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Blackbird! is #6 in Games › Casino Paid in United States and charting in 10 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperR. Don Wilson
CategoryGames
Price2.99 USD
Released
Rating★ 4.7 (7k)
Version2.0
Age rating4+
First seen by us
24 Sep 2026
24 Sep 2026Installs (est.)100k+ worldwide
✏️New iPad screenshots✏️New screenshots📦Updated to version 2.1📦Updated to version 2.0📈Entered the top 100📈Entered the top 10🆕First spotted by AppInsider🆕Released on the App Store
Full timeline · 16 events in the last 12 months
- ✏️Blackbird!: new iPad screenshots· 11 countries
- ✏️Blackbird!: new screenshots5 screenshots (was 5) · 11 countries
- 📦Blackbird! updated to version 2.1Earn credits as you play. Finish games to earn them, with more for wins, longer games and your first game of the day. You start with 25.
Spend them on help when you want it:
• Suggest Card shows a good card to play, and why.
• Peek at Widow shows the widow while you bid.
• Good Starting Hand offers you stronger hands to choose from.
• Undo takes back your last card.
Or unlock theme packs: eight packs of new backgrounds and card backs.
Your credits are saved to a Blackbird account the app makes for you, with no sign-up. Stay signed in to Game Center, or use Sign in with Apple or Google in Settings, to keep them on a new device.
Smarter computer players: bids more carefully, and Medium plays third hand high.… more - ✏️Blackbird!: app got smaller40 MB → 15 MB (-63%)
- ✏️Blackbird!: description updated· 11 countries
- ✏️Blackbird!: new iPad screenshots· 11 countries
- ✏️Blackbird!: new screenshots5 screenshots (was 5) · 11 countries
- 📦Blackbird! updated to version 2.0CHOOSE HOW WELL THE COMPUTER PLAYS
• Pick Easy, Medium or Hard for your opponents, and set your partner's level on its own, in Settings.
• Hard is new: it thinks through many ways the hidden cards could lie before it bids or plays.
• Easy makes the kinds of mistakes a beginner would.
• Each computer's level shows as dots under its name at the table and on the scorecard.
• Blackbird may suggest a harder or easier level depending on how your games go. If you turn a suggestion down, it won't offer that level again.
SMARTER COMPUTER PLAYERS
• The computer bids more realistically. It goes higher with strong hands, competes for the bid near the end of a game, pushes opponents' bids up, and plays it safe when it would win the game on defense.
• It adjusts its bidding to the rules you play with, such as keeping the nest or bonuses for taking every trick.
• It picks trump by how many cards it holds in each suit, and discards and plays its cards better.
NEW ACHIEVEMENTS
• Beat Easy, Medium and Hard opponents, win 10 games against Hard, and beat Hard with an Easy partner.
YOUR STATS
• Your record for the rules you're playing (win percentage, current streak and longest streak) now appears beside the scorecard.
• Your stats are now kept for each level. Your stats from before this update count as Medium.
MORE CONTROL
• Don't want the point values on the cards? Turn off "Show points on cards" in Settings.
• The fastest game speed is a little faster.
• Sharper card and table art on iPhone.
FIXES
• A saved game now picks up where you left off after the app was closed.
• When you resumed a saved game, computer players could learn the nest's cards even under rules that keep the nest hidden. They no longer see them.
• The all-points bonus is now added on top of other bonuses instead of replacing them.… more - 📈Blackbird! entered the top 100Top Paid · Card · DE
- 📈Blackbird! entered the top 10Top Paid · Casino · DE
- ✏️Blackbird!: description updated· 11 countries
- 📦Blackbird! updated to version 1.9.0New to Rook? Blackbird now teaches you as you play.
• Learning tips guide you through your first game: bidding, the nest, choosing trump, discarding, playing tricks and scoring. The tips follow whichever rules you're playing with.
• Cards now show their point values, so you can see at a glance which cards count.
• New players choose their rules the first time they open the app.
• Want a refresher? Tap "Reset learning tips" in Settings to see the tips again.
