Top Android Casino Sites, Apps and Games
Android is undoubtedly the favourite mobile operating system of both users and developers with over 70% market share on a global scale and over 50% in the United Kingdom as opposed to Apple’s 25% mobile market share around the world and 40% in the UK (sorry, Apple fans, just stating the facts).
The reasons for Android’s rise over iOS are many, but we’re not here to discuss that, are we? You want to know which are the best mobile casinos that are compatible with Android and this is exactly what you’re going to get. We’ve thoroughly researched and tested all the legal casino sites in the UK that support Android and we’ve come to the conclusion that these are the top 5 casinos for playing on the go using this mobile OS:
Mobile Casino | Mobile Games | Compatibility | Rating | Detailed Rating | Try here |
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Ladbrokes |
2858 total, 2300 Slots, 31 Roulette, 50 Blackjack
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Lollipop 5.0 and up | 4.9/5 |
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МrQ |
726 total, 650 Slots, 15 Roulette, 10 Blackjack
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Marshmallow 6.0 and up | 4.8/5 |
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The Grand ivy |
2500 total, 2033 Slots, 15 Roulette, 23 Blackjack
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Lollipop 5.1 and up | 4.7/5 |
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Grosvenor |
1000 total, 877 Slots, 10 Roulette, 12 Blackjack
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Nougat 7.0 and up | 4.6/5 |
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All these casinos offer you different advantages, bonuses and games, so don’t restrict yourself to choosing only one. Feel free to try a few or all of them, so that you can find your perfect match. If you’re not sure what exactly you are supposed to be looking for or how to evaluate the quality of the casino, then check out the rest of the article. Here we cover all the important criteria that you have to keep in mind when choosing an Android-friendly casino site to play at.
How We Chose the Apps
We have rated the casinos based on the quality and number of games, usability, graphics and whether they have live games. Almost all of these casinos require at least 5.0 Lollipop version of Android, and this tells us how compatible all these mobile casinos are. The graphics are also very important, because they make the games much more interesting and playable. The user-friendliness of the app is another key factor and this is the first thing that each player notices when playing for the first time.
Available Android-Friendly Casino Games
Though you shouldn’t disregard all the other factors, the thing that’s most important for choosing an Android casino is the game selection. Everyone wants variety and the chance to choose between different types of games. Most of the games for Android devices are web-based, but some are also available via apps. The above-mentioned casinos clearly understand the trends and do what is in their power to satisfy the customers by offering their best titles on mobile as well. Among all of the games that you can enjoy from your Android device though, there are a few that stand out. Check them out in the slider below.
- Android Games:
- aliens
- Developer:NetEnt
- Graphics:5.0 / 5.0
- Sound:5.0 / 5.0
- Animation:5.0 / 5.0
- Experience:5.0 / 5.0
- Available at:The Grand Ivy
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Of course, all mobile devices are not the same and you may be wondering if there are any differences between the games and their features depending on the device you’re using. In principle, it can’t be said that there are many differences between the options that are available on an Android tablet compared to a smartphone. At some casinos there are more games for tablets, in particular more live games. So, if you own both a smartphone and a tablet, it’s recommended that you play on the latter, as long as you have the possibility to do that, of course. Still, there are enough games available on smartphone, so don’t worry if you’re not carrying your tablet with you.
Compatibility, Settings and Requirements
Every potential player should be familiar with the compatibility of his device with the apps. In order to have a clear picture of the situation we did some research and we have collected data from the visitors of our website. The data was collected anonymously and we now have information about the Android versions that are used by our visitors. There’s a table below where you can see all the Android versions, the code names and the user percentage, based on the collected data. The Android versions marked in red are the ones that are not compatible with most of the casino apps.
