Jakalooki™ (JACK-a-loo-kee) brings the beloved Jamaican Kalooki card game online — deal in friends and family anywhere, at one table. Download it free on iPhone or Android, or play right in your browser.
Kalooki was Auntie Cheri's game. Joy (Cheri) Tapper-Charlton played it with a particular kind of presence — focused, competitive, warm. Christopher grew up watching her at the table: the way she read the room, the way she held her cards, the way the whole house seemed to come alive when a game was on.
She is the reason Jakalooki exists. The app is named for the island — JA for Jamaica, Kalooki for the game — but it carries her spirit in every hand dealt. It is a way of making sure that what she loved, and what she gave to the people around her, does not end when a generation passes.
Jakalooki is built on authentic Jamaican rules with thoughtful variations — true to the game as it has always been played, refined for the digital age, and ready for every player who has ever sat down at that table.
In St. Andrew, in living rooms and on verandas across Jamaica, Kalooki has been the game that keeps people at the table. Not just a card game — a reason to stay a little longer.
Played with Jamaican rules and thoughtful variations, Jakalooki rewards memory, careful sequencing, and reading your opponent — the same qualities Auntie Cheri embodied every time she sat down to play.
Wherever Jamaicans have gone, they've brought Kalooki with them. Jakalooki is built so that every member of the diaspora — and everyone who loves Caribbean culture — can find their seat at the table.
Phase 1 — Live Now
Multiplayer is live on the web — play in your browser, host a table, and deal in friends and family anywhere in the world.
Phase 2 — In the App Stores
Multiplayer is live on the App Store and Google Play. The free offline Solo game follows.
Phase 3 — Next
Live tournaments. Deeper community features.
Never played?
Three short guides — nothing plays, nothing rushes you. One teaches the game, one shows you around the app, and one is a quick reference for the nine contracts.
