Pinochle+26.0.4 - App Store

This is a no-ads, no-tracking, no-subscriptions version of the first and most popular pinochle app for iPhone, iPad and Mac. Play single- or double-deck with configurable options including meld bids and shoot the moon. Pinochle Plus is updated frequently with user-suggested features and AI improvements. To try before you buy, see our free, ad-supported Pinochle app. If you prefer, our other pinochle app with no advertising, Pinochle Gold, has more card backs and tabletops to choose from, and adds support for several languages.

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 10/04/2025 Improved support for latest OS and devices. 26.0.3 09/25/2025 Bug fixes. 26.0.1 09/18/2025 Adds support for latest OS versions and devices. 26.0.0 09/16/2025 Minor bug fixes. 9.2.1 01/12/2025 Minor bug fixes and improvements. 9.2.0 01/04/2025 Minor bug fixes. 9.0.1 09/21/2024 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. 8.8.2 01/14/2023 Better robot logic for passing lead back to partner; better robot bidding in double-deck no-passing game. 8.8.0 10/19/2022 Fixes rotation bug on latest OS version. 8.6.1 09/17/2022 Support for new phones and OS versions. 8.6.0 09/13/2022 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. 8.2.0 11/04/2021 Logic improvements and bug fixes. 8.1.2 07/08/2021 Support for newer devices; logic improvements; bug fixes. 8.0.2 03/25/2021 Support for new devices. 7.8.1 10/23/2020 Logic improvements. 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 Smarter bidding and card passing robots; alert dialog improvements for users needing larger text. 7.5.3 05/13/2020 Logic improvements and bug fixes. 7.5.2 04/11/2020 Larger buttons in alert dialogs. Trump marriage setting now ignored if bid was dumped on first bidder. Bid-winning robot who the bid was dumped on now chooses better trump suit. If a player makes an unreasonable jump bid too extreme to be considered a meld bid, the robots no longer trust jump bids later that hand by the same player to be legit meld bids. Fixes logic error that caused robot to sometimes not pass 2nd queen of spades when partner bid pinochle suit. 7.5.1 04/07/2020 New alert dialogs, improved robot logic. 7.5.0 04/02/2020