5.98
2023-12-31
Addition of two new bidding conventions, 2-over-1 and weak jump overcalls.
Added an extra sprinkle of AI to improve bidding and card play in many different scenarios.
Numerous minor improvements to the game presentation.
Individual hand scores now shown on tournament completion.
Significant update to the online bidding guide given the changes to support the additional conventions.
5.97
2023-08-08
Change of IAB Consent Management SDK provider.
5.96
2023-06-10
A number of improvements to bidding and card play. Updated all dependant SDKs to latest versions.
5.95
2023-01-27
Additional updates to better handle part-scores and bidding to game style hands.
5.93
2022-09-29
General maintenance release, no new Bridge specific features in this version.
Updated dependant SDKs = bug fixes in those SDKs.
5.92
2022-04-04
Significant number of small changes to the Bridge bidding and card play engine to improve the overall game play. Thanks for all your feedback, comments, suggestions + tips, please keep them coming.
5.90
2021-12-31
Updated to better support latest iOS versions.
Updated dependant SDKs = bug fixes.
Minor bidding refinements to some unusual card distributions.
5.88
2021-09-18
Updated Bridge game play engine. Lots of small improvements in bidding + card play which add up to overall stronger game play.
Added bid analysis into tournament bidding.
Added link to a substantial bidding user guide explicitly for Bridge V+, how it bids, why, example hands. Obviously not every player will play this way, but it covers how Bridge V+ is playing.
Various UI improvements especially for tall, thin devices.
Thanks for playing Bridge V+
5.82
2021-01-07
Welcome to the 2021 version of Bridge.
Updated dependent SDKs
A number of bug fixes.
A number of minor refinements to various classes of bidding/card play.
5.81
2020-11-25
Fix for Bridge to continue to be used offline. Thanks for your patience whilst a partner SDK was updated.
5.80
2020-10-29
Additional app support for iOS14 changes.
Updated dependant SDKs to support iOS14 changes and bug fixes.
5.79
2020-09-13
Fix for app sometimes getting stuck after exiting in middle of dealing cards.
Numerous minor bug fixes to handling tournament results.
Updated dependant SDKs.
5.78
2020-08-11
Improvements to tournament result fetching and handling.
Updated dependant SDKs.
Minor improvements to some unusual bidding conditions.
5.77
2020-06-25
Numerous improvements to bidding and card play.
Extension of Gerber convention as response to 1 and 2 NT openings.
Additional information about timed tournaments.
Better rewards for timed tournaments.
Added audio and visual indication of result arriving.
New view showing statistics of tournaments played along with outstanding tournaments.
5.76
2020-06-06
Added better support for landscape on smaller sized screens.
5.75
2020-06-03
A substantial update with lots of new features including:
* Bridge Tournaments. Play online against other Bridge players from around the world. No configuration, logins, setups or waiting for opponents, simply choose a Bridge tournament and play.
* Create your own online Bridge club and play tournaments against family, friends or enemies of your choice.
* Lots more bidding conventions. Whilst your old selection has been mapped to the nearest new option we strongly recommend you review the selected conventions and adjust to suit your preferences.
* Landscape or portrait use. Yes we know its been a long time coming!, but its here now. Not every view on every device will benefit from this but...
* Usual range of bug fixes and updated dependant components.
5.74
2020-05-07
Please note that support for the Skillz based duplicate Bridge tournaments will be replaced in the next version due at the end of May 2020. If you have real money winnings in your Skillz wallet we strongly suggest you withdraw it before then.
5.73
2020-01-06
Updated some of the required store description and links.
No changes to the game except the version number!
5.72
2019-12-14
Added an option in the Game preferences to display or hide the engine bids at end of bidding. This allows individuals that expressed a strong preference not to have the additional learning aid displayed to revert back to the previous style UI.
Updated dependant SDKs = bug fixing
Added missing device dependancies
Updated to remove deprecated API dependancies
5.70
2019-10-15
Updated the bidding over screen to contain larger and clearer action buttons - as requested by a number of you particularly for smaller screen devices.
Now displays the bids the Bridge game engine would have made. You can choose to play the contract you bid, the engines contract or deal a new hand.
5.69
2019-10-04
Significant number of minor improvements to a range of bidding scenarios.
Rubber Bridge: Minor UI updates to enhance the game flow, e.g. ability to jump straight to dealing a next hand if bidding the previous hand is not particularly exciting.
Rubber Bridge: Hand dealing now tracks the hands dealt and will forcibly jump hands if 3 or more hands result in low points for South. Whilst somewhat artificial this addresses one of the common 'requests' around South 'never' having biddable hands.
Added support for some legacy iOS 10 devices that cannot support the more modern iOS technologies. This should fix the issues a number of you have experienced with the previous update.
