Setback: High Pitch Card Game
Pedro & High-Low-Jack
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Setback. The classic trick-taking game, beautifully reimagined for iPhone and iPad.
Also known as Pitch or High-Low-Jack, Setback is a partnership card game where every trick matters and every bid is a gamble. Team up with a computer partner against two AI opponents, or pass the device around the table for a four-player night in. Crisp cards, a clean felt table, and the tension of a well-timed trump card, all in the palm of your hand.
Two ways to play:
• Shuford Setback: wild Jokers, a kitty draw, and up to seven points a hand
• Traditional Pitch: the classic 52-card game scored on High, Low, Jack, and Game
Features:
• Smart AI opponents across three difficulty levels that bid, signal, and play like real partners
• Pass-and-play for a true four-player game, with a privacy handoff screen between turns
• Hand history and last-trick review, so you can second-guess that play all you want
• Coach marks and an in-game tutorial. Great for learning, easy to turn off once you're a pro
• Pick up right where you left off! Games save automatically
• Built for every iPhone in portrait and landscape, from SE to Pro Max, and every configuration of the iPhone Duo
• Optimized for every iPad in portrait and landscape
• No data collection. No tracking. Free to download and play.
Between games, free players may see an occasional promo for one of my other apps. You can remove it — and unlock everything below — with a single one-time purchase: Setback Plus.
Setback Plus (one-time purchase):
• Remove all ads and promos
• Detailed stats: win rate, streaks, bidding success, and points captured
• Appearance settings:
- Eight accent colors
- Green felt or wood table
- Six card-back designs, including rainbow
- Ten fonts, including Futura, Bodoni, Didot, and Georgia
• Every future feature, included
Great for:
• Fans of Pitch, Setback, Pedro, High-Low-Jack, and old-school partnership games
• Families who grew up playing around the kitchen table
• Anyone who wants a quick, skillful card game
Whether you learned Setback from your grandparents or you're picking it up for the first time, this is the version that actually feels right. Enjoy!
Now on iPad and iPhone Duo! Plus leaderboards and achievements, much clearer scoring and summaries, and accessibility improvements.
• iPad support. Play full-screen in portrait or landscape.
• iPhone Duo support. Play in a multitude of new ways, sizes, and orientations with Apple's latest device!
• Game Center. Climb the leaderboards and unlock achievements!
• Clearer scoring. Every hand now shows which card took each point, and how close both teams are to winning.
• End-of-game summary. A full hand-by-hand scorecard for the game you just played.
• Accessibility. Full VoiceOver support, and text now scales with your Larger Text setting.
• Plus a range of fixes, AI improvements, and visual polish.
Hope you enjoy!
The developer, Justin Fleming, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Justin Fleming
- Size
- 5.8 MB
- Category
- Card
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 18.6 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 18.6 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 18.6 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 15.6 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 2.6 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Setback Plus $2.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Justin Fleming
