Canasta Junction Reviews

My friends and I have been playing on CanastaJunction for several years now and although previous versions had their glitches we have been overall very satisfied with the experience.
However, with this new version I feel that I have have been duped into paying for something that is far inferior to the previous version which was free.
My guess is your customer demographics trend toward senior citizens, so I would like to know who beta tested this update….a bunch of 12 year olds? The font is minuscule on my Ipad so I’m pretty sure no one can play on their phone now.
The speed of play in the bot environment feels like an arcade game on speed…..cards shoot at you like they are being fired from an automatic weapon!

I unfortunately signed up for a year of this! Will be checking out other options for online canasta unless this improves…..like reverting back to the version I paid for….I would rather have the glitches than this mess.

I loved the previous version as did all of my friends. This new version is absolutely terrible. The lack of fluidity , the extremely small font size and awkward layout of the game, the inability to look back 3 cards, the inability to see what the opponents hands were and my own partner’s hand was at the end of the game, and the ridiculously fast card movement at any computer speed used are just several of the issues that make this version awful. I am currently looking into other versions through CanastaJunction Store but am hesitant to subscribe due to data sharing concerns. A real shame that you trashed the user friendly original version that we all signed up for , which, by the way , had plenty of frustrating issues as well, in favor of this current mess. Many many dissatisfied users. Although you claim that an update has fixed the bugs, I am unaware of how to access this..

I was forced to upgrade even though I really enjoyed the older version. I am so disappointed in the new version. Here are the biggest problems with it:
1. You never get the chance to see your opponents cards or your partners cards at the end of the game.
2. When you make a canasta it turns into a small black or red rectangle, which is much less noticeable than the way it was before.
3. In the older version, the cards looked more like cards and not smaller rectangles.
4. There are still glitches in play. For instance, there was a wild card placed on a 5 card suit by a player. The players partner then placed a deuce on another 5 card suit instead of finishing the canasta. The team went down over 1000 points because of their 3’s instead of going up a few hundred points at the end of the game.

Playing “Solitaire” against the computers to figure out game play is impossible. The hand seizes up both when draw deck is gone AND when I draw from discard to make my any meld. When you draw from the discard (and yes I had 3 cards), made it to my initial meld requirement the discard deck does not “jump” into my hand as described in FAQ. I’ve played 6 hands with same issues. Canceling immediately. Don’t waste your money. You can’t pick multiple cards to meld at once, each must be dragged individually. Awful!

And, when I went to cancel my 1 month free subscription that was downloaded today, I had been billed for 1 year. I only played in solitaire which is supposedly free but I could not access game without the free trial. Have contacted the developer. Will update with there response.

The worst Card App. Reprogram CanastaJunction. The Computer does moves no one would ever make. Picking pack for Aces when I don’t get a turn. Having the game end with Jokers in their hand when we could make Jokers. The list is too long. The Developers are taking our $ and laughing. You will not learn how to play Canasta using CanastaJunction. I’ve never written a review before. After months of frustration I felt I must. When you play with Friends be careful with your discard. The computer grabs it and puts it on your Board. Now you need 10 more Pts. This can happen again... you’ll need another 10 Pts to Open. My suggestion is to play Solitare. Stay away

It has been at least most of the summer that I have not been able to do much more than look at the first page of CanastaJunction. I cannot play at all on my iPad and have also am up to date on my iPad operating system. I even called apple and cleared the whole iPad to try to reinstall CanastaJunction. I have been in contact with the support team and they maintain that they are trying to fix it but I am still being charged my monthly fee. There is no way to open with a different user name as I am paying for CanastaJunction thru Apple. I am hoping that their techs get this working property! It is extremely annoying and prevents me from playing online with my friends and family. Don’t buy CanastaJunction until you see these comments reflecting a better experience.

Trying to learn to play using solitaire mode. However something seems broken about it. I have never been successful using a wild card. Keeps telling me I can’t that I need another card ex: 8, 8, J isn't allowable. Can not make the required points to open because if this. Isn’t that the point of a wild card? Yet I watch other player do it. Trying to learn why but no explanation. Also can’t grab the discard pile but other players can. I got so frustrated I deleted CanastaJunction and learned to play on a different one that wasn’t broken.

Really wish you would improve the solitaire function. First of all, it “cheats” in that one robot will pull the pack with lots of sevens and meld them without having a Canasta of sevens. It definitely knows if it’s robot partner has enough sevens to complete the canasta. On the other hand, my robot partner will pull a pack that is rich in sevens and aces, only to be penalized for more than 2 in the hand. Even in hands where we already have two Canastas and are winning!
Just now, my robot partner laid down a wild card meld of 5 duces, even after I had already gone down using my wild cards. It was near the end of the hand so there was no way we would be able to complete the Wild card canasta. Plus, there were plenty of places to add those duces to the cards already on the table.

