It only takes a few seconds to know if you’re interested in an app ad or not so giving the option to skip after 5 seconds instead of having to put the phone down for the torturous 30 seconds of the same stupid ads is awesome. I actually play this game way more because I know I’m not going to have to waste so much time waiting for the forced ads to finish playing. I’ve also downloaded a few of the actual ads that interested me so it still works. They Hearts game itself is also the best out there! The graphics are great and the animated facial expressions and sound effects of disappointment when they don’t get good plays is entertaining 😂. Makes it more real feeling. Hopefully more games will follow this company’s example of balancing ad time with play time. I rarely play other games after having to watch 3 or more 30 sec ads after a few seconds of playing a level. So nobody wins there - no ads can be played if I don’t play the game - right? Keep up the good example. I love this company’s Spider card game too!

I was playing the hearts card game and an advertisement popped up without an exit option. It order to move forward I had to enter my email address to “unsubscribe”. I entered an obsolete email address that took me to another screen telling me I am now unsubscribed. The screen is frozen on this ridiculous page. From past experience, I know the only way to remove this screen is to delete the app and reinstall it. I’ve had to do this procedure 2 times in the past year. Each time I delete the app and reinstall it, I lose my playing history and points and have to start all over again. It’s frustrating and I’m not able to get assistance from the support center. Last time the support center asked me to forward a screenshot but they didn’t provide any option to forward the screen shot to them. This is a great Hearts game as it doesn’t have the extras that are unnecessary to play and enjoy the game. Just a bummer about the frozen screen.Update, I received an email response from the developer, asking me to click on a link and provide details and a screenshot of the screen in question. I followed instructions, sent the information as requested, then received an automated email reply telling me to follow a different pathway and attach the screenshot again. My instructions are to open the app, click settings (not able to continue from here as there isn’t a settings option), then press support, choose contact Us text button/speech bubble in the top right corner. As this is an automated response, my message is closed. So, not sure if my case is still open or if it’s closed. I’ll find out after the weekend, as their hours are Monday to Friday.

This is the best hearts app without question and it has earned a 5-star rating. Having said that, I only play it in the highest level/most difficult mode. I wish I could report that all of its “ability” is due to its AI. Unfortunately, in my opinion that is not entirely the case. I believe it “cheats” some of the time. The reason I say that is not due to the way it plays, but in the deals received and cards passed that are consistently perfect fills for the cards you passed away. If you are an excellent player the app will know you are getting ahead or too far ahead and you will get a deal with no spades or just a King or Ace of Spades that you have to pass and the you will receive the Queen of Spades on the pass without any backers. This is even more evident on the “no pass” round. If they fix this and make it a straight program, it will be exceptional.

Game play isn’t bad. Ads BETWEEN EVERY HAND is awful. A paid version would be so much better. The ads hide/disguise the X or >> button to move past them to the next hand. Those buttons are also really small and can take a few tries to hit. Seems like they’re a little “predatory” and designed to get you to click on the ad and not easily be able to close it out. That coupled with the excessive ads makes it very annoying. At most, ads between each game would be tolerable. I’m still early on, but it seems like the game has the typical AI issues where your “luck” seems to kick in when you need some point or have been struggling and then there are games where you can win even with good strategy. Overall it’s fun. Fix the ad issue and it’s at least a 4 star review.UPDATE: Contacted customer service about the annoying ads between each hand. They responded quickly, to their credit, but did not offer any solutions. Only asked if the ads were inappropriate or offensive and what I could do about them. They also said they would suggest an ad-free version to their development team. It’s clear they want to make money off ads rather than make a fun and enjoyable game. I DELETED THE GAME