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Nerts – Card Game Review
Nerts is a Card/Entertainment/Board game from Earthshine Labs, LLC, first launched in 4th November 2009.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 853+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Nerts Stand Out
So you think you're good at Solitaire? Prove it with Nerts! Nerts is the action-packed card game that lets you compete against virtual opponents for the ace piles in a race to get rid of your cards and gain the most points.
As you get faster, increase the skill level and number of opponents to intensify the challenge!
Carefully designed by a life-long Nerts fan, it features all the essentials, such as:
- Beautiful graphics and animations
- Optimized for small screen play
- Opponent peeking
- "Lefty mode"
- Up to three opponents
- Three levels of difficulty
Watch out, this game may be addicting!
Full version features:
- Multiplayer using local Wi-Fi with up to 5 other people
- Four harder difficulty levels
- Play with up to 5 computer players
- Games can last multiple rounds until the winning score is reached
To get the full version, download the free app and then upgrade to the full version with the in-app purchase.
This Card game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Nerts is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 16th September 2017
Recent improvements include:
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
64-bit compatibility, minor fixes.
Download & Availability
Nerts is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
This is our go-to app when we're bored. Thank you so much for updating it.
This is the best Nerts app and unfortunately it will die when iOS 11 comes out this year. We are pleading with you, the developer, to keep this app by updating it so that it is compatible with iOS 11.
Need an update so that after the next IOS version, we can continue to play.
We love this game, but it needs to be updated so it's compatible with IOS updates. Please update! Our kids and we will miss it.
We need an update so we can continue to play after the next IOS update!! Would hate to lose this game just because you don't have an update.
Always love this game. Got it on our wife's phone and we can't play against each other. Bluetooth "on" for both phones and it registers that either of us are hosting. We each have iOS 9.3.5. Thoughts.
We love this game. Our husband and we play almost daily. But we echo everyone else's complaints about the multiplayer glitches. It looks like there is no support for this game anymore, which is sad since it's almost perfect.
We are the best player of this game in our family but to use it is referred to as peanuts! Was taught to us by a great family friend! Five stars from us! Great app.
Nerts can be fast paced with a high element of strategy, and highly addictive. The app's graphic elements are a little dated and it isn't optimized for the 6/6+, but the gameplay is almost flawless. Multiplayer is basically unusable, but it suffers more from the decision to use bluetooth (instead of wifi) than the actual implementation. The AI won't replace a real person, but manages to be challenging (in a good way). If you're on the fence about this app, just buy it and thank us later.
Our friend recently taught us how to play nerts in person, do this is a good game to practice our skills on so we can beat her later.
Love the fast pace of this game.
It's so addicting! Gets better and better. Once we start playing we have to set a time limit for ourselves so we don't spend hours on it.
Our family has played Nertz for as long as we can remember, sometimes 9 or 10 of us around the table at once… We were so happy to find an app version to keep us sharp in the "off-season!".
We've played this game all our life, but have referred to it as another name Peanuts. The gameplay is great against the computer and the interface seamless. It's a great way to pass the time and great practice for when you have the opportunity to play live with other people.
A highly addictive and great game. It's been tons of fun. We can't recommend it enough.
And never got sick of it. Great game!! Never had a glitch and ads aren't a problem, we have paid version it's a bargain.
Great game. Really close to playing the real thing with friends.
We LOVE that the new edition now shows the scores after every round.
We spent hours playing this game, it is realistic when you play against the computer. The only issue we find is that when there is nothing that either us or our opponent can move, the gameshould decide who's the winner based on score. But we love it.
Loved playing this game all the time with our family but we could never play it alone… Now with this app we can enjoy childhood pleasures! You should see family game night we all have our apple devices and the sounds effects and conversations we hold during the game is like comedy tv! Love it.
Lots of fun. Great way to pass time.
Fun and addicting game. It is better playing with real cards with family and friends.
