Do I need a partner to use Cuebids?

No. Lia takes the partner seat when you want to practice on your own, and she plays a system you choose.

Does Cuebids play the cards too?

No. It is the bidding that gets practiced. When the auction is over the result comes from a double dummy analysis of the deal instead of playing it out, which is why a session can be finished in ten minutes.

It assumes you know how an auction works and want to get better at it. The deal types let you stay on the auctions you are actually working on, and that is what makes the app useful early.

Bidding with a human partner is free, however many boards you bid. Tickets pay for robots and for events, and a free account gets 48 a month. A subscription is optional.

Does it work on my phone?

Yes. Cuebids is on iPhone, iPad and Android, and in the browser at cuebids.com. One account works everywhere, so you can start at the desk and carry on on the phone.

Practice bridge bidding
with your partner.

Bid deal after deal with the partner you actually play with, on your own schedule. When the auction is over you see at once whether you found the best contract, and how everyone else bid the same cards.

Get started with your ACBL account Get the app

Free to bid with your partner, on as many boards as you like. No card, no trial period. Already on Cuebids? Sign in with ACBL.

Cuebids

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Bid every hand, compare with the world, and perfect your system.

Perfect your bidding

iPhone, iPad, Android and the browser. One account everywhere.

Bridge gets easier when the bidding is second nature

When the auctions between you and your partner come naturally and you both know your system, bridge stops feeling so hard. On Cuebids you practice in a way that is fun and does not eat your evenings. Volume practice, but efficient.

You are never both online at once

The auction waits for whoever is next to call, and a notification says when it is your turn. A session can take a coffee break or a week, and nobody has to book an evening.

Practice exactly the auction you want

Pick a deal type and every board in the session produces that situation. A session on slam bidding is slam decisions the whole way down, not one slam in twelve random deals.

Instant feedback

Each board is analyzed to find the best result available. The contract you reached is scored against it from zero to three stars, and you see how everyone else bid the same cards.

No partner free? Bid with Lia

Lia is a robot partner who plays the system you choose, 2 over 1 or Standard American among them. She never forgets an agreement, so whatever goes wrong is yours to fix.

How it works

Up and running in a few minutes

1
Create your account with ACBL
Pick a display name, then choose Continue with ACBL and sign in the way you do on the ACBL site. No new password. Already on Cuebids? Sign in with ACBL instead.
2
Add your partner, or pick Lia
Your partner needs a free account too. You find each other with a friend key or by name. To practice on your own, Lia takes the partner seat.
3
Start a session and bid
Choose how many boards and what to practice. Bid when you have a moment, and see the result as soon as the auction is over.

Get started with your ACBL accountYou are sent to the ACBL sign-in and back. The account is created on the way.

The professionals

They bid the same deals you do

Everyone bids the same boards in the Daily and the Weekly, so the comparison is like for like. On any board you can see how the pros handled the hand you got wrong.

“The perfect tool to practice bidding methods until they become second nature.”

Gavin Wolpertpro and coach

“Great hands, an intuitive interface, and a fun competitive edge.”

Sjoert Brinkworld champion

“I use Cuebids every day. Essential for both pros and beginners.”

Ola Rimstedtworld champion

What it costs

Free to bid with your partner

Worth saying plainly, because it is the part people assume must be limited. A free account can bid with its regular partner all month without spending anything. Tickets cover the two things that are more than just the two of you: a robot at the table, and competition.

Free

No card, no trial period

Bid with your partner, unlimited
48 tickets a month
The Daily and the Weekly
Your first sessions with Lia

Subscription

Optional

More deal types, up to all of them
More tickets, up to unlimited
Custom scenarios and private groups
The top tier covers your partner too

For ACBL members

100 extra tickets included

Start from here and the tickets land on your account by themselves. That is a hundred boards with Lia, or many rounds of the Daily and the Weekly. Already have the app? Redeem the code ACBL.

Redeem the code ACBL

Common questions

What people usually ask

Do I need a partner to use Cuebids?: No. Lia takes the partner seat when you want to practice on your own, and she plays a system you choose.
Does Cuebids play the cards too?: No. It is the bidding that gets practiced. When the auction is over the result comes from a double dummy analysis of the deal instead of playing it out, which is why a session can be finished in ten minutes.
Is it for beginners?: It assumes you know how an auction works and want to get better at it. The deal types let you stay on the auctions you are actually working on, and that is what makes the app useful early.
What does it cost?: Bidding with a human partner is free, however many boards you bid. Tickets pay for robots and for events, and a free account gets 48 a month. A subscription is optional.
Does it work on my phone?: Yes. Cuebids is on iPhone, iPad and Android, and in the browser at cuebids.com. One account works everywhere, so you can start at the desk and carry on on the phone.

Read on

Getting-started guides

Your first hour in the app, step by step: account, partner, tickets, the stars and the events.

All guides

What Cuebids isThe practice loop, who you bid with, how the scoring works, and what a free account covers. Start here if you have not seen Cuebids before.How to create a Cuebids accountFree, about a minute, and the same account on every device. What each screen asks for and what to do when the email address is already taken.Adding friends and partnersFour ways to connect to your partner, what friend permissions control, and why a partner sometimes cannot be picked when starting a session.How tickets workWhat actually costs a ticket, what your monthly allowance covers, and why bidding with a human partner is free.Practicing with LiaThe robot who sits in partner’s seat: the systems she plays, her convention card, and what her alerts tell you.How stars are calculatedWhere zero to three stars comes from, what expected value means, and why the percentage often disagrees with the stars.Daily and Weekly eventsThe Daily and the Weekly: how many boards, what entry costs, and how the leaderboard is scored.Ranked challengesEight boards head to head, the Jack to Ace ranks, and the hidden rating that does the matchmaking.Subscriptions and deal typesWhat each tier adds, why deal types matter more than ticket counts, and how one Heart subscription covers a pair.

Articles

ArticleHow to practice bridge biddingWhat works at the table, what works alone, and where each runs out.ArticleHow to learn a bridge conventionFrom reading about a convention to owning it at the table, step by step.

The convention library covers more than fifty conventions and the major systems, many of them linked to a deal type you can practice. Explore the library

Bid your first board tonight

Create the account with ACBL, add your partner and start a session on four boards. Your partner bids when they have a moment.