Comparison

Cribbage Classic vs Hearts

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

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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.

About

Hearts

Experience a classic competitive card game with intelligent AI opponents that adapt to your playstyle. Enjoy offline play, helpful hints, and an undo function to refine your strategy. Learn the game with a simple guide and aim to master the art of scoring.

Highlights
  • Adaptive AI opponents
  • Offline play
  • Free hints system
  • Undo function
  • Simple start guide
  • Shoot the Moon strategy
Features
Currently charting
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Hearts Free is a classic competitive card game, and MobilityWare’s artificial intelligence ensures YOUR play has the competitive edge, Hearts card master! This free Hearts game will teach you how to play with our intuitive AI. Our artificial intelligence adapts to your Hearts card game play style. Play feels fair, even though your opponents are some smart bots. But while playing them can feel like a challenge, MobilityWare’s Hearts hints AI feature is at your disposal and the smartest of them all! AI bot opponents offer another major benefit - you can play them offline, so no wifi is required to play Hearts! Ever play a card game with real online users and experience inconveniences? Never worry about other users taking too long or abandoning a game in this free card classic. Enjoy the adaptability of AI, and benefit from MobilityWare’s free Hearts hints system, which always puts you in a clear position to win the games you play! We guarantee when you play, you’ll just notice your sense of relaxation and fun. Get Excited for Features! Whether you’re going to Shoot the Moon as a Hearts card master or just starting to get into the game or totally new to Hearts, you’ll find our game has a feature for your comfort and challenge level. Artificial Intelligence - We cannot stop talking about this card game’s adaptive and fair AI features! - Playing Hearts free is a cinch with smart opponents - And our even more intelligent free Hints feature Play Offline, Anytime - Wifi? Who needs it? - No need to wait around for real users to log on with this free Hearts card game - And no need to have game delays when their internet lags - Reliable AI bots want to play cards with you all day, no internet required Fair Play - Learn to play a game with our simple start guide and free automated advice (which you can turn off!) - Use as many free Hints as you like, powered by the smartest AI in our app! - Use the free Undo function as many times as you like if you need to rethink your moves Some Tips for Hearts Beginners! - Scoring points in Hearts is not a good thing (unless you collect ALL available points) - Each hearts suit card is worth 1 point - Beware the Queen of Spades - a card worth 13 points! - If you collect all points available in the game, they get thrown to your opponents in a dramatic feat called Shooting the Moon! About Hearts Subscription Hearts Subscription is an optional subscription that gives you access to seamless play without any ads, the ability to play extra goals and exclusive themes. You can subscribe to Hearts for a term of one month, six months or for one year. New subscribers can choose a one-week trial subscription at no cost. The monthly term costs US$4.99, the six month term costs US$9.99, and the yearly term costs US$24.99. The subscriber’s iTunes Account will be charged when the purchase is confirmed. Any unused portion of a free trial period is forfeited when a subscription is purchased. Subscriptions renew automatically unless automatic renewal is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current term. Renewal prices are US$4.99 per month, US$9.99 per six months, or US$24.99 per year. The subscriber's iTunes Account will be charged for a renewal in the last 24 hours of the current period. Purchasers can manage their subscription and turn off automatic renewal in their Account Settings. Subscriptions may be stopped by turning off automatic renewal at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. A subscription cannot be canceled in the middle of its term. Please see our privacy policy at http://mobilityware.com/privacy-policy.php Please see our Terms of Service at http://mobilityware.com/eula.php Please see our End User License Agreement at: https://www.mobilityware.com/terms-and-service/ Questions or comments? We want to know! Email us at support@mobilityware.com. Hearts: Card Game is created and supported by MobilityWare.

Screenshots

Cribbage Classic4 screens
Hearts4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cribbage Classic at none against Hearts's 3. Cribbage Classic also leads on review sentiment (66% vs 43%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Hearts's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 9 months) and ratings volume (104K vs 31K). On price, rating, ads and chart position 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 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Cribbage Classic asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Cribbage Classic against 4.7 for Hearts. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 31K and 104K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 66% of Cribbage Classic's written reviews are positive against 43% of Hearts's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cribbage Classic ships an update every 9 months, Hearts monthly. Both last shipped on November 8, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Cribbage Classic versus Hearts: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCribbage ClassicHearts
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (31K ratings)4.7 (104K ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.1% of reviews — better42.6% of reviews
Number of ratings31K104K — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsMonthly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#132 — better#155
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size65 MB404 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGames By Post LLCMobilityWare

Customer experience

Cribbage Classic

All ratings31,237 ratings
Positive92.7%
Neutral3.0%
Negative4.4%
Written reviews1,349 reviews
Positive66.1%
Neutral8.1%
Negative25.8%

Hearts

All ratings101,940 ratings
Positive93.2%
Neutral4.6%
Negative2.3%
Written reviews882 reviews
Positive42.6%
Neutral14.9%
Negative42.5%

User reviews

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

Hearts

From 104K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Good AI
  • 👍 Enjoyable gameplay
  • 🚀 Smooth gameplay
  • 👍 Fun and challenging
  • 👍 Great for learning Hearts

Room to improve

  • 🔍 Ads too frequent
  • 🔍 Ads disrupt gameplay
  • 🐛 Ads freeze the game
  • 🔍 Too many ads
  • 🐛 Ads take you to App Store

Bugs and requests

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

Hearts

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game freezes when ads play
  • Inability to close certain ads
  • Scoring system resets unexpectedly

Requested features

6 requests
  • Option to pay for ad-free version
  • Ability to review previous tricks
  • Ability to skip meaningless trick plays
  • Customizable avatars
  • Scoring system improvements
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  • Ability to move progress between devices

In-app purchases

None

Cribbage Classic

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Hearts

Subscriptions3
  • Premium Status 1 Month7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Premium Status 6 Months$9.996 Months
  • Premium Status 12 Months$24.991 Year

Questions

Is Cribbage Classic free?
Cribbage Classic is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hearts free?
Hearts is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Cribbage Classic or Hearts?
Hearts is rated higher. Cribbage Classic averages 4.6 out of 5 from 31K ratings, while Hearts averages 4.7 from 104K ratings.
Do Cribbage Classic or Hearts have ads?
Both Cribbage Classic and Hearts show ads.
Which is updated more often, Cribbage Classic or Hearts?
Cribbage Classic ships an update every 9 months, and Hearts monthly. Most recently, Cribbage Classic was updated on November 8, 2026 and Hearts on November 8, 2026.
Which is more popular, Cribbage Classic or Hearts?
Cribbage Classic currently peaks at #132 in the App Store charts, and Hearts at #155. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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