Gin Rummy Best Card Game Wiki

Yes, this version is hard to beat, it’s AI after all. Unless you’re a memory expert, it definitely has the upper hand. I’ll admit that it sometimes seems to be cheating, or even taunting you with plays that look that way; I’m certainly not inside the head of the developers. If your looking to play a game to just relax and have fun it may not be for you. However, if you want to improve your gin game, I highly recommend it. If you play it for a while, just like a human opponent, you can get a feel for the strategy it uses and definitely compete.

The description states this is 100% ad free, free play. This is false. After each hand you have to wait for an ad. You can opt to pay $4.99 for the the game to truly be ad free. Pay up front for the game, it’s worth it! It’s a great game, yet the ads are 100% annoying!! I am happy to pay for an app knowing the developers need to get paid for the work they do. Put the cost up front or do a 3 game limit before giving option to keep playing with ads or pay $4.99. That would be much better. I would pay up front.

I love playing cards and rarely have someone around with which to play. I’ve always enjoyed Gin (especially when I win) this game allows me to sharpen my skills without losing match sticks. The only thing I might change is when I tap a card to discard I would like it if it would pop up so I could see it above the other cards a bit and give me a one chance to change my mind. However, this way you learn to be more careful. A fun way to pass the time. I highly recommend.

I was torn whether to give this 3 or 4 stars. I really like the game play, the interface is user friendly. I spent the $5 to remove ads and I’m not mad about it. What I don’t like is the fact that the game is not set up 50/50. I’m not sure what the point is but there are quite a few things I’ve noticed that I’m not going to list. The most notable, and irritating one, is that just today the computer has discarded the one card I needed for gin before calling gin or big gin against me in 15 of 30 games. Sure a couple of those were knocks, not gin, but that just shows that the a.i. “predicts” your card with that much accuracy. If the game was more fair this would be an easy 4-5 stars.

You are playing a computer who knows what you are holding. The computer also controls what you draw. If the computer needs a card it simply gives the card to you and you discard it. I don’t believe you draw random cards. The computer lets you win to keep it interesting,,,but knowing that takes the thrill out of winning. For awhile it would just give itself great hands and go down low every time after a draw or two. Now the games are longer but somehow the computer always goes out or down with the discard which would put you out. Too many time to be coincidental. Why these types of games can’t be genuinely random (cards or dice) I don’t understand. But they aren’t.

The good news is that I have gotten better at playing this game because of the app. The VERY bad news is how lopsided the deals are. I agree with other reviewers....it is astounding how often the system has gin or knocks within being dealt the first 2 or 3 cards. I have played enough games to know this isn’t random....it is definitely tilted towards the house. The other thing that sticks out is how often the system gets dealt a ton of low cards and I get high cards (all random so no chance of melding). About every 4th day I seem to get dealt all the good cards and have the advantage. My stats are actually pretty good. Why? Because I stop playing when the system can’t lose....80% of the time. On the days/times I get good cards....I keep playing. Needs a LOT of work. Yes AI is better than me....but that isn’t the issue here....the system is tilted severely towards itself. Updating this review. I paid close attention over the last couple of days exactly how cards were dealt. The dealer won at least 10 hands within 3 cards while I did it once. It especially seems to happen after it loses a couple of hands and feels like it needs to catch up. I don’t believe anyone would design a game to do that but how do you explain it. It is the most frustrating app I have ever experienced.....so unbalanced it isn’t even funny.

I like the game, but it’s a little bit stacked to lose big. 20 to 2 times it gives the opponent to go out big in one or two moves to often, and same principle as to skunk you more than you can. Why is it that all to often it knows the card you need to go out and gins right then!!!!!!!!!! I would like to say that program is very one sided. Way to often the computer knocks out or gin rummy one the first card. I never ever been dealt a hand that I was able to do that. The computer has done that so many time, very unfair. Cheat cheat cheats. Why don’t we get hands that go out on the first second or third card. Way to often on the computer parts. If you want a fair game, this is not it. Definitely favors the computer. Why can’t you just play a fair game. When you lose, you lose ridiculously lopsided. Can’t wait until the computer stop cheating!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Seven finin games in a row. Sixty percent of the time it discards the card I need to go out, but that’s when he goes out before I can get that card. People if you expect a fair game, try a different developer’s version of the game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!👎👎👎👎👎👎. Really Really, 11 f in rounds in a row GIN RUMMY!!!!!!!! People does that seem like the f in developer plays fair!!!!!!!!! 👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎

Enjoy the game and can only give 1 instead of 5 stars. I paid $4.99 to remove the ads; while they are not on my iPad, they have not been removed on my iPhone. I have deleted and reinstalled the app. If you have to pay $4.99 per device (shame on me if I missed this stipulation), then I rate with 0 stars. Am I missing something? Would like to contact these folks, I cannot see where I can do so. They don’t seem to read these reviews and haven’t contacted me to explain. Also don’t understand why my review is posted by “HandiGal” as this is not my handle. This game is a complete scam. I emailed these folks asking to explain why you have to pay $4.99 for no ads PER DEVICE!!! Also, they reuse cards in every game. For example, you will see 7 kings played in one game. This has happened every single time; I have stopped keeping track of duplicate cards. DO NOT USE THIS APP, EVEN IF YOU USE THE FREE VERSION. I have never rated an app, but felt the need to do so with this app.

