The best bridge game apps for the iPhone-2021

With the Audrey Grants bridge app, you have a good chance to improve your bridge game with instructional material from the game’s top teacher. Intermediate and experienced bridge players can enjoy a free preview of the Interactive Daily Bridge Column. New players can view a free interactive introduction to the game of bridge. This bridge lessons app has such features as:

• Interactive deals that you can bid, play, and defend accompanied by a complete walkthrough that you can view beforehand or after trying the deal
• Bidding quizzes on various aspects of the game.
• Columns by guest celebrities such as World Champion Eddie Kantar
• Interviews with the top players and coaches in the game, such as Eric Rodwell and Eric Kokish
• Famous deals, where you have a chance to play the deal and then read the story behind it

This Bridge app is enjoyed by tens of millions of people around the world who want to learn the game of bridge. Bridge is the ultimate trick-taking game, similar to Hearts, Spades, or Euchre, but with a deeper and more rewarding strategy. Start by learning the rules and basic cardplay strategy, then learn about what really sets Bridge apart from other trick-taking games.

• Over 1,500 interactive practice questions 
• New lessons are always in the works
• Simple and user-friendly interface
• Offline mode

This duplicate bridge app is specially designed for beginners who want to learn how to play bridge and improvers who want to practise bidding and play. It follows the "Standard American Yellow Card" system with strong 1NT and 5-card majors, etc. At every stage the game offers hints and advice on bidding and playing the hand. There are automatic links to explain unfamiliar bridge terms, so you should never be left wondering what to do.

• Connect up with other players
• Practice bidding and playing as a partnership
• Play anywhere without Internet access
• Dark mode

Whether you’re a seasoned Grand Master, or a complete novice, WiZ Bridge + is the app for you. 

Becoming frustrated with a partner, and their bidding, is a fundamental aspect of playing Bridge.

This frustration is multiplied tenfold in Computer Bridge, when ‘partner’ is an inanimate AI Robot, who will not take any notice of your frowns and shouts, and with whom you cannot discuss matters over a drink. 

• Statistics at every level, where you can monitor your progress
• Help the novice to concentrate on the card play
• The aim of the game is to beat Robot in a ‘head-to-head’ game of Duplicate
• WiZBridge+ bypasses the bidding and enables complete novices to practice

This duplicate bridge game app is specially designed for beginners learning the Acol system of bidding. It follows the "Bridge for All" Foundation Level recommended for students by the English Bridge Union (EBU). As well as offering unlimited random deals, BriJ includes practice hands from the EBU "Red Book". There are automatic links to explain unfamiliar bridge terms, so you should never be left wondering what to do.

• At every stage the game offers hints and advice on bidding and playing the hand
• Connect up with other players
• Practice bidding and playing as a partnership
• Play anywhere without Internet access

Play contract, duplicate and social bridge on the Bridge Base Online app (BBO), the world’s largest bridge club. Kill time with casual play against either human or robot opponents, compete in any of a zillion tournaments, make new friends, or catch up with old ones. Frequent live broadcasts of championship play if you're really into watching the pros beat each other up.

• Compete in tournaments, team matches and challenges
• Win ACBL Masterpoints and BBO Points
• Follow star players and reach BBO hosts for immediate help
• Review results of older hands

The iBridgePlus has everything you could possibly want from a Bridge App. Play Rubber, Chicago, Teams of Four and Duplicate Bridge, with no interaction with other players and minimal reliance on an Internet connection. One of the World’s top Bridge Artificial Intelligence engines, wrapped in a user-friendly interface. 40,000+ users playing 120,000+ hands daily.

• Be free from internet connections - play whenever you want, wherever you want
• Take part in Duplicate competitions 
• Improved analytics enable you to review the bidding and card-by-card play of all competitors 
• Save and share your bidding system with others 

Funbridge is an online bridge game allowing you to learn and play duplicate bridge wherever and whenever you like. On Funbridge, you play South while North, East and West are played by the same artificial intelligence (AI) at all tables. There’s no need to wait until other players are available to play. The AI is available 24/7.

• Series tournaments: perfect to see how you compare with players of your level
• Practice deals: play deals at your own pace without stress
• Challenges: challenge any player in head-to-head tournaments
• Commented tournaments: get valuable advice from a bridge champion

The Bridge Hand Analyzer app (Bridge HA) is designed to assist players while learning to play Bridge. After receiving and sorting the cards on your hand, you will be able to enter them quite quickly on the iPhone, via a user-friendly keypad, in much the same way as you enter a phone number on a mobile phone. 

• The card entry will typically take less than 20 seconds
• At the press of a button you can then submit the hand for analysis
• Bridge HA will make a recommendation for a good opening bid your partner will understand
• The opening bid recommended will be based on standard American 5-Card Major bidding conventions

With the BridgeScore app you can easily keep track of bridge games played at home. BridgeScore will automatically assign a score based on the scoring of Bridge and the datumscore. The datumscore is the mean or median of raw scores on a deal. Ideal app for home playing with friends.

• Less than 20 points in hands of the declaring side will be awarded with bonus points
• Simple and user-friendly interface
• The datumscore may be trimmed by removing extreme scores at either end of the distributions
• Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch