Pick a deck
Ten decks, from Animals to Movies. Choose a 30, 60, 90 or 120 second round, or tap Quick Play and go.
Coming soon to iPhone
Everyone knows the word but you.
Hold the phone to your forehead while your friends act, mime and shout. Tilt down when you get it, tilt up to pass, and beat the clock.
3 decks free · No account · No ads · Works offline
A playable 30-second round from the free decks. Tap the right half of the screen for correct and the left half to pass, or press → and ←. In the app you simply tilt the phone.
How to play
They act. You guess. Everybody shouts.
No setup, no accounts, no rules to read out loud. Hand someone the phone and the game explains itself.
Phone to forehead
Hold it sideways with the screen facing your friends. Keep still for a moment and the countdown starts by itself.
They act it out
Your friends mime, describe, hum or do their best impression. You shout guesses until it clicks.
Tilt to score
Got it? Tip the phone down. Stuck? Tip it up to pass. The last five seconds turn red, and then it's the next player's turn.
Screenshots
Straight from the app.
No mockups. These are real screens from Charades, from the home screen to a round in full swing.
Decks
Ten decks. Over 2,300 cards.
Three decks are free to keep. Premium opens the other seven at once. Cards don't repeat until you have played through the whole deck.
Act It Out
Classic charades. No talking, just acting.
Free204 cards
Animals
From the barnyard to the deep sea.
Free202 cards
Mixed Bag
A little bit of everything. Great first round.
Free293 cards
Movies
Blockbusters, classics and family favorites.
Premium218 cards
Food
Snacks, dinners and desserts. Act hungry.
Premium225 cards
Kids
Simple words for little players.
Premium266 cards
Sports
Games, moves and gear. Warm up first.
Premium247 cards
Around the House
Everyday things from every room.
Premium256 cards
Jobs
Who am I? Act out the job.
Premium239 cards
Celebrations
Holidays, parties and big moments.
Premium240 cards
Card counts are for the English decks. Every language has its own cards, written for the people who play it.
Team mode
Two teams or twenty. The phone keeps score.
Name your teams, pick how many rounds each one plays and pass the phone around. Charades says whose turn it is, adds up the points and crowns the winner. Ties included.
- 2 to 20 teams, 1 to 20 rounds each
- Standings after every turn, so nobody can fudge the numbers
- Team names are remembered for the next party
- One phone for everyone, nothing to install for your friends
Why it works
Made for the loudest room in the house.
Everything on screen is big, bright and readable from the couch. Everything else stays out of the way.
Tilt or tap
Tilt to score, or switch on tap controls: right half for correct, left half to pass. They turn on by themselves on devices without motion sensors.
Loud and clear
Giant words, sounds that play over your music, a buzz on every point and a warning when five seconds are left.
No repeats
Charades remembers the cards you have seen and only reshuffles a deck once you have played every card in it.
Quick Play
One tap on the home screen starts a Mixed Bag round. No setup and no menus, just a phone on a forehead.
Offline, no account
Nothing to sign up for, no ads and no tracking. It plays in airplane mode, at the campsite or down in the basement.
Everyone can play
VoiceOver labels on every control, Dynamic Type in the menus, and Reduce Motion respected everywhere.
Eight languages
Written for every table, not just translated.
Each language has its own cards: local films, foods, holidays, sports and playground games, in the words people actually use. Charades follows your iPhone's language, or pick one just for the game in Settings.
English
Charades
- Fourth of July
- Corn on the Cob
- Halftime Show
The original set: holidays, home cooking and game night
FrançaisFrench
Mime & Devine
- Galette des rois
- Pétanque
- Croque-monsieur
King cake, boules and a toasted ham-and-cheese
EspañolSpanish
Charadas
- San Fermín
- Churros con chocolate
- Reyes Magos
Running of the bulls, churros dipped in chocolate, Three Kings' Day
DeutschGerman
Scharade
- Schultüte
- Currywurst
- Weihnachtsmarkt
A first-day-of-school cone, curry sausage, a Christmas market
日本語Japanese
ジェスチャー
- 流しそうめん
- たこ焼き
- 運動会
Flowing noodles, takoyaki, school sports day
हिन्दीHindi
डम्ब शराड्स
- कबड्डी
- पानी पूरी
- रक्षाबंधन
Kabaddi, pani puri, Raksha Bandhan
简体中文Chinese
你比我猜
- 包饺子
- 踢毽子
- 发红包
Making dumplings, shuttlecock kicking, handing out red envelopes
العربيةArabic
بدون كلام
- المسحراتي
- كنافة
- فانوس رمضان
The Ramadan drummer, kunafa, a Ramadan lantern
Pricing
Free to start. One unlock for the rest.
Three decks are yours for free. Premium opens the other seven together. The unlock screen only shows up when you tap a locked deck, never when you open the app.
Free
3 decks
- Act It Out, Animals and Mixed Bag
- Team mode and every round length
- No ads and no account
Yearly 3-day free trial
All 10 decks
- Try every deck free for three days
- Then billed once a year, cancel anytime
- Restores on any iPhone with your Apple Account
Lifetime One-time
All 10 decks
- Pay once, yours forever
- No subscription to keep track of
- Restores on any iPhone with your Apple Account
Prices appear in the app in your local currency before you buy, and payment goes through your Apple Account. The yearly plan renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage it in Settings › your name › Subscriptions.
Game night fits in your pocket.
Charades is coming soon to the App Store. Free to download, for iPhone with iOS 16 or later.