Pinochle Lite

Name: Pinochle Lite
Rating: 3.4 (517 reviews)
Author: WildCard Classics Inc

Card

Free · Designed for iPad

517 Ratings
Ages

4+
Years
Category

Card
Developer

WildCard Classics Inc
Language

EN
English
Size

46.5
MB

The classic thrills of Pinochle burst onto the iPhone and iPod Touch with Pinochle Lite! Download this digital update of the classic card game NOW to get your hands on the complete versions of both single-deck and double-deck Pinochle for endless fun on the go! Entertain your brain and rediscover the timeless appeal of Pinochle with Pinochle Lite. Developed as the highest quality Pinochle adaptation available on the Apple App Store, Pinochle Lite caters to all players. Detailed instructions and interactive hints at every stage of play are provided for novices while experienced Pinochle veterans can simply pump up Pinochle Lite’s adjustable difficulty settings – three separate difficulty settings are available to choose from – and play against tough virtual opponents. Developed to bring the authentic Pinochle experience into the digital age, Pinochle Lite allows users to play from any Apple mobile platform and review game-play with recorded match statistics and hand histories. Pick up your mobile device and discover—or rediscover—the time tested joys and challenges of Pinochle today with Pinochle Lite! App Features: - 3 unique difficulty settings (Easy, Medium, & Hard). - Single player game mode. - Support for both Single Deck and Double Deck Pinochle. - Complete game statistics for all matches. - 6 unique background/ layout choices. - Full instructions for new players - Extensive hints at all stages of game-play and in-game ‘Explain’ option for novice users.

Ratings & Reviews

3.4

out of 5

517 Ratings

The robot-partner in single player mode is awful!
07/22/2016

Lopealong2008
In single-player mode, I agree with a couple of people judging the game play is poor. Whoever programmed the robot-partner part of the App really doesn't seem to understand how to pass cards to a partner who's won the bid. My win rate is not great, but my team wins 75% of the games in 'hard' mode. But when our team has lost its often been within our grasp had not the bot been a bonehead. It systematically makes dumb moves. For example, when named trump is clubs or hearts it passes parts of pinochle instead of trump or instead of aces! This, even when the bidding is high, suggesting trump is needed to fill a double run. I've missed a double run countless times because the bot holds onto kings and jacks around rather fill in my double run. For pity sake, if you can't pass trump then pass aces- I'll send you MY parts of pinochle!!Then, if by some lucky chance the bidder gets the double run (more likely if trump was spades or diamonds), all of the Aces it held on to are often lost to trump anyway! In the real world I'd never want to play with such a dumb partner. In the old days when yahoo hosted live online pinochle such poor partners would get booted from the game!
The robot-partner in single player mode is awful!
07/22/2016

Lopealong2008

In single-player mode, I agree with a couple of people judging the game play is poor. Whoever programmed the robot-partner part of the App really doesn't seem to understand how to pass cards to a partner who's won the bid. My win rate is not great, but my team wins 75% of the games in 'hard' mode. But when our team has lost its often been within our grasp had not the bot been a bonehead. It systematically makes dumb moves. For example, when named trump is clubs or hearts it passes parts of pinochle instead of trump or instead of aces! This, even when the bidding is high, suggesting trump is needed to fill a double run. I've missed a double run countless times because the bot holds onto kings and jacks around rather fill in my double run. For pity sake, if you can't pass trump then pass aces- I'll send you MY parts of pinochle!!Then, if by some lucky chance the bidder gets the double run (more likely if trump was spades or diamonds), all of the Aces it held on to are often lost to trump anyway! In the real world I'd never want to play with such a dumb partner. In the old days when yahoo hosted live online pinochle such poor partners would get booted from the game!
Robot-partner single mode is stupid!!!
02/20/2018

