Comparison

Dog to try vs Hearts multiplayer

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

Head to head
About

Dog to try

Experience a popular card-based board game where you aim to get your team's marbles to the target area before opponents. Play with friends online or locally, or against AI bots. Features include special cards for strategic moves and accessibility options.

Highlights
  • Team-based marble racing
  • Card-driven gameplay
  • Online and local multiplayer
  • AI bot opponents
  • Special strategic cards
  • VoiceOver accessibility
Features
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Dog is a popular board game with cards. Your goal is to get all your and your partner's marbles into the target area before your opponents do. Our app is available for iPhone, Mac, iPad, and iPod touch. The full version of this app reached several times rank 3 of all games in the Swiss App Store, with thousands of ratings at an astonishing average of 4.7 stars and ranks regularly among the top ranks for card and board game apps in several countries. Try our app in this ad-supported version a no cost! In each round you first receive a handful of cards. You must give one of your cards to your partner and receive one of his cards. Cards that you play advance your marble. A marble that lands exactly on another marble sends it home. Special cards speed up your moves, by exchanging marble positions, going backwards, or splitting advances over several marbles. When you are done with your own marbles, you must help your partner, as you can only win together. Invite friends to a multiplayer game or find other players on the Internet! The players see your board and play their cards and marbles on their iPhone, Mac, iPad, or iPod touch. Your devices communicate easily over the Internet via Game Center, or locally (no registrations needed) via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi network. The app supplies bot players on empty game seats, so you can finally play with your friends even if you are missing a third or fourth player. Blind and visually impaired players can select moves through VoiceOver. We encourage you to get acquainted with the standard VoiceOver features of iOS, and in particular with rotors. Dog to try for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch is intended for casual players who want to discover the game or join into their friends' favorite game. If you want to play with a variety of stronger bot players of different characters and strength, or on boards of variable size, or if you are concerned about advertisers' data collection, consider our full app named Dog Board Game. The Dog to try app is financed through Google Ads. We do not track you and do not store any information from this app. However, we provide Google with the opportunity to collect such information to target its ads. You may choose to allow Google to track you through different apps to provide personalized ads. If you are concerned about advertisers' data collection or tracking, consider using our ad-free app Dog Board Game instead.

About

Hearts multiplayer

Experience the classic card game of Hearts online. Play against AI opponents or compete with players worldwide in various modes, including ranked matches and tournaments. Track your progress with detailed statistics and customize your game experience.

Highlights
  • Multiplayer online play
  • AI opponents
  • Ranked mode with leaderboards
  • Daily tournaments
  • Detailed statistics
  • Customizable themes and card sets
Features
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Play Hearts game wherever you are with Hearts online. Play alone against players controlled by a high level artificial intelligence with a realistic behavior, or compare yourself with other players from around the world. Avoid the queen of spades and the hearts to keep your score as low as possible and finish first. *** MANY GAME MODES *** - train with the quick game mode - compete against players from all around the globe with the ranked mode - play online with real players and see your rank in the leaderboard - defeat your friends with our online friendly mode - take part in daily tournaments *** A COMPLETE, FAST AND SMOOTH GAME *** - a free Hearts game, full-featured and without any limitations - a rich interface, adapted for all iOS devices, with many animations and a zoom effect for better visibility - detailed scores and statistics on all your games and rounds *** A GAME THAT ADAPTS TO YOU *** - 3 levels of artificial intelligence adapted for beginners as well as experienced players - 5 graphic themes and 3 sets of cards Questions or suggestions about our application at : hello@summit-games.com The game does not cheat and the artificial intelligence does not have any knowledge of the other players' cards. Good game!

Screenshots

Dog to try4 screens
Hearts multiplayer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Dog to try at none against Hearts multiplayer's 6. Hearts multiplayer's advantage is review sentiment (55% vs 30%) and update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). On price, rating, 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 multiplayer sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Dog to try asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Dog to try against 4.5 for Hearts multiplayer. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hearts multiplayer has 165 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 30% of Dog to try's written reviews are positive against 55% of Hearts multiplayer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dog to try ships an update every 3 months, Hearts multiplayer monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Dog to try versus Hearts multiplayer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDog to tryHearts multiplayer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (10 ratings)4.5 (165 ratings) — better
Positive reviews29.6% of reviews54.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings10165 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsMonthly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB161 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperValue from Software LLCSummit Games

Customer experience

Dog to try

All ratings10 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews27 reviews
Positive29.6%
Neutral14.8%
Negative55.6%

Hearts multiplayer

All ratings158 ratings
Positive86.1%
Neutral8.9%
Negative5.1%
Written reviews42 reviews
Positive54.8%
Neutral14.3%
Negative31.0%

In-app purchases

None

Dog to try

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

Hearts multiplayer

One-time6
  • 100 Coins$0.99
  • No Ads for 1 month$0.99
  • 300 Coins$2.99
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  • No Ads for 3 months$2.99
  • 1000 Coins$7.99
  • No Ads for 1 year$7.99

Questions

Is Dog to try free?
Dog to try is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hearts multiplayer free?
Hearts multiplayer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Dog to try or Hearts multiplayer?
Hearts multiplayer is rated higher. Dog to try averages 4.5 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while Hearts multiplayer averages 4.5 from 165 ratings.
Do Dog to try or Hearts multiplayer have ads?
Both Dog to try and Hearts multiplayer show ads.
Which is updated more often, Dog to try or Hearts multiplayer?
Dog to try ships an update every 3 months, and Hearts multiplayer monthly. Most recently, Dog to try was updated on November 1, 2026 and Hearts multiplayer on November 7, 2026.

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