BridgeTricks vs Bridgetastic
BridgeTricks is our own product. Every other app is described from its own site and store listing, checked on 18 October 2026.
Bridgetastic and BridgeTricks both run in a web browser and both aim to help you think better at the table. Bridgetastic is built around an AI coach you can ask about any hand, with tools that look at a deal you bring. BridgeTricks sets you problems to solve and grades your answer over many layouts of the hidden cards. In our view, Bridgetastic is a clear case of AI slop.
At a glance
| BridgeTricks | Bridgetastic | |
|---|---|---|
| How you train | Graded practice, one decision at a time: an opening lead, a suit combination, a bid | Ask the AI coach, Brian, about a hand, or enter a hand into the analyzer or the lead advisor |
| What your answer is measured against | Leads: double dummy analysis over 4,000 layouts, at IMPs and matchpoints. Suit play: the exact odds of every line | Advice from the AI coach and the analysis tools on the hand you entered |
| Opening leads | The Lead Trainer: every card graded, with a daily set, practice, survival, rush, duels and the Kib AI explainer | A lead advisor that suggests a lead for a hand you enter (5 a day free), and lead practice |
| Card play | The Suit Trainer, a free suit solver and a free double dummy solver | A hand analyzer, a daily puzzle and whole deals against bots |
| Bidding and systems | Write your system in the Bidding Architect, drill it with flashcards, plus 100-hand drills on 46 conventions and systems | A system builder and a bidding trainer, mostly for opening bids (10 hands a day free) |
| Convention cards | Convention cards on the WBF, ACBL and EBU layouts, with print and PDF (1 card free) | A convention card creator (2 cards free) |
| Playing with other people | Duels on the same problems, leaderboards and a community chat, but no table play and no robots | Club pages with a partnership desk, no multiplayer tables (it links to BBO, the ACBL and other sites) |
| Free plan | Daily sets and duels without limit, 3 practice hands and 3 arcade runs a day per trainer, 10 flashcards a day, 500 Bidding Architect nodes, free solvers and guides | 10 coach questions, 5 hand analyses, 5 lead queries and 10 trainer hands a day, unlimited daily puzzle, no card needed |
| Paid plans | Pro $7 a month or $60 a year, Master $12 a month or $99 a year | Pro $5 a month or $39 a year |
| Where it runs | In any browser on a computer or phone, plus iOS and Android apps with the double dummy solver | In a web browser, no app found in the stores |
Prices and features checked on 18 October 2026. Sources: the Bridgetastic home page, Bridgetastic pricing, its About page, terms of service and 2026 guide to bridge apps, Funbridge offers and BridgeTricks pricing. Bridgetastic prices are its web prices, in US dollars.
How Bridgetastic works
At the center of Bridgetastic is Brian, an AI coach. You type a question about a bidding or play problem and get an answer back. Around him sit tools that work on a hand you bring to the site: a hand analyzer, an opening lead advisor that suggests what to lead, and an analyzer for your duplicate results.
There is also a bidding trainer for opening bids and a few simple replies, a daily puzzle, a hand generator, a scoring calculator, an encyclopedia and a mode to play a whole deal against bots. For partnerships there is a system builder and a convention card creator, and clubs can have their own page with a partnership desk. Bridgetastic runs on the web only and has no tables for playing with other people, so it points you to BBO, the ACBL and other sites for that.
Bridgetastic does not say who is behind it. Its pages name a company, Bridgetastic, Inc., but no founder, team, teacher or address, and the only ways to reach it are an email address and a feedback form. Brian, the coach, is an AI. Some details on the site also do not agree. The home page still links to Pro as a waitlist of things to come while the pricing page sells it, and its own 2026 guide to bridge apps gives prices for other apps that do not match their own sites, such as $9.99 a month for Funbridge, which charges $15.99 on its website. In our opinion, the site falls into what people now call AI slop, with a lot of text that reads as machine-written and details nobody checked.
How BridgeTricks works
BridgeTricks sets the problem and checks your answer. In the Lead Trainer you get a hand and an auction and choose a card. The program then deals the three hidden hands 4,000 times to fit the bidding, and a double dummy solver, which plays each layout perfectly with every card in view, scores every possible lead at IMPs and at matchpoints. You see how your card did against all the others.
When a result surprises you, you can ask Kib, the AI explainer, about the hand. A free or Pro account gets 3 questions to Kib in total, and Master gets 50 a day. The Suit Trainer grades declarer play in one suit against the exact chances of every line, and both trainers have a daily set, practice, survival and rush modes, and duels with a rating.
For bidding, the Bidding Architect holds your system as a tree of bids that you can turn into flashcards, and on Pro or Master share with a partner. Convention cards are filled in on the WBF, ACBL or EBU layout and can be printed. There is no play against robots and no table play with other people.
Free plans and prices
Bridgetastic is the cheaper of the two. Its free plan needs no card and gives a daily allowance for each tool. The pricing page lists the Pro extras as unlimited cloud saves for your hands, sync, a history of your questions to Brian for each hand, CSV export and early access. Its home page still links to a Pro waitlist, but the pricing page says Pro is live.
A free BridgeTricks account gets unlimited daily sets and duels, 3 practice hands a day in each trainer, 1 convention card and 7 one-time starter credits for the Bridge Lab and other paid tools. Pro raises the practice limit to 10 a day and Master removes it. Players under 26 get half price, and in Europe the same amounts are charged in euros.
Which one to choose
Pick BridgeTricks if
- you want problems set for you and a score for every answer
- you want to practice opening leads at IMPs and at matchpoints
- you want bidding drills and flashcards for your own system
- you need a convention card on the WBF, ACBL or EBU layout
Pick Bridgetastic if
- you want to ask questions about hands in plain language
- you want a suggested lead for a hand you just played
- you want to play whole deals against bots
- you want the lower price
Both have free plans, so you can try both before you pay. Some players will ask Bridgetastic about a hand that went wrong and then use BridgeTricks to practice the same kind of decision.
Common questions
Short answers to what readers ask most.
- Who is behind Bridgetastic?
- The site names a company, Bridgetastic, Inc., but no person, and gives no address. BridgeTricks is built by Alessandro Calmanovici, who is named on the guides, the comparison pages and the About page.
- Is Bridgetastic free?
- Yes, with daily limits. The free plan gives 10 questions to the AI coach, 5 hand analyses, 5 lead queries and 10 bidding trainer hands a day, with no card needed. Pro costs $5 a month or $39 a year.
- Is Bridgetastic cheaper than BridgeTricks?
- Yes. Bridgetastic Pro is $5 a month or $39 a year. BridgeTricks Pro is $7 a month or $60 a year, and Master is $12 a month or $99 a year.
- What is the difference between a lead advisor and a lead trainer?
- A lead advisor suggests a lead for a hand you type in. The BridgeTricks Lead Trainer gives you a hand and an auction you have not seen, lets you choose, and then grades every card you could have led over 4,000 layouts. For the rules behind good leads, see the opening leads guide.
- Can I play bridge with other people on either site?
- Neither has tables where four people play a deal together. Bridgetastic links to BBO, the ACBL and other sites for that. On BridgeTricks you can duel other players on the same lead and suit problems.
- Do Bridgetastic and BridgeTricks have apps?
- BridgeTricks runs in any browser, and its iOS and Android apps have the double dummy solver. Bridgetastic runs in the browser, and no app for it was found in the stores.
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- Bridge bidding practice in 2026: the best apps and sitesWhere to practice bridge bidding alone, with your partner or with robots: Cuebids, BridgeTricks, BBO, bid72, NeuralPlay and more, with free plans and prices.
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