Hearts Gold.

You need to add the option for a player to subtract 129 points from his own score instead of automatically adding 129 to all the other players after shooting the moon. The way it is now a player can shoot the moon and lose, if he trails the leader by more than 129 and the 129 added on puts another player over 500. The add/subtract option has, to my knowledge, always been a feature of non-computer hearts.

I like the app in general. My main complaint about game play is that it seems to deal me only really good or really bad hands, although passing is clearly a factor. Tried team play but found that my partner’s strategy did not take his teammate into account; he continued to play only for himself. And I wish there were a “pass” button instead of automatically passing on the 3rd selection: there’s no way to change your mind without deselecting an earlier choice. My gripe with the purchasing scheme is that I had to go through the motions of repurchasing the app to reinstall it, although I wasn’t actually charged a second time. It should recognize that it’s already been purchased; the App Store knows it but the app doesn’t (until you “Buy” it again). And the reason I had to reinstall is because the scoring system suddenly went nuts and started dumping huge numbers of points on me and the other players. I had no idea when the game was going to end because one player had 120+ points, I was getting hand scores like 46, etc.

It's a great app, as are the other apps by this developer! I would leave a more thorough review, but in the past week all the 300 reviews I've left over the past 7 years have vanished from the AppStore, so what's the point? I'm only leaving this review to support the app and the developer, and to see if it shows up.