Challenge Your Friends 2Player vs Message Games
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Challenge Your Friends 2Player
Engage in fun, two-player games and challenges with a friend using a single device. This app offers a variety of classic and unique games designed for local multiplayer fun.
- Two-player games
- Single device multiplayer
- Variety of games included
- Random challenges
- Local play
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Have fun with your friends by playing multiplayer games and doing fun challenges. Challenge Your Friends requires two players and one device. This is not online multiplayer game, but both players play on the same device. Play games for two. Some of the games included are: Red Hands, Pong, Tic Tac Toe, Memory, Checkers and few others. HOW IT WORKS: Step 1: Find a friend. Step 2: Choose one of the multiplayer games. Step 3: The game gives you random challenge. Step 4: If you both accept the challenge - press ACCEPT. Step 5: PLAY. Step 6: When the game is over, do the challenge. Follow Challenge Your Friends on Facebook for news and updates: https://www.facebook.com/challengeyourfriendsgame Challenge Your Friends is multiplayer (two player actually) game and it is played on one device/phone/tablet. Enjoy!
Message Games
Transform your iMessage chats into interactive game sessions. Challenge friends to a variety of multiplayer games playable directly within your conversations. Enjoy free games or customize experiences with premium options.
- Play games inside iMessage
- Collection of multiplayer games
- Customize games with themes
- Unlock premium modes and features
- Ad-free experience with subscription
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Turn your iMessage conversations into game night. Challenge friends to a growing collection of multiplayer games designed to be played right inside iMessage. Choose a game, make your move, and send the action to your opponent. 17 FREE GAMES TO PLAY • Flip Cup • Bottle Flip • Attach 4 • Attach 5 • Shooting Range • Fleety Bird • Soccer • Tic Tac Toe • Mega Tic Tac Toe • Rock Paper Scissors • Guns N' Bullets • Card Match • Hangman • Coin Flip • 4096 • Checkers • Chess MAKE IT YOURS Customize supported games with different themes and enjoy additional premium modes and features. MESSAGE GAMES PLUS Upgrade to Message Games Plus to unlock all games, themes, premium modes, exclusive Message Games Plus content, and remove ads. Whether you want a quick challenge or a head-to-head competition with a friend, there's always another game to play. More games are coming soon! Message Games Plus is an auto-renewable monthly subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple Account upon confirmation of purchase. The subscription automatically renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account subscription settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Message Games at 100% against Challenge Your Friends 2Player's 59%. Challenge Your Friends 2Player's advantage is ratings volume (8.1K vs 10) and rating (4.6 vs 4.3). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Challenge Your Friends 2Player sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Message Games sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Challenge Your Friends 2Player holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Challenge Your Friends 2Player has 8.1K ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 59% of Challenge Your Friends 2Player's written reviews are positive against 100% of Message Games's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Challenge Your Friends 2Player ships an update every 4 weeks, Message Games fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Challenge Your Friends 2Player | Message Games |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (8.1K ratings) — better | 4.3 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 59.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8.1K — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 258 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jovan Jovanovski | Bradley Knispel |
Customer experience
Challenge Your Friends 2Player
Message Games
Bugs and requests
Challenge Your Friends 2Player
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes frequently
- Ads get stuck and prevent gameplay
- Multiplayer mode not working as expected
- Certain games have glitches or unfair mechanics
Requested features
4 requests- Add more player modes (3-4 players)
- Allow users to create custom challenges
- Improve AI difficulty balancing
- Reduce ads and make premium features more accessible
Message Games
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Challenge Your Friends 2Player
- Pets Food 1$0.99
- Pets Coins 1$0.99
- Remove Ads Sale$1.99
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- Pets Coins 2$1.99
- Pets Food 2$2.99
- Remove Ads Only$3.99
- Unlock Premium Games$3.99
- Remove Ads$4.99
- Pets Food 3$4.99
- Pets Coins 3$9.99
Message Games
- Message Games Plus$3.991 Month
- RPS - Medieval Battle$0.99
- RPS Neon$0.99
- RPS Real Objects$0.99
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- Flip Cup Race$1.99
- Guns N' Bullets Ultimate$1.99
- Card Match Ultimate$1.99
- Remove Ads$2.99
- Shot Clock Pack$2.99
- Chess Clock Pack$2.99
Questions
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