# Shark Bridge — Learn and play Game of Bridge

> AI bridge game with adjustable difficulty, tournaments, and analysis. (iPhone/iPad app by The Shark Bridge Company Inc.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/shark-bridge/id1532936026 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [The Shark Bridge Company Inc](https://appshunter.io/developer/1532279847)
- Category: Games, Education, Card, Family
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.60/5 from 1,146 App Store ratings · 27 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 12+
- Requires: iOS 12.0 · 164 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2020-10-02
- Data updated: 2026-08-31
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/shark-bridge/id1532936026/reviews.md

## What is Shark Bridge?

Shark's 5th generation robot can be adjusted from an excellent beginner to a full-scale AI expert player. 
Shark Bridge offers unlimited hands, duplicate bridge games, and Daily Tournament with MP (%) scoring.
Play bridge with friends or practice on your own.
Study the hands of your bridge teacher.
Play deals online from your library, classroom hands, and generator
You can play and review boards with the complete auction and play details from International, North American, and European competitions.

Internet is not required, except for Daily Tournaments and the Online Bridge Club.
Shark Bridge won the 2014 and 2011 World Bridge Computer Championships.

You can email hands to your partner or other bridge friends for discussion if they have Shark or another bridge app capable of opening PBN/LIN files. Share the fun! You can also import bridge deals from your computer disk or the Internet. 

Shark Bridge features:
- Bidding systems: Standard American 5 card major( SAYC or Shark flavor), 2/1 Game Force, Std English Acol (in development) bidding systems.
- Duplicate bridge game.
- Bridge tournament boards.
- Play bridge offline ( no Internet ) or live on the Internet with your friends and foes.
- Never wait for a bridge table to fill in; our high-quality robot will play bridge when needed.
- Hints and auction analysis are available at any time. Ask the Shark Bridge, and it will help.
- Get suggestions when the declarer is on the lead to a trick; Shark will recommend a play strategy.
- Open PBN (Portable Bridge Notation) and LIN ( VU-Graph) files from your email.
- Choose from regular and 4-color card decks.


Bridge Enthusiast In-App purchase ($29.99) upgrade offers:
- Play an unlimited number of random deals.
- 9 WBF, ACBL, and European bridge tournaments from 2014,2013,2011.
- Email bridge hands from your Personal Deal Library.
- Basic Online Bridge Play: create, join, and kibitz at any table.
- Deal Analysis.
- One year free VIP subscription.

VIP subscription ($34.99/year) unlocks additional features and services:
- Daily tournament with 16 boards; compare your skill with the rest of our VIP members. Study the deals from past competitions.
- 32 WBF, ACBL, and European bridge tournaments in recent years, including 2016. More are in the works.
- VIP online play: create, join, and kibitz at any table, manage friends, block players, invite players.
- Par Contract Calculator.
- Personal Deal Library: all saved deals are instantly available to all of your devices.
- Advanced Deal Generator.
- Classroom hands
- Access to The CommonGame hands, via the Classroom hands module
- Highest priority for feature requests.

Bridge Bidding Systems: Standard American 5-card major( SAYC or Shark flavor), 2/1 Game Force, Acol, and Swedish 5-card major bidding systems, and more are in the works.

Each bridge system includes the most popular conventions, and you can further customize it with :
1NT / 2NT range and hand distribution options
Gambling 3NT or strong 25+ HCP 3NT
Stayman
Jacoby and Texas Transfers
Weak two Spades, Hearts, Diamonds
Strong 2 Clubs
Blackwood: 4 Aces / 5 Aces, RKCB, RKC 1430, Exclusion Blackwood
Jacoby 2NT
Sandwich 2NT
Two-way new minor forcing (XY-NT)
Leaping Michaels
Michaels Cue Bid
Maximum Overcall Double
Negative Doubles
Takeout Doubles
Responsive Doubles
Support Double
Splinter Bids
Lebensohl
Unusual 2NT
Drury
DONT
Landy
Multi Landi
BPH

The Shark Play bridge engine was designed and programmed by John Norris, an international bridge master and Danish Bridge Champion.
Shark robot is the most human-like playing bot; it has been tested against professional players and proved a worthy opponent.

