Comparison

Robson Bridge vs Bridge Mentor

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Robson Bridge

Learn the game of bridge with interactive lessons and quizzes from a top player and teacher. Explore 20 key topics, play through explained deals, and deepen your understanding of the game's beauty. A free demo is available to experience its features.

Highlights
  • 20 key bridge topics covered
  • Instructive material from Andrew Robson
  • Interactive theory lessons
  • Interactive quizzes
  • Complete deals played and explained
  • Offline functionality
Features
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''Robson Bridge'' will handle 20 key topics of the renowned and wonderful game of bridge. It contains instructive material from the game’s top player-teacher-writer Andrew Robson. In an interactive way, you learn the theory behind each topic (such as opening bids, overcalls, defence, double etc), often doing some interactive quizzes. Complete deals, which you have a chance to play, are then played and explained by Andrew. With this program you not only will further your understanding of the specific topic, you will also learn more about the beauty of the game in general. The program includes a free demo so you can see the program and experience how it works. Andrew Robson is Britain’s No 1 player/teacher/writer. A former World and European champion, Andrew runs the famous Andrew Robson Bridge Club in South West London with over 2500 members. See www.andrewrobson.co.uk A mainstay of the English team for over 25 years, Andrew has won the World Junior Championships, the European Championships and was the first Briton to win an American major. He has reached the semi-finals and quarterfinals (twice) in the World Championships and won the major domestic events many times. Andrew writes an acclaimed daily Bridge column for The Times, weekly for Country Life magazine and Money Week, and monthly for The Oldie. Andrew travels round the country giving Master Classes and leading Bridge Day in aid of Charity. He was awarded the OBE – for services to Bridge and Charity in the 2013 New Year’s Honours List. He is renowned for the clarity of his teaching and writing. You don’t need an internet connection to use this program.

About

Bridge Mentor

Practice and improve your bridge game with this app. Play rubber bridge against the computer or duplicate bridge with friends. Features include bidding explanations, hand profiles, and hints for card play.

Highlights
  • Play rubber bridge against computer
  • Play duplicate bridge against friends
  • Learn optimal bidding and play strategies
  • Extensive bridge help guides
  • Explanations of bidding options
  • Hints for card play
  • Convention bids highlighted
Features
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Play rubber bridge against the computer, to test and improve your play. Play duplicate bridge against a friend, or compete against all bridge mentor players. Buy a monthly subscription for unlimited hands plus access to duplicate bridge, for just $0.49 / month. Practice your bridge skills while competing against the computer! Learn optimal bidding and play strategies. Extensive Bridge help guides, including How To Play and a guide to the Standard American bidding system. Includes explanations of all of the bidding options for yourself and your opponents. Shows hand profiles based on everyone's bidding. Provides hints for card play. Convention bids highlighted Bidding conventions highlighted in red to help you understand them. Includes many Standard American conventions, including: Weak Twos Weak Threes Weak Fours Strong Two Clubs Stayman Jacoby Transfers Blackwood Gerber Michaels Negative Doubles Fourth Suit Forcing RONF Also starts with an introduction to the features of the App. Terms of Use: https://bridgementor.app/BridgeMentorTermsOfUse.pdf

Screenshots

Robson Bridge4 screens
Bridge Mentor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Bridge Mentor at 4.4 against Robson Bridge's 1.3. Bridge Mentor also leads on review sentiment (56% vs 29%) and ratings volume (680 vs 3). Robson Bridge's advantage is monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Robson Bridge sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Bridge Mentor sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bridge Mentor holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 1.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bridge Mentor has 680 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 29% of Robson Bridge's written reviews are positive against 56% of Bridge Mentor's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Robson Bridge ships an update monthly, Bridge Mentor every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Robson Bridge versus Bridge Mentor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRobson BridgeBridge Mentor
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.3 (3 ratings)4.4 (680 ratings) — better
Positive reviews28.6% of reviews56.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3680 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB101 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMarcel HofstedeEamonn and Ian llc

Customer experience

Robson Bridge

All ratings3 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive28.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative71.4%

Bridge Mentor

All ratings676 ratings
Positive83.9%
Neutral8.6%
Negative7.5%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive56.3%
Neutral18.8%
Negative25.0%

Bugs and requests

Robson Bridge

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Bridge Mentor

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • App fails to verify subscription despite active payment
  • Repeated App Store connection failures
  • Screen freezes every 6-7 games requiring reinstall
  • Unresponsive technical support
  • Phone reboot does not resolve connection issues

Requested features

6 requests
  • More complex bidding conventions (Blackwood, intermediate bids)
  • Better hand information exchange through bidding conversation
  • Universal card symbols instead of English abbreviations
  • Larger, more readable text and UI elements
  • Better instructions and onboarding for new users
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  • Improved AI partner bidding logic

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Robson Bridge

One-time10
  • Bidding as Opener$6.99
  • Responder and Fourth Suit Forcing$6.99
  • Overcall$6.99
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  • Opening Lead$6.99
  • Finesse$6.99
  • Double$6.99
  • Defence$6.99
  • Signal & Discard$6.99
  • Hand Evaluation & the Losing Trick Count$6.99
  • Beginning Bridge$6.99
1 purchases

Bridge Mentor

Subscriptions1
  • Unlimited Hands - Monthly$0.491 Month

Questions

Is Robson Bridge free?
Robson Bridge is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bridge Mentor free?
Bridge Mentor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Robson Bridge or Bridge Mentor?
Bridge Mentor is rated higher. Robson Bridge averages 1.3 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Bridge Mentor averages 4.4 from 680 ratings.
Do Robson Bridge or Bridge Mentor have ads?
Neither Robson Bridge nor Bridge Mentor shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Robson Bridge or Bridge Mentor?
Robson Bridge ships an update monthly, and Bridge Mentor every 10 days. Most recently, Robson Bridge was updated on November 1, 2026 and Bridge Mentor on November 3, 2026.

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