--- title: "Sheepshead - Reviews, Revenue and Downloads in United States | Apple App Store" description: "Play Sheepshead at any time. Sheepshead is a trick-taking card game. This is a single player version with computer controlled opponents. Sheepshead is played with 7-8-9-10-J-Q-K-A in four suits, for" --- # Sheepshead — United States ![Sheepshead App Icon](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple221/v4/55/2b/14/552b1474-4b1e-bc94-64cd-632b6afdb73c/AppIcon-1-0-0-1x_U007emarketing-0-6-0-85-220.png/434x0w.png) **Developer:** [Derek Hoffmeister](https://apptail.io/developer/derek-hoffmeister-wAPd) **Category:** Games **Rating:** 3.3/5 (81 ratings) **Price:** Free **Bundle ID:** com.derekhoffmeister.sheepshead **Store:** Apple App Store **Country:** United States **Version:** 1.9.3 (released 2026-04-24) **Original Release:** 2014-06-12 **Languages:** English **App Store Link:** [Download on Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/app/id878817235) **AppTail Page:** [https://apptail.io/app/sheepshead-lwCj/united-states](https://apptail.io/app/sheepshead-lwCj/united-states) ## Sheepshead Description Play Sheepshead at any time. Sheepshead is a trick-taking card game. This is a single player version with computer controlled opponents. Sheepshead is played with 7-8-9-10-J-Q-K-A in four suits, for a total of 32 cards *** Game Features *** * Supports five handed, four handed, and three handed play modes * Tournaments: The player with the highest score will be delared the winner after ten hands of Sheepshead have been played. * Partner variants of: - Called Ace partner (allows calling of unknown, 10's , or going alone) - Jack of Diamonds - Call up next Jack is enabled by default, this can be disabled in the options menu. In three handed and four handed play the picker does not have a partner. *Leasters: Enable in options menu. If leaster is not enabled and picking is passed by all players, the dealer will pick. * Scoring: Can either be 'Double on the bump' (default) or 'Single on the bump'. * Knocking: Also called rapping or cracking. This can be enabled in the options menu. * Statistics: Keeps track of your play statistics, such as games won, tricks taken, times picked, etc. * GameCenter integration: - Leaderboards: 'High Score' and 'High Tournament Score' - Achievements based on game score and tricks taken * Large Print Cards, if those small cards are just too hard to see! An overview of Sheepshead rules can be found in the support page. ************************************** Double tapping to play a card is supported (it must be enabled in the options menu). If enabled, tapping a card once will select it, and tapping it a second time will play it. This will allow you to change selected cards if you accidentally select the wrong card! Simply tap the correct card, and the first card will be unselected. Tap the second card again to confirm playing it. ************************************** ## Sheepshead Screenshots - [Screenshot 1](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple113/v4/c2/e3/c1/c2e3c136-5974-1355-5a19-1c7b6c019d24/pr_source.png/1242x2688.png) - [Screenshot 2](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple113/v4/ee/da/0e/eeda0e41-02af-36eb-6210-41851cdeb46f/pr_source.png/1242x2688.png) - [Screenshot 3](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple113/v4/3d/14/e4/3d14e41b-4f4c-bae6-6783-386ba2cf8da8/pr_source.png/1242x2688.png) - [Screenshot 4](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple123/v4/ca/41/98/ca419817-2813-dcc8-4097-ee741974fec8/pr_source.png/1242x2688.png) - [Screenshot 5](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple123/v4/46/13/9a/46139a4f-5e4f-64f6-beb6-09eaa3d25c3b/pr_source.png/1242x2688.png) ## Sheepshead Rating Breakdown in United States - 5 stars: 28 (35%) - 4 stars: 10 (12%) - 3 stars: 14 (17%) - 2 stars: 12 (15%) - 1 stars: 17 (21%) ## Sheepshead Reviews in United States ### *---- "Lopsided card distribution is the norm" Hands are very often stacked. In a 10 game tournament