A Sheepshead card game practice app for iPhone and iPad. Read trump, choose the bury, and take the right trick in five-minute drills. No opponents and no account.
iPhone · Four practice rooms · Works offline
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Everything below is free. Sheepshead+ adds more of it.
Card values, suits, the blind, picker and partner roles, then the rules that trip up new players.
Permanent trump, fail suits, point cards, and the order that turns a holding into a table plan.
See five cards and call the trump, point, partnership, or strategy clue that matters before the trick starts.
Work eight-card picker holdings, compare your bury with the coach's pick, and see the blind tradeoff.
Follow the led suit, order the trumps, find the silent partner, and capture the point cards that decide the hand.
Swipeable cards that explain the rule instead of just testing it.
An additional practice set in all four rooms, with fresh questions, hands, deals, and calls added through the year.
Advanced picker strategy, partner defense, live-trump tracking, and expert trick decisions.
Streaks, missed-item review, and per-room progress keep the useful skills warm.
Sheepshead Trainer keeps practice progress and preferences on your iPhone. There is no sign-up, no ads, and nothing sold. Reminders are scheduled locally on your device. Apple processes purchases, and RevenueCat receives only the identifiers needed to unlock and restore Sheepshead+.
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Most players learn sheepshead at a table, then have no way to practice until the next deal. Trump order fades, buries become guesses, and trick decisions disappear as soon as the table gets busy.
Sheepshead Trainer is practice without a table: quick, interactive reps you can run anywhere. Learn the deck, read the blind, choose two to bury, and take tricks without giving points away.
All four rooms are free. Sheepshead+ adds more: monthly or yearly (both with a 1-week free trial), or a one-time purchase for lifetime access. Prices are shown in the app before you buy and vary by region.
Extra practice sets. A second set of questions, hands, deals, and calls in every room, using drills you already know.
The Master Tables. Advanced bury strategy, partner defense, live-trump tracking, and expert trick play for players moving past the basics.
| Platform | iOS 17+ |
| Language | Swift 6 with strict concurrency |
| Framework | SwiftUI · StoreKit 2 · RevenueCat |
| Data | No account; progress stored on device |
| Storage | Local preferences, bundled practice content |
| Offline | Every drill works with no network |
One rule at a time. Drills isolate card values, trump order, bury choices, partner play, and table position.
Original teaching deals. Every hand, deal, and question is written for teaching, not copied from a published game.
Short sessions. Sessions are short enough for a grocery line, because that's when people actually practice.
What's free. The four rooms are complete without paying. Sheepshead+ adds volume and advanced material; the fundamentals are never locked.
Yes. Sheepshead Trainer is a free iPhone and iPad app that drills trump order, picking, burying and trick play in five-minute sessions. It is practice, not a full game, and each answer comes with the coach's reasoning.
Learn the cards and their trump order first, then the roles of picker and partner, then what to bury and how to win tricks. Sheepshead Trainer follows that order across its Card, Trump, Bury and Trick rooms.
Bury the points you want to keep for the picking side while keeping the trump and strength you need to play the hand. The Bury Room gives you eight-card picker holdings, then compares your bury with the coach's pick and shows the blind tradeoff.
Practice it until it is automatic. The Trump Room covers permanent trump, fail suits and point cards, and the Trick Room has you order the trumps and follow the led suit in real situations.
No. There are no opponents or bots. It is a practice app for decisions between games at your own table.
The download is free, with four practice rooms, flashcards and streaks included, and there is no account or sign-up. An optional Sheepshead+ upgrade adds extra practice sets and the Master Tables, and prices are shown in the app before you buy.
Yes. Every drill works with no network connection, and your progress stays on your device.
Sheepshead Trainer is an independent sheepshead practice app. House rules vary, so use the rules agreed at your table.
Free on the App Store. Four practice rooms, no account. Sheepshead+ optional.
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