Tombola Bingo App Review

Appearance, Layout And Design

The Tombola Bingo app has a unique design, due to the fact it has been built in-house. However, we are torn on whether this is a good thing or not.

In terms of appearance, everything is on the large side. This makes the information very clear to see and games easy to top on, even on the smallest of screens.

However, the layout is not the most user-friendly. The menu systems are a little confusing and the information users are looking for can often be hard to find.

For example, the option to locate just bingo games is hidden deep in the menu and is labelled “traditional”.

In terms of information, the game lobby displaying all bingo rooms available fails to show how much a ticket costs in each room. In order to find this out we actually have to enter each bingo room.

Here is how the application looked when we were writing this review of the Tombola Bingo app.

Tombola Bingo App Features

Bingo

Tombola Bingo is one of the best bingo apps when it comes to varying bingo styles. Rooms can be entered offering:

• 90 ball bingo
• 80 ball bingo
• 75 ball bingo
• 50 ball bingo
• 40 ball bingo
• 30 ball bingo

Low-Cost Bingo

Tombola prides itself on looking after its customer’s welfare and making bingo affordable to all, whilst maintaining fairness.

Players can get involved for as little as 1p and Tombola enforces a maximum stake of £2 on all of their bingo games.

There’s also some free bingo games that crop up from time to time, so it can pay off by checking in on the app regularly.

Big Jackpots

There a frequent big jackpot games hosted that give users the opportunity to win amounts up to £20,000. Tombola isn’t shy in letting users know either. Recent winners are regularly placed on the home page in an attempt to provide inspiration to the rest of the customer base.

Speed Bingo

There are plenty of quick quirky bingo games that are designed for those on a limited time schedule. Games such as Pulse offer bingo rooms offering lightning-quick bingo calls that have games done and dusted within 2 minutes.

Social Features

There are chat features built in to the bingo games on the Tombola app. Users can connect with other bingo players to meet new friends, congratulate winners and spark up meaningful conversations.

A chat host welcomes players to the rooms, but from our experience doesn’t really help in guiding any conversation.

Instead, the chat thread tends to get inundated with players counting down how many numbers they need, making any type of conversation difficult to digest. 

Casino Games

The Tombola Bingo app has a small selection of casino games to try out. As the app is not integrated with the big-name game providers, users will find this side of things quite limited.

One positive Tombola has though is that the casino games that are on offer here can’t be found anywhere else. Therefore, it’s worthwhile exploring games such as Tombola Roulette, CINCO, NEVADA or Reel Bingo to see if one game alone makes the Tombola app worth keeping.

Offers And Promotions

As with most gambling apps bonuses and offers are splattered all over the homepage, enticing users in. There’s also a dedicated promotions section that can be found on the homepage, within the dynamic menu button in the top left corner of the app.

Information on all the big jackpot games, free bingo games and special offers can be found here. As offers change each month, it’s best to head to the promotions section yourself to see what is currently on offer.

Payment Options And Withdrawal Times

Users looking to deposit with a UK debit card will have no issues depositing their funds and can have funds showing in their account instantaneously. However, that is the ONLY payment that is accepted.

PayPal used to be offered as a payment method but has since been removed as an option. Although debit cards will probably be the most popular method of transacting, we were still slightly disappointed by the absence of other methods.

Withdrawal times from VISA cards can take as little as 1 hour to show back in the bank account. However, other debit cards can take between 3-5 business days.

Final Thoughts

We would class the Tombola Bingo App as being one of the best bingo apps for those who are only interested in bingo. Whereas other bingo apps have ventured out in to games, Slingo, casino, slots etc, Tombola have very much kept bingo as the centre piece of its operation.

There are lots of different styles of bingo users can play here, with a good selection of themes and rooms built in to each style.

The unique design of the app means there are games that will be only found here, but the downside for us here is the clunkiness of the navigation and lack of transparency when it comes to ticket pricing.

We would recommend this app to the hardened bingo fanatic. However, for those looking for a more complete entertainment package, other apps may be more of a fit. A good option would be to read our Gala Bingo app review and see if that is more suitable to your needs.