Cards
Hearts score tracker, approved by everyone who played.
A card game where you try not to take hearts or the queen of spades. log8 keeps the score with the people you actually play. Record the finishing order, with times, strokes, points or kilos if you have them. The other players approve it, and your head-to-head record, group board and personal history build themselves.
Scoring
How log8 scores Hearts
Record the finishing order, with times, strokes, points or kilos if you have them.
- Record just the winner, or the full order by points.
- Up to 8 people fit in one match, everyone for themselves.
- No draws.
The basics
How to play Hearts
The casual version of the rules. log8 shows the same guide in the app, on the game's page.
- Players4 players, each on their own.
- How to winHave the lowest score when someone reaches 100 points.
- How groups differSome groups count the jack of diamonds as minus 10. Agree before you start.
- Deal all 52 cards. Before each hand, pass 3 cards to another player.
- Whoever has the 2 of clubs plays it first.
- Follow the suit that was led if you can. If you can’t, play anything.
- The highest card of the suit that was led takes the trick.
- Each heart you take is 1 point. The queen of spades is 13.
- You can’t lead hearts until one has been played. Take every heart and the queen, and everyone else gets 26 instead. That is shooting the moon.
Play better
Hearts tips
- Pass your high spades if you don’t hold many.
- Get rid of a whole suit early so you can dump bad cards.
- Watch for someone trying to shoot the moon.
In the app
Logging a game in log8
- Pick the game and the playersChoose Hearts, then everyone who played. Friends without log8 can join as guests.
- Enter the resultRecord the finishing order, with times, strokes, points or kilos if you have them.
- The other players approveFriends on log8 get 48 hours to approve it, or tap Disagree if it is wrong. Guests count straight away. A result nobody answers closes without counting.
- Your record updatesOnce it is official it counts toward your head-to-head records, group board, badges and cups.
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Questions
Hearts in log8: questions
Can I keep Hearts scores with friends in log8?
Yes. Hearts is one of the 72 built-in games. Record the finishing order, with times, strokes, points or kilos if you have them. The other players approve it, then it counts.
How do you win at Hearts?
Have the lowest score when someone reaches 100 points.
How many people play Hearts?
4 players, each on their own.
Do people play Hearts differently?
Some groups count the jack of diamonds as minus 10. Agree before you start.
Do my friends need the app?
No. Add a friend as a guest and the game counts straight away. If they join log8 later, the games move to their account.
Settle your Hearts rivalry.
log8 is coming soon to Android and iPhone, and is free to download. It is in closed testing now: write to us for an invite, or to hear the day it reaches the stores.
Updated by the log8 team