## Key features

- Adjustable AI difficulty
- Unlimited hands
- Duplicate bridge games
- Daily tournaments
- Offline and online play
- Hand analysis
- Import/export hands

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bridge Enthusiast | $29.99 | one-time |
| Yearly VIP subscription | $34.99 | one-time |


## What do users think of Shark Bridge?

Overall sentiment: neutral

**Pros**

- 👍 Excellent support
- 👍 Great learning tool
- 👍 Helpful for practicing bridge
- 👍 Ability to play with friends online

**Cons**

- 🐛 Frequent crashes
- 🤖 Questionable AI behavior
- 🤖 Inaccurate bidding by AI
- 🤖 AI cheating
- 🤖 AI imbalanced

**Commonly reported bugs**

- iPad app keeps quitting when saving hands
- Identical daily hands repeated

**Most requested features**

- Help files for analysis interruption and interpretation
- Option for standard North American carding
- Show lead card on results page

## Recent user reviews (10 of 27)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/shark-bridge/id1532936026/reviews.md

### 3/5 — App is Not Working Properly

*2026-03-21*

Should run flawlessly and does not😡

### 1/5 — Hopeless now

*2025-07-16*

This used to be a great app but now it is hopeless ... it is hard to enter... weird screens appear... how apps can go down hill ?....

**Developer response:** Hi,

We are sorry to hear you are having problems with Shark Bridge. We have not changed the user interface in years, it must be somethign else. Please get in touch with us at support@sharkbridge.info

### 5/5 — Support

*2025-02-24*

Excellent support with a minor issue

### 4/5 — Great but need to fix crashes

*2024-12-07*

I’m enjoying this app. Lots of opportunities to play and learn. However it crashes way too often. Also you need to create help files for how to interrupt the analysis and what the analysis means.

### 3/5 — Questionable play by the robots on Shark Bridge

*2024-10-01*

Getting outscored by the robot team which is bidding and making contracts that make no sense for the points held. On Slam bidding explorations, the robots don’t seem to understand use of Roman keycard conventions either. Very frustrating.

**Developer response:** Hi,

We’re sorry to hear you're having some issues with the robots. The replay can be a bit tricky, as the result is for reference only. To get a quicker result, the robot bids the hand without any simulations, and then the play is executed double dummy.

Regarding RKC 1430, what do you have selected for SLAM bidding in your bidding system settings?

If you encounter any bidding problems, use the report button to send us the hand and all the details we need to improve the robot.

### 4/5 — Shark bridge deals out too many very low bid hands

*2024-05-18*

I don’t like that

### 5/5 — Great app!

*2023-12-02*

I am learning how to play and this app has been so helpful.

### 5/5 — Shark ridge

*2023-10-10*

Perfect bridge learning tool. Good bidding explanations.

### 5/5 — Great Game!

*2023-08-23*

We have learned to be pretty good party bridge players using this game. But I came to say how good the developers are, we had a problem installing the paid version and they stayed in touch, gave detailed instructions, and got us up and running. Thank you very much. 

Great app!

### 4/5 — Bidding could be better

*2023-04-09*

Ok but not great

## Frequently asked questions about Shark Bridge

### What is Shark Bridge?

Shark Bridge is a mobile application designed for learning and playing the card game of bridge. It features an AI opponent with adjustable skill levels, from beginner to expert. The app allows for unlimited hands, duplicate bridge games, and participation in daily tournaments, with options for both offline and online play.

### What are the key features of Shark Bridge?

Key features include an AI opponent that adapts to your skill, unlimited hands for practice, duplicate bridge games, and daily tournaments. You can play offline or online with friends, analyze hands from competitions, and import/export hands in PBN/LIN formats. The app also supports various bidding systems like SAYC and 2/1 Game Force.

### How much does Shark Bridge cost?

The base application is free to download and use, offering some features. There are in-app purchases available, such as the 'Bridge Enthusiast' upgrade for $29.99, which unlocks unlimited random deals, tournament hands, and basic online play. A 'VIP subscription' for $34.99 per year provides access to daily tournaments, more competition hands, advanced online play, and other premium features.

### Can I play Shark Bridge without an internet connection?

Yes, you can play bridge offline with Shark Bridge for practice and learning. Internet connectivity is only required for participating in Daily Tournaments and using the Online Bridge Club features. This allows for flexible play whether you have a stable connection or not.

### Who is Shark Bridge designed for?

This app is ideal for anyone interested in the game of bridge, from complete beginners looking to learn the rules and strategies to experienced players seeking to practice their skills or compete. It caters to solo players, those who want to play with friends, and individuals interested in analyzing professional game hands.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 5.27 — 2026-08-28

Fixed some broken Practice Tournaments

### 5.26 — 2026-07-03

iPhone UI for ACBL Masterpoint games

### 5.25 — 2026-04-15

Updated bidding and play engine

### 5.24 — 2026-03-21

Fix for pbn reader

### 5.23 — 2026-03-19

Major upgrade to bots bidding, explanations, and play.

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