Blackjack 21 App Reviews

The dealer wins at an unrealistic percentage. If you get a good number, the dealer will almost always push or win. What are your chances when 9 out of 10 times you are dealt 12, 13, 14 or 15 and the dealer shows a face card? You have no choice but to hit (and of course go over) because I learned that the dealer almost always has 17 and above. Odds are better winning in Vegas, which are not that good.

% of dealer wins outweighs actual odds. Frustrating because dealer Blackjacks = 10:1. 

Having played well over one hundred thousand hands of Blackjack, and being a fairly proficient card counter, I can say with some authority that this app isnt very realistic. I count several difficiencies: It invariably busts your hand if youve raised your bet significantly, or gone all in. Plus, it will always give you a double-down hand when you cannot double your bet, and then give you a ten, or an ace if you had a ten, just to drive home the point. It also will invariably give you a weak hand if youve raised hard, but hardly ever a decent hand when youve done that. Plainly, the cards arent being generated randomly, but instead chosen with a deliberate intent to force your hand into a loss. The programmers probably think its funny, or that it mimics real play, but it just doesnt. Sometimes, in real play, everything goes just right for a while, you make two or three 21s in a row, win every double-down, split tens against a six, and make four good hands without there being a stealth ace (I set my play to have the dealer stand on soft 17s to mimic Colorado rules), and you just cant seem to do anything wrong. Even morons whove never played before seem to win, and the table just dumps money. On those days, blackjack can be positively addicting....... But with this game, everything goes wrong MOST of the time, even when you play textbook Basic Strategy. Real blackjack just isnt that cruel. The only thing good about this game is the realistic hand movements, and the cheap price. But Id pay more for a realistic random card generator, and with the "morality instructor" deleted. I dont need to be taught gambling is wrong.... I already know. But I dont care bout that. Just shuffle the deck....

I played this for thousand of hands. Worked my bankroll up to over $2M, and got every achievement except chicken dinner. After a few more thousand hands, I won 13 hands in a row, but it didnt credit me the last achiement. So I played another thousand hands and did it again, still no checkmark. Dont waste your time on getting this achiement. Registration, high score uploads dont work either.

This was one of my first apps, & I have a 1st gen iPhone that Ive had for over two years. I love the graphics & game play, & usually dismiss those who whine about losing but after thosands of hands played, Ive got to agree with others who say that the dealer almost always gets exactly what it needs to beat you. Okay, Im not that good, Ill admit it, but ive done MUCH better with a real dealer in real life.

Im not usualy the person who complains about loosing but after all those times I dont think its eaven possible to loose that much I have done way better in real life this game just favors its self and the people who made this app should put in an update so the chances of wining are better than 1 in 50.

I have the iPhone version and overall I like it. I wish there was a landscape view too but overall I like the game and the layout. I wish there was an iPad version as the iPhone version on the iPad looks like crap when using the 2X feature. Most of all, blackjack on iPad without a landscape view just doesnt make sense. I emailed them to ask if they were planning an iPad version - 2 weeks later still no reply. So Im buying a different app. Too bad as I was hoping for this app in an improved iPad layout.

Ive played this for a while now and I felt the dealer was just TOO lucky. I looked on the reviews and sure enough, the number one complaint is the dealer gets just what it needs to beat you. Look elsewhere for a BJ game.

Game is O.K. but it crashes and closes every time I scroll to the bottom of the options menu. I would try a different Blackjack app. Please fix app.

You have a better chance in Vegas. The dealer will pull hands out of their a** that you wouldnt believe. Joke of a game!

This app used to be fantastic, and still has the best interface (in my opinion) of any blackjack game on the App Store. Very unfortunately, this app has been completely abandoned by MobileAge - it has not been updated in over two years now (since late 2008). This is unacceptable, as the app crashes constantly on iOS 4.x and doesnt take advantage on the Retina display or GameCenter. MobileAge continues to update other apps for retina and GameCenter, but not this one. This app is long overdue for an update, and if the bugs were to be fixed and retina support added, this would be five stars. As it is, I can only give it one and cant recommend any MobileAge app due to poor support of BlackJack 21.

This new version provides really nice graphics for Retina displays and full support for GameCenter and iOS 4;

Clean UI and progressively challenging AI make this game a fun diversion from the real thing. Great job!

Clean, nice interface. Gestures and controls intuitive. Only noticed one small bug. Lots of customization options. Does not come with alternative decks on download. No strategy hints or training.

This is a good app with a great design, good graphics, and is overall fun, but is very slow to recognize taps and touches. So, its good and bad.

Ive been looking for a good BJ app and this is thee best one Ive found so far. Wish I had an iPad to make it seem more realistic than just my tiny iPod. Great app !! Love it and gonna keep it in mind when I have enough $$$ to buy an iPad. For the price its worth buying !

This is NOT real gameplay. Pretty, but not even close to random.

Beautifully designed, true blackjack gestures, and absolutely random game play - just like at the casino. Certainly a stand out from the others in the App Store.

Can we get it to fit on the iPhone 5 screen?? Thanks

I noticed a more or less "fair" play when the bids are low, but my impression was that the game "punishes" large bets. I set the minimum bet to $200 and played only that amount. I followed "book" play for every hand. The game was merciless. I won 20 of 60 hands in one session. On the next session, I won 12 of 40 hands. Then I tried 40 hands with $10 bets. I won 19 of 40 hands. This is a significant statistical increase. In short, the game is rigged.