Last updated on January 4th, 2026 at 07:07 pm
Rummikub® – Entertainment Game Review
Rummikub® is a Entertainment/Family/Board game from Kinkajoo Ltd, first launched in 1st April 2015.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 732+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Rummikub® Stand Out
The original Rummikub version (not Rummy nor Rummy Cube or Okey) is one of the most popular family games in the world.
The unique combination of tactical thinking, luck and tense competition has made this classic family game to one of the most successful games for the past 70 years! Arrange the tiles to create the smartest color and numbers combinations.
Will you be the first player to place all tiles and win the match?
- Download now and play as much as you want. Get free access to all game modes and features.
- No ads! No commercials!
- Play the classic Rummikub game online with your friends, family or players from all around the World.
- You can choose to connect with your Facebook account, Game Center or as a guest.
SINGLE PLAY
Play against computer players (also available OFFLINE). Set the turn time, opponents number and difficulty level.
PLAY NOW
Play ONLINE with millions of Rummikub players from all around the world and try to win as many points as you can to become the Rummikub Master!
CUSTOM GAME
CREATE a public table with your own preferences; number of players, turn time and entry fee.
PRIVATE GAME
INVITE FRIENDS and family members to play!
Create private tables and choose your own personal game settings.
You can see which of your friends are online from your Facebook's friendlist and invite them to join you to play a fun classic Rummikub game.
Includes 10 supported languages – English, German, French, Dutch, Korean, Chinese, Spanish, Polish, Turkish and Portuguese.
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This Entertainment game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Rummikub® is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 8th December 2025
Recent improvements include:
Bug fixes and performance improvements
Download & Availability
Rummikub® 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:
We have the pay version and it works perfectly for us. We have played many games with friends often and have never had any issues. Its a great game.
We had given up trying to find someone to play the table tile version with us so we were so excited when we found this original version and can play against the computer! Problem solved! Many were the days our friends and we would play for hours after coming in from the yard! It is worth paying for it but it does have its bugs – it freezes occasionally and refuses to move tiles, for example, but the fun makes up for it.
Great for passing the time on airplanes! We also play it while on the Peloton. We used free version for a while then bought the pay version. Totally worth it. We would ask future versions to have ability to toggle the animations off, in Single Play mode. Let the AI players instantly make their moves. We get impatient.
Very fun, we really like the option to play solo and determine the speed and difficulty level. Im getting better.
We are very excited to have found a great game we remember from our childhood. The app is great and works beautifully so far. We would just like to ask the developers to keep updating and supporting this great game so that we can all enjoy it for a long time to come. Thank you.
As of todays date works fine. Love the effects and design.
Thank you to an extremely supportive team at Rummikub. We were having issues with one part of the game and their support team stick with us until it was resolved. A huge thank you to everyone. You made our day.
It's so nice to be able to just be able to buy a great game and play it with no ads and no further attempts to get you to spend money.
Played this as a kid, but became a little addicted since we found it was an app.
We are enjoying the paid version very much, worth dealing with bugs and there are a lot. Takes multiple times to open app, the game freezes often saying poor internet connection (which isnt on our end), tiles often come back for no reason and even though we have won games a couple of times, the game froze and didnt save. We would think by now the developer can fix simple bugs. For that we cant give a 5 star and borderline 3 vs. 4. But game is fun. App shouldnt cost what it does unless bugs fixed.
Just won a game we actually lost and received the points. Lately, winning but receiving only part of the points. Feeling hacked at times-mysterious #s appearing on players faces. Weird stuff.
Great game but crashes on startup.
Ive been playing Rummikub both online and IRL for years, and have really enjoyed the app, but there are two things that Ive found bothersome, and would love to see fixed: Private games should have an option to disable the time limit. We understand the need when you're playing with people that you don't know, but having a game with a friend where you can come and go from it would be nice. There are two sets of rules for the joker, depending on when and where you bought the game. The app enforces neither of them, so it's easy to cheat with the joker. The app's rules specify that you must replace the joker with a comparable tile from either your hand or the board. Some editions of the board game say that you must replace the joker with a tile from your hand and then provide two more tiles, again from your hand in order to reuse the joker. Fix those, and you've got five stars from us.
This app is close to the real deal. Players can be annoying when they move the tiles around to clean up the board and there are some comments made where a name should be. A few nasty names apppear but we try to ignore the other players. We love the game.
Game is good but can be glitchy free version seems to be less glitchy.
When we bought a new iPad, the game layout changed when using the same Rummikub app we have used for many years. We cant stand the way the board gets much smaller once quite a few tiles are played. This makes the end of each game harder due to less viewing area of the game board. We emailed their support team and they said the layout happens automatically and there is no setting to change it. Tile sort used to be at the bottom left with characters/players across the top. This layout is much better than the new one.
The timer doesnt let you make your propper move in time, we get it, but we wish theyd make an option to set what kind of game you want to play with others – more than 30 second turns.
Usually we have to open it 3-5 times before it loads, but once it loads its fun.
