# Cheese Beans — A bite-sized dog-training game

> A bite-sized dog-training game (iPhone/iPad app by Sarah Miller.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cheese-beans/id6825597393 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Sarah Miller](https://appshunter.io/developer/6825574319)
- Category: Games, Board, Strategy
- Price: $4.99
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 26.0 · 9 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-11-04
- Data updated: 2026-11-10

## What is Cheese Beans?

Steer four dogs, dealt from a pack of eight, around a three-by-three board, gather bacon and bones, teach them tricks and score objectives, and be the first trainer to earn 7 Cheese Beans and the Cheese Bean Award for Best in Breed.

Cheese Beans is a bite-sized strategy board game for one or two players. Every move matters: the dog you move wears your marker, so your opponent cannot move it next turn, and where you leave it decides what they can do.

HOW IT PLAYS
- Move one dog to an empty space beside it, then do what that space shows.
- Collect bacon and bones, up to 7 of each.
- Learn tricks from the market: Sit, Stay, Roll Over, Look at That and more, twelve in all, six in each game.
- Spend actions on tricks, trades and donations, or trigger the next objective on the track and score it if you are winning it.
- First to 7 Cheese Beans wins, or the most when the last objective is scored.

PLAY YOUR WAY
- Two players on one iPhone or iPad: pass it across the table.
- Over iMessage: start a game in any conversation and take your turn whenever you like, one turn per iMessage.
- Solo against the AI, which plays by the rulebook's own Meeple and Movement cards. Beat it on Easy to unlock Medium, and work your way up through Ruff, Very Ruff, Diablo and Diablo+.
- The advanced game, unlocked by beating the AI on Ruff: objectives about the board, each dog's own ability (Rooster's Booster, Buffy's Bolt, Nobu's Know-How and more), paid for or free, and a random board for a fresh layout every game.

MADE FOR EVERY SCREEN
Cheese Beans lays itself out for the screen it has: iPhone and iPad in any orientation, iPad in Split View, and iPhone Duo folded or open, flat, book or laptop.

AND ALSO
- How to Play is one tap away, with every trick and objective explained.
- Undo a move you did not mean, any time before your turn ends.
- Your game is saved as you play, so you can pick it up later.
- No ads, no in-app purchases, no account, and no data collected. Plays offline.

## Is Cheese Beans safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Cheese Beans.

## Is Cheese Beans legit?

Cheese Beans has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Cheese Beans is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 2 releases)

### 1.1 — 2026-11-07

- Eight dogs: Nobu, Ube, Birdie and Bogey join Branch, Rooster, Buffy and Poppy. Each new game chooses 4 random dogs.
- The new dogs' abilities in the advanced game:
  - Nobu's Know-How (take an action instead of moving)
  - Birdie's Brainwave (learn or retire a trick instead of moving)
  - Bogey's Bounty (take a bacon and a bone instead of moving)
  - Ube's Buddy (step Ube beside Nobu for an extra bacon or bone). To use one, pick the dog up and tap its own space.
- Two new pair objectives, Nobu & Ube and Birdie & Bogey, in play when both dogs are dealt.
- The advanced game is played with abilities paid for or free, chosen in the setup.
- The tricks you can use are offered beside the turn's other buttons, not only on their cards.
- Score and Donate show the Cheese Bean.
- iMessage Undo support. Now you can undo your move any time before sending the message.
- Dark mode visual improvements.
- Fix: Bug in the rules that showed the icons too big.
- Fix: A move's price no longer covers the name of the dog standing on its space.
- Fix: On Apple Vision Pro, the turn's buttons (Score, Trade, Donate) are readable, not blank white.

### 1.0 — 2026-11-04

No release notes.

## Related topics

[meeple first player](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/meeple-first-player)

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