# | Android Version | Code Name | Logo | User % |
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1. | 4.4.2 | KitKat | – | 35.41% |
2. | 4.4.4 | KitKat | – | 13.92% |
3. | 4.2.2 | Jelly Bean | – | 10.24% |
4. | 5.0 | Lollipop | – | 9.62% |
5. | 4.1.2 | Jelly Bean | – | 7.68% |
6. | 4.3 | Jelly Bean | – | 6.65% |
7. | 5.0.1 | Lollipop | – | 2.56% |
8. | 2.3.6 | Gingerbread | – | 2.35% |
9. | 4.4.3 | KitKat | – | 2.25% |
10. | 4.1.1 | Jelly Bean | – | 2.05% |
11. | 5.0.2 | Lollipop | – | 2.05% |
# | Android Version | Code Name | Logo | User % |
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12. | 5.1 | Lollipop | – | 0.92% |
13. | 4.0.3 | Ice Cream Sandwich | – | 0.82% |
14. | 2.3.5 | Gingerbread | – | 0.72% |
15. | 4.0.4 | Ice Cream Sandwich | – | 0.51% |
16. | 2.3.3 | Gingerbread | – | 0.41% |
17. | 4.2.1 | Jelly Bean | – | 0.31% |
18. | 2.2.1 | Froyo | – | 0.20% |
19. | 2.3.7 | Gingerbread | – | 0.10% |
20. | 2.3.4 | Gingerbread | – | 0.10% |
21. | 2.1-update1 | Eclair | – | 0.10% |
22. | 4.2 | Jelly Bean | – | 0.10% |
As you can see, most of our visitors used KitKat, 4.4.4 and 4.4.2. A lot used different versions of Jelly Bean and Lollipop. Only less than 0.30% used versions that are not compatible with most of the casino apps, i.e. Froyo 2.2.1 and Éclair 2.1 – update1. This is obviously good, because the large majority of the users that access our website would have no problems playing at any mobile casino. Our advice to those who use non-compatible versions is to upgrade their Android OS.
Most reliable online casinos, in particular the ones that we included in our list, have developed and adopted apps that have very few requirements to work. You’ll find that they’ll work on almost every device. However, some casino games have specific resolutions and can be played only if the display is in landscape mode. Therefore, you would have to turn on the auto-rotate option of your device, if it hasn’t been previously enabled.
Another thing that mobile users have to be mindful of is that the security options on most Android portable devices, whether smartphones or tablets, are usually set to accept only apps that are on Google Play. So, if you would like to be able to play real money games on your portable Android device, you’d have to enable the ‘Unknown Sources’ option. You can do that in the security settings of your devices. You have to do this due to the fact that the apps that you need in order to play aren’t available on Google Play.
Download Apps for Android
Because the apps aren’t available on Google Play, due to their policy not to allow real money casino games on their platform, there aren’t many native casino apps for Android. So, online casinos that have mobile versions have developed alternative options. At most casinos you can play directly on the website, by accessing it from your Android device. Few casinos have native apps for Android that can be downloaded straight from their own websites. We listed the most popular ones below.
AndroidDownload Appsfor Android Devices | Casino | Ladbrokes | MrQ | The Grand Ivy | Grosvenor |
Filename | 22.10.2015.apk | Online_Casino_1.0.7.apk | Casino_Real_Money_1.1.apk | App_Casino_S_2.14.apk | |
Install File | 16 MB | 53 MB | 2 MB | 4 MB | |
Space Used | ~ 50 MB | ~ 91 MB | ~ 5 MB | ~ 10 MB | |
Version | 10/22/2015 | 1.0.7 | 1.1 | 2.14 | |
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These four casinos have real money casino apps for Android devices, but as you can see from the filenames, Betfair and Ladbrokes only have apps for their live casino games. This means that you can play the other, non-live games on the web platform, directly in the browser. The installation files of all the apps are not larger than 30MB and the space used varies from 50MB up to less than 100MB. There’s one interesting fact about 32Red. At this casino, some of the games are only available in the download platform, whereas others can only be played at the web platform, so you might want to try both versions.
How We Tested the Apps and the Games
When we decided to test the apps and see how compatible they are with various Android devices, we thought that it would be best to try them out on smartphones and tablets that are slightly older, so that we can be sure that they work on most devices. Bearing this in mind we chose Samsung Galaxy s4, which was released in April 2013, then HTC M7 One, which was released in March 2013 and Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 LTE, which is slightly newer and was released in July 2014.
