GGPoker app: how to install it on iPhone and Android

The GGPoker app is a real-money poker app for iPhone, iPad and Android, and it uses the same account and balance as the desktop client. How you install it depends on your country: in some places it’s a normal App Store download, while elsewhere you get it from your GGPoker site, as an APK file on Android or through an install link on iPhone. You need iOS 15 or later, or Android 10 or later.

The app carries GG’s main games, from cash tables to Spin & Gold, with a portrait layout built for one-handed play. Below is where to get it in your country, how to install it safely on each platform, and what changes compared with playing on a computer.

Where to get the GGPoker app in your country

GG publishes its main app, “GGPoker – Real Online Poker” by NSUS, in Apple’s App Store in a number of countries, including Canada, Ireland and Germany. The UK and Ontario have their own versions tied to their local sites. In countries where the app isn’t in the store, GG offers the download on its website instead.

The simplest check is to search for GGPoker in your phone’s app store and confirm the developer is NSUS. If it isn’t there, open your GG site in the phone’s browser and use its download button. Which GG site covers your country is listed in our GGPoker countries guide.

Installing GGPoker on iPhone and iPad

There are two routes on Apple devices, and which one you use depends on the table above.

From the App Store

Where the app is listed, it installs like any other app: search GGPoker, check that the developer is NSUS, tap Get, then open the app and log in or sign up. Updates come through the App Store automatically.

From the GGPoker website

Where the app isn’t in your App Store, GG’s site gives you an install link instead. Open your GG site in Safari, tap the iOS download and confirm the installation. When it finishes, the app icon appears on your home screen, but it won’t open yet.

Apple only runs apps from outside the App Store after you confirm you trust the company that signed them. To do that:

1. Open Settings, then General, then VPN & Device Management.
2. Under the developer section, tap the NSUS profile.
3. Tap Trust and confirm.
4. Go back to the home screen and open GGPoker.

The “untrusted developer” message that appears before this step isn’t an error. It’s iOS asking you to approve the source, and the approval applies only to apps from NSUS. If the app later stops opening, delete it and install it again from the GG site.

The iPad runs the same app as the iPhone, with iPadOS 15 or later. Macs aren’t covered by the mobile app: on a Mac, use the desktop client from our GGPoker download guide.

Installing the GGPoker APK on Android

Search Google Play for GGPoker first and check the developer. If the app isn’t there for your country, Android players install it as an APK file from the GG site. It takes a minute longer than a store install:

1. Open your GGPoker site in the phone’s browser and tap the Android download.
2. When the file finishes downloading, tap it to open.
3. Android will warn about installing from an unknown source. Allow it for your browser only: tap Settings in the prompt and switch on “Allow from this source”.
4. Go back and tap Install.
5. Open GGPoker and log in or register.

Once the app is installed, you can switch the unknown-sources permission off again for your browser. The app will keep working and will update itself from inside.

Never install a GGPoker APK from anywhere but a GGPoker domain. Searches for “GGPoker APK” bring up pages on hijacked websites offering “hacked” or “modded” versions of the app. Those files can steal your login and empty your account, and no genuine version of the app gives an edge at the tables.

GGPoker app requirements and size

The app runs on most phones from the last several years. These are GG’s published requirements:

The App Store download itself is a little over 200 MB. The extra free space covers updates and game data, which is why GG asks for a full gigabyte to be safe. Current versions of the app won’t install on older systems such as Android 6 or the iPhone 6S.

What you can play on the GGPoker app

The app isn’t a cut-down version of the site. According to GG’s App Store listing, you get:

• Games: No-Limit Hold’em, Pot-Limit Omaha including five- and six-card versions, and Short Deck
• Formats: cash games, tournaments, Sit & Gos, Spin & Gold, All-in or Fold, Rush & Cash, Flip & Go and Battle Royale
• Events: WSOP Online tournaments when they run
• Tools: time bank, hand history and PokerCraft graphs of your results

Tables open in portrait mode, so you can hold the phone in one hand and tap with your thumb. The free daily Spin & Gold or Battle Royale ticket from GG’s Daily Freebie works in the app too, and our freerolls guide covers how to make the most of free entries.

Your account is the same one you use on desktop. GG uses a single login, GGPass, across its products, so the balance, bonuses and hand history are shared. Welcome offers claimed in the app release on desktop tables as well; the options are explained in our GGPoker bonus guide.

GGPoker app vs desktop

Both versions connect to one shared player pool, so the difference is in how you play rather than who you play against. Side by side:

Many players use both: the app for a quick Spin or a single cash table on the go, the computer for a planned session. On a phone screen it’s easy to misclick a bet size, so slow down on big decisions, especially in Pot-Limit Omaha, where the board and four or more hole cards take more reading.

Set up the app before your first session

A few minutes in the settings saves trouble later. Before you sit down at a real-money table on your phone:

• Set your limits. Deposit limits and session reminders live in the account section. Set them now, while you’re not in the middle of a hand.
• Turn on notifications selectively. Tournament start alerts are useful; promo pushes every evening may not be.
• Lock the phone itself. A screen lock with Face ID, a fingerprint or a PIN matters more for a poker app than for most, because anyone holding your unlocked phone can reach your balance.
• Play a few hands at low stakes first. Get used to the bet slider and the preset bet buttons before the stakes matter.

Set deposit limits on your phone before the first session, not after a bad one. The app is always in your pocket, and a limit chosen in advance holds better than a decision made late at night.

Is the GGPoker app safe?

The genuine app is published by NSUS, the company behind GGPoker, and connects to the licensed GG sites, as the desktop client does. In the UK, GGPoker.co.uk is licensed by the UK Gambling Commission; in Ontario, GGPoker.ca operates under the province’s regulator. Your money sits in your GG account, not on the phone, so losing a phone doesn’t mean losing your balance.

The risks come from outside the app: a fake APK, a reused password, or a phone without a screen lock. Install only from the App Store listing by NSUS or from a GGPoker domain, use a password you don’t use anywhere else, and the app is as safe as playing on a computer.

Whether you’re allowed to play is a separate question from whether the app is safe. GG only accepts players from the countries it serves, and installing the app doesn’t change that.

When the GGPoker app won’t install or open

Install problems on phones are usually down to the source or the settings. The common ones:

• “Untrusted developer” on iPhone: trust the NSUS profile under Settings, General, VPN & Device Management.
• Can’t find the app in the App Store: it isn’t listed in your country; use the download on your GG site instead.
• “App not installed” on Android: free up space, delete any older GGPoker version, and check that your browser is allowed to install apps.
• Real-money games unavailable: you’re on the wrong GG site for your location, or your country isn’t served.
• Ontario app asks for your location: GGPoker.ca has to confirm you’re in the province, so allow location access while you play.

Before your first withdrawal, GG may ask you to confirm your identity, and you can upload the documents straight from your phone’s camera. Our GGPoker verification guide explains what’s accepted. For registration itself, see the GGPoker sign-up guide, and for games, rake and rewards, the full GGPoker review.

GGPoker app FAQ