# Canasta.

> Also known as Argentine Rummy

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id911258778](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id911258778)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id911258778`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Sergey Skosyrev
- **Category:** Card
- **Rating:** 4.70 / 5 (25,047 ratings)
- **Version:** 4.3
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-04
- **First published:** 2015-02-12
- **Size:** 35 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/canasta/id911258778)
- **Website:** [http://mancaland.com/canasta.php](http://mancaland.com/canasta.php)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://mancaland.com/privacy.php](http://mancaland.com/privacy.php)

## Description

Canasta is the popular rummy-family card game, also known as Argentine Rummy. This Chrome extension lets you play as a team against computer opponents, drawing and discarding to form melds and work toward a canasta.

Jokers introduce unpredictability and strategic depth. A canasta—seven-card melds—helps your team finish the round, and points are awarded for melds. The first team to reach 5000 points wins the game.

## Rankings

- #10,100 — Overall

## Review summary

Advert-free, fast, and beginner-friendly Canasta with offline/online play is well-liked, but repeated concerns about unfair AI/partner behavior, rule deviations, disruptive audio, and unstable odds limit satisfaction.

### Pros

- Ad-free / no ads
- Fast, responsive gameplay that feels like playing a real opponent
- Easy to learn with a user-friendly interface
- Offline/online play (works without WiFi)
- Enjoyable and brain-engaging Canasta experience (nostalgia)

### Cons

- Perceived unfairness and rigging by AI/partners: cards favor the opponent and matches can end early while you’re ahead
- AI/partner behavior often unhelpful or sabotaging (dumb moves, discarding needed cards)
- Not faithful to traditional Canasta rules (appears to use a different meld system)
- Annoying sound effects that persist even when muted
- Balance/stability issues and inconsistent odds (game endings, unfavorable AI behavior)

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id911258778)