Canasta. vs bid72
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Canasta.
Experience the strategic card game of the rummy family, featuring joker cards for unpredictable gameplay. Form melds, create canastas, and aim for 5000 points to win team rounds.
- Rummy family card game
- Joker cards for unpredictability
- Team play against computer
- Forming melds and canastas
- Scoring to 5000 points
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Canasta is the popular card game of the rummy family also known as Argentine Rummy. Use of joker cards makes the game unpredictable and very challenging. You play as a team with computer opponent against computer team. Pick up cards and fit them into groups (melds). Group of seven cards called canasta and allows team to finish the round. Points go for the melds, the first team scoring 5000 points wins.
bid72
Practice bridge bidding with partners, teachers, or coaches. Offers unlimited boards, competitive bidding analysis, and real-time progress tracking. Ideal for all skill levels and bidding systems.
- Partnership practice
- Unlimited bidding boards
- Competitive bidding analysis
- Rated boards
- Real-time progress tracking
- Ranking the Stars feature
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With bid72 you practice your bridge bidding and work on your partnership. The app is ideal to practice bidding with your partner(s), teacher(s) and coach(es) on any level (beginner, club, expert) and fit for any bidding system. The app allows you to reach contracts within the blink of an eye. Download the app and let bid72 be your bridge bidding guide: • with partners of your own choice • with an unlimited number of interesting boards • with competitive (and explained) bidding • with rated boards To spice up your sense of competitiveness bid72 designed Ranking the Stars. After each finished board your progress is measuered and adapted real time. You can subscribe to one of our 2 bid72 subscriptions: 1 month and 1 year. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. https://bid72.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Terms-Conditions.pdf
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Canasta. at 4.7 against bid72's 2.6. Canasta. also leads on ratings volume (25K vs 16) and review sentiment (71% vs 55%). bid72's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Canasta. sells 12 one-off in-app purchases and bid72 sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Canasta. holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Canasta. has 25K ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Canasta.'s written reviews are positive against 55% of bid72's.
Canasta. ships an update every 2 months, bid72 every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Canasta. | bid72 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (25K ratings) — better | 2.6 (16 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 70.7% of reviews — better | 54.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 25K — better | 16 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 105 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sergey Skosyrev | Bridge72 B.V. |
Customer experience
Canasta.
bid72
Bugs and requests
Canasta.
Reported bugs
4 issues- Partner ignores player's instructions
- Opponents get unrealistic card draws
- Incorrect implementation of Canasta rules
- Game freezes or crashes unexpectedly
Requested features
5 requests- Online multiplayer mode
- Customizable difficulty levels
- Ability to choose partner skill level
- Clearer display of canasta information
- Option to play 2-player version
bid72
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Canasta.
- 1000 diamonds$0.99
- Cards from deck$1.99
- 2200 diamonds$1.99
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- Win Points$2.99
- 3400 diamonds$2.99
- 4700 diamonds$3.99
- Partner difficulty$4.99
- Opponents difficulty$4.99
- 6000 diamonds$4.99
- 8500 diamonds$6.99
- Advanced Features$9.99
- 12500 diamonds$9.99
bid72
- 1 month subscription$3.991 Month
- 1 year subscription$32.991 Year
- 100 bid points$2.99
- 500 bid points$10.99
- 1000 bid points$18.99
