Euchre +‪+‬ 4+

Simple good app

Tried a few other euchre apps and I like this one the best. Simple layout and no distractions, and AI seems to be better than the others. Paid the $2 to remove ads after the first game.

One complaint though: Can you make my hand larger? I have to focus a little bit harder when taking quick glances at my hand because it’s so small. It would be nice if the cards being played on the table were larger too, but that’s not as important. Maybe a settings switch? My phone is a iPhone 11 Pro Max by the way. Thanks!

Developer Response ,

Thank you for playing. Try enabling the Large Cards setting. More improvements to that feature are coming.

Decent game play but tiny graphics

So far the game play seems pretty good, but the graphics really strain my eyes. Everything from the cards to the symbols showing who is the dealer are tiny. Even with readers they look blurry to my aging eyes. My guess is the developer is a younger person with good vision. There is a setting to make the cards larger, but it looks awkward. It doesn't make the cards any bigger, it just makes the symbols bigger. It's probably fine on a tablet, but its a challenge on a phone. Other euchre apps do this better. As feedback to the developer, I would say there's so much unused space on the layout - please use it! Maybe overlap the cards like a normal fanned out hand so they can be bigger. And maybe indicate the dealer with a color change that's easier to see than a tiny arrow.

Update: The game play is decent, but it has one glaring weakness. My partner will never lead trump if I name trump unless they have the right bower. Leading trump to your partner is basic euchre strategy in my book.

Developer Response ,

Thank you for playing and your feedback. I will look into improving the large cards setting. And improvements to the AI are included in every update, so try playing with the latest version.

Bots could be smarter

Right now, the bots are smart but could be smarter. In bid euchre, they clearly check to see if a card has not been played yet, but don’t check if the person they’re up against could have it. Still, fewest ads of any euchre game, so definitely would recommend. Here’s how the bots could be smarter:

For example, say trump is spades and the bot has jack of spades, jack of clubs, king of spades, queen of spades, queen of clubs, and 10 of clubs. Meanwhile I have all hearts. The bot is smart enough to play both of their jacks first, but they would then realize, “oh, the ace has not been played yet, it must still be out there” but it won’t realize that I have yet to play any trump, and no one else is still in the round, so clearly they are safe. Instead of realizing that and continuing to play the trump they have, they will play the Queen of clubs next.

I wish they would program this intelligence in and give the bots difficulty settings. That would be great!