5.68
2019-09-05
Rewritten the UI to use Metal (instead of OpenGL) making the UI faster, more efficient and future proof. Updated all dependant SDKs hence removing numerous bugs.
5.65
2018-12-11
Numerous small improvements to bidding and card play - yep some actually useful AI.
Update to better support new screen sizes.
Updated dependant SDKs = bug fixes.
Updated Duplicate Bridge tournament management features.
5.64
2018-06-02
Minor improvements to a number of outlying card distribution bidding scenarios.
Update of dependant SDKs, including major update to the Duplicate Bridge game management SDK.
5.62
2018-04-19
Welcome to the 2018 edition of Bridge. Featuring a faster and smoother user interface along with a stronger state of the art artificial intelligence engine supporting Rubber, Chicago and Duplicate Bridge. Updates to all the dependant SDKs provide a more robust game on all supported iOS devices.
5.60
2018-01-10
Welcome to the 2018 edition of Bridge featuring a faster and smoother user interface along with a stronger state of the art artificial intelligence engine.
Improved support for new iPhone X screen size.
5.59
2017-11-06
Significant update to the game play engine resulting in stronger and faster card play in both defence and attack.
Substantial number of minor enhancements to bidding including a number of bug fixes.
Fix for Chicago bridge re-dealing the same hand on 4 pass opening bid.
Better support for iOS11.
Please keep reporting issues, especially in bidding so we can continually improve the game for you.
5.58
2017-01-28
Update to fix a UI issue where it was possible to reach the end of a duplicate tournament, then leave the app. On return it was not possible to submit the result.
We are aware updates are not working for some of you. The solution seems to be to uninstall the version on your device and re-install from iTunes store. We appreciate its not ideal but...
5.56
2017-01-06
Update to partner functionality to better explain how to sign up to, use and participate in Duplicate Bridge tournaments.
5.53
2016-11-22
Substantial update includes support for Chicago (Four-deal) and Duplicate Bridge.
Chicago Bridge is played for fun on your device with a computer partner and opponents.
The Duplicate Bridge tournaments are hosted by our technology partner Skillz where you can play for virtual or real money in head to head or multiplayer tournaments.
5.45.55
2016-08-12
Significant update to lots of edge conditions in bidding. Thanks to all those who have provided dealIds where he app should do better.
Deals are random. If you get stuck in a sequence where N/S are defending, simply use the 'Select hand' menu option to either jump to a totally different dealId or find a hand matching a preferred criteria.
5.44.54
2016-01-27
Added support for full screen iPad Pro devices.
Better handling of numerous edge conditions in bidding irregular hands.
General bug fixes and SDK updates.
5.43.50
2015-08-22
Added privacy policy dialog as required by advertiser and social media partners.
Some minor improvements to handling some edge cases in bidding.
5.42.46
2015-06-06
Minor improvements for iPhone4/5 devices game preferences view. Card table card sizes now marginally larger enabling slightly clearer definition of card value and suits.
5.41
2015-04-28
Minor improvements to iPhone 4/5 display of game preferences and card table card sizes. Couple of bidding bug fixes.
Previous version:
Full resolution support for new iPhone 6 and 6+ devices.
Card sets, card backs, card table and backgrounds can now all be changed independently.
A new 'advanced card engine' playing a much stronger game, both during bidding and card play.
5.34
2014-10-03
Update to accommodate changes between OS versions.
5.33
2014-09-15
Updated advertiser SDKs to better support OS8
Some minor app tweaks to better support OS8
5.32
2014-07-29
Numerous improvements to the bidding.
Some minor bug fixes to the bid analysis display.
5.31
2014-04-14
Updated advertiser SDKs to improve performance and fix Ad-SDK bugs.
Improved iOS7 support
5.30
2014-03-06
Bridge now includes a comprehensive bid analyser. Enquire how Bridge has interpreted your bids or see how Bridge is expecting you to have interpreted the bids the game engine has made.
5.24
2014-01-08
Numerous improvements and several bug fixes to the bidding.
5.23
2013-11-23
Added ability to search for a hand matching one of 10 different criteria, for example a Slam bid. This enables you to practice playing or defending all sorts of Bridge hands.
5.22
2013-11-12
Incorporates additional updates to the ad-provider SDKS to accommodate differences between various versions of iOS
5.21
2013-10-21
Update to accommodate differences between iOS versions.
Update to all ad-sdks to improve stability and accommodate differences between iOS versions.
5.20
2013-10-01
We believe we have finally discovered and fixed the freezing/crash issue that has affected various people.
Thanks to all those who have sent in information to help locate this issue.
5.12
2013-09-10
Updated advertiser sdks
5.11
2013-06-21
Removed one of the ad providers as this appears to cause Bridge to hang at the end of a hand sometimes.