Trivia apps for two players: one phone or two?
Six iPhone trivia apps for two people: which split one screen, which let you play on separate phones, and what each costs on the US App Store.
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Picking a trivia app for two comes down to one practical question before any other: are you on the same sofa, or not? If you are, you want an app that splits a single screen so you both answer at once. If you aren't, you want an app you can both install, where a game waits for the other person to take their turn.
For one shared phone, the app on this list built entirely around that is 2 Player Quiz Multiplayer Game: one of you plays from the top half of the screen, the other from the bottom. For two phones, Trivia Crack has far more ratings than anything else here, and it's also on Android, which matters the moment one of you doesn't own an iPhone. If you'd rather never see an in-app purchase, Quiz Planet lists none at all, though its listing declares advertising.
The rest of this page explains how the six apps below were picked and ordered, what each one's App Store listing says about playing with someone, and what it costs.
How this list was made, and how it's ordered
Every app here is on the US App Store, handles general-knowledge trivia, and lets two people play against each other. Everything said about each one comes from its own App Store listing (and Google Play, where noted), consulted on 20 October 2026. Prices are in US dollars, as those listings show them. We haven't scored them on gameplay; the listings say what each app does, and that's what's reported here.
The order is the number of ratings each app has on the US App Store on that date, highest first. That's a rough sign of how many people have played and chosen to rate it, nothing more: it says nothing about which one suits the two of you.
| App | How two people play | US price | Ads in listing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trivia Crack | Own phones, 1-vs-1 | Free, in-app purchases | Yes |
| Fight List | Own phones, online | Free, in-app purchases | Yes |
| Quiz Planet | Own phones | Free, none | Yes |
| 2 Player Quiz | One phone, split | $2.99/week option | Yes |
| QuizDuel! | Own phones, 1-vs-1 | $5.99/month option | Yes |
| FactShot | One phone or own phones | Free to download; paid plan in the App Store | No |
Before you choose: three questions
One phone or two? Same-phone apps need nothing from the other person: no download, no account. Two-phone apps need both of you to install the same thing, and usually to connect as friends inside it.
At the same time, or whenever? On a split screen you both answer the same question at once, and speed counts. On separate phones, a game can be played in turns instead, so a match stretches over a day and each of you plays when you open the app; only one of you has to be free at a time. The listings below rarely say which kind they are: Trivia Crack's App Store subtitle reads "Play live with friends now", FactShot's website says its online game is played in turns, and the others just say you can play friends online.
What phone does the other person have? Three of the apps below (Trivia Crack, Quiz Planet and QuizDuel!) also have Google Play listings. FactShot is for iPhone and iPad only. Being on both stores is a precondition, not a promise: none of these listings says in so many words that an iPhone player and an Android player can face each other, so it's worth a quick check in the app before you count on it. For a same-phone game none of this matters.
1. Trivia Crack
749K ratings · Free with in-app purchases · iPhone and iPad
The most-rated app on the list, by a wide margin. Its Google Play listing describes the core of the game plainly: "Play online with friends and family — or challenge anyone to a 1-vs-1 duel", and "Spin the wheel, collect the 6 Crowns and win the match". The questions fall into six categories: art, sports, science, history, entertainment and geography. Beyond the classic match, the listing names Survival, Triviathon and Treasure Mine modes, plus a quiz creator that uses AI to build your own rounds to send to friends.
The free app's App Store listing declares advertising, and its in-app purchases include packs of lives and credits, from $0.99 up to $99.99. Etermax also sells a separate paid version, Trivia Crack Premium, at $6.99, whose listing subtitle reads "Play Fun Ad-Free Friends Games" (that listing, too, declares advertising). The listing also declares messaging and chat and user-generated content.
Suits: two people on different phones who want the most-rated app on this list, with an Android version as well.
2. Fight List
47K ratings · Free with in-app purchases · iPhone and iPad · 13+
Fight List is trivia of a different shape. Instead of picking one answer from four, you get a theme and try to come up with more answers than your opponent: "Discover 1000s of themes and find more answers than your opponent to win the match." The listing says you "Play against real players online", and that you can chat with your friends. Its latest update notes add a Party Room mode to "Play locally with your friends!", without saying whether that means one phone or several in the same room.
It declares advertising, and in-app purchases include a Premium option at $2.99 and coin packs. It's rated 13+ on the App Store.
Suits: two people who'd rather list things than answer multiple choice. We couldn't confirm a current Google Play listing for it, so check before assuming an Android friend can join.
3. Quiz Planet
15K ratings · Free, no in-app purchases listed · iPhone and iPad · 13+
Quiz Planet's listing promises "Exciting multiplayer fun. Play against your friends and random players!", over 10,000 questions and 19 topics to choose from, from geography and history to TV shows and fashion. It's available in English and 18 other languages.
Its App Store listing has no in-app purchases section at all; it does declare advertising. It's rated 13+, and it also has a Google Play listing.
Suits: two people on different phones who don't want anything to buy inside the game.
4. 2 Player Quiz Multiplayer Game
980 ratings · Free with a subscription option · iPhone and iPad · English only
This is the one app on the list built only for a single phone between two people: its listing calls it "built for two people to play on the SAME phone". In the listing's words: "One player uses the top half of the screen while the other plays from the bottom, with both players answering at the same time." The first correct tap earns a point, and a wrong answer loses one, so guessing fast has a cost. The listing's subtitle calls it "Offline trivia for two persons".
