In development
Hearts,
four at the table again.
Sunday Hearts with Mom, six hundred miles apart. She still passes you the queen of spades, and she still laughs about it. Deal her in from FaceTime or Messages, up to four of you, each with your own hand. And when the call ends, three fair computer players are happy to keep you company.
This is our plan for Hearts. Solitaire and Mahjong are out now, and we finish one app at a time, so the details may change before it's ready.
- Price
- Free, optional Pro
- Players
- You, or up to four together
- Computer players
- Never peek
- Ads
- None, ever
- Data collected
- None
Four seats. Four people you love.
Hearts was always a talking game. The groan when the queen lands on you. The silence when someone starts taking every heart. So we made playing together the heart of this app, not an extra screen buried in a menu.
One tap, and they're in
Start a game from FaceTime or Messages. Your friend taps once and sits down. No accounts. No codes. No setup. Hosting is free, and joining is free.
Up to four at one table
Everyone plays their own hand on their own iPhone or iPad, on SharePlay or Game Center. An empty seat? A fair computer player takes it.
Every trick, together
Everyone sees each card land at the same moment. Your hand stays yours: no phone ever receives another player's cards.
Only the people you know
No strangers. No chat rooms. No public tables. Your game travels through Apple, never through us. We never see it, and we like it that way.
Pass, play and keep score
Every trick is clear. The pass is simple. And the scores are always one tap away.
Illustrations of the planned design. The finished app may look different.
How Hearts plays
Four players. Every trick counts. And the lowest score wins.
The pass
Before each hand, pass three cards you'd rather not keep. Someone will pass three back.
The play
Follow the suit that was led, if you can. The highest card takes the trick, and everything in it.
The score
Every heart is a point, and the queen of spades is thirteen. Lowest score wins. Or take them all, and everyone else gets the points.
Learn to play Hearts Rules Playbook Best practices
Five things we'll never compromise
Every game we make has to pass the same five tests. Here's how Hearts passes them.
Easy, from the first trick
The next step is always obvious, and the score is always right. A free hint every deal suggests a card and says why, in plain words. Never played? You'll pick it up in a hand or two.
Clean and calm
No pop-ups. No badges. No nudges to keep playing. Just the table, the game and the people you're playing with. Take all the time you like.
Private. Completely.
No accounts. No ads. No tracking. On your own, it works offline and nothing leaves your device. With friends, your game travels through Apple, never through us.
Beautiful
Deep red felt, lit like a real table. Cards that move like cards. Every detail made by hand, because the people you play with deserve it.
Fun, and fair
The computer players know only their own cards. No peeking. No stacked decks. Play to 50 or 100, add the house rules your family already plays, and choose how sharp the computer plays.
Hearts for everyone at the table
Clear cards. Spoken plays. And a pace that's entirely yours.
VoiceOver throughout
Every card is announced by rank and suit, and every play is spoken. Hearts works beautifully without looking.
Voice and Switch Control
Standard accessibility actions, including a list of the cards you can play.
Card sizes that fit
Regular, large and extra-large cards, with full Dynamic Type everywhere else.
Four-color deck
A high-contrast deck where every suit has its own color and its own shape. Never color alone.
Reduce Motion
With Reduce Motion on, cards fade gently into place instead of flying.
Your pace, always
No timers. No waiting for strangers. The table waits for you.
Free to play. Free to play together.
The whole game is free, and so is every game with friends, hosting and joining. Pro is one optional purchase for players who want more. Nothing to renew. Nothing to remove.
Free
Forever. Not a trial.
- The complete game, on your own or with friends
- Play with friends: host or join, always free
- A free hint every deal
- The house rules your family already plays
- Card sizes and every accessibility feature
- Works offline on your own, no account needed
Pay once
A single optional purchase.
- More hints in each deal
- Coach: a quiet note when there's a better play, and why
- Practice: short drills for the trickiest hands
- Themes: card faces, backs and tables
- Named saved games, as many as you like, each with a note
- 8-bit mode: your own table, drawn in retro pixels
- Saved games, synced through your iCloud
- Detailed stats and streaks
One-time purchase. Yours forever.
What's in Pro, and its price, will be decided closer to release. The full game will always be free.
Good to know
Can I play with friends?
Yes. That's what it's for. Start a game from FaceTime or Messages with SharePlay, or through Game Center, up to four of you. Everyone plays their own hand, and any open seat goes to a fair computer player. Always free, with no accounts and no servers of ours.
Does my friend need Pro?
No. Your friend needs Hearts, which is free, and one tap. Never Pro, never an account, never a sign-in.
When will Hearts be released?
It's in development now. We don't announce dates we can't keep. The day it's ready, this page gets a download link.
Will it cost anything?
Not to play. Hearts will be free to download, and the whole game free to play, on your own or with friends. Pro will be an optional one-time purchase. There will never be ads or a subscription.
Do the computer players cheat?
No. Each one decides from only what its seat could know: its own hand and the cards already played. Never yours, and never the rest of the deck.
Do I need an internet connection or an account?
Never an account. Playing on your own works fully offline, and your games and stats stay on your device. Playing with friends far away needs a connection, and that's all it needs.
Will it come to Android?
Yes, that's the plan. The whole collection comes to Android after the iPhone and iPad apps.
Data Not Collected
That's the App Store privacy label on every app we make, Hearts included. No accounts. No analytics. No advertising. Nothing you do in the app ever reaches us.
Coming to iPhone and iPad.
Hearts is in development now. We don't collect email addresses, so there's no list to join. Check back here, and meet Solitaire while you wait.