Hearts HD! vs Barouche+
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hearts HD!
Experience the classic card game Hearts with stunning graphics and smooth animations. Compete against an intelligent AI with adjustable difficulty levels. Enjoy customizable game settings and automatic saving for uninterrupted play.
- Rich graphics and smooth animations
- Intelligent AI engine
- Three difficulty levels
- Play to 50, 100, or 150 points
- Configurable game speed
- Automatic save functionality
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The classic card game Hearts is now available on your iPad. With rich graphics and smooth animations, Hearts Free HD is the premier Hearts app on the app store - and best of all, it's free. Try to stick your opponents with as many hearts as possible, while simultaneously avoiding hearts yourself. Watch out for the Queen of Spades! Hearts Free HD features an outstanding artificial intelligence engine. Three different difficulty levels ensure that you can play against a computer opponent that matches your skill level. Hearts Free HD offers many exciting features, including: * Great graphics and awesome sound effects * Play to 50, 100, or 150 points * Option to count Jack of Diamonds as -10 points * Configurable game speed (slow, medium, or fast) * Automatic save when you get a phone call or exit the app If you've been waiting for a killer Hearts game for your iPad, this is it. Download Hearts Free HD today!
Barouche+
A trick-taking card game for four players in two teams. It uses a modified standard deck and features an auction for the trump suit. The goal is for the bidding team to meet or exceed their bid.
- Trick-taking gameplay
- Modified standard deck (2s, 3s, 4s removed)
- Four players in two teams
- Auction for trump suit
- Widow mechanic for card swapping
- Scoring based on Aces, 5s, and 10s
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No ads, no tracking, no subscriptions. Barouche is a trick-taking card game popular around the world. It uses a standard deck, but with 2s, 3s and 4s removed. Four players form 2 teams, with partners sitting across from each other. Each player is dealt 9 cards, plus 4 cards for the widow in the middle of the table. An auction bid begins at 30, for the right to name the trump suit. The high bidder swaps out cards with the widow, then leads a trump. During the tricks phase, Aces are high, 5s are worth 5 points, 10s and Aces are worth 10 points. The other cards are worth nothing. The high bidder's team needs to meet or exceed its high bid.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Hearts HD! at Free against Barouche+'s $2.99. Hearts HD! also leads on update cadence (every 4 months vs every 21 months) and ratings volume (10K vs 1). Barouche+'s advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 60%) and ads (none vs shown). On in-app purchases and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Hearts HD! is free to download; Barouche+ costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Barouche+ holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hearts HD! has 10K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Hearts HD!'s written reviews are positive against 100% of Barouche+'s.
Hearts HD! ships an update every 4 months, Barouche+ every 21 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hearts HD! | Barouche+ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.5 (10K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 21 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 90 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Optime Software LLC | fishdog.net |
Customer experience
Hearts HD!
Barouche+
Bugs and requests
Hearts HD!
Reported bugs
3 issues- Scoring issues where points are incorrectly added or subtracted
- Game freezes or crashes, requiring reinstallation
- Graphical issues after recent updates (e.g., blurry cards)
Requested features
4 requests- Option to end the hand when all points are out
- Ability to view the last played trick
- Sound effects for key events (e.g., Queen of Spades played)
- Scoring improvements to avoid incorrect point totals
Barouche+
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Hearts HD!
No in-app purchases
Barouche+
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Hearts HD! free?
Is Barouche+ free?
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