Hearts+ vs SyFive
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
SyFive
Experience a classic dice game with realistic physics simulations for fair play. Enjoy a calm, visually appealing interface with customizable themes and optional spoken commentary. Play with friends remotely or offline, with no ads or in-app purchases.
- Realistic physics dice simulation
- Classic Yatzy scoring rules
- Offline play
- Remote multiplayer (Game Night)
- Customizable themes
- Optional spoken commentary
- Readable scorecard
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Most dice apps pick a number, then animate it. SyFive doesn't. Every roll is a real physics simulation — impulse, spin, collision, settle. The result isn't decided until the dice stop moving. Then we tested it across 10,000 rolls to prove it's fair, so you never have to wonder. And then we spent just as long making it calm. Five dice you can feel. They tumble, knock, rock to a stop, and catch the light on the final turn. Hold the ones you want, roll the rest, take your three rolls, and choose where the score goes. Classic Yatzy, in full. Upper bonus, the lower categories, the Yatzy bonus, joker scoring — all of it. And a scorecard that's finally readable: available moves obvious, locked ones quiet, totals that settle instead of pop. Game night, across any distance. Start a Game Night over FaceTime or Messages and pass the dice around the table — even when the table spans time zones. Made your way. Seven themes, light and dark. Optional spoken commentary in four voices, off until you ask for it. Celebrations that mark the moment without shouting. And more when you go looking. House records that honor everyone who's played instead of ranking them. A play-understanding layer that reads your game back to you in plain language. Never nagging, never loud. No ads. No in-app purchases. No account. No tracking. No casino noise. Works fully offline — nothing leaves your devices except through your own iCloud. Five dice. Pure calm.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SyFive at none against Hearts+'s 9. SyFive also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (daily vs every 4 weeks). Hearts+'s advantage is ratings volume (96K vs 1) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.6). On price and 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
Both are free to download. Hearts+ sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. SyFive asks for nothing beyond the download.
SyFive holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hearts+ has 96K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Hearts+ ships an update every 4 weeks, SyFive daily. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hearts+ | SyFive |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (96K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 45.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 96K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Daily — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 154 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | A Star Software LLC | Syzygy Softwerks LLC |
Customer experience
Hearts+
SyFive
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
SyFive
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
SyFive
No in-app purchases