Crashes on iphone. Have to delete and redownload to play every time. Other that, good enough app and game, worth the money.
We enjoy playing Rummikub, but it crashes upon opening so many times that we just quit and dont play. Also, when the game does open and lets us play, sometimes it wont close when Im done. We have to restart our phone to close the app.
Its the normal game, works just fine to play, but there is a lot of crashing happening when opening the app. There are also bots you can play against who have only two difficulties, normal and pro The movement of tiles is pretty strange too, the way they auto adjust can make it difficult to get your placement right without running out of time. The sounds are so obnoxious, we keep the game muted the entire time we play.
The field is too sensitive near the edges and its too easy to accidentally exits the game if you touch too close. Plus it frequently gets confused assuming illegal moves when incorrect. Do better.
Every day or so it will crash on launch. We can re-launch a few days and eventually we will see the progress bar and it will launch, so there is a workaround. This is based on testing on 3 different devices. A more serious issue is that in our custom games (the only way we play) it will very rarely lose one of our turns – that player will play and finish their turn, but on the other device it will not recognize that turn ended; you wait until the timer finishes, and then it throws away that turn and syncs up both players and you can continue the game. Despite these issues, our family puts a lot of time into this app, as an alternative to playing with the real game.
Fun to play. Biggest complaint is that it rarely ever opens on the first try. Ive had to delete the app and reload it to try to get it to work better. Maybe a bug they will fix.
The app crashes sometimes when we rotate our screen 180 degrees. Also its annoying on a small screen like the iPhone that grabbing the tiles on the bottom row will often grab the bar to switch apps. This is super frustrating when under the pressure of the clock as it causes you to lose precious seconds. We feel like they should be able to fix this by moving the location of the tiles slightly up or making them larger or easier to grab. We might switch to playing exclusively on our iPad.
Wish the rules of play were the same as the actual game. -The initial meld and how the Joker works- A few glitches make it hard to maneuver the tiles around efficiently.
We can say that the Rummikub game is both exciting and a downer and a disappointment to this game. The downside is created because about 50% of the players are hoarding groups of tiles to lay down all at once in the Rummikub game end! Now Im sure that many could players engaging in the trash down end play, can be seen as a strategic move rather than cheating. It's obviously a common tactic used by players to gain an advantage in the game. However, it's always good to play fair and have fun while playing games online.
Only 4 player for private games is annoying.
We play this game weekly with friends the actual board game a lot of fun you win probably about every third game we would win not on this app and it just takes all the fun out of it.
Cant recommend for MacOS users as the app continuously crashes upon launch.
The game is entertaining IF it even gives you the opportunity to make a first move! Half of the time another player wins before you even get a chance to play. Super frustrating.
We love the physical version, have a 4 person travel and 6 person premium. Our wife and we play regularly in private mode but not liking the play mode. Play mode has too many AIs playing as there is no way a person can reconfigure almost every set/run in 30 seconds to play all their tiles. Instead of AIs give more time to allow real people to join the game.
Very fun to play on iPad, but crashes on launch SO much. Seems to eat up battery power as well. We paid for the VIP version and this shouldnt be happening. Strongly request crashing be addressed.
We originally bought this app because of the adds in the other Rummikub game drove us crazy. Its not the same type or game play. It take multiple tries to open the app. Every time the app starts to open it crashes, takes like 3-6 times of opening the app to work. We wish we didnt buy it. We will play the other app with ads instead.
When it works it is fantastic. But honestly it crashes every time we open it fresh on our iPad. Happens to our wife as well, so not just our device. Please fix it.
This game is a lot of fun, but there are too many buggy events that occur.
Beautifully designed game – colorful, fun and easy to use. We have to play every night no matter where we are even on a night train up to the Arctic. Best of all, you can play solo against the computer. Love the original, but this may be even better.
We bought this version of the app so we didnt have to pay for coins or watch ads to get coins. Recently, it seems like the devs are throttling gameplay for this app – we will get consistent errors when trying to start a multi-user game, but then hop over to the free app and everything works.
We love that it challenges our brain in so many ways.
We love playing the game its as close as it gets to playing the board game. Its quick easy and its very addictive.
Never played before, so this app is great to learn. The game takes a minute to learn but it has a surprising amount of depth and challenge.
Love the board game, and practice on this app. It is fun.
Love this game, never get bored. Its a must try.
We love this game even though Im not great at it. It makes you think and we think it helps with aging. We highly recommend it for any level players.
We love this game and am surprised by the number of people that havent experienced playing with other joker types. Double joker, mirror joker, and the color change joker. Add a game mode for this, PLEASE.
Super fun and challenging game for all.
Love it. Just like the real board game.
Love it. Just like the real board game.
We remember playing Rummikub as a kid with our family, and now recently our mom and we play together through this app. Its very fun, and we really appreciate how thoughtfully designed it is. Thanks for making it.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 4.12.12
- Size: 241.11 MB
- iOS: 13.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: Kinkajoo Ltd
Last updated: 8th December 2025 | Genre: Entertainment, Family | Developer: Kinkajoo Ltd