WhatTheFlag vs Flag Quest
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
WhatTheFlag
Identify countries by their flag emojis. Search for countries by name, capital, or flag emoji. View detailed country information including ISO 3166-2 codes.
- Identify countries by flag emoji
- Search by country name
- Search by capital city
- Search by flag emoji
- View ISO 3166-2 codes
- Detailed country information
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How well do you know the flags of the world? WhatTheFlag is an interactive reference guide and collection of educational games designed to help you learn countries, capitals, and national flags. Find a country by its name, capital, international code, or emoji flag. View detailed information, locate capitals on the map, and save countries to your favorites. Features: • A comprehensive collection of country and territory emoji flags • Search by country, capital, flag, or international code • Capital information for each country • ISO 3166-1 Alpha-2, Alpha-3, and numeric country codes • Interactive maps showing capital locations • Themed flag collections • A personal favorites collection • Learning cards for effective memorization • Multiple quiz modes to test your knowledge • Light and dark appearance support • English, Russian, French, German, Italian, and Spanish languages Learn geography, train your memory, and challenge yourself to recognize every country by its flag. WhatTheFlag is now available on Mac with a completely redesigned interface optimized for larger screens, mouse, trackpad, and keyboard controls.
Flag Quest
Test your knowledge of world flags in this fast-paced educational game. Learn about countries and territories, compete with friends, and track your progress on global leaderboards. Unlock new features to enhance your learning experience.
- Learn country and territory flags
- Fast-paced gameplay
- Compete with friends via Game Center
- Earn achievements
- Global leaderboards
- Optional skip rounds feature
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Test your flag skills with Flag Quest. A fast paced, fun way to learn about new countries, and territories. Flag quest normally has every flag on earth, but also every territory. Learn about new flags you never knew existed, and expand your knowledge. Be careful however, you only have seven seconds after pressing the first flag to choose your answer. Compete with friends using Game Center. Earn achievements, and show off your high score in game center. Whenever you earn a new high score in the game, Game Center will proudly display your new score to all your friends. You can also view the global leader boards to see where you rank. Optionally, you can purchase the ability to skip rounds through the app. When you unlock the skip button, every time you press it, a new set a flags will appear. Skipping flags does not reset or change your timer, so be careful to not run out of time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: WhatTheFlag at none against Flag Quest's 1. WhatTheFlag also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 12 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Flag Quest sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. WhatTheFlag asks for nothing beyond the download.
WhatTheFlag ships an update every 3 weeks, Flag Quest every 12 months. Both last shipped on September 19, 2026.
| Parameter | WhatTheFlag | Flag Quest |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Semen Babich | Shant Lokmanian |
Customer experience
WhatTheFlag
Flag Quest
In-app purchases
WhatTheFlag
No in-app purchases
Flag Quest
- Unlock Skip Button$0.99
Questions
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