# Emoji Battle: Group Chat Game — Draft emoji. Clash. Win. > Draft emoji. Clash. Win. (iPhone/iPad app by AJA Digital LLC.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/emoji-battle-group-chat-game/id6775106088 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [AJA Digital LLC](https://appshunter.io/developer/1329243304) - Category: Games, Entertainment, Casual, Strategy - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 17.0 · 29 MB - Languages: American English, Arabic, Dutch, French (France), German (Germany), Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean and 6 more - Released: 2026-06-02 - Data updated: 2026-10-29 ## What is Emoji Battle? Build a team of emoji and send them into battle. Your front emoji clashes with your opponent's front, the winner stays, and the last emoji standing wins. Easy to learn, hard to master. HOW IT PLAYS Pick up to 3 emoji, then send your team. Type beats type, like rock paper scissors with 15 elements arranged in a ring, so every type beats some and loses to others. If types are even, the higher power level wins. If power ties too, both fighters are knocked out. DEEP STRATEGY Over 1,900 emoji fighters, each with its own types, a power level from 0 to 11, and many with special abilities. Certain teams trigger combos for huge effects: spread wildfire, freeze the enemy front, summon reinforcements, steal a fighter, or flip the rules entirely. Read your rival, pick the perfect counter, and watch the tide turn. GAME CHANGING SPECIALS Reverse the whole type ring, force sudden death, jackpot the entire board, hex a foe into a frog, drain their power, revive your fallen, douse fire, dispel buffs, and far more. There is always a counter if you know where to look. PLAY YOUR WAY • Versus Computer with four difficulty levels, from a gentle Novice to a ruthless Grandmaster that drafts, predicts your move, and counters. • Pass and Play on one device with a friend. • Play friends over iMessage: send your team, they send theirs, and the battle plays out right in the conversation. The opponent's pick stays hidden until you commit. ACCUMULATE AND ADAPT Survivors carry into the next round, and each round you add up to 3 more emoji to your growing team. Win a best of 1, 3, or 5 match to take the crown. LEARN AS YOU GO A friendly walkthrough teaches the rules by playing through a real round. A built in wiki lets you browse every fighter, filter and sort by type, and study every combo and special so you can plan your perfect lineup. POLISHED AND FUN An iMessage style chat interface, juicy spring animations, special effect flourishes, and haptics make every clash feel great. Download Emoji Battle and find out which emoji truly rules them all. ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **One-time purchases** | Purchase | Price | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | Emoji Pack (x3) | $1.99 | one-time | | Unlock All Emoji Packs | $29.99 | one-time | | Single Emoji Unlock | $0.99 | one-time | | All Emoji Unlock | $9.99 | one-time | ## Is Emoji Battle safe? Not enough ratings yet to assess Emoji Battle. ## Is Emoji Battle legit? Emoji Battle: Group Chat Game appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Emoji Battle is 75 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 1.7.0 — 2026-10-27 Story mode is now The Thread: twelve chapters about a mystery stranger who texts everyone at 3:03 AM. Group chats with your friends, choices they remember, a new finale and an ending that leaves room for more. From chapter 8 on you battle with your own fighters, and the late chapters are a real challenge. Also new: • Bubble Color in Settings: pick the color of your own messages, here and in Messages • Easter Eggs has a fresh look, and How to Play now lives in Settings • Rex's gym really is types off: raw power decides every clash • Seasonal events nod to the story • iPhone Duo: the cover screen puts controls in the side bar with a Messages style battle, and the open screen splits New Battle, Story and Level & Rewards across the fold • After a round, tap a fighter to open its Wiki entry • Fixes: the story picker no longer goes blank after a scout tap, combo chips show their emoji and explain what they do, and nothing runs off the Duo cover screen ### 1.6.0 — 2026-10-26 Story mode is here. • A 10 chapter campaign told through chats. Text with a cast of characters, battle with the fighters they lend you and keep the conversation going. • Win chapters to earn new fighters. Finish the campaign for bonus XP and the Midnight bubble theme. • Seasonal events open on their dates: Haunted Group Chat around Halloween, Snow Day over the winter holidays and Lantern Nights for the Lunar New Year, each with its own chapters, fighters and bubble theme. Battles look brand new. • Every effect now has its own animation: fire burns, ice freezes and shatters, lightning strikes, shields rise, poison bubbles and heals glow. • Knockouts, clashes, combos and specials all hit harder, with new effects for freeze, poison, shield, silence and more. • Battles in Messages get the full show too. • Animations, Reduce Motion and Dim Flashing Lights settings are all respected. ### 1.4.0 — 2026-10-25 What's new in 1.4.0 • Tap any fighter at the top of the battle to see everything that happened to it this turn. Big teams fold into a +N chip. • iPhone Duo: a full arena on the inner screen, a hinge power up and team drag and drop. • Every combo now has its own celebration and haptic. • Hidden easter eggs to find in the app and in Messages. • Now in 16 languages, and runs on iOS 17 and later. • Rebalanced type chart and a cleaner end of game screen. ### 1.3.0 — 2026-09-23 Version 1.3.0 ASK SIRI "What beats the