Hearts+ vs K9 Sheepshead
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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
K9 Sheepshead
Experience the classic 5-player Sheepshead card game with friends or AI. Learn advanced strategies with AI explanations and train a puppy as you progress. This free, family-friendly game offers a fun way to master trick-taking mechanics.
- 5-player Sheepshead card game
- Multiplayer with friends and AI
- Advanced AI with strategic explanations
- Puppy training progression system
- Free to play
- Family-friendly
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Classic Sheepshead card game...and puppies! New! Multiplayer, This is a 5 player game with any combination of friends and/or AI bots. An advanced AI focuses first on bringing in new players to the game; pick up the game and just start playing. Training progresses quickly, and even the most experienced players might learn a thing or two. Each strategic decision is explained! See inside the thought process of a mature Sheepshead AI originally published in 1992 and updated in 2019. To measure your progress, you will be training a puppy which will advance through its lessons as you learn Sheepshead. Puppy raising tips come from 16 years of service-dog training experience. This is a free, fun family table card game along the lines of other trick-taking games like Spades, Hearts, Euchre, etc.
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Verdict
Hearts+ and K9 Sheepshead both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of K9 Sheepshead's written reviews are positive against 45% of Hearts+'s. Hearts+'s advantage is ratings volume (96K vs 157). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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
Both are free to download. Hearts+ sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and K9 Sheepshead sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Hearts+ against 4.7 for K9 Sheepshead. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hearts+ has 96K ratings behind it against 157, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 45% of Hearts+'s written reviews are positive against 100% of K9 Sheepshead's.
Hearts+ ships an update every 4 weeks, K9 Sheepshead fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hearts+ | K9 Sheepshead |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (96K ratings) — better | 4.7 (157 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 45.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 96K — better | 157 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 154 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | A Star Software LLC | William Hamshire |
Customer experience
Hearts+
K9 Sheepshead
Bugs and requests
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
K9 Sheepshead
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
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
K9 Sheepshead
- Remove Ads$4.99