PopCapSucks
Your robot partner logic needs some serious work. There are several complaints about how stupid the partner is. Today my "partner" did not pass the jack of my club trump suit, and then I find out it has both jacks but passed something like the queen of spades instead! It frequently throws away an ace of a suit that I melt the K+Q in on my trump trick, and it keeps leading counters of a suit that will obviously be trumped by the opponent before pulling trump.I like the game but PLEASE improve the logic so the partner is a better player.
Robot-partner single mode is stupid!!!
02/20/2018

PopCapSucks

Your robot partner logic needs some serious work. There are several complaints about how stupid the partner is. Today my "partner" did not pass the jack of my club trump suit, and then I find out it has both jacks but passed something like the queen of spades instead! It frequently throws away an ace of a suit that I melt the K+Q in on my trump trick, and it keeps leading counters of a suit that will obviously be trumped by the opponent before pulling trump.I like the game but PLEASE improve the logic so the partner is a better player.
Very well done.
09/29/2021

KHLP
Updated 2021 This is a well-polished app, though there is some room for improvement/development. Game play is smooth, and the banner ads are relatively unobtrusive. The AI partner does play a good strategy in cooperation with me. I find the rules fairly similar to what I learned years ago—must play trump if you don’t have the suit, bidder out, etc. A suggestion: allow for “house rules” such as the team must take 20 counters or lose meld, or starting bid is 50, or opening trick must use trump or Ace (or Ace of trump in my cousins’ rules). One problem is the tiny size of the cards at the beginning of each hand...it’s too easy to tap the wrong card and you can’t take it back. I know it would lead to some cheating, but I’d like an undo button for when my fat fingers don’t play the card I chose.
Very well done.
09/29/2021

KHLP

Updated 2021 This is a well-polished app, though there is some room for improvement/development. Game play is smooth, and the banner ads are relatively unobtrusive. The AI partner does play a good strategy in cooperation with me. I find the rules fairly similar to what I learned years ago—must play trump if you don’t have the suit, bidder out, etc. A suggestion: allow for “house rules” such as the team must take 20 counters or lose meld, or starting bid is 50, or opening trick must use trump or Ace (or Ace of trump in my cousins’ rules). One problem is the tiny size of the cards at the beginning of each hand...it’s too easy to tap the wrong card and you can’t take it back. I know it would lead to some cheating, but I’d like an undo button for when my fat fingers don’t play the card I chose.
Overwhelming Ads + Bad Gameplay
07/30/2015

Lankee Clipper
I usually don't complain about ads in a free game. I get it that they have to make money. But this app has by far the most intrusive, pervasive, and frustrating ads I've ever come across in an app. It's ridiculous to watch a 30 video that you can't skip every 2-3 minutes. Unacceptable!That being said, I might have been able to overlook the ads but the gameplay isn't good. Your partner is terrible. There aren't a lot of customization/rule options. Lastly the game mechanics of actually playing cards is very unforgiving and annoying since there is no double tap or swipe required to play. Just a tap will play a card. I've played the wrong card many times due to fat fingers and small card icons. Do yourself a favor and get the other free Pinochle app. It's not great but it stinks less than this one.
Overwhelming Ads + Bad Gameplay
07/30/2015

Lankee Clipper

I usually don't complain about ads in a free game. I get it that they have to make money. But this app has by far the most intrusive, pervasive, and frustrating ads I've ever come across in an app. It's ridiculous to watch a 30 video that you can't skip every 2-3 minutes. Unacceptable!That being said, I might have been able to overlook the ads but the gameplay isn't good. Your partner is terrible. There aren't a lot of customization/rule options. Lastly the game mechanics of actually playing cards is very unforgiving and annoying since there is no double tap or swipe required to play. Just a tap will play a card. I've played the wrong card many times due to fat fingers and small card icons. Do yourself a favor and get the other free Pinochle app. It's not great but it stinks less than this one.

This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon. Thanks for all your wonderful support! This update includes performance improvements and bug fixes. We appreciate every App Review, so keep them coming! ____________________________________________ Follow us online for news and sneak previews: Facebook.com/TrivialTech Twitter.com/TrivialTech