Hearts: No Ads
Offline Classic Card Game
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
The only Hearts app where the AI cheats only if you ask it to. Free to play, $0.99 to unlock unlimited games. No ads. No subscription. No account.
The grown-up Hearts app. Free to play, with one $0.99 unlock and fair AI. No ads, no subscriptions, no accounts. Works offline - even on a plane.
WHY THE NAME
Open the App Store, search for Hearts, and watch the screenshots blur into the same pile of rainbow gradients, sparkle effects, and "REMOVE ADS - $9.99" upsell wheels. The name says it: this one isn't that. No ads, ever. The single $0.99 unlock removes the per-game coin cost forever; that is the entire monetization.
WHAT MAKES THE AI FAIR
• Four AI difficulty tiers - Easy, Normal, and Hard all play fair. They see exactly what you see: the played tricks, the current trick, their own hand. No peeking at hidden hands, no stacked deals, no rubber-banding.
• "Cheater" mode is the fourth tier - and it is an opt-in, not the default. It literally looks at your hand and plays optimally against it. It is how plenty of other Hearts apps play all the time. Here, you decide.
• Symmetric shoot-the-moon. If the AI would attempt it, you can too - and vice versa. The AI never silently blocks a moon shot it would try for itself.
• Hint button anytime. Tap it to see which card the Hard AI would play in your position, with a one-line reason. Hints cost 10 coins each - meaningful but cheap.
• Undo your last card on your own turn, before any opponent play changes hidden information.
HOW THE COIN SYSTEM WORKS
• Start with 500 coins. Each new game costs 50.
• Wins pay back 100 coins. Shoot the moon for 200.
• Get 50 free coins every day, automatically - no daily-bonus modal to dismiss.
• One $0.99 unlock removes the per-game cost forever. Coins keep accumulating after you buy it; they just stop gating play.
That is the entire monetization. No coin packs, no boosters, no "watch an ad to play another hand." A single optional unlock and the daily refresh.
CORE GAMEPLAY
• Standard Hearts and Omnibus (Jack of Diamonds = −10) rule variants.
• Pass rotation: Left → Right → Across → Keep, plus a No-pass toggle.
• Configurable game length: 50 (default), 100, or 150 points.
• Autosave after every card - resume your game after a phone call, a force-quit, or a relaunch. No lost hands.
PRESENTATION
• Seventeen card backs, clean green felt.
• Universal binary for iPhone and iPad. Portrait and landscape. Not a stretched phone UI.
• Dark mode supported.
• Random animal-emoji opponent avatars - different cast every match.
• Haptic feedback on iPhone.
WHAT THIS APP IS NOT
• Not ad-supported. No ads, ever.
• Not subscription-based. No recurring charges.
• No coin packs, no boosters, no second-tier monetization. The Unlimited Play unlock is the only purchase.
• No accounts, no sign-in, no Apple ID prompts, no iCloud prompts, no analytics opt-in modals.
• No multiplayer, no servers. Just you versus three AI opponents.
Free to download. Optional $0.99 unlock removes the 50-coin per-game cost. Family Sharing enabled - one purchase covers the household.
The developer, Michael Holloway, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Michael Holloway
- Size
- 17.7 MB
- Category
- Card
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 18.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 18.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 18.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 15.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 2.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Infrequent
Contests
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Unlimited Play $0.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Michael Holloway