team must take 20 counters or lose meld, or starting bid is 50, or opening trick must use trump or Ace (or Ace of trump in my cousins’ rules). One problem is the tiny size of the cards at the beginning of each hand...it’s too easy to tap the wrong card and you can’t take it back. I know it would lead to some cheating, but I’d like an undo button for when my fat fingers don’t play the card I chose. ### 3/5 — Bot is lousy partner *2021-06-26, version 1.6.1* I agree with everything that was said about the bot not passing correctly. Very frustrating!!! Can’t someone reprogrammed this thing so it plays better? ### 4/5 — Automatic option *2021-02-26* Love the game but would like to have an automatic option when the person is getting all remaining tricks Other then that love the game ### 3/5 — Learn how to play *2021-01-30, version 1.6.1* The name of the game is pinochle. So when diamonds are called and you partner sends double queen of spades and you return them and you have both double jacks of diamonds you do NOT send the queens back You always miss double pinochle wish you always seems to set you. Another thing. You never go fishing with a counter card that’s what queen and jacks are for. Where did you learn how to play this game ? ### 3/5 — Pinochle lite *2020-12-07, version 1.6.1* I like the game except the partner robot trumps your ace leads. Your partner should never trumps your leads except when that’s the only thing left in his hand or if you lead a low card that could be taken by a higher card. These are stupid moves that makes the game frustrating. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Paula *2024-12-20, version 1.6.1* I paid for one, it doesn’t work. I tap on it & it immediately shuts down. I deleted it & downloaded this one and it does the same thing it will not open. It also immediately shuts down. How in the world can you play a game that you pay for or the one that you don’t pay for if they don’t open? ### 1/5 — Frustating *2024-06-12* Something is seriously wrong with this game. Partner doesn’t seem to know what pinochle or double pinochle is and always throws it away causing us to lose 40 or 300 points and not making the bid. Very frustrating! AI is not very intelligent and he/she certainly doesn’t know how to play pinochle. Time to delete this game. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t load on apple *2024-02-21* When I downloaded this app it worked great on apple. I even bought the upgraded version. And after about 1 year. It started to not load on my apple devices right. Won’t load on my iPhone 13 Pro 99.9% of the top me. Been happening for a couple of years. I sent reports back on the app when I got a load error but as of now no fixes. Don’t waste your money if you have an iPhone. ### 1/5 — Game programmers *2023-01-24* I would have given the game no stars if I could have. Dingbats! I guess you must have dingbats for programmers! In the pass 4 cards mode, my Computer partner. Keeps the cards I need to make a straight. In a real game their going to pass 4 different cards in the Trump suit I named. The other problem is when my partner starts leading trump to take tricks. Once you take all the trump from the other players. It’s time to stop playing trump cards. And keep them until you need them. By using up all the Trump cards in your hand, your opening up the suits that where getting trumped. Therefore putting the opposite team members in control of the rest of the hand! So like I said dingbats with no pinochle game strategy knowledge programmed this game. ### 1/5 — What *2023-01-20, version 1.6.1* Getting worse. Yes it is a computer program but when I pass two queen of spades to my partner and it returns to me two jack of diamonds? In hindsight I guess this is ok, after all the game is called PINOCHLE not DOUBLE PINOCHLE! Again, this is what the computer had as points and my hand. The computer passed to me both jack of diamonds. Maybe a programmer that understands how the game is played! ### 1/5 — Lousy Game *2022-08-05, version 1.6.1* It’s evident that the programmers do not understand how to play the game. They often lead with a ten even when the aces haven’t been played. Additionally, they don’t seem to know that pinochle is the queen of spades and the jack of diamonds and that it’s worth points. It would be nice if they could “fix” the game by learning strategy and then charge us for it. I would gladly pay for this game if they could fix it. ### 1/5 — Really no fun *2022-05-21, version 1.6.1* The quantity of pinochle hands is ridiculous. ### 1/5 — Reneges a plenty *2021-11-16, version 1.6.1* Opposing team reneges several times each game. If their partner trumps, they will throw off while still having trump. Very frustrating. ### 1/5 — You’ve gone and done it now! *2020-08-18, version 1.6.1* My mother, 87, plays this game almost every day and now she’s upset that you’ve changed the way the game is played! Talk about getting an earful! I know that updates are essential to keep things running smoothly but did you have to change the way it was played? Any chance you are getting other complaints and will be changing it back? Thanks a lot🗣 ### 1/5 — Poor programming *2020-07-16, version 1.6.1* The programmer of this game does not know much about Pinochle. On several occasions the partner has thrown away 300 pinochle. On two occasions he passed me 2 jacks of diamonds and melded with 2 queen’s of spades. Very stupid playing. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Love it.. *2025-03-19* But it froze up so trying to get in again. The game plays are terrible.....why give away a family and have no points.....I win most so mine...but not anyone else...who is playing the other hands...a monkey???? ### 5/5 — House Of Cards *2023-04-15, version 1.6.1* Great Don’t Have Too Wait For Other Player’s Just Great. ### 5/5 — Cards on the go!!! *2022-10-20, version 1.6.1* No matter time/place cards at hand to fill wait time. Thank you ### 5/5 — Pinochle *2022-02-06, version 1.6.1* Great game best game on the web ### 5/5 — Great game! *2021-09-05, version 1.6.1* Fun way to stretch your mind and enjoy a few minutes. ### 5/5 — Juju *2020-10-09* Great game ### 5/5 — IF you like pinochle *2020-07-06, version 1.6.1* You would like this version ### 5/5 — Double Deck Pinochle *2019-02-05, version 1.6.1* I have much fun playing this game. My partner, the computer, plays well in supporting my bids and that’s a plus when playing computer card games. ### 5/5 — Question *2016-03-01, version 1.6.1* I like this game, however, I don't understand the scoring, so answer me this: if the red team scores 5100 points, how is the blue team wins at 5000 points? ### 5/5 — Stop complaining people this game is awesome *2016-02-05* I don't know what you guys are complaining about this app is awesome it's kind of like room for the person who said that they have yet to win a game yeah right I have won tons maybe you're not meant to play this game I'm just saying this game is not hard as for the person who was complaining about the ads I have seen WAY worse I LOVE THIS GAME. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-17.*