# Pinochle Pro (Ad Free) — user reviews > 50 indexed App Store user reviews of Pinochle Pro (Ad Free) by Black Panther Software LLC, rated 3.40/5 from 34 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pinochle-pro-ad-free/id559958986/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pinochle-pro-ad-free/id559958986.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 10 · 4★ 8 · 3★ 8 · 2★ 3 · 1★ 5 ## Newest reviews (20 of 50) ### 3/5 — Was great, not so much now *2020-02-08, version 2.8* I’ve been playing this game for years despite some of the little flaws. However, the most recent update has really screwed up the game. In some cases, the card that was lead out doesn’t show, leaving me wondering what in the heck the card was, and what card I need to play to follow suit, or trump, if need be. Would appreciate getting these idiosyncrasies fixed. **Developer response:** Should be all fixed! Let me know if you have any further issues ### 2/5 — Unbalanced *2018-10-13, version 2.4* Love the characters but I am tired of losing. I wish they gave stats on how many killer hands the opponent gets as opposed to my team. I am not afraid to lose but some games I get crap every single hand. The other games i get crap most hands. I am deleting. ### 2/5 — Computer makes mistakes *2018-04-06, version 2.4* I started out liking the game but kept noticing the computer was cheating by sloughing and then trumping on the next hand or putting am ace of trump on your ace when it had the king and 10 in its hand but I thought maybe I was seeing things until now because I have a screen shot of a double pinochle in the computers meld and my hand having a jack of diamonds in it. ### 4/5 — Seems Like a No-Brainer? *2018-03-06, version 2.4* I play the game a lot, and mostly enjoy it. It’s really frustrating, however, when your partner bids over you then passes. I bid, say 26, left opponent passes, my partner bids 27, right opponent bids 28, I pass (because my partner appears confident and I don’t want to run the bid too high unnecessarily) my partner then passes giving the hand to the opponents at a bargain rate. If this was with humans, I would have screamed bloody murder. When my partner overbids me, he is required to bid at least one more time. I’ve signaled a strongish hand, and my partner must continue. It seems like a simple fix, and I, for one, would really appreciate it. ### 4/5 — Good but could be better *2018-01-25, version 2.4* I agree with the previous reviews on the weak points of the game-getting passed nines, also not getting passed nines of trump. Plus your partner’s risk assessment and play is generally poor. However, it is a fun time waster and way to learn the game quickly. I would also like to see the pinochle scoring app updated to play on the recent IOS. Occasionally I actually get to play with humans. ### 3/5 — Could be better *2017-03-16, version 2.4* This game is fun but the system for passing cards is nothing I've ever seen in real play. Often as the successful bidder my partner passes 3 nines when there are much more realistic passes. I also think the hand distributions are skewed. It seems I often get 3 or 4 nines in a deal. ### 3/5 — Results need to be worked on *2017-01-02, version 2.4* There is no opportunity to see your results from a hand. The totals should come up for an OK. Also the score area is VERY HARD TO READ!!! Also frustrating when partner sends back one or two trump nines and keeps kings and queens of non trump suite. ### 3/5 — Update *2016-09-30, version 2.4* This game worked okay before the iOS update. Glitches when the cards are being played not leaving the table. Now the game is slow, and the cards never leave the table. Please fix this! ### 3/5 — It could be great *2016-04-16, version 2.4* I want to like this game. The Bots make this game so frustrating at times. The programmers have Queens basically being the weakest cards so the Bots pass cards in this order: Trump, Aces, 9s, Jacks, then in some order Kings-10s-Queens. You almost always get 9s passed to you. Not just 9s of trump, 9s of anything. You can easily be passed 4 9s on one hand. It takes the fun away from the game. Otherwise, game is fine and works great. I like the options you have to decide how you want to play, etc. ### 3/5 — Intelligence needs improvement *2016-02-06, version 2.4* The AI needs to have the ability to not go for it when they need too many points. Sometimes when I bid and need only 12 points, it asks if I want to go for it. But the AI always goes no matter what when they bid. It is ridiculous and unrealistic. ### 2/5 — Crashes too much *2015-06-17, version 2.2* Crashes alot ### 4/5 — Mrs. *2015-02-13, version 1.5* Wish I could see what the last hand was that was played. I'm trying to learn and that would have been helpful. Should have tried out the free version before buying. Thanks. ### 4/5 — Plays good *2015-01-18, version 1.5* Fun to play. No glitches, just passes 9's when not appropriate sometimes. ### 2/5 — Frustrating to play *2015-01-04, version 1.5* The number of double pinochles that the computer manages to get are incredible. And I feel like I rarely ever get dealt a good hand. I'm lucky to be dealt hands where I'm one card short of a run, let alone two. I've probably played 8 full games and ended up with a run twice. I feel like my only purpose playing is to lose tricks to everyone else. That's no fun. ### 2/5 — Pinochle flop *2014-08-22, version 1.5* It is a good time waster but it seems they hands/cards you get are the same. I agree with one review you should be able to win through a bid and just meld out. ### 4/5 — Cranky partners *2014-07-27, version 1.5* My experience with the application is pretty good, but my "partner's" face is pretty grumpy lol ### 4/5 — Partner passing cards protocol is off *2014-07-26, version 1.5* I love the app BUT whenever I call for Diamonds or Spades your programming has the partner ignore "protocols" but instead passes for getting a pinochle or double pinochle. To the detriment of the partner they are passing to. EXAMPLE: I won the bid, called Diamonds , I received a Jack and some Spades. Imagine my surprise when I led with my Ace of Diamonds and my partner played the other Ace. I have seen this happen on Ten's and other cards as we'll. True Pinochle players will tell you that you pass all Trump regardless if it is a double of them "except 9's" then other Aces's, then you pass pieces of the Pinochle. You jeopardize the power or control that you need when you have the bid by having the partner not pass you cards. In addition, the computer players lead their off suits with 10's which means they are fishing and loose the point to someone playing the ace. But then turn around and play a non pointer in the off suit. If they fished with the non pointer they would then have the pointer left for taking the next round. ### 4/5 — A few hiccups, but overall fun *2014-06-29, version 1.5* Fun time killer, nice to play pinochle when I can't get real people together for a game. Nice options to adjust rules. Would like to see option for "take a bid and make it to win" - cannot "meld out" to win the game. Computer players sometimes win without ever taking the bid. ### 4/5 — Good game for fun & practice *2014-05-22, version 1.5* Good practice game. Would like to know how to play it with others ### 3/5 — Fair, needs work *2014-03-30, version 1.5* The card play is fair. For paying for a game, it crashes too often. Please fix.... ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Does not work well on iOS now *2019-10-14, version 2.4* Ever since I updated my phone I cannot see the cards in the tricks except for my partners. I have to guess at what has been played. Really stinks since I have the Paid For version. **Developer response:** Hey sorry you ran into this issue. The latest update hopefully should resolve this issue. If not please let me know! ### 1/5 — Couldn't be much worse *2016-09-17, version 2.4* I don't think the developers know how to play pinochle. Why would my partner pass me nothing but nines when it has Trump cards and aces galore? They need to improve on that and slow the game down. ### 1/5 — Poor Deals *2016-06-12, version 2.4* If you love getting 9's and J's every hand this game is for you. In a double deck game you can get 5-8 (out of 16) on many many hands. I can easily go 2-3 games without ever getting a hand to bid on. ### 1/5 — Was great til last update *2016-04-29, version 2.4* Great game until last update. Now scoring doesn't work correctly and achievements cant be reset. Too bad. I loved it. Nothing worse than getting a double marriage and having it only give you 9 points and then going set! ### 1/5 — Pinochle Pro *2015-07-11, version 2.2* Absolutely terrible! No rules. Nothing like any pinochle I've played before. I lose tricks even when I play highest trump card. 400 pinochle three times in one game is absurd. Son't waste your money. ### 1/5 — Pinnacle *2015-04-15, version 2.2* HORRIBLE!! This is not the game I played as a kid. Why not tell up front what version this is ### 1/5 — Loads very poorly *2014-06-20, version 1.5* This app crashes constantly. In addition sometimes it will not reload unless I delete it and start over losing all the historical information. I strongly do not recommend this app ### 1/5 — Ick *2013-07-28, version 1.5* The interface is bad, the animation is cheesy, the cards are at an odd angle, and your partner passes you ridiculous cards. ### 1/5 — Terrible *2013-03-26, version 1.5* This game is awful , it passes the nine of spades when you call diamonds. Need to fix it! ### 1/5 — Pinochle pro *2012-10-09, version 1.1* The dealing is stacked. The opposing team gets a run,aces or double pinochle almost every hand,and quite often at least two of these at once. It just doesn't happen in a real game. The game would be great with more realistic dealing. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Good game *2015-12-29, version 2.4* Have had the free version for a while, paid version better intelligence. ### 5/5 — Time well spent! *2014-04-10, version 1.5* This is the best card game I ever played I highly recommend it !!! ### 5/5 — Great App *2014-01-14, version 1.5* I really enjoy this. Realistic play. ### 5/5 — Love Pinochle *2013-10-29, version 1.5* Love the card game and this app allows me to play anytime, any place. ### 5/5 — Great card game *2013-04-25, version 1.5* I am really enjoying this game. It has been keeping me interested. ### 5/5 — Good game *2013-04-08, version 1.5* Game is good and partners play right. Like to see more aggressiveness. ### 5/5 — Good card game *2013-01-28, version 1.25* Really enjoy the game! A little more conservative bidding...the animated players get set to often! ### 5/5 — I love it *2012-09-30, version 1.1* I love playing this game, and my kids think the characters are great! ### 5/5 — Very fun? *2012-09-27, version 1.1* Very fun game. The personalities of the players make this a unique and engaging pinochle game. I play in a card club and it is funny to see the similarities between these digital players and my club members. ### 5/5 — Awesome pinochle game! *2012-09-14, version 1.0* Great game! Very fun to play with characters that have some personality vs. just a computer and a bunch of cards. My kids love it too. What a great way for them to learn to play pinochle. --- *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 2026-06-10.*