BJ Bridge vs Bridge Mentor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BJ Bridge
Learn and play duplicate bridge with customizable bidding systems and conventions. Connect with other players, create your own deals, and analyze hands from club websites. Offers options for beginners and experienced players alike.
- Learn and improve bridge skills
- Connect with other players
- Customizable bidding systems (SAYC, Acol, Benji Acol)
- Extensive convention options
- Create and load custom deals
- Analyze hands from club websites
- Convention Card wizard
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Learn bridge as a novice or improve your bridge as a seasoned player. Connect up with other duplicate bridge players. In-app purchases let you upgrade to the Pro version with a full choice of advanced bidding features. Optionally subscribe to remove ads. Use the "Upgrade" button in the HELP panel to access these subscriptions. Unlimited random deals are free. Download hands and double dummy results from your club’s BridgeWebs website. [Use option "Load"; then "Web search to find deals"; find your your club site; go to your results page; touch the "Hands" tab, then touch "Download as Pbn"]. Or use the preloaded CLUB-SESSION-SAMPLES to compare you play with actual results of a club session. Create your own deals [Use option "Load"; then "New Manual Deal" or "Amend Manual Deal"]. This app offers a choice of Standard American Yellow Card (SAYC), simplified Acol (EBU) system for beginners or Benji Acol. For any Pro bidding style, choose optional conventions: 5-card majors, Benji weak and strong twos, ELH two-suited overcall, ASPTRO 1NT defence or Landy 1NT defence, Roman Key Card Blackwood, standard Blackwood, Gerber, Quantitative 4NT, Baron 3C ‘Normal’ Stayman or Puppet, Stayman, Jacoby 2NT 1-suit support, Truscott 2NT 1-suit doubled support, Ogust responses, Inverted minors, Unassuming Cue Bid, Splinter, Strong jump overcall, Weak take-out choices. There is also a choice of weak or strong 2-level opening bids for each suit, selection of preferred high card point ranges for weak or strong 1NT and 2NT bids and control of ‘bidding aggression level’ during contested auctions. **Note for BEGINNERS and improvers: turn off any convention you do not recognise and set "aggression" to low. You will find the bidding easier to follow! Experienced players can make full use of the Convention Card wizard. If you find any problem or have queries / suggestions, please email Helen at bjsoftware42@gmail.com
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.
- 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
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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
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: BJ Bridge at free with in-app purchases against Bridge Mentor's subscription. BJ Bridge also leads on review sentiment (77% vs 56%) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). Bridge Mentor's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 2 months). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. BJ Bridge sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per month 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.
BJ Bridge holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bridge Mentor has 680 ratings behind it against 33, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of BJ Bridge's written reviews are positive against 56% of Bridge Mentor's.
BJ Bridge ships an update every 2 months, Bridge Mentor every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BJ Bridge | Bridge Mentor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (33 ratings) — better | 4.4 (680 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 76.9% of reviews — better | 56.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 33 | 680 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 101 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Helen Fordred | Eamonn and Ian llc |
Customer experience
BJ Bridge
Bridge Mentor
Bugs and requests
BJ 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
BJ Bridge
- Pro Monthly Subscription3 Days trial$0.491 Month
- Ads Free Subscription$0.492 Months
- Pro Annual Subscription7 Days trial$4.491 Year
Bridge Mentor
- Unlimited Hands - Monthly$0.491 Month
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