dragon?" now has an answer without opening the game, which matters because it is usually asked mid-match in Messages. Siri reads the live type chart, so it can never drift from what the battle engine actually does. You can also look up any fighter's types and power by name. GROUP BATTLES IN iMESSAGE Battle up to 8 friends in a group chat. Everyone picks a team, every pairing resolves, and the winner takes the thread. New in this update: a dedicated Group Battle option in the app menu, the host chooses the player count, and any joined player can start the battle early instead of waiting on stragglers. MATCH HISTORY Every match you play is now saved with its full battle log. Reopen any past game from the new history screen and replay the whole thing, round by round. Group matches are recorded too. History is opt in and syncs with iCloud. ALL NEW WIKI The Wiki has been rebuilt around one fighter at a time. Swipe through the roster, see each fighter's pool ladder, teammates, counters, and similar fighters, and search across every catalog from anywhere. Tap any ability to see every fighter that carries it. Prefer the old look? The classic Wiki is still available in Settings. FIXES AND POLISH Group games no longer fall back to a plain 1v1 in group chats. Your XP and unlocks can no longer be clobbered when the app and the Messages extension write at the same time. The round recap now credits the true winner when chaos coin, mirror, assassin, or overheat flips a clash. Pending moves and trades stay safe until iMessage confirms the send. Typing dots now appear only on your opponent's side. Dozens of strings that showed in English now appear in your language. Plus many more stability and correctness fixes across the app. ### 1.2.2 — 2026-08-09 What's New in Emoji Battle 1.2.2 NEW CONTENT: UNDERDOGS AND COUNTERS Over 110 new combos and 10 new special abilities, starring emoji that never had a moment: the clock faces, the zodiac signs, the card suits, the moon phases, trains, athletes, doctors, detectives, families, and more. Counter play arrives too. New specials strike at specific threats (a dragon-slaying lancer, holy ground that banishes the undead, an officer who confiscates enemy abilities), and for the first time there are combos that counter other combos, including a counterspell that shuts down the enemy's combos for the whole round. SMARTER COMBOS Combos now check their members at the moment they fire. If an enemy transforms one of your fighters before your combo goes off, the combo fizzles, so transformation effects are finally a real answer to combo teams. Your own shapeshifters still keep their combos, and fighters that go down swinging still set off their explosive payoffs. FOUR MAIN TYPES The 15 elemental types are now organized under four main types: Ember (heat and energy), Tide (fluid and cold), Terra (matter and life), and Aether (the unseen). Browse, filter, and learn the type chart through the new grouped pickers and the redesigned ring page in the wiki. QUICK PEEK Press and hold any fighter on the emoji keyboard to instantly peek at its power, type, copies, and special ability, complete with a playful spin. The full wiki page is still one tap away. BETTER iMESSAGE BATTLES Play Again: rematch straight from the result screen, in its own fresh bubble. Draft Next Turn: after watching your round play out, pick your next team right away and send both in a single message. Every message now advances a full round. Trade screen: drag the divider between the two emoji grids to give either list more room. Double tap to reset. POLISH The typing dots now behave like real iMessage typing, appearing only before an opponent's message, with a suspenseful pause before the final pick of a close match. The How to Play captions are now localized in all 13 languages, and the wiki is tidier with Specials merged into the Types tab. ## Apps similar to Emoji Battle | App | Rating | Price | Category | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [MiniGolf-Battle](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/minigolf-battle/id6775977195) | 5.0 (1) | Free | Games | | [Simyager: Emoji Alchemy](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/simyager-emoji-alchemy/id6754203891) | 5.0 (1) | Free | Games | | [Dim Sum Dynasty](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/dim-sum-dynasty/id6783169079) | 5.0 (7) | Free | Games | | [TimeToTrivia: Emoji Games](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/timetotrivia-emoji-games/id6778037110) | 5.0 (12) | Free | Games | | [Hand Cricket with Friends](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hand-cricket-with-friends/id6474092984) | 5.0 (1) | Free | Games | | [Emoji Kitchen: Merge Puzzle](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/emoji-kitchen-merge-puzzle/id6499310338) | — | Free | Games | ## More apps by AJA Digital LLC - [BLACK - A Game About Color](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/black-a-game-about-color/id1329243305) - [Don't Eat The Pods](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/dont-eat-the-pods/id1331801272) - [Boxez](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/boxez/id1384299732) - [Yoga Timer - FlowBuilder.yoga](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/yoga-timer-flowbuilderyoga/id6758913355) - [Bet On Music - Sound Market](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bet-on-music-sound-market/id6758964572) - [6ix Seven](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/6ix-seven/id6758970751) All apps by AJA Digital LLC: https://appshunter.io/developer/1329243304 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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