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UTRDTR app iconUTRDTR · iPhone scorekeeper

Up the River
Down the River

Your cards. Your table.
Your scorekeeper.

Put down the pencil and keep the game moving. Record bids and tricks, follow the scores, and play all 26 hands of Up the River Down the River with an iPhone at the table.

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2–4 players · One standard deck · 26 hands

1 ↑ 13 ↓ 1

All the way up. All the way back down.

Around the table

More playing. Less arithmetic.

Keep every hand in order

Enter each player’s bid, then their tricks taken. The app calculates scores and keeps a running total, with dealer and bidding order reminders.

Pick up where you left off

Keep multiple games, save player lists for your regular group, and archive games you want to revisit.

Keep the final scores

Correct an earlier hand when needed, see the final standings and game statistics, and share a scoresheet from the app.

A look at the app

From the first bid to the final score.

UTRDTR active games list with a New Game button and saved scores

Your table, ready to go

Start a game or return to one in progress.
UTRDTR scoresheet with player totals, bid order, and fields for bids and tricks

One hand at a time

Bids, tricks, and totals in one scoresheet.

How to play

A little prediction.
A lot of cards.

Bring 2–4 players and a standard 52-card deck; the app handles the scores while you play the cards.

  1. Deal up, then down

    Play 26 hands. Deal each player 1 card on the first hand, then 2, 3, and so on through 13. Deal 13 again on hand 14, then work back down to 1. Rotate the dealer each hand. Reveal trump from the undealt deck after dealing. If all 52 cards are dealt, reveal trump before dealing.

  2. Bid your tricks

    After looking at their cards, players bid how many tricks they expect to take. Start to the dealer’s left and bid clockwise. Zero is a valid bid, and there is no restriction on the total of everyone’s bids. Record all bids before playing.

  3. Play the hand

    The highest bidder leads the first trick. If tied, the first player to make that bid leads. Follow the led suit if you can; otherwise play any card. The highest trump wins, or the highest card of the led suit if no trump is played. Aces are high. The winner of each trick leads the next.

  4. Count and score

    Enter each player’s tricks taken. Meet or exceed your bid to earn 4 points per trick bid, plus 1 point for each extra trick. Miss your bid and lose 4 points per trick bid. The highest total after hand 26 wins. Ties are allowed.

A bid of 3 looks like this

3 tricks → 12 pointsMade your bid.

5 tricks → 14 points12 for the bid + 2 extra.

2 tricks → −12 pointsMissed your bid.

Bid 0? Each trick you take earns 1 point.

Bring it to your next game

Get UTRDTR

Try the UTRDTR beta through Apple TestFlight.

Join the TestFlight beta ↗

Install Apple’s TestFlight app, then open the invitation on your iPhone to join the beta.

For iPhone · Requires iOS 17 or later

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