Pinochle26.0.4 - App Store

Full-featured, ad-supported pinochle app for iPhone and iPad. Play single- or double-deck with configurable options including meld bids and shoot the moon. Pinochle is updated frequently with user-suggested features and AI improvements. Also available in the App Store is a paid version with NO advertising.

Pinochle is a card game played with a 48- or 80-card deck of 9s, 10s, jacks, queens, kings and aces. The game consists of a repeating sequence of bidding (for the right to name the trump suit and optionally to pass cards), melding, and trick-taking. Players score points by melding various card combinations and by taking tricks.

In this version, one human player (South) plays with a computer partner (North) and two computer opponents (West and East).

BIDDING: Each player bids the number of points she thinks she can make with her hand. Player to the dealer's left is required to bid, and bidding proceeds to the left. Players who pass are out of the bidding for that hand. A typical high bid is 35 points (for 48 cards) or 60 (for 80 cards). High bidder names the trump suit for the hand and optionally exchanges cards with her partner.

MELDING: Players get points by showing various card combinations. A run (or straight) in the trump suit is worth 15 points. Aces in all four suits is 10 points. Pinochle (queen of spades and jack of diamonds) is 4 points, or 30 points for double pinochle (two of each).

TRICKS: Play begins with the high bidder, and proceeds around the table to the left, 4 cards per trick. Each trick has a winner, who gets 1 point per ace, ten or king.

SCORING: If the high bidder fails to make the bid (his team's total meld plus trick points is less than the bid), the bid amount is subtracted from the team score. Play continues until one team goes out.

Version History Fixes South's card positioning bug that could force table cards too high on phones in landscape mode, obscuring North's play. 26.0.4 10/06/2025 Score in upper right now easier to read; menu in upper left now more translucent to see North's cards behind when revealing other players' cards; cards on iPhone now slightly smaller to fit, but added option in settings to make them slightly bigger. 26.0.3 09/25/2025 Bug fixes. 26.0.1 09/18/2025 Support for latest OS and devices. 26.0.0 09/16/2025 Bug fixes and improvements. 9.2.2 01/17/2025 Option to opt out of ad tracking. 9.1.1 11/01/2024 Improved card sizing and positioning on newest phones. Minor bug fixes. 9.0.2 09/24/2024 Minor bug fixes. 9.0.1 09/22/2024 Support for new devices and OS versions. Minor bug fixes. 9.0.0 09/20/2024 Support for new devices. Minor bug fixes. 8.9.0 10/11/2023 Minor bug fixes. 8.8.4 01/17/2023 Minor bug fixes. 8.8.2 01/14/2023 Minor bug fixes. 8.8.1 11/01/2022 Better robot logic for passing lead back to partner; better robot bidding in double-deck no-passing game. 8.8.0 10/20/2022 Support for new devices. Minor bug fixes. 8.7.0 09/21/2022 Adds score sheet to show current game progress. Minor bug fixes. 8.5.0 06/30/2022 In double deck, players can signal their partner that they have remaining aces in a suit by playing an ace on the partner's ace. Various bug fixes. Improved language support. 8.2.0 11/05/2021 Robot card passing logic improvements. 8.1.2 07/08/2021 Fixes bug that caused game to get stuck when player was shooting the moon. 8.1.1 07/03/2021 Minor bug fixes. 8.1.0 06/24/2021 Support for new devices; bug fixes; logic improvements. 8.0.2 03/30/2021 Support for new devices. 7.8.1 10/23/2020 Logic improvements. Also fixes issue with toolbar disappearing sliding behind ad on newer phones when held in portrait orientation. 7.6.2 09/02/2020 Fixes autoplay mode near end of game so South only leads winning cards; fixes bug where robots would not pass some trump cards in double-deck if they were worth more than 26 pts. meld in the robot's hand; app now extends to the top of the screen on some phones in landscape mode; fixes dialog alert layouts that pop up in settings; during hand result, alert dialog no longer obscures West's or East's cards; improved font sizing when player has turned on larger text accessibility setting; robots no longer overbid with 3 legs of pinochle (and passing turned on). 7.6.1 06/06/2020 Option to replay hand that just ended; robot logic and alert dialog improvements; score text size now respects user's device setting for accessibility / larger text; fixes alert dialog crash for German users after successfully shooting the moon. 7.6.0 05/28/2020