Comparison

Hearts+ vs Cribbage Classic

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Multiplayer online play
  • Challenging AI opponents
  • Achievements and stats tracking
  • Realistic card table feel
  • Automatic game saving
  • Jack of Diamonds game option
Features
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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

About

Cribbage Classic

Master the card game of cribbage with this app. It offers adjustable assistance levels, from a casual time-waster to a skill-sharpening tutorial. Track your progress with detailed statistics and analyze optimal discards.

Highlights
  • Adjustable assistance levels
  • Fast play mode with automatic counting
  • Detailed game statistics
  • Suboptimal play summary
  • Discard Analyzer with statistical analysis
Features
Currently charting
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Improve your skills and become a cribbage expert! Cribbage classic has a number of settings that can help you to learn the best move for your situation and offer assistance if it notices that you are making a sub-optimal play. Or just play in fast mode where all counting is done for you and you get to simply focus on discarding and pegging. By tweaking the settings you can take this app anywhere from a lazy-thoughtless-time-waster game to a skill-sharpening-master-tutorial helping you to crush your next opponent. Statistics are also kept so you can see your average pegging score, your average hand score, and your average crib score! Also shows you a summary of all of the suboptimal plays you made at the end of the game and tracks your error rate over time so you can see yourself improving. Cribbage Classic also has a "Discard Analyzer" bonus feature that can help you decide on the optimal discard to play given a particular cribbage hand. Analyzer shows you the minimum, maximum and average score for each permutation along with an in depth statistical analysis of all possible flip card results.

Screenshots

Hearts+4 screens
Cribbage Classic4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cribbage Classic at none against Hearts+'s 9. Cribbage Classic also leads on review sentiment (66% vs 45%) and chart position (#142 vs unranked). Hearts+'s advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 9 months) and rating (4.8 vs 4.6). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Hearts+ sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Cribbage Classic asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Hearts+ holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 96K and 31K respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 45% of Hearts+'s written reviews are positive against 66% of Cribbage Classic's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hearts+ ships an update monthly, Cribbage Classic every 9 months. Both last shipped on October 13, 2026.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Hearts+ versus Cribbage Classic: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHearts+Cribbage Classic
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (96K ratings) — better4.6 (31K ratings)
Positive reviews45.2% of reviews66.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings96K — better31K
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 9 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
Best chart rank—#142 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size154 MB65 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperA Star Software LLCGames By Post LLC

Customer experience

Hearts+

All ratings95,519 ratings
Positive96.4%
Neutral1.2%
Negative2.3%
Written reviews927 reviews
Positive45.2%
Neutral8.1%
Negative46.7%

Cribbage Classic

All ratings31,237 ratings
Positive92.7%
Neutral3.0%
Negative4.4%
Written reviews1,310 reviews
Positive66.2%
Neutral8.2%
Negative25.6%

User reviews

Hearts+

From 96K App Store ratings

What 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

Cribbage Classic

From 31K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Fast gameplay
  • 💡 Helpful hints and analysis
  • 🚀 Smooth animations
  • 👍 Clear scoring and instructions

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Unrealistic card deals and hands
  • 🐛 Computer opponent gets unfair advantage
  • 🐛 Inconsistent or incorrect scoring
  • 🐛 Pegging strategy not optimal
  • 🐛 Discard analysis not always accurate

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

Cribbage Classic

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Occasional freezing or crashing
  • Incorrect counting of flushes
  • Inability to recover from misplayed cards

Requested features

4 requests
  • Option to view opponent's hand and statistics
  • Ability to save and resume games
  • More customization options for the board and cards
  • Multiplayer mode to play against other users

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Hearts+

Subscriptions3
  • A-Star VIP Membership Weekly$2.997 Days
  • A-Star VIP Membership Monthly$9.991 Month
  • A-Star VIP Membership Yearly$99.991 Year
One-time6
  • 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
None

Cribbage Classic

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hearts+ free?
Hearts+ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cribbage Classic free?
Cribbage Classic is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Hearts+ or Cribbage Classic?
Hearts+ is rated higher. Hearts+ averages 4.8 out of 5 from 96K ratings, while Cribbage Classic averages 4.6 from 31K ratings.
Do Hearts+ or Cribbage Classic have ads?
Both Hearts+ and Cribbage Classic show ads.
Which is updated more often, Hearts+ or Cribbage Classic?
Hearts+ ships an update monthly, and Cribbage Classic every 9 months. Most recently, Hearts+ was updated on October 13, 2026 and Cribbage Classic on October 13, 2026.

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