- HTC M7 One
- Released:March, 2013
- Operating System:Android 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean)
- Upgradable to:Android 5.0 (Lollipop)
- Processor:Quad-Core 1.7 GHz Krait 300
- Graphic Processor:Adreno 320
- RAM:2 GB
- Display:4.7”, 24-bit (16.7M colours)
- Resolution:1080 x 1820
- Multitouch:Yes
- Samsung Galaxy S4
- Released:April, 2013
- Operating System:Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
- Upgradable to:Android 5.0 (Lollipop)
- Processor:Quad-Core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A15
- Graphic Processor: PowerVR SGX544MP3
- RAM:2 GB
- Display:5.0”, 24-bit (16.7M colours)
- Resolution:1080×1920
- Multitouch:Yes
- Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 LTE
- Released:July, 2014
- Operating System:Android 4.4.2 ( KitKat)
- Upgradable to:Android 5.0 (Lollipop)
- Processor:Quad-core 2.3 GHz Krait 400
- Graphic Processor:Adreno 330 (S800)
- RAM:3 GB
- Display:8.4”, 24-bit (16.7M colours)
- Resolution:1600×2560
- Multitouch:Yes
Compatible Android Devices and OS Versions in the UK
Testing the apps on only 3 devices, no matter how representative they are, is still not sufficient, so we decided to investigate the matter more thoroughly, by collecting information about all of the Android devices available in UK which are compatible with most casino apps. The list is quite long and pretty exhaustive. It includes more than 65 Samsung devices, over 15 HTC devices, as well as 10 Lenovo, 6 Amazon, 9 LG, 5 Vodafone and 6 Acer devices.
Manufacturer | – List of Android Devices Compatible with Most Casino Apps |
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Samsung | SM-G900F Galaxy S5, GT-I9505 Galaxy S IV, GT-I9300 Galaxy S III, GT-I8190N Galaxy S III Mini, SM-T210 Galaxy Tab 3 7.0, SM-T310 Galaxy Tab 3 8.0, GT-I9195 Galaxy S4 Mini, SM-N9005 Galaxy Note 3, GT-I9100 Galaxy S II, GT-I9195L Galaxy S4 Mini, SM-G800F Galaxy S5 Mini, GT-S5830i Galaxy Ace, SM-G900A Galaxy S5, GT-P5110 Galaxy Tab 2 10.1, SM-N910F Galaxy Note 4, SM-T230 Galaxy Tab 4 7.0, GT-P5210 Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 3G, GT-P3100 Galaxy Tab 2 7.0, GT-P3110 Galaxy Tab 2 7.0, SM-G901F Galaxy S5, GT-I8200N S III mini, GT-I9305 Galaxy S III LTE International, GT-N7105 Galaxy Note II, SM-T315 Galaxy Tab 3 8.0, GT-N8010 Galaxy Note 10.1, GT-S5360 Galaxy Y, GT-S5839i Galaxy Ace, SM-G130HN Galaxy Young 2 Duos, SM-G357FZ, SM-G850W Galaxy Alpha, GT-I8190 Galaxy S III Mini, GT-I9205 Galaxy Mega 6.3, GT-N7000 Galaxy Note, GT-N7100 Galaxy Note II, GT-S6810P Galaxy Fame, GT-S7275R Galaxy Ace 3, SM-G360H, SM-G850F Galaxy Alpha, SM-T805, GT-C3312 Rex 60 Duos, GT-I8160 Galaxy Ace 2, GT-I8530, GT-I9000 Galaxy S, GT-I9295 Galaxy S4 Active, GT-I9305N Galaxy S III LTE International, GT-I9500 Galaxy S IV, Gt-I9507, GT-I9515 Galaxy S4, GT-N5110 Galaxy Note 8.0, GT-P7510 Galaxy Tab 10.1, GT-S5570 Galaxy Mini, GT-S6310N Galaxy Young, GT-S7500 Galaxy Ace Plus, SGH T599N, SGH-I547C Galaxy Rugby Pro, SGH-M919 Galaxy S IV, SM-A300FU Galaxy A3, SM-C115M Galaxy K Zoom, SM-G386T Galaxy Avant, SM-G900W8 Galaxy S5, SM-T110 Galaxy Tab 3 Lite, SM-T211 Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 3G, SM-T235 Galaxy Tab 4 7.0 LTE, SM-T330 Galaxy Tab 4 8.0, SM-T335, Galaxy Tab 4 8.0 LTE, SM-T520 Galaxy Tab Pro 10.1, SM-T535 Galaxy Tab 4 10.1, SM-T805Y |
