Hearts+ vs Just Shanghai
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
Just Shanghai
Experience Contract Rummy on your iPhone and iPad with this engaging card game. Play solo against AI, pass-and-play with friends, or compete online via Game Center. Features seven rounds with unique contracts, wild jokers, and strategic buying mechanics.
- Seven-round contract ladder
- Solo play against AI
- Pass-and-play multiplayer
- Game Center turn-based multiplayer
- Wild jokers with reclaim option
- Hand sorting by meld, suit, or rank
- Photorealistic cards and felt table
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Just Shanghai is Contract Rummy (also called Shanghai Rummy) built for your iPhone and iPad. Seven rounds, seven contracts, jokers, and the buy. No ads. No in-app purchases. No virtual currency. Play it solo, pass-and-play around one device, or live against friends over Game Center. THREE WAYS TO PLAY • Solo against three AI opponents that draw, buy, lay down, and lay off with real strategy • Pass and Play: hand the device around a table of two to four people, with a privacy handoff between turns • Play with Friends: turn-based multiplayer over Apple Game Center, so a match can play out over minutes or days THE GAME Each round has its own contract, climbing from two books up to three runs: Round 1: two books Round 2: one book and one run Round 3: two runs Round 4: three books Round 5: two books and one run Round 6: one book and two runs Round 7: three runs A book is three or more cards of a rank. A run is four or more cards in sequence of one suit, with the ace playing low or high. Jokers are wild. You are dealt eleven cards a round and play across all seven. THE BUY When a player passes the top discard, everyone else gets a chance to buy it. Buying takes the card plus two penalty cards from the stock, and you get two buys per round. It is the decision that defines Shanghai, and the AI uses it well. FEATURES • Full seven-round contract ladder with correct minimum lay sizes • Solo, pass-and-play, and Game Center multiplayer for two to four players • A real contract solver, so the game knows the moment your hand can go down • Jokers you can reclaim from a run once you are down, with a choice of where the freed joker goes • Sort your hand by meld, by suit, or by rank with one tap • Card names spelled out and suit symbols everywhere, so a King of Spades reads as a King of Spades • Photorealistic cards and a felt table that adapts to iPhone and iPad • Sound effects and haptics, mute anytime SCORING You score the cards left in your hand: low cards five points, tens and faces ten, aces twenty, jokers fifty. Go out by playing every card and you score zero. Lowest total after seven rounds wins. PRIVACY Solo and pass-and-play stay entirely on your device. Play with Friends uses Apple Game Center to route turns between players, governed by Apple's privacy policy. The app itself has no accounts, no servers of its own, no analytics, and no tracking. Your settings and local stats live on your device. Just Shanghai does not facilitate real-money gambling. It is a classic card game for entertainment only.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Hearts+ at 45% against Just Shanghai's 0%. Hearts+ also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.0) and ratings volume (96K vs 1). Just Shanghai's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 9) and ads (none vs shown). On price, device support 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
Both are free to download. Hearts+ sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Just Shanghai asks for nothing beyond the download.
Hearts+ holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.0. 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. Written reviews point the same way: 45% of Hearts+'s written reviews are positive against 0% of Just Shanghai's.
Hearts+ ships an update every 4 weeks, Just Shanghai every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hearts+ | Just Shanghai |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (96K ratings) — better | 2.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 45.1% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 96K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 154 MB | 54 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | A Star Software LLC | Alchemaize |
Customer experience
Hearts+
Just Shanghai
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
Just Shanghai
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
Just Shanghai
No in-app purchases









