A free bridge app can mean many things. Some apps are free with ads, some give you a few deals a day, and some teach the first lessons for free and then charge for more hands. This page lists the free (or gratis) bridge apps for Android, iPhone and the web, and says what each free tier includes, so you know what you get before you install.
For the full list, with paid apps and tournament sites too, see Best Bridge Apps.
TipQuick verdict: For a free bridge app that makes you a better player, use BridgeDummy. A free account gets 50 diamonds every month, a scored puzzle costs 1 diamond, and the lessons, MiniBridge, the Analyzer and the calculators cost nothing. For free play against a robot with no deal limit, IntoBridge. For free play with no internet connection, Bridge by NeuralPlay, with ads.
Best Free Bridge App to Get Better: BridgeDummy
BridgeDummy is free to use, and a free account is not a trial. Every account gets 50 diamonds every month, and you spend them on puzzles, games and simulations. The rest is free with no diamonds at all.
Free, with no diamonds:
- A 26-lesson beginner course from the rules to bidding, declarer play and defense. Each lesson has a real deal and a practice question.
- MiniBridge: nine short lessons and a guided first hand, games against the computer, and tables with friends.
- The Analyzer, which solves any deal you enter, card by card, and eight bridge calculators for suit breaks, suit combinations, scores, hand odds and more.
- All learn articles and guides, such as how to play bridge and how to bid in bridge.
What 50 free diamonds buy
| Activity | Diamonds |
|---|---|
| One lead or bidding puzzle | 1 |
| One deal in the Bidding Room with three bots | 1 |
| One Lead Gym deal | 1 |
| One suit combination puzzle | 1 |
| Daily Suit Combos, all 5 | 3 |
| The Daily Challenge, 10 puzzles | 5 |
| A 1v1 friend challenge, 10 puzzles | 5 |
| Bridge for Fun with friends, per board | 1 |
| A simulation of your own hand | 15 |
| A week in the league | 30 |
So one free month is, for example, 50 puzzles, or 10 Daily Challenges, or a mix.
Each puzzle gives you a hand and an auction and asks for one decision: a bid or an opening lead. Then you see how every option did across hundreds to thousands of simulated deals that fit the auction, each solved double dummy, and your choice gets 1 to 5 stars. You learn which choice was right and how much the others cost, in matchpoints or IMPs.
BridgeDummy runs in any browser and in free apps for Android and iOS, with one account and the same progress on every device. If 50 diamonds a month is not enough, Basic costs $19.99 a year for 150 a month.
Free Play With No Deal Limit: IntoBridge
IntoBridge offers free bridge with no daily deal limit: casual tables with people, and games with its robot as your partner or your opponents. It also runs free weekly learning duplicates with Gavin Wolpert and Larry Cohen, with a review after each game. A paid Supporter subscription is optional. Web, iPhone, iPad and Android, and the Android listing shows ads and in-app purchases.
Six Free Deals a Day: Bridge Base Online
A free BBO account gets 6 deals a day of social bridge, team matches, challenges and solitaire games, plus unlimited Just Play, Bridge Master and Mini Bridge, and you can watch any table. BBO Basic No Ads costs $3.99 a month and keeps the 6-deal limit. BBO Premium removes the limit for $5.99 a month in the first year, then $9.99 a month. Web, iOS and Android.
Free Offline Play With Ads: Bridge by NeuralPlay
Bridge by NeuralPlay is the full game against computer players, free with ads, and it works offline. You choose one of six computer levels and a system such as SAYC, 2/1, Acol or Precision. The computer can show suggested bids and plays, and you can tap a bid to see what it means. It also has a bidding practice mode. Removing the ads costs $12.99 once. iPhone, iPad and Android.
Free Lessons: Tricky Bridge
Tricky Bridge teaches bridge from zero in 57 short lesson modules, and the lessons are free with no pop-up ads. Solo practice uses random deals with a bidding hint button. More deals cost $3.99 for 50, or $9.99 a month for unlimited deals. iPhone, iPad and Android.
Free Download, Paid Deals: Funbridge
Funbridge is free to download and includes an introduction with interactive lessons and exercises. You play deals against Argine, its computer player. Deals come in packs, such as 50 deals for $8.99, and Funbridge Premium is listed at $17.99 in the US App Store. iPhone, iPad, Android, Mac and Windows.
Free Partner Bidding: Cuebids
Cuebids is free for bidding with a partner: the two of you can bid as many boards as you like, at your own pace. The free plan also has 48 tickets a month, one deal type, and daily and weekly events. A robot partner costs 1 ticket per board. A subscription adds more deal types and more tickets. Web, iOS and Android.
Free Games With Friends: Trickster Cards
Trickster Cards has Bridge among its card games. You can play free with friends and family, with free video chat, or get matched with other players. A VIP Pass costs $5.99 for one month in the App Store. It runs in a browser and in an app for iPhone and iPad.
Free Tiers Side by Side
| App | Free with no limit | Limit on the free tier | To get more | Android app |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BridgeDummy | Lessons, MiniBridge, Analyzer, calculators, articles | 50 diamonds a month, 1 per puzzle | Basic $19.99/yr | Yes |
| IntoBridge | Play with people and its robot | No deal limit | Supporter subscription | Yes |
| BBO | Just Play, Bridge Master, Mini Bridge | 6 deals a day of social play | Premium $5.99/mo first year | Yes |
| Bridge by NeuralPlay | Full game vs computer, offline | Ads | $12.99 once | Yes |
| Tricky Bridge | 57 lesson modules | More practice deals cost | $3.99 for 50 deals | Yes |
| Funbridge | Introduction lessons | Deals come in packs | 50 deals for $8.99 | Yes |
| Cuebids | Bidding with a partner | 48 tickets a month | Subscription | Yes |
| Trickster Cards | Games with friends | VIP extras are paid | VIP $5.99 a month | Browser |
Best Free Bridge App for Android
Every app on this page except Trickster Cards has an Android app on Google Play. On Android, the free BridgeDummy app gives you the same puzzles, lessons, MiniBridge and progress as the web, and your free diamonds work on both. If you want to play where you have no signal, NeuralPlay works offline.
Which Free Bridge App Should You Pick?
You want to get better at bidding and leads. Use BridgeDummy: a few lead puzzles and bidding puzzles a day fit inside 50 free diamonds a month.
You have never played. Start with BridgeDummy's free MiniBridge lessons and the 26-lesson course. More options are in Best Bridge Apps for Beginners.
You want a casual game with friends. Bridge for Fun on BridgeDummy seats you and your friends at a real-time table, and a bot takes any empty seat. MiniBridge tables with friends are free.
You want unlimited hands against a robot. IntoBridge has no deal limit on its free tier.
You want to play offline. NeuralPlay works with no internet connection, with ads.
Bottom Line
Many free bridge apps give you hands to play. A free BridgeDummy account also gives you lessons from zero, MiniBridge, the Analyzer and the calculators with no limit, plus 50 diamonds a month for scored puzzles that show which bid or lead was right and what the other choices cost. Start with a lead puzzle and see how your card did.