MakeAndPlayQuiz vs AroundState
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MakeAndPlayQuiz
Design custom board games or quizzes for educational purposes. Students can learn and practice skills by playing interactive games with various question types and event squares. Games support one to four players and can be shared with others.
- Design custom board games
- Create interactive quizzes
- Multiple choice questions
- Fill in the blank questions
- True/False questions
- Event squares (skip turns, move forward/back)
- Supports 1-4 players
- Share games with others
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MakeAndPlayQuiz allows teachers to design their own unique board game or "quiz", where students can learn or strengthen their skills by playing a game. Each square can have a Question (Multiple Choice, Fill in the Blank or True/False) or an Event (Stop-skip turns, Go forward, Go Back or Get Points). One to four players can play at a time and the games can be shared with others.
AroundState
Test your knowledge of US state geography by guessing the correct state based on its surrounding neighbors. This educational game challenges your spatial reasoning and understanding of state borders, offering a fun way to learn and reinforce geography.
- Guess state by surrounding states
- Improves understanding of state locations
- Requires critical thinking and elimination
- Suitable for group play
- Challenges geographical knowledge
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Guess the state. The question shows the surrounding states. Question: Oregon Idaho Answer: Washington This app will give you a better understanding of the state's location. It is especially for those who can indicate which state is on the map when told the name of a state or who can say what state it is when pointed to on the map. Compared to simple problems, guessing from the surrounding states requires a solid understanding of their locations. It requires new thinking. It is assumed that you will not look at the choices until you find it. Challenge yourself to eliminate the candidates correctly by looking at the states in question. Reading out the questions makes for a fun game recommended for large groups. Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico are touching at one point. All combinations are in contact with each other. Colorado and Arizona touch. Utah and New Mexico touch.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: AroundState at 5.0 against MakeAndPlayQuiz's 4.0. AroundState also leads on update cadence (every 6 months vs every 47 months). MakeAndPlayQuiz's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.4). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
AroundState holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.
MakeAndPlayQuiz ships an update every 47 months, AroundState every 6 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | MakeAndPlayQuiz | AroundState |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 47 months | Every 6 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ATWare Solutions LLC | Motonari Hibi |
Customer experience
MakeAndPlayQuiz
AroundState
In-app purchases
MakeAndPlayQuiz
No in-app purchases
AroundState
No in-app purchases
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