Comparison

Hearts Card Game! vs iSpades

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

Head to head
About

Hearts Card Game!

A classic trick-taking card game for 4 players of all ages. The goal is to avoid taking hearts and the Queen of Spades to achieve the lowest score.

Highlights
  • Trick-taking gameplay
  • Four-player mode
  • Lowest score objective
  • Card passing mechanic
  • Avoid hearts and Queen of Spades
Features
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This is a great family card game for kids to adults. Hearts is a trick taking game involving 4 players, where the object of the game is have the lowest score when one person gets more than 100 points. The game starts by dealing 13 cards to each player. Each player passes cards, then plays in sequence, with the objective being to avoid all the hearts and especially the Queen of Spades!

About

iSpades

This card game allows you to play Spades against a CPU with customizable rules and deck options. Track your scores, earn achievements, and save your progress. Enjoy flexible gameplay with landscape and vertical orientations.

Highlights
  • Play against CPU
  • Four-color deck option
  • Customizable scoring variants
  • Adjustable game settings
  • Save and load game progress
  • Achievements system
  • Landscape and vertical orientation
Features
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SPADES Main characteristics: - Play Spades against CPU - Four-color deck (each suit has a different color) - Scoring variants: With or without penalty, several penalty variations... - It includes help and play explanation - Settings: Cards size, deck type (four-color or classic), cards back color, sound, animations, speed, scoreboard, table and scores color, see names on the table cards,... - Scores: Matches, Hands, best and worst score,... - Achievements: They allow to achieve experiencie points - Save and load game - Landscape and vertical orientation Play: - The winner is the team that first reaches the set number of points (by default 500) - Each hand consists of dealing 13 cards. During a hand, each player bids for a number of tricks, then attempts to take exactly that many tricks during the hand Scoring Spades: - Points are awarded for winning at least the number of tricks bidded. Both the team bids and the team tricks are added. - By default, Each team scores 10 point for each trick bidded and an extra point for each additional trick. If a team not make the contract, they'll lost 10 points for each bid. 10 points are also lost if 10 extra tricks are acumulated (according to rules). - If a player bids 0 (nil) and he/she doesn't win any trick, he she'll win 100 points. If he/she wins any bid, he/she'll lost 100 points. The rules settings allow changing some of this rules: - Game points: 250, 300, 500 or 1000 points - Lose game points: -200, -500 - Penalty: No penalty, one point, 100 points, 110 points - Breaking spades: Allow or not to lead spades

Screenshots

Hearts Card Game!1 screens
iSpades4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: iSpades at 5.0 against Hearts Card Game!'s 2.9. iSpades also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). Hearts Card Game!'s advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (31 vs 1). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Hearts Card Game! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. iSpades asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

iSpades holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hearts Card Game! has 31 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hearts Card Game! ships an update every 3 months, iSpades every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Hearts Card Game! versus iSpades: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHearts Card Game!iSpades
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.9 (31 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews14.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings31 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 8 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB7 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperDavid SkellyManuel Lopez Lopez

Customer experience

Hearts Card Game!

All ratings31 ratings
Positive41.9%
Neutral9.7%
Negative48.4%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive14.3%
Neutral17.9%
Negative67.9%

iSpades

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Hearts Card Game!

One-time1
  • Hearts Pro$2.99
None

iSpades

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hearts Card Game! free?
Hearts Card Game! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is iSpades free?
iSpades is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Hearts Card Game! or iSpades?
iSpades is rated higher. Hearts Card Game! averages 2.9 out of 5 from 31 ratings, while iSpades averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Hearts Card Game! or iSpades have ads?
iSpades shows ads; Hearts Card Game! does not.
Which is updated more often, Hearts Card Game! or iSpades?
Hearts Card Game! ships an update every 3 months, and iSpades every 8 months. Most recently, Hearts Card Game! was updated on October 23, 2026 and iSpades on October 2, 2026.

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