Excellent game. Holds your attention Fun to play.
Excellent game! Glad to see a game so exoteric at the app store.
Great game! Plays just like "Hell" a game we remember from our childhood, Love it.
Plays just like a live game. Appropriately challenging though perhaps an "aggressiveness" setting for opponents could be added. The computer players sometimes are too polite. Speed is just right.
Love the game good action and plays pretty close to the game when we play cards with our family.
Very easy and fun to use. We wish we didn't have to pay to resume our games though.
This app is awesome! Great playability, easy to learn, and definitely worth buying the upgrade.
We spend way too much time on this game. Always a great challenge.
One of our favorite games, love it so much we purchased it, and it is worth it! We don't win every time, which is fine.
We paid to upgrade this app so we could do multiplayer over Bluetooth. It worked when we first got the app years ago, but it seems that it doesn't work in the latest versions. We love the app, we just wish still it did everything we paid for.
It's really fun but the app tends to crash, which if you're playing the free version, you can't resume the game….. Which kind of stinks.
This app is just like playing the actual game. You flip through your deck and play as quickly as you can. Love it.
Just learned nerts so we were delighted there was an app. Very realistic! More so than most cars games. We do wish there was an "aggressiveness" option, too. The computer is too polite. And of course the constant nag to update is annoying, as completing a level makes us yearn for more, not game developments shamelessly self-promoting.
This is the game we've been looking for! Awesome 2 player experience… Great game play -EXCEPT it locks up every 10 minutes on 2 player games! Terribly glitchy! Works fine on 1 player games. We want this to work soooooo bad! Please fix the glitch.
We love this game! But we would really love it if it had top scores so we can try to beat our high score or if we lose a set it would take points away like in the Vegas style solitaire.
Too few computer players, but overall good game.
We like to play this in the morning sometimes, to confirm that we're awake enough to get out of bed. On the whole, it's very well designed. Two things we wish we could change: we've reached a point, with the maximum number of opponents and expert level, that we win almost all the time. When we try to go up a level, though, it is insanely more difficult. It would better if it were the card speed that was faster (closer to real life), rather than the decision making. On the few occasions when three of us have tried to play via Bluetooth, it always locks up.
This is a wonderful app! The only problem is when every player reaches a dead end there is no winner decided. If playing a tournament all scores are lost with no way to end the game by mutual agreement.
Played it as a kid. Nice app. Very addictive. The constant nag to upgrade is annoying.
Love the game. You can make it as easy or hard as you like…great option.
Fun to play! Not very challenging, we almost always win. We like the version where you can see your score after each round.
We love playing Nerts and this app is the only one we like. However, it needs an update because it hasn't been updated since 2014. Buggy and annoying.
We enjoy this game thoroughly, but we needs lots of work! In addition to being optimized for iPhone 6 and 6+ users, it also needs to work fully (multiplayer doesn't work at all). We understand that this app may have been unloved by users lately, but it will gain traction if users' needs are met! Thanks.
Love the game, but it needs an update according to an Apple error we got and the developers website is broken.
Solo games are fun and quick but after paying $2.99 for the upgrade so we could play with our gf the game never connects. It recognizes when either of us is the host but when the non host selects join game it never does. Just sits there. Don't spend money on this unless there is a solution.
Rating it 3… Would be a 5, but it the multiplayer version hasn't worked since iOS 9… So please please fix this. The game was awesome and provided a lot of fun on road trips and just hanging out.
We love playing the game! It's a good time killer. However, it crashes WAY too often. Wish they would fix it.
This is an awesome game, but we've noticed that when playing the other players sometimes throw cards in the middle and then they slide across the board and we can't see them or play on them. It seems very unfair.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.10
- Size: 16.74 MB
- iOS: 8.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: Earthshine Labs, LLC
Last updated: 16th September 2017 | Genre: Card, Entertainment | Developer: Earthshine Labs, LLC