Comparison

BJ Bridge vs BidTrainer

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

BidTrainer

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The app has the following features - The user can practice concepts like, Stayman and transfers, overcalls and takeout doubles, negative doubles and slam bidding - At the end of each lesson, you get an overview how you have done - The user can choose different playing card sets - If the user picks a username, the scores are uploaded to a leaderboard - The user gets feedback if done something wrong

Screenshots

BJ Bridge1 screens
BidTrainer1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BidTrainer at none against BJ Bridge's 3. BidTrainer also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. BJ Bridge sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per month. BidTrainer asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
BJ Bridge versus BidTrainer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBJ BridgeBidTrainer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (30 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews76.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings30 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.1
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB106 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperHelen FordredYke Smit

In-app purchases

3 purchases

BJ Bridge

Subscriptions3
  • Pro Monthly Subscription3 Days trial$0.491 Month
  • Ads Free Subscription$0.492 Months
  • Pro Annual Subscription7 Days trial$4.491 Year
None

BidTrainer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BJ Bridge free?
BJ Bridge is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BidTrainer free?
BidTrainer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do BJ Bridge or BidTrainer have ads?
BJ Bridge shows ads; BidTrainer does not.

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