TableTopics vs CIY Convos
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TableTopics
Spark engaging conversations with a variety of icebreaker questions for any social setting. Explore diverse topics and create memorable connections with friends, family, and new acquaintances. Share your favorites on social media.
- Variety of icebreaker question topics
- 50+ free conversation starters
- Access to over 400 questions via in-app purchase
- Create a collection of favorite questions
- Share questions on social media
- Topics include Art & Music, Foodies, and Teens
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Great icebreaker questions for any occasion! This mobile version of our best-selling conversation starter game will help you spark great conversations with your family, friends, and even new acquaintances. Use these fun, engaging questions during your next virtual get together, at a dinner party, on a road trip or as ice breakers at your next big event. You can even share your favorite questions on social media. You’ll create memorable conversations with those closest to you and really connect with those you never thought possible (like your teenage niece or nephew, LOL). There’s something here for everyone. Features of the app include: -Lots of great topics including Art & Music, Dinner Party, What Would You Do, Destination Anywhere, Foodies, Geek Pop, Go Green, Kids, Teen, and College. We’ll keep it fresh with new topics. -50+ Free TableTopics Conversation Starter Questions -Access to more than 400 questions through in app purchases -Create a collection of your FAVORITE questions from various topics -Easily SHARE questions on social media Here are a few highlights: -What Would You Do - Here's a fun and interesting way to explore the choices you and your friends would make when facing everyday dilemmas. -Destination Anywhere - Whether you’re a world traveler or more of a day tripper, you’ve seen and done some pretty amazing things. Get everyone talking about their awesome adventures and crazy vacations. -Foodies - Share your passion for food and cooking with your food loving friends. Talk food, drink, restaurants, recipes, trends and so much more! -Geek Pop - Get right to the heart of your geeky nature and that of your friends too. Talk about the best of Geek Pop Culture. Love it, we think you will! -Go Green - Green is good! Get everyone talking and thinking about easy ways to live a more eco-savvy lifestyle. -College - Spark fun conversations that take you way beyond the oh-so-boring “what’s your major?” If you think you’ve heard of us before, you’re right! TableTopics editions have been played by a number of celebrities on television shows and series - The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Martha Stewart Show, Today Show, Joy Behar Show, Kocktails with Khloe, Parenthood, and Love (Netflix) to name a few. Print features include Real Simple, Better Homes and Gardens, Vanity Fair, Cosmopolitan, GQ, InStyle, Food and Wine, People Stylewatch, USA Today, Women's Wear Daily, Good Housekeeping, and O, The Oprah Magazine - Favorite Things Issue. Awards for our editions include: Creative Child Magazine, Product of the Year Award, 2012 and 2013. What do people love about TableTopics Questions to Start Great Conversations? “we LOVE Table topics. We use them at our house daily. We have a rule when one of my 3 kids brings home a new friend we pull it out and ask 3 random questions to get to know them. It’s amazing.” -Michelle P. “These question cards help keep family meals fun but also help you learn so much about each other. We are all guilty at taking the people we live with for granted. These cards can spark way better discussions than your typical, open ended "How was your day?" with a standard "Fine, how was yours?" (Followed by radio silence...especially with #teens.) -Sscratch “…you should have at least one version in your home or office somewhere. The conversations we’ve had have been priceless. Sometimes it’s funny stuff, sometimes it’s serious, but every time we are connecting and hearing each other and we almost always learn something new about one another.” Cfive
CIY Convos
This app facilitates meaningful small group discussions with prompts, games, and polls. It's designed to foster trust and deeper connections by encouraging open-ended conversations.
- Guided conversation prompts
- Interactive games
- Polls
- Open-ended questions
- Facilitates small group discussions
- Builds trust and connection
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Convos is an app created by Christ in Youth to help small groups have meaningful in-person conversations. Rather than having one person lead the conversation from list of questions, Convos gets the entire group engaged through games, videos, polls, and open-ended questions. By passing the device around, everyone in the group gets a chance to lead and participate in the conversation, resulting in more engagement, better comprehension, and lasting memories.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CIY Convos at 4.2 against TableTopics's 3.7. CIY Convos also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and review sentiment (67% vs 36%). TableTopics's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. TableTopics sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. CIY Convos asks for nothing beyond the download.
CIY Convos holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 36 and 34 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 36% of TableTopics's written reviews are positive against 67% of CIY Convos's.
TableTopics ships an update every 3 months, CIY Convos every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TableTopics | CIY Convos |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (36 ratings) | 4.2 (34 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 36.4% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 36 — better | 34 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | UltraPro International, LLC | Christ In Youth |
Customer experience
TableTopics
CIY Convos
In-app purchases
TableTopics
- TableTopics 45 Question Set9 variants$1.99
- TableTopics Question Set$1.99
CIY Convos
No in-app purchases