– | 1050L YOGA Tablet 2-1050L, A536, A5500-F, B6000-F Yoga B6000-F, B8000-F Yoga B8000-F, B8080-F IdeaPad, IdeaTab S6000-F, B6000-H Yoga B6000-H, B8000-F Yoga B8000-H, 1050F YOGA Tablet 2-1050F |
HTC | M7 One, Desire 610, M8 One M8, One mini, One Mini2, 0P9O2 Desire 610, 510 Desire 510, Desire 500, Desire S, One Mini 2, One X One X, 1000C Desire C, A310e Explorer, A3333 Wildfire, A810e ChaCha, PN071 One, Velocity 4G |
LG | D855 G3, L40 D160, D415 Optimus L90, D802 G2, D955 G Flex, E400 Optimus L3, E410i Optimus L1 II, E610 Optimus L5, LG-E975 Optimus G |
Amazon | KFARWI Fire HD 6 (4th Gen), KFASWI Fire HD 7 (4th Gen), KFOT Kindle Fire 7, KFSOWI Kindle Fire HD 7 3rd Gen, KFTT Kindle Fire HD 7, Kindle Fire HDX 7 |
Vodafone | 875 Smart Mini, III 7 Smart Tab III 7, 890N Smart 4 Turbo, 785 Smart 4 Mini, Smart 4 Smart 4 Mini |
Acer | Iconia B1-710, A1-810, A1-830 Iconia A1, B1-730HD Iconia One 7, E380 Liquid E3, Z120 |
Huawei | Y330-U01 Ascend Y330, MediaPad M1 8.0, Y300 Ascend Y 300, Y550-L01 Ascend Y550-L01 |
Motorola | MZ604 Xoom, XT1021 Moto E, XT1032 Moto G, XT1039, XT1068 Moto G |
Alcatel | 4016X, One Touch Pop C1, OT P330X One Touch POP 7S, OT-4010X One Touch T’Pop 4010X |
OTHERS | Allwinner GT90, Asus K013, Asus K017 MeMO Pad 7, Asus ME173X Memo Pad HD7, Barnes and Noble BNTV600 Nook HD+ Tablet, Bush 7.0 TABLET, Bush MyTablet 10.1, Bush MyTablet 8, Cello T1144, CnM Touchpad 7DC, CnM Touchpad 8DC, DoCoMo dtab, Feiteng GT-i9300, Google Nexus 5, Google Nexus 7, Haier L701, Hipstreet HS-7DTB35 Titan 3, IPPO Q8H, Kurio 10S, Nvidia Shield Tablet, Tesco Hudl 2, Tesco Hudl HT7S3, ZTE Blade L2, ZTE Kis 3 |
When it comes to the specific operating system that is needed, most apps require an Android 2.3 version or higher. This is a pretty low requirement, since most Android devices used today are already using a more recent version of Android, and even if they’re not, they can be easily upgraded to a required one. Based on the collected data we present you a graph below, which shows the distribution of the different Android versions on the UK market. As you can see, only 0.8% use a version that’s older than 2.3.3, which is a really insignificant proportion. Over 85% use a version that’s higher than 4.0.3.
Recommended for Android Users: 888casino
Nowadays it’s more than normal for you to be able to do just about anything from your mobile device and that includes playing your favourite real-money games on the go. All reputable online casinos would give you that opportunity, so you can play casino games on your mobile device no matter which casino you choose. But, at the end of the day, there can only be one number one and as far as we are concerned, that’s 888casino.
Recommended Android Casino:
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