I don’t know where to begin - there is SOOOOOO much wrong with how this game app plays. It does have a pretty interface and I suspect that quite a bit of thought went into its development. I suppose quite of bit of thought also went into how to have a game play AS NON-RANDOM and one sided as this one. I’ve been playing “gin” for several years and I have never experienced as non-random card play as with this game. The play ALWAYS favors the “house”. ALWAYS. I quite keeping track of the times I discard one card and the house will knock (with one point) or big gin/gin. I am constantly undercut when I knock and almost always by one point. THE GAME IS SIMPLY NO FUN TO PLAY. Also, I will be building a run or three of a kind or pursuing a particular strategy and will draw a card only to have the app rearrange “my” cards defaulting to “its” strategy - it completely screws up my hand and where I WANTED to go. Do not buy this app.

If you prefer to play what I call knock rummy over gin rummy, by all means download. You will rarely get gin because the bot knocks almost every time. Miraculously the bot almost always has the random card you need. I have even had several games where the bot never even allows me to draw one card, as it knocks after the first draw. I had been playing gin rummy with live opponents, but grew tired of all the extra comments and interactions between players as well as sometimes they would be very slow players and it would take a long time to get through a game. However, I am going back to that game because at least I get to play. PS the ads after every hand gets old. I think the bot knocks early to force you to watch ads, since they are after every hand. When you play to 100 and they are knocking it typically takes several hands to get to 100.

If you play this app a lot, you will notice a lot of cheating and glitches happen in the program, especially when playing against the iPhone player/program. The cards are not shuffled evenly, one player invariably gets mostly high cards and the other player mostly low cards which leads to an almost immediate knock, and then it switches players after a while of this. This happens so much more frequently than it does in real play with real cards. The iPhone player/program always knows your cards and what cards are coming so it can cheat. The iPhone player almost gets gin first, almost always right when you are about to get gin and your last needed card is up; this happens so often it must obviously be a glitch. These obvious cheats and glitches become predictable and the fun of the game is lost.

If I could rate this game at 0, I would. There are many duplicate cards, the A.I seems to get Gin after 1 round many times if you out smart it a few times in a row, this game is annoying as you can NEVER maintain good statistics because the A.I HAS to win. You can’t go on a winning streak without it doing this. The only way this game is enjoyable is by outsmarting the A.I, which is pretty hard to do because they will throw 7 Kings but still manage to have 4🤦🏼‍♀️ and screw the producers of this game for even making something like this. This game shouldn’t be available any longer. This needs to be taken off and either never put back on, or fix your MAJOR flaws. PS: i’ve created games like this before and you don’t “accidentally” create something like this. this was designed to win consistently due to the deck basically being loaded. Thanks.

Well I actually got this app some time ago and have played it on occasion until recently, and have been playing this daily. I can’t believe how this app has such great reviews! It’s completely one sided and the house almost always wins! And on the rare occasion you do win the points you receive compared to the house is beyond ridiculous! Seriously it’s comical! If you win you’ll get 3-11 points when the house gets 65+ points! I can’t tell you how many hands I’ve played and after literally me picking up one card the house has Gin! ONE CARD?!?! I’ve been playing gin for a long time and consider myself a decent player. This app is seriously a joke. Do yourself a favor and don’t waste your time downloading it! Find an app that there’s a somewhat level playing field.

No one can consistently get cards the way this iPad game does. I’ve been playing gin rummy for 40 years or so, with some very good players and they didn’t get cards the way this app provides. This game is RIGGED!!! One star is more than it deserves. Bernie Madoff didn’t cheat as bad as this game does!!! Dennis Conway P.S. Whoever wrote the program for this game must have learned the game from one slimy cheat!!! P.S. I’m convinced that this app is rigged in the house’s favor. How else can you explain that 8 out of 10 times, when the app calls it calls with a card that would benefit your hand. And why does game not let you arrange your cards on occasion. When I have four of a kind, say four 3’s and a run of 4,5,6 of hearts, if I call the app will always put the 3 of hearts on the run opening my hand to more layoffs.