• Bug fixes and improvements.… more - 📦Blackbird!: first update in 702 days
- 📈Blackbird! charting in a new countryJapan
- 🆕Blackbird! first spotted by AppInsider#71 in Top Paid · Casino · United Kingdom
- 🆕Blackbird! released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Rating
4.7 ★
7k ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#6
Games › Casino PaidMeasured
New ratings a week
6.2
▼ -20% vs the 2 weeks before
Measured
Blackbird! at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
Card Game Realistic Modern medium sessions Premium
#trick-taking #rook #single-player #achievements #statistics #customizable-rules
Blackbird! on the App Store
App details
App ID
563960217
Publisher
Robert Wilson
On the store since
Sep 2012
14 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 16.0+
iPhone 8 and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad
Universal purchase · Game Center
Content rating
4+
Languages
1
EN
Size
15 MB
Also listed in
Card, Casino
App privacy Measured
Blackbird!’s App Store privacy label declares 0 data categories used to track you across other companies’ apps and websites, 0 linked to your identity and 2 collected anonymously.
Used to track you
0
Linked to you
0
Not linked to you
2
Not linked to you
UUsage Data+1 more
As declared by the developer on the App Store — Apple requires every app to publish this label. We track changes over time.
Blackbird! downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Apple publishes no download counts. App Store downloads come from chart positions and daily rating growth per country, calibrated on Google Play install counts; lifetime installs from ratings worldwide × installs per rating. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where Blackbird!'s downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Games › CasinoPaid | #6 |
 Canada | Games › CasinoPaid | #22 |
 Germany | Games › CasinoPaid | #40 |
| United Kingdom | Games › CasinoPaid | #67 |
 India | Games › CasinoPaid | #41 |
 France | Games › CasinoPaid | #73 |
 Australia | Games › CasinoPaid | #67 |
 Brazil | Games › CasinoPaid | #67 |
 Saudi Arabia | Games › CasinoPaid | #41 |
| Canada | Games › CardPaid | #78 |
 Italy | Games › CasinoPaid | #70 |
| Germany | Games › CardPaid | #167 |
| India | Games › CardPaid | #139 |
Apps near Blackbird! on the chart
Games › Casino Paid, around #6.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
4.7 ★
7k ratings
Measured
Ratings
7k
Measured
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
6.2
▼ -20% vs the 2 weeks before
Written reviews a week
2.2
US App Store
Lifetime rating
4.7★
recent stars not readable yet: new ratings are a tiny share of the total
Review momentum
60/100
faster than 73% of Games apps
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about Blackbird!
From the 62 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users appreciate the game's fidelity to Rook rules and recent difficulty updates but are frustrated by broken features like the 'Continue' option and missing multiplayer functionality. Complaints focus on AI behavior, bidding mechanics, and UI changes that distract from gameplay.
Mixed but leaning positive (65% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being fun, and its features and content. The main complaints are about crashes and bugs, and recent updates.
What people like
- Fun: “I’m really enjoying this app!”
- Features & content: “Need an option to rotate screen”
- Updates: “Difficulty update is outstanding”
- Price & subscription: “I would pay for multiplayer”
Common complaints
- Crashes & bugs: “Loved the game but latest release has “broken” it”
- Updates: “Update after the new update”
- Price & subscription: “I don’t normally pay for games but figured why not?”
- Features & content: “Online play option please”
About Blackbird!
This game is similar to the classic ROOK® card game*.
Play the classic trick-taking game you remember, with the rules you grew up playing.
Bid for the chance to call trump, work with your computer partner to take point cards, and make your bid without getting set.
PLAY YOUR WAY
Start with Kentucky Discard or Western Wyoming rules, or customize the game to match the way your family plays. Blackbird supports a wide variety of rule options, including:
• 1s worth 15 points
• Low, high, or 10.5 Blackbird
• Playing without the Blackbird
• Allowing the Blackbird to be played at any time
• Winning bidder leads
• Red 1 worth 30 points
• Adjustable winning score
• Bonus for taking the most tricks
• Different nest and bidding rules
• And more
CHOOSE YOUR CHALLENGE
Play against computer players at Easy, Medium, or Hard difficulty. You can even choose separate difficulty levels for your opponents and your partner.
Easy players make some of the mistakes a beginner might make. Medium provides a balanced challenge, while Hard uses a more advanced strategy to think through possible hidden cards before bidding and playing.
The computer plays by the same information you do. It doesn't peek at hidden cards.
LEARN AS YOU PLAY
New to the game or need a refresher? Helpful tips introduce the game as you play and explain what's happening without getting in your way.
TRACK HOW YOU PLAY
See detailed statistics for your games, with results tracked separately by difficulty level. Complete achievements and see how your play develops over time.
Whether you grew up playing with family, learned at church, or just love trick-taking card games, Blackbird lets you play the version you remember.
* This app is not endorsed by or affiliated with Hasbro, Inc. ROOK® is a registered trademark of Hasbro, Inc.
