Comparison

The Jackbox Party Pack 5 vs guesswork.

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

The Jackbox Party Pack 5

This collection features five unique party games for local multiplayer fun. Players use their phones or tablets as controllers to engage in trivia, creative writing, drawing, and alien-blasting action. It's designed for group entertainment with a variety of game styles.

Highlights
  • Five distinct party games
  • Playable with phones, tablets, or computers
  • Local multiplayer focus
  • Trivia, lyric writing, drawing, and action games
  • No extra controllers needed
Read full description

It’s the biggest Party Pack yet with five party-saving new games! 1) The pop-culture trivia mash-up YOU DON’T KNOW JACK: Full Stream (1-8 players). The classic returns, full of wild new surprises. 2) The what-if game Split the Room (3-8 Players). Create strange and divisive hypothetical situations. 3) The lyric-writing game Mad Verse City (3-8 players). Channel your inner MC as a rap battling robot. 4) The competitive drawing game Patently Stupid (3-8 players). Create odd inventions to solve bizarre problems. 5) The deadliest game show in the Crab Nebula, Zeeple Dome (1-6 players)! Fling yourself at bloodthirsty aliens to win millions of Zubabucks! Play using your phones, tablets or computers. No extra controllers needed! NOTE: The Jackbox Party Pack 5 is in English only. NOTE: The game is local multiplayer.

About

guesswork.

This app offers a variety of quick and easy party games for any occasion, requiring no setup. Enjoy charades, trivia, guessing games, and conversation starters for family and friends.

Highlights
  • Party games for all occasions
  • Quick and easy to start
  • Variety of game modes
  • Conversation starters
  • Family-friendly filtering
  • Offline play
Features
Read full description

guesswork. is a party game app for families, friends, road trips, sleepovers, game nights, dinners, and all the in-between moments when you want something fun to do without setting anything up. Play quick, easy-to-start games like Act It Out, Name That, Questions, Guess It, The Pretender, Trivia, Brain Teasers, and On-the-Go Games — all in one app. It’s made for fast rounds, low pressure, and real life. Open the app, pick a game, and start playing in seconds. Inside guesswork: • Party games, family games, trivia, charades-style prompts, riddles, brain teasers, and guessing games • Questions for conversation starters, Would You Rather, favorites, most likely to, and group prompts • Name That games for songs, movies, TV shows, and books • The Pretender, a bluffing game where everyone tries to find the imposter • On-the-Go Games for road trips, restaurants, sidelines, waiting rooms, and downtime • Starter content included for free • One-time Premium unlock for all modes and the full prompt library • Family-friendly filtering for a more kid-safe mix Whether you’re playing with kids, teens, friends, couples, or a whole group, guesswork. gives you a dozen ways to keep things moving. Good times, zero prep.

Screenshots

guesswork.4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: guesswork. at Free against The Jackbox Party Pack 5's $29.99. guesswork. also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.9) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 32 months). The Jackbox Party Pack 5's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (36 vs 2). On ads and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

guesswork. is free to download; The Jackbox Party Pack 5 costs $29.99 up front. guesswork. sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. The Jackbox Party Pack 5 asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

guesswork. holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Jackbox Party Pack 5 has 36 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The Jackbox Party Pack 5 ships an update every 32 months, guesswork. every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
The Jackbox Party Pack 5 versus guesswork.: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe Jackbox Party Pack 5guesswork.
Price$29.99Free — better
Rating2.9 (36 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings36 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 32 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPad, Apple TViPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size1.6 GB25 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperJackbox Games, Inc.Amanda Ford

In-app purchases

None

The Jackbox Party Pack 5

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

guesswork.

One-time1
  • Guesswork Premium Unlock$9.99

Questions

Is The Jackbox Party Pack 5 free?
The Jackbox Party Pack 5 costs $29.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is guesswork. free?
guesswork. is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, The Jackbox Party Pack 5 or guesswork.?
guesswork. is rated higher. The Jackbox Party Pack 5 averages 2.9 out of 5 from 36 ratings, while guesswork. averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do The Jackbox Party Pack 5 or guesswork. have ads?
Neither The Jackbox Party Pack 5 nor guesswork. shows ads.
Which is updated more often, The Jackbox Party Pack 5 or guesswork.?
The Jackbox Party Pack 5 ships an update every 32 months, and guesswork. every 3 weeks. Most recently, The Jackbox Party Pack 5 was updated on November 2, 2026 and guesswork. on October 31, 2026.

Other comparisons