# Cutthroat Pinochle Online

> 3-handed single or double deck

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1014821431](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1014821431)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1014821431`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** GLOBE NETWORKING LLC
- **Category:** Card
- **Rating:** 3.50 / 5 (17 ratings)
- **Version:** 5.2.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-15
- **First published:** 2015-07-21
- **Size:** 87 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-22
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cutthroat-pinochle-online/id1014821431)
- **Website:** [https://www.pinochle.net](https://www.pinochle.net/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.pinochle.net/privacy](https://www.pinochle.net/privacy)

## Description

Online Cutthroat Pinochle card game

Play Cutthroat Pinochle online against real people or offline against AIs.

Cutthroat is a popular Pinochle variation for three players. Unlike most partnership Pinochle games, Cutthroat pits each player against one another, every man for himself. It’s a fast-paced, highly competitive, and very strategic card game, requiring careful planning, good memory and discipline.

In this game, you can play online against real people or choose between 8 computer opponents, each with different skill levels and unique styles of playing. Each player is dealt 15 cards with 3 cards dealt face-down to the widow. Players bid after initial cards are dealt and the high bidder combines the widow cards to potentially form a stronger hand, then discarding the three weakest cards.

As of this release there are 10 options to customize game play to user preferences:

 Number of Decks: Single|Double

Sound Effects: On|Off

Game Speed: Normal|Fast|Slow

Undo Button: On|Off

Must bid to win: On|Off

Minimum Trick Points: 0|1|2

Minimum Bid: 15|20|25

Bid Increment: 1|2|3

Point to Win: 75|100|150

Must Throw Higher Card: On|Off|Trumps

Must have marriage in trump: On|Off

Winner if multiple players make winning score

## Rankings

- #297,955 — Overall

## Review summary

Overall, users love the game and consider it the best Cutthroat Pinochle app, especially for online play, but it suffers from major stability and accuracy issues. Frequent freezes and lockups disrupt hands, scores and melds are counted incorrectly, and AI/bot behavior often breaks rules or plays oddly. Time controls are frustrating—too little time to discard and to act, with 'play to beat' not reliably enforced. Online play reliability is poor, with disconnects, AFK players, and errors. If these core issues are fixed, the app has strong potential for dedicated pinochle players.

### Pros

- Fun and engaging Cutthroat Pinochle gameplay.
- Considered the best app for Cutthroat Pinochle.
- Online multiplayer capability to play with real players.

### Cons

- Frequent freezing and lockups disrupt hands.
- Scoring and meld counting inaccuracies.
- AI/computer players often break rules or behave strangely.
- Time controls are too strict / inconsistent (short discard timer, etc.).
- Online connectivity issues with disconnects, AFK players, and errors.

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