This game has been a classic fav of mine for 25+ years. This is the first time I’ve tried playing this game on my phone, all I’ve known is playing cards with peeps. I’m amazed at how fun this game is on my phone, I would’ve never thought an electronic version would be any good. Boy was I wrong. Give it a spin, if you’re a 500 Rummy fan like myself, I’m sure you’ll enjoy it just as well.

There’s an ad after every single round. It doesn’t even get through the score tallying before the ad starts. You can just close the app and open it again though to fast skip so this is just a mild irritation. Removing adds requires a subscription which is such a cheap move.Playing against the bot is the most annoying part here though. It feels like the cards are never actually shuffled and I’m certain the hand the bot has changes after your first move. Honestly, every single round I play, without fail, whatever I discard, the bot picks up and creates an immediate meld, 9/10, they create multiple and are down to just a couple cards before my next turn. Occasionally I’ll get lucky and I can pull through to winning, but the amount of ‘luck’ this bot has is unreal and it just becomes very frustrating.

This game has great graphics and is engaging, but if you are a seasoned Rummy 500 player, skip this app. There is a major glitch regarding discarded cards, and in many instances the game will not let you draw a card you could immediately play. I contacted support and sent several screenshots demonstrating the issue to the developers, thinking they may like to fix it, but all they would do was send me replies saying you must immediately play a card you draw from the discard pile the instant you draw it, on that same turn. Duh. That’s exactly what I was trying to do, but the game wouldn’t let me; this is the very issue I was trying to draw their attention to. If you enjoy playing Rummy 500, then, you’ll want to skip this app and try another one that actually works.

I find the dealing to be incredibly uneven. 90% of the time the bot has at least 2 to 4 sets of cards they can lay down on the first run. Also, the game does not let you dig unless the bottom card is part of a set. For example, I was trying to dig to a 5♦️ because I had the 6 that could be played on cards already on the table (7/8/9), but it would not let me dig because it did not recognize the 6 could be used. Another time I was trying to dig to a joker in the discard pile. It did not recognize how I was trying to use the card, so the bot was able to retrieve it on its next play. A lot of kinks that need to be worked out.