Just Shanghai
Contract Rummy
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Just Shanghai is Contract Rummy (also called Shanghai Rummy) built for your iPhone and iPad. Seven rounds, seven contracts, jokers, and the buy. No ads. No in-app purchases. No virtual currency. Play it solo, pass-and-play around one device, or live against friends over Game Center.
THREE WAYS TO PLAY
• Solo against three AI opponents that draw, buy, lay down, and lay off with real strategy
• Pass and Play: hand the device around a table of two to four people, with a privacy handoff between turns
• Play with Friends: turn-based multiplayer over Apple Game Center, so a match can play out over minutes or days
THE GAME
Each round has its own contract, climbing from two books up to three runs:
Round 1: two books
Round 2: one book and one run
Round 3: two runs
Round 4: three books
Round 5: two books and one run
Round 6: one book and two runs
Round 7: three runs
A book is three or more cards of a rank. A run is four or more cards in sequence of one suit, with the ace playing low or high. Jokers are wild. You are dealt eleven cards a round and play across all seven.
THE BUY
When a player passes the top discard, everyone else gets a chance to buy it. Buying takes the card plus two penalty cards from the stock, and you get two buys per round. It is the decision that defines Shanghai, and the AI uses it well.
FEATURES
• Full seven-round contract ladder with correct minimum lay sizes
• Solo, pass-and-play, and Game Center multiplayer for two to four players
• A real contract solver, so the game knows the moment your hand can go down
• Jokers you can reclaim from a run once you are down, with a choice of where the freed joker goes
• Sort your hand by meld, by suit, or by rank with one tap
• Card names spelled out and suit symbols everywhere, so a King of Spades reads as a King of Spades
• Photorealistic cards and a felt table that adapts to iPhone and iPad
• Sound effects and haptics, mute anytime
SCORING
You score the cards left in your hand: low cards five points, tens and faces ten, aces twenty, jokers fifty. Go out by playing every card and you score zero. Lowest total after seven rounds wins.
PRIVACY
Solo and pass-and-play stay entirely on your device. Play with Friends uses Apple Game Center to route turns between players, governed by Apple's privacy policy. The app itself has no accounts, no servers of its own, no analytics, and no tracking. Your settings and local stats live on your device.
Just Shanghai does not facilitate real-money gambling. It is a classic card game for entertainment only.
A big round of improvements:
- Your match is saved if the app closes, so you pick up where you left off
- The table's buttons always stay on screen, even with many melds down
- Selecting cards is more reliable, including a slow press
- Pass & Play hands the phone to whoever has a decision to make, buys included
- Play with Friends finds a full table of 3 or 4 players
- New asks before it ends a match
- Fixes to laying down runs with jokers and to lay-offs near the end of a hand
- Game sounds respect the silent switch
- Text stays readable at the largest text sizes
- Ready for iOS 27 and the new iPhone Duo
The developer, Alchemaize, 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
- AlchemAIze, Inc.
- Size
- 64.6 MB
- Category
- Card
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.4 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 16.4 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 16.4 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Alchemaize, Inc.