it is common for 5-6 games to be no trick or no schneider. It happens all the time. In real games these hands happen on average less than 2 times in 10 hands. Just deal the cards randomly (like a real card game would) and play the game. -- SRKBadger, 2023-09-27 ### **--- "Was good now isn’t" Loners being called with three trump. Not hardly a challenge anymore. -- Cl2jones, 2023-07-14 ### **--- "Locks up" Game locks up -- Pick a user name, 2023-06-22 ### *---- "Freezes" I’ve been liking this game since I originally downloaded it and would have given 5 stars. Gameplay isn’t what a human would do as the computer doesn’t shmeer points unless it knows the trick is theirs but it’s been a good learning tool to teach you how to play. The reason I have tanked the rating is because if I’m second in line to pick and I have a good enough hand to pick, the app freezes. The only thing I can do is to pass and then the game will freeze completely. I have to close out the app to keep playing and I lose a good hand. I’ve tried deleting and reinstalling twice and no improvement. This just started in the last few weeks. -- jzbsbchfb uchzv hhxbchccjjbxbx, 2023-03-09 ### **--- "Poor upgrade." Latest version is terrible. Computer often picks and goes alone in 5 hand with no queens and 3 fail suites. Hey I win but no one would ever do that for real. Non picking partners lead trump. Agree with other reviewers that computer gets better partners on average. Prior versions seemed to have less quirks. -- Bear58Wis, 2023-02-22 ### ***-- "Don’t go alone" Ever since the update - players are going alone with very bad hands (not even worth picking with a partner either) -- E-bro 00, 2023-02-21 ### **--- "Going alone logic bad" Last weeks update broke the game. AI players now often go alone on poor picking hands. -- player357442467896, 2023-02-15 ### *---- "Worst Sheepshead game I have ever played." Developer knows the rules of Sheepshead, but has no clue as to how to play. -- Techtike, 2023-02-11 ### **--- "Can’t Pick with latest version" With version 1.9.1 it will sometimes not allow me to pick a hand. Otherwise, great game to learn from. Agree with others about questionable computer decisions and suggestions, but that helps the learning process. -- Timpwk, 2023-02-06 ### ***** "Best sheepshead game" I’ve played them all this is the best one and this is the one I’ve shared with my friends. Call Ace plays very well. Turn on large print cards. -- Rushboy222, 2022-01-30 [View all Sheepshead reviews and detailed analytics on AppTail](https://app.apptail.io/signup?utm_campaign=ai-crawl&utm_content=reviews) ## Apps Similar to Sheepshead - [Cribbage Pro](https://apptail.io/app/cribbage-pro-Vdnb/united-states) - [Cribbage Classic](https://apptail.io/app/cribbage-classic-Wdnb/united-states) - [Simple Euchre](https://apptail.io/app/simple-euchre-Fwwc/united-states) - [Cross Cribbage](https://apptail.io/app/cross-cribbage-waAg/united-states) - [Sheepshead Pro](https://apptail.io/app/sheepshead-pro-uHDg/united-states) - [K9 Sheepshead: Schafkopf](https://apptail.io/app/k9-sheepshead-schafkopf-kLDg/united-states) - [Schafkopf-Palast](https://apptail.io/app/schafkopf-palast-upJg/united-states) - [Sheepshead, the App](https://apptail.io/app/sheepshead-the-app-mwCj/united-states) - [Sheepshead Gold](https://apptail.io/app/sheepshead-gold-owCj/united-states) - [Five Hundred (500) - Expert AI](https://apptail.io/app/five-hundred-500-expert-ai-AwCj/united-states) ## Sheepshead Available In - [United States](https://apptail.io/app/sheepshead-lwCj/united-states) - [Canada](https://apptail.io/app/sheepshead-lwCj/canada) - [Japan](https://apptail.io/app/sheepshead-lwCj/japan) - [Mexico](https://apptail.io/app/sheepshead-lwCj/mexico) --- ## About AppTail [AppTail](https://apptail.io) is a mobile app intelligence platform providing app analytics, ASO (App Store Optimization) tools, keyword tracking, competitor analysis, revenue estimates, and review monitoring for iOS App Store apps. 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