Hearts‪+‬ 17+

I play Hearts on this app in multi-game mode.

It’s free to try. So you don’t really need an explanatory review from me.

PRO

The challenge of playing against real opponents
Very brief interaction with your opponents via two-word fixed exchanges (‘No way!’, ‘Good Game’, ‘Ouch!’, etc)
Minimal intrusion of adverts
Each game takes a reasonable length of time: not too short, not too long
Opponents seem well-matched

CON

The game is not as nippy as a solo game (for technical reasons - you are dependent on at least 4 separate internet connections simultaneously; for human reasons - we don’t all make decisions at the same speed)
The cards are perhaps a little too closely placed together (I’m on a 9.7in iPad Pro 1st generation)

Oh, another CON I almost forgot - I don’t win very often.

For me, the challenge of multi-player Hearts is a refreshing break.

However, given the slight lag in playing (and the fact that I almost always lose), I rarely play for more than 3 games at a time.

Which is actually a good thing.

I recommend you try it! (I might beat you!)

I used to love this game, but the long and noisy adverts have made it unplayable. Sometimes I get booted off a game because the buttons to exit the adverts (after having watched and listened for 5 seconds) are small and take you to the App Store instead.
The other problem with this game is that the lower score players are so bad, if you get stuck down there you have a long climb back to get into the higher scores. All the lower-score players seem to want to do is get rid of the queen of spades, regardless of who gets the points / so ending games far sooner than they should end. That’s the not issue with the app though, just stupid people.
I also think that people who drop out of games (making us wait for at least a minute) should be penalised as well as the people who use the ‘leave game’ button. Just stopping playing is so rude. You need to work more on that.

I’ve played for hours and hours and it can be annoying when players drop out prematurely after a bad hand. The penalty should be far higher.

I don’t know how but there are definitely cheats playing too. I’ve seen the same players play different tactics as if they can see your hand. I know some players take their time because sadly they’re manually card counting but some play odd cards you wouldn’t play if you were playing well unless you could see the other players cards. I’m not talking about the odd chancer. These are highly rated players who regularly score zero throughout by playing against all the odds. Get lucky one yes, two three times in a hand it’s suspect. Screen shots over a period of time proves they would only play the cards played if they were cheating and could see your cards.