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Blackjack 88 – Casino Game Review
Blackjack 88 is a Casino/Card/Entertainment game from Code Redman Ltd, first launched in 23rd March 2011.
It’s rated 17+ and currently has 8+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Blackjack 88 Stand Out
Blackjack 88 is the BIG card one deck Blackjack game. Designed for your device rather than a table. It has great animation and beautiful retina graphics. It's bright, easy to play and FREE to download.
"Best blackjack app in the store! 5 Stars" – hexdump1979
The game features:
- Large realistic playing cards with 3D table.
- Full support for splitting to four hands.
- Fast smooth play.
- Configurable table colors and card backs.
- One deck game.
- Uses trusted shuffling algorithm – there is no "fixing" here!
- With the optional (IAP) Basic Strategy Guide recommended plays are built right in.
- With optional (IAP) Infinite Chips if you run out of virtual chips you are topped back up again immediately and for free.
- Game Center support so you can compare with your friends.
- Listen to your own music via iPod or other background app.
- No adverts.
NOTE: Blackjack 88 has free chips to start you off. If you run out you'll get more chips, completely FREE, 20 minutes later. You can optionally buy larger amounts of chips anytime. But, it is possible to play completely free forever!
Enjoy and good luck!
This Casino game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Blackjack 88 is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 28th April 2018
Recent improvements include:
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
This update fixes the mute option for sounds effects that is affecting users of iOS 11.3.
Download & Availability
Blackjack 88 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:
Been screwing people over lately? More like all the time. DO NOT DOWNLOAD THIS APP.. Or do if you want to buy coins every 5 seconds.
Great app. We have played a few hundred hands and have purchased only our original chips. The game plays realistically. (Hello. The dealer will kick your butt from time-to-time). Stick to the tables with crafty exception and have a good betting strategy and you'll be chips ahead. Love this app.
One of the least annoying blackjack apps. We've played for months without buying a single chip. It's fast which we like. A real table will also take your money too if you don't have basic strategy down. We also like single deck, it's easier to keep count. Winner winner chicken dinner.
One of the easiest interfaces of any BlackJack game you will find. A very well done game/app . Our only complaint is that this is not Egghead Software and the year is not 1995 so $19.99 for unlimited coins it should be more like $9.95 or less . This is 2015. However Kudos to the Developers.
Great graphics but we're thinking the game may have a dealer advantage. Dealer gets 21 way too often.
Just like Vegas, odds are not in player's favor. Too many 12s and 13s — taking another card is invariably a face card, unless you're the dealer. No matter how good your hand is, the dealer almost always has one card better. Pushing at 21 is the frosting on the cake.
Not random stats. Stacked to sell chips.
Yes the dealer wins too!! Much.
Wow the not so subtle game of "buy more chips, you rube". We were drawn to the game by good graphics. We moved in closer and read the negative reviews, because all the positive reviews say nothing or created by the developers saying nothing also. We wanted to see what to look out for while playing. Next we go to the not so secret, "Cash Cows Milk aka in app purchases". Because nothing says "here's our developers game plan of wealth" more than this. We mean if it weren't important than they wouldn't offer- right? Theirs is chips, chips and unlimited chips. So if it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck . . . So we started out small, won a couple of bets slowly building our chips. Waited for the next reshuffle and bet a couple of 500 hands ( won them ) and went back down in chip bets the further we got away from the shuffle. After the next reshuffle we were up over 3k. We bet 1k the next 3 hands and the dealer pulls 3 blackjack in a row (Wow when do you see that in Vegas?). We're down to scraps which we lose also. But wait HELP in on the way in a form of an ad. We could be delivered from our predicament, in a not so subtle ad to "buy more chips, you rube". Unfortunately we wasn't that rube. Now we love the rich graphic animation the way the cards are dealt. But no casino ambiance or lite music soundtrack, just the shuffling of cards being dealt. No choices of card decks ( we believe they use one deck, really?? How about 1-10 ) nor any customization of rule preferences. We didn't see a chip reload button cuz again rubes will pay. But we just deleted their game plan. Look when some developers get an idea, oh like, let's make a BJ game with rich animated graphics with casino ambience and possibly decent music soundtrack. With true to life card probabilities based on deck count and user rule choices And NO chip repurchase program for cash but rather a re-chip button with a fair amount (1K) so we could ply our magic honing our skills or go broke trying and retrying. WOW, what a novel business plan, instead of raking our customers, we build the better "mouse trap". And if you don't know what that gets you, just google "better mousetrap" . Call us crazy cuz after all we are ONENUTJOB. Anyone listening, Bueller. . . Bueller.
Agree with others who say odds are off. Dealer wins too much. Did not change after we bought unlimited chips. Good interface with bad odds. Too frustrating to play very long.
