Apps

If you’re here, then that means you’re already quite familiar with all the benefits of a good mobile casino app – you get to play casino games such as slots, blackjack and roulette on the go wherever you are (provided you’ve got access to wi-fi or 3G/4G bandwidth on your phone), whether it’s in bed, at the bus stop or while waiting in front of the proctologist’s office. Practically every single big casino in the UK has their own app for mobile devices, to the point where casinos that haven’t been optimized for mobile aren’t even worth looking at. But which casino has the best online app? If you’ve just bought a nice, pretty iPad and want to spin some slots, where should you do it? Let’s examine a couple of the casino apps tested by mobileonlinecasinos.co.uk and see how they’re holding up! We will be testing the apps on iPhone, iPad, Android and (whenever possible) Windows Phone. Keep in mind that, due to Android’s strict regulations when it comes to casino apps on the Play store, most casino apps on Android are web-based. That doesn’t matter to us – we will be examining the web-based versions when discussing Android. Another thing to keep in mind is that this isn’t a top X list, as we’ll only be checking out a few online casinos, examining their interfaces, number of games and game variety while trying to decide which one is the best. All good? Then let’s dive right into it!

The first and most obvious choice would be 888 Casino, which are one of the best online casinos in the UK. They’ve got an absolutely amazing interface, which is sleek, looks fantastic and is very intuitive and well-suited for mobile, with big icons and smooth scrolling. The iTunes app and Android web-based app look and feel rather identical, though Apple users will get to enjoy a couple more slots than those who prefer Android. At the end of the day, though, both offer about 70 different games, most of which are slots, but several variations of roulette and blackjack are also avialable. Live games are also supported, with most (if not all) of the tables available on desktop being fully playable on mobile as well, but for some reason we never really managed to get the video to work, which could be due to a bug related to our specific devices or was perhaps due to our average wi-fi speed. It doesn’t seem like this problem is very commonplace, but do keep in mind that it exists, so you should probably test if everything is okay on your end before making your first deposit.

Another great choice is Mr. Green, which, while not as popular as 888, is slowly gaining followers every day. Honestly, I’m not a huge fan of their interface – it just seems lazy and not particularly well-crafted. It’s just a minimized version of their desktop interface, just very slightly optimized for mobile. It’s clearly not something that was specifically made with mobile in mind, and it feels kind of tacked-on and clumsily cobbled together just because all the other casinos are doing it. To make up for it, though, Mr. Green offer more games than 888, at around 130 at the moment, and as far as I’ve noticed the vast majority of them are playable on both Android and Apple. Sadly, there’s no native Windows Phone support (unlike 888), so those 5 of you with those kinds of phones are going to have to deal with the rather non-mobile friendly desktop version. Still, as previously specified, they do have a whole ton of games, including various video poker simulations (which aren’t very common), so if it’s games you’re looking for it’s probably worth it to deal with the less than stellar interface.

But if we had to name an absolute winner in the mobile casino space (and we do, because, well, otherwise we’d be lying with a deceiving article name and no one wants that), it’d definitely have to be LeoVegas. Where do we even begin with this casino? First and foremost, it’s got about 300 games that are playable on mobile right now, on both Android and iOS. Yeah, that’s twice as many as Mr. Green is offering and almost 5 times as many as the ones 888 has! If you spend 10 minutes playing every single game available on mobile, you’d spend two entire days doing absolutely nothing but playing casino games on your phone and tablet! Most of the games (255) are slots, but there’s also plenty of table games, such as multiple variations of blackjack, roulette, baccarat, poker, deuces and more. We don’t even know what deuces is, but LeoVegas has got it! The interface, while not perfect, certainly looks like a lot of thought has gone into it. The icons are a bit small, especially for people with large hands, but they’re not so tiny that they’re unclickable. And once a game starts, the buttons are all big and clearly positioned, making playing slots and other casino games as easy as can be. We definitely endorse and recommend LeoVegas!