I really like how well-designed this game is. Very customizable and smooth-playing. I’ve tried several iOS Hearts games and this is the best implementation I’ve seen yet. I’m still looking for a Hearts game that is truly challenging though. I’m a good Hearts player, but by no means great, and I can beat the computer players nearly every time (I’m at over 70% wins). In this particular version, the players seem to be obsessed with either trying to Shoot the Moon, or preventing anyone else from doing so.

I enjoy this version however there is one flaw in the software , that I have reported repeatedly, that has never been corrected. You can play hearts before they have been broken if the only hearts and the queen of spades remain. In settings I have set the other option that you must play the queen first to break hearts.

I’ve reviewed this game before, and the one thing I have always considered to be a flaw remains uncorrected … the computer shoots the moon too frequently; sometimes several times in a game, sometimes on successive hands by the same player. This just doesn’t happen in real life. I consider myself to be a reasonably skillful player, but I can seldom beat the computer, largely because of how frequently it shoots the moon. In my opinion it takes the fun out of the game.

The game has plenty of options that allow the user to customize their experience. The two things I’d like to see improved are the score location and new game button location. The score is sometimes covered up when dealing with why not just don’t cover the score? The new game button is CONSTANTLY getting activated by simply holding the phone in landscape. Those of us with large hands suffer! And it’s annoying.