A few issues with this game. First, since it automatically pulls the threes, it takes away at least one splash hand. The straight. My biggest issue is the computer constantly gives the robot opponents unbelievable hands. It’s not uncommon for an early play of three aces by the competitor on the left, and then the one on the right is immediately able to take it to six cards. There are multiple other examples. I’ve had multiple hands without getting any wild cards. The robot opponent is provided the cards that takes it to a win. When trying to play with live opponents, there are multiple joining errors. No explanation other than an error occurred. Another issue is it’s tough to find live players that allow newer CJ players, due to low rank as a newbie. Overall it’s frustrating.

I would like to be able to see what number game I’m playing. It used to be referred to as the seed game. Sometimes I like to go back and we play a game but I cannot do that if I do not know the number of the current game. Also, at the end of a hand, I would like to see my partners as well as opponents cards that are left in their hand.I do want to add, that there are some pluses. It’s easier to place a card down because the card destination lights up. Other positives is that in solitaire, the other players can end a hand with a special. Also, the game now rotates who deals as well as who goes first.

I love the game but I’ve encountered issues that were not mentioned.
If I pick up a “3” on the last draw it does not allow me to add it to my other 3s.
Also, my partner put down 6 “7s” knowing/assuming that I had one, which was correct. However, the “game” would not allow me to add the 7th 7 to the meld.
Additionally, my partner melded Kings and when the hand was completed he had 3 more kings in his hand. I can understand “sand-bagging” by holding 2 kings in their hand in an attempt to finesse a king out of the opponents hand but the opponent already melded 2 kings & a wild card accounting for all the kings.

I love this game and the only thing that might hold me back from playing is the bot partner. I thought after the update they get better but now there are new issues. It gets rid of 7s when there is no need to, but keeps them even after I picked up the entire pile and it is apparent how many 7s I am holding on to. Or it runs out of cards without asking right after I picked up the pile and obviously have 5 sevens in my hand. It’s too annoying.

This is the most frustrating Apple I’ve ever dealt with. You tell us to upgrade to 4.5 and don’t show us how to do it. I’ve gone through everything possible to try to upgrade this and cannot find the button to push. I’ve upgraded on CanastaJunction but it doesn’t show that it’s a 4.5. It still says it’s a four so please help we have a game tonight and no one can download the new Siri thank you Terry W.

Computer partner often fails to close a second canasta with a joker & throws in the joker showing a joker in the hand as the hand ends without a second canasta which should/could have been completed that hand for the win!
A LIVE partner would’ve created a fuss for failing to do the obvious to win the hand!
It seems the coder should’ve see these errors by now since it is pretty well done overall.

Update: solitare play is going smoothly with the update last week. Thank you for listening to your members.

I play solitare. Now at the end of the round I can’t see what cards others have left. The design of the update makes it very difficult to see how many cards have been played on a specific number. Harder to see which numbers are closed. Wish I hadn’t updated. The fun is gone.

Glad the developers are bringing in new options to CanastaJunction . The audio chat feature means when we play our game we don’t have to be on our cell phones to chat with our friends and when I play with new people you can get a clearer picture of who they are rather than just a screen name! That can be enlightening! Great way to make new friends.

I have been using this app for at least five years. I do not like the new version because when someone goes out you do not show the three other Canaster players cards. I find this annoying that I cannot see the points of the other players cards. If this is not fixed I will have no choice but to try a different Canaster app

I have been playing Canasta Junction for the last three years. I was forced to download the new version which is awful. If it isn’t broken why fix it? The cards are smaller and the new version forces you to play very fast and the game ends too quickly - there’s something wrong with this version. It ends before you’re able to do anything to extend the game. This new app will force me to go back to playing canasta in person with real cards. What a shame that they had to ruin a very enjoyable game that I used to look forward to!

Throughout the past two years this game has helped preserve my sanity. I have been able to socialize and stay connected with my family and friends with this wonderful app. I am grateful for the entertainment and fun that CJ has afforded me during this difficult and trying time.

I have been using the Cansta Junction Ap for at least 2 years. I pay yearly for it. About 6 weeks ago the ap stopped working. I was able to reach the developer who was able to restore it after about an hour of trying. It was put on my apple computer because we couldn’t get it on the iPad, which is how I usually play. We also couldn’t get it on my iphone. I paid a second subscription fee that was to be removed after two weeks if it was running well. It was.
It came back to both my iPads and phone.

Now, it has stopped working again! I’ve reached out to the developer twice, and left a message on the ap service site. Still
NO CANASTA JUNCTION! This is not just my problem now, but the other players who have set aside time for our games. I’ve contacted Apple and everything is fine from their vantage point on my iPad.

To pay twice for something that still is freezing up, makes no sense. If this is not fixed soon, I’ll let many more people know about this issue.

Has anyone else had this problem and how did you resolve it??