Heart to Heart, rules and strategy
A solitaire game in which 25 cards form a heart. Remove them two at a time in pairs of the same rank, starting at the tip, with the help of a stock you can go through as many times as you like. This site explains the exact rules, strategy and a winning game verified card by card. To play: Heart to Heart, on iPhone, iPad and Android.
Available on the App Store and on Google Play.
Heart to Heart at a glance
The deck contains 52 cards, all hearts: 4 copies of each rank, from Ace to King. 25 cards form the heart, in 7 rows of 4, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 cards. Each card is partly covered by cards in the row below; it becomes free when those cards have been removed. At the start, only the tip is free.
Remove two free cards of the same rank, or one free card with the top card of the waste. The stock turns one card at a time onto the waste and can be recycled without limit. Each card removed from the heart scores 10: a won game scores 250. The rules explain each tap in detail, and the strategy explains how to approach the game.
A deal from the app
Here is deal HH1-N-AAAAAAM as the app deals it, arranged in the heart shape shown on screen: each card's position number (1 to 25) appears beneath it; the free card is outlined in gold. The tip is a 4♥, and the waste shows a A♥. Enter this code in the New Game window to play it; a game won in 87 moves is detailed on the Examples page.
Heart: 25 cards; free: 4 of hearts at position 25. Stock: 26 cards. Waste: ace of hearts on top, 1 card.
Where to start?
The rules
The heart shape, free cards, same-rank pairs, stock and waste, scoring and the end of the game.
Strategy
Open up the heart from the tip, favor pairs within the heart, count the copies of a rank and make use of the stock.
A winning game
Actual deals from the app with their game codes, including a game won in 87 moves, replayed move by move, and a deal that is unwinnable from the start.
Frequently asked questions
Which cards can you tap? Why only hearts? Can the stock be recycled? How does scoring work? Short answers.
On phone and tablet
The app is played in portrait orientation. It provides a code for each game to replay or share a deal, undo for the last 100 moves, statistics and 36 languages.