Dealer has Blackjack or hits to 21 at an abnormally high rate. Also has 20 to the players 12 at an abnormally high rate. Of course your strategy is to sell chips so that's acceptable we guess – we would only hope those who do but chips aren't faced with those odds. We're not willing to take the chance to find out.
Senior says the game is entertaining and challenging. Great graphics, like being at the BlackJack table at the Casinos.
Code Redman card games are the best we have played on this iOS smartphone format. This Blackjack game is no exception. Great game. Recent improvements make it even better.
Easy to use. Clean setup and gameplay. Have had a couple instances where the dealer hits miracle 21's and blackjacks in a row but overall we like it a lot.
The blackjack game is fun to play but is rigged in the dealers favor, especially when a person is starting with the minimum amount. There is no such thing as a player hot streak.
You know the old saying, "read and weep", this app is crooked. We thought we kept seeing too many * so we counted cards. After the third duplicated, we knew we had not made a mistake. All users that think this a great game and it is just the house, count the cards. Looking for an honest game.
Excellent blackjack app for experienced players. Simple and elegant.
No instruction for beginners, but realistic gameplay for a two-deck shoot.
Super fun game with a real casino feel! Go get it.
Love this version of blackjack..wish you could earn more bonus coins though but still an A plus.
So far this is the best game we've played on the net.
It is a fun gam. And you do not have to be online to play:).
A lot of fun. If your new to blackjack, downloading the help for a minimal fee is useful….otherwise there is no explanation of rules. But still….great fun.
We like it because it's free with very good quality and the entertainment is very good we really enjoy it.
We work at a casino and we can tell you that this game is not accurate. Way too many times the dealer ends up with a four or five card 21 and there are also way too many ten value cards. It's rigged to get you to buy their chips, it is fun though.
The game is fix that the dealer wins almost all the time, there is no way to beat the dealer and it is not fun to lose all the time, please allow the player a fair chance to win once in a while.
There's still a bug. Sometimes when it deals a hand it deals a hit card whether you want to hit or not. We've had 18 or 19 with the first cards but a third card automatically comes out and puts you over. Please fix. Second request.
It's obvious the fix is in. Give us a break already. You would have a better chance of winning in a real casino. Please don't buy new chips till they adjust there program.
We love playing! Our chips continuously replenish and we're back at it! How cool is that!?! Not sure if its exactly like the "real" game but we're having tons of fun playing.
We love this blackjack game, from the authentic sounds of shuffling cards to the nice BIG print cards and buttons. We win a fair amount of time and get our share of good hands so it doesn't seem rigged…but we did buy the infinite chip upgrade so maybe it's rigged prior to the upgrade to get you to buy the upgrade or chips. We decided it was worth the extra money because we like the layout and the size of the cards. And it does refill chips when you run out…after 20 minutes. Nice design! Nice app overall. We would recommend you try this and if you like it buy the upgrade. We play a lot so we might even upgrade for the strategy guide (though we think that should have been included with the expensive infinite chips).
One of the better Bjack games we have played.
Great game to play day after day.
We enjoy playing this game. It is just like playing in the casino.
Very fun. Enjoy playing the game.
20 minute wait for 250 more chips adds touch of reality to play. Uncertain how many decks are being dealt from – seems like at least two.
Sometimes we firmly believe the site is rigged.
Game is too skewed in dealer's favor. Not realistic enough.
The dealer wins more which takes the fun out of the game.
You need to give more then 250 to play you go right through that in seconds.
Might have been worth $.99 with no limit on chips. This app is like the real thing where the dealer wins more than the player. This is supposed to be fun but not when you run out of chips and have to wait 20 minutes to get a whopping 250 chips.
This game is great! The cards look crisp and are large and easy to see.
Just like sitting at a table in Reno.
Because of this game our bathroom Time got longer.
Great game with a feel for the real thing. Hours of fun.
Excellent game. Just wish you could rotate the screen.
Not bad, but must fix the bug where the player busts, and the dealer continues to get cards until 17 is reached or busts, Also needs an update to have dealer blackjacks exposed immediately, not after player hits/stands. In other words, make it like a real casino.
Dealer always wins even when dealer has a losing hand.
Odds do seem to be in favor of the dealer overwhelmingly!! Never saw so many 21's with the dealer showing a 3,4,5,6.
The dealer has to much luck….to one sided like the news media.
Game wins more than normal. It's okay but we have played better.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 6.4
- Size: 25.29 MB
- iOS: 8.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory: Frequent/Intense Simulated Gambling
- Developer: Code Redman Ltd
Last updated: 28th April 2018 | Genre: Casino, Card | Developer: Code Redman Ltd