Overview
For more than 20 years, game designing legend Uwe Rosenberg has given players of Bohnanza the opportunity to plant beans and harvest them in exchange for as many bean dollars as possible. In the two-player-version Bohnanza – The duel, the two bean farmers offer each other gifts of beans they don‘t want for themselves, ideally ones that their opponent can‘t make use of, either. Cleverly combining the types of beans on the fields allows them to fulfil bonus tasks. The player who manages to earn the most bean dollars wins the game.
Face off against different AI opponents, or challenge hobby gardeners from all over the world! Find your place on the Bohnanza leaderboard!
Features
- True-to-the-original, digital port of the two-player-version of Uwe Rosenberg‘s popular game Bohnanza
- The easy interactive tutorial makes for a quick entry to the game
- Featuring AI opponents of various levels of difficulty
- Play platform-independent duels against the best players in the world
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This version
2.92 (49)
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0.5/0.5
Rating quality
0.2/1.0
Rating volume
0.2/1.0
Heuristic score · not affiliated with Apple or Google.
Signals: version bump ≤ 7 days + review velocity ≥ 1.5× the 7-day median. Both ⇒ Active event; version only ⇒ Recent update; spike only ⇒ High engagement.
Update History
v2.1
Apple
released 5/4/2026
Release notesHide notes
- additional time options for lobby games
- fixes for achievement triggering
- fixes for notifications
- new shuffle players option
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23 of 23 loaded reviews
Apple
positive (0.60)
1y ago
App runs well in 2025
The app runs well, and I've encountered no technical issues in my time playing it. The interface and animations are a bit dated, but that's too be expected from a decade old app. I'm just glad the developer seems to sell be supporting it.
The Duel is not as great of a game as Bhonanza, but it scratches the itch. I found the in-game tutorial to be kind of confusing, but there's a link in the app to a rules PDF that was much easier for me to understand. Still, there are a few nuances to this game that even a seasoned Bhonanza player will need to adjust to. Bluffing, bohnus cards, gifting, and the turn steps are all massive departures from the original game. But after a few games, I was finally able to figure out a winning strategy.
Worth the reasonably low price at the time of this review (2025). But if a full Bohnanza app is ever released, I can't see myself coming back to this one.
- AudioOverflow · v2.0
Apple
positive (0.70)
1y ago
Love it
If you enjoy the card game you will like the app. The tutorial is terrible, but once you get the hang of it, it’s great.
- alb abby · v2.0
Apple
negative (-0.90)
2y ago
Game favors the AI
The game does not work as intended. The player can’t receive a gift card from the AI player. Tried playing multiple times and the human player never receives the gift card. Impossible to win. The AI constantly cheats. Waste of money.
- crazyartist · v2.0
Apple
positive (0.80)
4y ago
Great implementation
I struggled a little bit at the beginning with the interface, but once I understood how everything works it became my favorite app! Not too complicated, more an efficiency puzzle. I finally start to beat the easy AI!
- dominikach · v1.26
Apple
negative (-0.70)
5y ago
Waste of money
This game is not very user friendly at all! The tutorial leaves a lot unexplained and my game keeps freezing or I get stuck and have no idea where to find help. The old Bohnananza app was excellent. I miss it.
- Slowhand Lucy · v1.25
Apple
negative (-0.80)
6y ago
Not user friendly and buggy
In the tutorial after a certain point it always just stops and there’s no prompt, no help, no indication of what you do next. I ended up just touching every point on the screen and still nothing happened. And when you’re playing the game there aren’t very many visual clues as to how to progress. I ended up again just touching different parts of the screen to see if anything would happen because there was no clue as to what I was supposed to do or how to do it. I’ve even played the card game in real life before but the app does a terrible job of telling you what phase you’re in, and how to trade cards or plant them or do literally anything. It’s visually messy, overwhelming to look at and confounding.
- Ahlyssr · v1.25
Apple
negative (-0.90)
7y ago
Simply a disaster of a game. Does not work properly and game in AI format simply fails.
Do not purchase. Pure junk.
- gamer qws · v1.25
Apple
positive (0.30)
7y ago
Nice game, UI is ok, still some bugs
The reviews are a little more dramatic than the current state of the app, which is fun and well built. There are some annoying bugs yet though, specially one that prevents users from deleting old games.
- mart122436 · v1.25
Apple
positive (0.40)
Feature request
7y ago
Love the game; though it’s buggy.
I love this game. I own regular Bohnanza and was excited to learn of this version through the app. I don’t have problems with AI cheating as others have mentioned, but I do have to force close the app after each game to start another game because of a bug, and can’t finish old games anymore in the current version. I can deal with those two bugs because they don’t happen during gameplay, but would love to see more AI personalities added. :)
- Nixonsmom · v1.25
Apple
positive (0.90)
7y ago
Love the Game!
