Comparison

Q vs Whenabouts

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

Head to head
About

Q

Engage in quick, minimalistic trivia challenges. Play solo or compete with up to four friends in multiplayer mode. Enjoy a straightforward trivia experience without ads or subscriptions.

Highlights
  • Quick Play mode
  • Multiplayer mode
  • Minimalistic design
  • Ad-free experience
  • No subscriptions
Features
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Test your knowledge with Q-Trivia, the quick and minimalistic trivia app. Quick Play gets you right into the game, whereas Multiplayer mode lets you play a round of trivia between up to four other people for those in-person game nights. No ads, no subscriptions, no gimmicks--just trivia. Made with love by a professional software engineer who felt as though we needed a simple, fast way to play trivia. Special Thanks: - Data by Open Trivia DB API (https://opentdb.com) available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. - Icons by Icons8 (https://icons8.com) - Logo and app icon by Dooder on Freepik

About

Whenabouts

Features
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How well do you really know when things happened? Whenabouts is a timeline trivia party game built around one simple question: when did it happen? Draw a card — a real event with a hidden year — and drop it onto your timeline where you think it fits. Get it right and it stays. Keep going for more cards, but guess wrong and you lose everything you haven't locked in yet. Play it safe or push your luck. First to lock in 10 cards wins. Everyone plays on their own phone — together in the same room, or online with friends anywhere. