Bela
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A score keeper for Bela

Cards on the table, score on the phone.

Bela is the favourite card game of Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro: two or four players, a trump, declarations and a long game to 1001. This app takes the place of the pencil and paper: it knows who deals, counts the declarations, sees when the side that called the trump falls and keeps the score to the end.

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  • No ads
  • No accounts
  • Works offline
  • Seven languages
At the table

Everything you used to scribble in the margin

The app knows the rules of Bela, so all that’s left at the table is to play and call out the points.

  • Two or four players

    Two teams of two, or two players each for themselves. Use your own names or just “Us” and “Them”.

  • Who called the trump

    Mark who called the trump and the app checks whether that side scored more than its opponents, declarations included.

  • The fall and equal points

    Didn’t score more? That’s a FALL — the whole deal goes to the opponents. EQUAL points fall too, or, if your table plays it that way, wait for the winner of the next deal.

  • Every declaration

    Tierce, quarte, quinte, four of a kind, bela and štiglja, counted with “−” and “+”. Enter one side’s points and the app gives the rest of the deal to the other.

  • To 1001

    A full game goes to 1001, a shorter one to 501 or 701. A belot, all eight cards of one suit, wins the whole game at once.

  • Rules to hand

    The rules of Bela are built in — in all seven of the app’s languages, no internet needed. Or read them in advance right here.

Privacy

Your game stays on your phone

The app collects nothing and sends nothing anywhere. The privacy policy is short, because there is very little to say.

  • No accounts, no sign-up
  • No ads
  • No analytics or tracking
  • Scores stay on the device
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Where to get it

For Android, Linux and Windows, download the app right here. It will come to the app stores later.

  • Download .apkAndroid

    Phones and tablets

    1. Open the downloaded file.
    2. If the phone asks, allow installing from this source.
  • Download .debLinux

    Debian, Ubuntu and their derivatives

    1. Open a terminal in the folder with the downloaded file.
    2. Run sudo apt install ./bela.deb
  • Download .exeWindows

    Windows 10 and 11

    1. Run the downloaded file. No administrator rights are needed.
    2. If a warning about an unknown publisher appears, click “More info”, then “Run anyway”.

    No installation: .zip archive — unpack it into any folder and run bela.exe.

Rather not install anything? Use the web version: it opens right in your browser, and once added to your home screen it works offline too.

Open the web version

Version 2026.11.314

  • Coming soonGoogle Play
  • Coming soonApp Store
  • Coming soonMicrosoft Store

Open source

The app’s code is open: see exactly how it keeps the score, and suggest changes.

View the code

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