Hearts Premium HD vs Hearts+
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hearts Premium HD
Experience the classic card game Hearts with stunning graphics and smooth animations. Strategize to avoid taking hearts and the Queen of Spades while challenging an intelligent AI with adjustable difficulty levels.
- Rich graphics and smooth animations
- Intelligent AI with three difficulty levels
- Play to 50, 100, or 150 points
- Jack of Diamonds scoring option
- 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 Premium HD is the premier Hearts app on the app store. Try to stick your opponents with as many hearts as possible, while simultaneously avoiding hearts yourself. Watch out for the Queen of Spades! Hearts Premium 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 Premium 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 Premium HD today!
Hearts+
Experience the #1 Hearts card game with challenging AI opponents and online multiplayer. Enjoy a realistic card table feel, track your progress with achievements and stats, and save games automatically. A fun and stable way to play this classic card game.
- Multiplayer online play
- Challenging AI opponents
- Achievements and stats tracking
- Realistic card table feel
- Automatic game saving
- Jack of Diamonds game option
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#1 Hearts card game! Multiplayer or Solo • Achievements • Stats • Smart AI • Millions of happy players • PLAY NOW! Hearts+ is the #1 free Hearts card game for iPhone and iPad! Hearts+ has been in development for years by a dedicated team and has seen countless new features, improvements, and bug fixes. It's fast, stable, always improving, and, above all, fun! Top Features include: * Play Hearts online with your friends and everyone else! * Realistic look and feel, just like sitting at a card table! * Game options, including "Jack of Diamonds" * Achievements, some easy, some hard, can you get them all? * Challenging and competitive computer opponents * Automatic game saving, just in case you get a call right before shooting the moon * Simple tutorial to help beginners get in the game fast * Free! What players are saying ***** "Without a doubt the best game of Hearts!" ***** "Best hearts program by far. THE best!" ***** "The opponents are good players unlike other hearts games..." ***** "Terrific! I play it every day." ***** "Hooked. Absolutely hooked!" ***** "Play this! I love this game. What more needs to be Said?" Terms of Service: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://astarsoftware.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Hearts+ at Free against Hearts Premium HD's $1.99. Hearts+ also leads on update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 10 months) and ratings volume (96K vs 780). Hearts Premium HD's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 9) and ads (none vs shown). On device support 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+ is free to download; Hearts Premium HD costs $1.99 up front. Hearts+ sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Hearts Premium HD asks for nothing beyond the download.
Hearts+ holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hearts+ has 96K ratings behind it against 780, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 78% of Hearts Premium HD's written reviews are positive against 45% of Hearts+'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Hearts Premium HD ships an update every 10 months, Hearts+ every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hearts Premium HD | Hearts+ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (780 ratings) | 4.8 (96K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 78.3% of reviews — better | 45.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 780 | 96K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | — | #166 — better |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 67 MB | 154 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Optime Software LLC | A Star Software LLC |
Customer experience
Hearts Premium HD
Hearts+
User reviews
Hearts Premium HD
From 780 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fast and fun gameplay
- 👍 Challenging difficulty levels
- 🎮 Enjoyable way to pass time
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches
- 🔧 Outdated or subpar graphics
- 📊 Lack of statistics and player history
Hearts+
From 96K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Challenging gameplay
- 👍 Great for practicing and improving skills
- 🎮 Enjoyable and addictive
- 💡 Customizable difficulty settings
Room to improve
- 🔍 Inconsistent and unfair card dealing
- 🤖 Overly aggressive AI opponents
- 🚫 Too many ads that interfere with gameplay
- 🔇 Lack of option to remove audio ads
- ⚠️ Glitches and bugs causing game freezes or crashes
Bugs and requests
Hearts Premium HD
Reported bugs
3 issues- Cards not playing correctly
- Game freezes or crashes
- Slow performance on newer devices
Requested features
3 requests- Add option to name/customize AI players
- Implement score tracking and leaderboards
- Allow replaying of previous hands
Hearts+
Reported bugs
3 issues- Ads that cannot be closed, leading to game timeouts
- Unexpected screen orientation changes during gameplay
- Inability to log out of Game Center account
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to play against friends/family on the same device
- Improved multiplayer experience with better matchmaking and leaderboards
- Option to pay for an ad-free version
- Stricter penalties for players who quit games prematurely
- More detailed scoring and statistics tracking
In-app purchases
Hearts Premium HD
No in-app purchases
Hearts+
- A-Star VIP Membership Weekly$2.997 Days
- A-Star VIP Membership Monthly$9.991 Month
- A-Star VIP Membership Yearly$99.991 Year
- 25 Tokens$0.99
- Remove Ads (1 Day)$1.99
- 100 Tokens$2.99
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- Remove Ads (7 Days)$3.99
- 500 Tokens$9.99
- Remove Ads (30 Days)$9.99
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