Now available on the App Store
TichuMaster
The bamboo table
in your pocket
TichuMaster brings the four-player partnership classic to iPhone with a hand-painted table, sharp bot opponents, private online rooms, and the Bärndütsch interface Tichu players in Switzerland expect.
- Live on iPhone
- No ads
- Offline AI
- Private rooms
- English & Bärndütsch
Screens from the app
Built like a Tichu table, not a generic card app.
The iPhone app uses the same deep felt, carved gold controls, and brush display type as the table art, with quick solo play and room codes for online hands.
Live trick play
Grand Tichu
Private rooms
Online play
Bärndütsch UI
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The four sacred cards
Every legend has its heroes.
Tichu's four special cards bend the rules in elegant, devastating ways. The app deck now uses the same crisp illustrated cards you see in-game.
A back worth hiding behind.
The cream card back carries a quiet jade-and-gold ornament, so even facedown hands and draw piles feel like part of the table.
Mahjong · 1
The opening lead. Whoever holds it starts the round — and may make a wish on a rank.
The Dog
Worth nothing in points. Worth everything in tempo: hand the lead straight to your partner.
The Phoenix
The shapeshifter. Becomes any single card you need — at the cost of −25 points if it stays in your hand.
The Dragon
The highest single in the deck and worth +25 — but the trick must be given to an opponent.
Two ways to play
Pick your table.
Train against three smart bots whenever you have a quiet moment. Or spin up a private online room and pull your usual crew in from anywhere in the world.
Play vs AI
Deal a hand whenever you want. Bot opponents keep solo games moving, support offline play, and give you space to practise risky Tichu calls.
Solo · Offline · Always availableOnline with friends
Create a private table, share the 6-character code, and let friends claim their seats. Perfect for your usual four when nobody has cards nearby.
Private rooms · Room codes · FriendsBuilt by Tichu fans, for Tichu fans
Every trick feels physical.
TichuMaster isn’t a generic card-game template with a re-skin. The score plaques, bamboo shadows, table felt, and chunky gold buttons all come from the same in-app art direction as the actual iPhone game.
- ✦Hand-painted cards in your choice of three styles
- ✦Fluid dealing, exchanging, and trick-collection animations
- ✦A scoreboard you can actually trust — including double-victory bonuses
- ✦Every rule from Urs Hostettler's original, faithfully preserved
- ✦English, German, and Bärndütsch interfaces
The fine print, made beautiful
Every rule. Every card. Every bomb.
True to the original
Mahjong, Dog, Phoenix and Dragon all play exactly as you'd expect. Bombs, straight-flush bombs, Grand Tichu calls — nothing left out, nothing watered down.
Smart bots, three difficulties
From beginners learning the rules to tournament-grade opponents that count cards, anti-Tichu bomb, and read your wish like a book.
Private online rooms
Spin up a 6-character code, share it with your usual four, and start a hand without matchmaking roulette.
Friend-ready online play
Room codes, friend flows and reconnect handling make long-distance games feel closer to the same table.
Statistics that mean something
Tichus called. Grand Tichus won. Bombs played. Double victories. Win rate. Game history with full round-by-round scoring.
Game history, round by round
Every game is saved with a full score-sheet — Tichus called, bombs played, who took which trick — so you can argue about that hand for months.
English, German & Bärndütsch
Full Swiss-German localisation alongside English and German — because Tichu has always had a special home in Switzerland.
Solo play works offline
Bots, statistics, history, rules and language switching all work with zero connection. Online rooms are the only feature that needs the internet.
No ads. No clutter.
Free to play means free to play. No banner ads, no casino shell, no distractions from the next trick.
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Call Tichu. Drop a bomb. Take the table.
TichuMaster is live on the App Store. Download it on iPhone, play a solo hand immediately, or invite friends to a private table.