It's free to download. The listing states an auto-renewing subscription at $2.99 a week, with a 3-day free trial, and it declares advertising. Its in-app purchase list also shows several "Premium Mode" items between $0.99 and $19.99 without saying what each one covers, so the purchase screen is the place to check what you'd be paying for, and how often.
Suits: couples or friends sitting together who want a quick, fast-fingered round with no second download.
5. QuizDuel!
83 ratings · Free with a subscription option · iPhone and iPad
QuizDuel! comes from MAG Interactive, and its listing says the game has "100+ million players" worldwide; in the US App Store, though, the current listing has 83 ratings, which is why it sits fifth here. For two people, the mode that counts is Classic: "Play one-on-one against friends or random opponents classic-game style!" There's also an Arena where you compete "with up to four other arena players at a time", and a Solo mode.
The free game declares advertising and messaging and chat. A VIP subscription costs $5.99 a month after a 3-day free trial; according to the listing it lets you "keep up to 100 classic games going at once" and spares you ads in classic games. It also has a Google Play listing.
Suits: two people on different phones who like many games running at once.
6. FactShot
Not enough US ratings to show · Free with a Premium option · iPhone and iPad
FactShot is a deck of twelve fact cards a day, each carrying the source it came from. Playing with someone works in three ways, all with true-or-false questions:
- Fact duel: two people, one phone, ten rounds. The screen splits into two halves, one for each person, with the statement upside down on one side and True and False buttons on both. No account and no connection to anyone needed.
- The full deck: one on one, in turns, each of you playing whenever you open the app. You flip a card and answer true or false; three right in a row win you a topic or take one off your opponent, and whoever completes half a deck wins. It needs Sign in with Apple and a display name, which is the only thing the other person sees.
- Challenges: a round of true-or-false questions that the sender has already played. You play it, and at the end you both see the two results. Free, and no account needed.
There's no chat, no groups and no messages, and any opponent can be blocked and reported. The app has no ads, and its App Store listing declares none.
The limits: it's only for iPhone and iPad, with no Android or web version, so both of you need an Apple device for anything except the one-phone duel. All three ways of playing use true-or-false questions, not multiple choice. The free version allows two online games open at once. FactShot Premium lifts that limit and adds up to thirty-six cards a day instead of twelve, the full archive of facts you've read, all twelve topics and unlimited questions to the app's AI. Premium is a monthly plan with a 3-day free trial, and the App Store shows its price before you pay. The facts come with a verified source; the AI's answers don't.
Suits: two people who'd like each question to come with a source, on iPhones.
A note for couples
Search for "trivia app for couples" and many of the apps that come up are a different kind of game: a quiz about each other, where one of you answers questions about yourself and the other guesses. That can be a good evening, but it isn't trivia in the general-knowledge sense, and none of the six listings above describes a mode like it.
If you want general knowledge played as a couple, the same three questions apply. Sitting together, a split-screen game means no turns to wait for. Apart, a turn-based game on separate phones keeps a match going through the day without either of you having to be free at the same moment.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best trivia app for two players?
It depends on whether you share one phone. For one phone, 2 Player Quiz Multiplayer Game and FactShot's Fact duel both split the screen. For separate phones, Trivia Crack has by far the most US ratings and also runs on Android.
Can two people play trivia on separate phones?
Yes. Trivia Crack, Fight List, Quiz Planet and QuizDuel! all let you play friends online on your own devices, and so do FactShot's full deck and challenges, on iPhone and iPad only.
Is there a free trivia app with no in-app purchases?
Among these six, Quiz Planet's US App Store listing shows no in-app purchases; it does declare advertising. The others are free to download with optional purchases or subscriptions.
What happened to QuizUp?
QuizUp, the one-on-one trivia app launched in 2013, was removed from the App Store on 20 January 2021, and its servers were taken offline on 24 March 2021, according to Wikipedia's article on it (which cites Glu Mobile's discontinuation notice for the first date). The US App Store today has an iPhone-only app called QuizUp - The Game, from the developer Two4Tea, first released in July 2025: you race the clock to "find as many answers as you can" against other players. We haven't been able to check whether it has any connection to the original QuizUp, so this page makes no claim about that.
Sources
- Trivia Crack: Brain Quiz Games, US App Store listing (consulted 20 Oct 2026)
- Trivia Crack Premium Quiz Game, US App Store listing (consulted 20 Oct 2026)
- Fight List - Categories Game, US App Store listing (consulted 20 Oct 2026)
- Quiz Planet, US App Store listing (consulted 20 Oct 2026)
- 2 Player Quiz Multiplayer Game, US App Store listing (consulted 20 Oct 2026)
- QuizDuel! Trivia & Quiz game, US App Store listing (consulted 20 Oct 2026)
- FactShot: Daily Facts, US App Store listing, https://apps.apple.com/us/app/factshot-daily-facts/id6813526219 (consulted 20 Oct 2026)
- QuizUp - The Game, US App Store listing (consulted 20 Oct 2026)
- Wikipedia, "QuizUp", https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QuizUp (consulted 20 Oct 2026)