Play the classic trick-taking game you remember, with the rules you grew up playing.
Bid for the chance to call trump, work with your computer partner to take point cards, and make your bid without getting set.
PLAY YOUR WAY
Start with Kentucky Discard or Western Wyoming rules, or customize the game to match the way your family plays. Blackbird supports a wide variety of rule options, including:
• 1s worth 15 points
• Low, high, or 10.5 Blackbird
• Playing without the Blackbird
• Allowing the Blackbird to be played at any time
• Winning bidder leads
• Red 1 worth 30 points
• Adjustable winning score
• Bonus for taking the most tricks
• Different nest and bidding rules
• And more
CHOOSE YOUR CHALLENGE
Play against computer players at Easy, Medium, or Hard difficulty. You can even choose separate difficulty levels for your opponents and your partner.
Easy players make some of the mistakes a beginner might make. Medium provides a balanced challenge, while Hard uses a more advanced strategy to think through possible hidden cards before bidding and playing.
The computer plays by the same information you do. It doesn't peek at hidden cards.
LEARN AS YOU PLAY
New to the game or need a refresher? Helpful tips introduce the game as you play and explain what's happening without getting in your way.
TRACK HOW YOU PLAY
See detailed statistics for your games, with results tracked separately by difficulty level. Complete achievements and see how your play develops over time.
Whether you grew up playing with family, learned at church, or just love trick-taking card games, Blackbird lets you play the version you remember.
* This app is not endorsed by or affiliated with Hasbro, Inc. ROOK® is a registered trademark of Hasbro, Inc.
Latest updates
2.1
Earn credits as you play. Finish games to earn them, with more for wins, longer games and your first game of the day. You start with 25.
Spend them on help when you want it:
• Suggest Card shows a good card to play, and why.
• Peek at Widow shows the widow while you bid.
• Good Starting Hand offers you stronger hands to choose from.
• Undo takes back your last card.
Or unlock theme packs: eight packs of new backgrounds and card backs.
Your credits are saved to a Blackbird account the app makes for you, with no sign-up. Stay signed in to Game Center, or use Sign in with Apple or Google in Settings, to keep them on a new device.
Smarter computer players: bids more carefully, and Medium plays third hand high.
2.0
CHOOSE HOW WELL THE COMPUTER PLAYS
• Pick Easy, Medium or Hard for your opponents, and set your partner's level on its own, in Settings.
• Hard is new: it thinks through many ways the hidden cards could lie before it bids or plays.
• Easy makes the kinds of mistakes a beginner would.
• Each computer's level shows as dots under its name at the table and on the scorecard.
• Blackbird may suggest a harder or easier level depending on how your games go. If you turn a suggestion down, it won't offer that level again.
SMARTER COMPUTER PLAYERS
• The computer bids more realistically. It goes higher with strong hands, competes for the bid near the end of a game, pushes opponents' bids up, and plays it safe when it would win the game on defense.
• It adjusts its bidding to the rules you play with, such as keeping the nest or bonuses for taking every trick.
• It picks trump by how many cards it holds in each suit, and discards and plays its cards better.
NEW ACHIEVEMENTS
• Beat Easy, Medium and Hard opponents, win 10 games against Hard, and beat Hard with an Easy partner.
YOUR STATS
• Your record for the rules you're playing (win percentage, current streak and longest streak) now appears beside the scorecard.
• Your stats are now kept for each level. Your stats from before this update count as Medium.
MORE CONTROL
• Don't want the point values on the cards? Turn off "Show points on cards" in Settings.
• The fastest game speed is a little faster.
• Sharper card and table art on iPhone.
FIXES
• A saved game now picks up where you left off after the app was closed.
• When you resumed a saved game, computer players could learn the nest's cards even under rules that keep the nest hidden. They no longer see them.
• The all-points bonus is now added on top of other bonuses instead of replacing them.
1.9.0
New to Rook? Blackbird now teaches you as you play.
• Learning tips guide you through your first game: bidding, the nest, choosing trump, discarding, playing tricks and scoring. The tips follow whichever rules you're playing with.
• Cards now show their point values, so you can see at a glance which cards count.
• New players choose their rules the first time they open the app.
• Want a refresher? Tap "Reset learning tips" in Settings to see the tips again.
• Bug fixes and improvements.
Store changes
What Blackbird! changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
New iPad screenshots 
New screenshots
5 screenshots (was 5)
App got smaller
40 MB → 15 MB (-63%)