I was a little reluctant to purchase this game, due to some of the negative reviews. I am so glad I took a chance because I love this game! Very well-designed, and so much fun. No problems at all.
- Mysticway · v1.25
Apple
mixed (-0.20)
7y ago
Runs out of time in multiplayer without warning.
Lost several games because it didn't notify me it was my turn and the time ran out. Often have to exit and go back to running games page because it won’t show any games there. Otherwise works well enough. It feels like, for such a light game, play is slowed by all the turn phases for minor actions. This is not a developer issue as it is faithful to the card game but may be a consideration for some.
- 1337Clint · v1.25
Apple
negative (-0.30)
8y ago
No problems running, but still not great
I haven’t had any of the problems with freezing or crashing discussed in the other comments. But I have had the AI cheat in some of my games: you’re not allowed to harvest a one-bean field if you have other larger fields, but the AI opponent still does it regularly. Also, more of a quibble with the game itself than the app: the Bohnus cards make the game very lucky and very unbalanced...games are pretty much won and lost solely on those cards, rather than the actual gameplay. Just a warning for fans of the original Bohnanza who are looking for a good adaptation: the rest of this game is a pretty solid Bohnanza experience, but the Bohnus cards totally change (and, in my opinion, ruin) the game.
- ski6913 · v1.24
Apple
negative (-0.90)
8y ago
Unplayable - waste of money so far
I just purchased this game and it won’t fully load the welcome page. Unplayable. I was really looking forward to this game...
- 1002599 · v1.22
Apple
negative (-0.80)
8y ago
Not worth the 2.99
Super glitchy and the tutorial is crazy confusing. Wish I had my money back.
- RB.3.5.1 · v1.21
Apple
positive (0.90)
8y ago
Great port!
Great tutorial and zero bugs! Love the game!
- AlaskaDaveAK · v1.19
Apple
positive (0.70)
8y ago
Game keeps improving with each update!
I’m enjoying this app more and more. The developer is really on top of making updates to address the feedback from players.
- bansidhewail · v1.19
Apple
negative (-0.90)
8y ago
Horrendously glitchy
Good luck making it through one game or tutorial. I haven't been able to yet!!!! Besides the fact that the tutorial is so vague that I had to watch YouTube videos to learn how to play it!!! Do not buy until they fix the many many glitches that prevent plays. Also in the tutorial if you click and forget to see what you have to do then tough. You won't be able to see that screen on how to play lol
- Readerjoe93 · v1.17
Apple
negative (-0.80)
8y ago
Bugs
Cant get tutorial to work.
- ShadowNeko003 · v1.17
Apple
mixed (0.30)
8y ago
Fun but bad UI
Fun game with some poor interface design decisions. Took me a little bit to figure out how to get past each state of the game - not always intuitive or clear what you are expected to press. Now that I’ve figured it out, i can manage and have more fun.
- HamsterCrack · v1.16
Apple
negative (-0.70)
8y ago
Too many bugs.
Too many bugs. Very fun for the 4-5 turns it works before locking up in the gift phase. Very disappointed that this was allowed to be offered in the iOS store before it was functioning
- WI99hockeyDad · v1.13
Apple
negative (-0.50)
8y ago
Bugs, bugs, bugs... and a horrible tutorial
Great game. It’s different than regular Bohnanza but adds some neat stuff- I like the game.
The app implementation tries but fails. The tutorial is extremely confusing. So go through it and then read the rules and then play against a bot. Good luck there.
And there are so many bugs. I try to reject an offer/make a counter offer and instead, it accepts the offer. Not all the time of course. And if you undo (which it doesn’t ever point out is a feature), sometimes the game will not give you the options you should have until you go back to the game list and come back in.
And sometimes it says it is your go but there is nothing there. Sometimes it doesn’t show end-game score.
At least they have a bug report feature but so far they respond with “we can’t reproduce that” — not helpful.
I’m considering asking for a refund but I’m enjoying the game when it actually works...
- GardenOfSimple · v1.13
Apple
negative (-0.20)
8y ago
Not as good as regular Bohnanza
The rules for this two player game are significantly different than the regular game. I love Bohnanza, but I found the new rules and tutorial very confusing.
- Andy B-Man · v1.13
Apple
negative (-0.90)
8y ago
App keeps freezing
I love Bohnanza and was looking forward to this version. Unfortunately, the app keeps freezing in the gift phase. I can't even play through one turn. Disappointing.
- Kledinger82 · v1.13
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