Hearts: No Ads

The grown-up Hearts app. Free to play, with one optional 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" upsell wheels. The name says it: this one isn't that. No ads, ever. A single one-time unlock removes the per-game coin cost forever; that is the entire monetization.

FOUR DIFFICULTIES, FROM FRIENDLY TO RUTHLESS

• Easy plays loosely: mostly low cards, no card counting, never tries to shoot the moon. Good for learning, or for a relaxed game.

• Normal is a steady, sensible player. It passes its dangerous cards, dumps the Queen of Spades when it's safe, never leads from a short Queen, and stops a moon it sees coming.

• Hard counts cards. It tracks what's still out and who has run out of a suit, flushes the Queen, and reads the scoreboard: it won't hand anyone a game it would lose. A real challenge for experienced players.

• Cheater sees every hand, including yours, and plays the rest of the round out against the real cards before it chooses. It's what other Hearts apps get accused of doing all the time. Here it's a setting you pick.

Each level is tested against the one below it over thousands of games, and wins more every time.

Easy, Normal and Hard play fair: they only ever see their own hand and the cards on the table, the same as you. No stacked deals, no rubber-banding, and the same rules for every seat, yours included.

HELP WHEN YOU WANT IT

• 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, and are free with Unlimited Play.

HOW THE COIN SYSTEM WORKS

• Start with 400 coins. Each new game costs 50.
• Wins pay back 50 coins. Shoot the moon for 50, per round.
• Get 50 free coins every day, automatically - no daily-bonus modal to dismiss.
• Unlimited Play, a one-time 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

• Six card faces, 32 card backs and four felts, all free.
• 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. An optional one-time unlock removes the 50-coin per-game cost. Family Sharing enabled - one purchase covers the household.