Bukharo App: Play Gujarati Buraco on Android & iOS

Looking for a Bukharo app — the Gujarati take on Buraco you can play with family on your phones? Ultragames' free Bukharo app does exactly that: private rooms with a 4-digit code, 2, 4 or 6 players in two teams, and the traditional clean-and-dirty scoring handled for you. Here's what the app includes, and how it pairs with the free browser version on lovecardgames.com.

What is the Bukharo app?

Bukharo is a free mobile card game for Android and iOS that brings the classic Buraco family of rummy games to your phone — in the fast, social style played in Gujarati homes. It is a team game for 2, 4 or 6 players: you create a private room, share a simple 4-digit room code, and your friends or family join you for a head-to-head battle of melds, canastas and teamwork.

If you have ever played Buraco, Burraco or Canastra, you already know the heart of the game: build runs, chase the clean canasta, and time your finish. The Bukharo app keeps the traditional scoring — matched sets count as "Clean" points while unpaired cards count against you as "Dirty" — so the tension of every hand survives the move to mobile.

Key features

• Private multiplayer rooms — host a 2, 4 or 6-player table and invite people with a 4-digit room code. No friend lists or accounts to manage.
• Real-time team play — sit as TEAM LEFT vs TEAM RIGHT and coordinate strategy with your partner, exactly like a family table.
• Clean & dirty scoring — the traditional point system, enforced automatically so nobody argues over the count.
• Free to download on both stores.

Bukharo, Buraco, Burraco — same family, different tables

The game travels under many names: Buraco in Brazil and Argentina, Burraco in Italy, and Bukharo in Gujarati households. The shared DNA is two decks, wild cards, long same-suit runs and the race to a 7-card canasta. If you want the full written rules — the deal, melds, the pot and going out — read our complete Bukharo guide, or see how it compares to its cousin in Buraco vs Canastra.

Phone or browser — you can play both

The app is the best way to play on the go, and the same game is also playable free in your browser at lovecardgames.com — no download, no signup, against smart bots or friends via an invite link. A good combo: learn and practise in the browser version, then take the app to the family WhatsApp group and set up a proper 6-player room night.

How a game of Bukharo works (quick refresher)

1. Each player is dealt a hand from two combined decks; two reserve piles (the "pot"/morto) wait in the middle.
2. On your turn, draw from the stock or pick up the discard pile, then meld runs of the same suit.
3. Grow a meld to 7+ cards for a canasta — clean (no wild card) scores more than dirty.
4. Empty your hand to take the pot and keep playing; after the pot, make a canasta and you can go out.
5. Clean melds score for your team; cards left in hand count against you.

Is it free?

Yes — the Bukharo app is free to download and play on both Google Play and the App Store, and the browser version on lovecardgames.com is free with no signup. Grab the app, pull in your family with a room code, and let the canasta race begin.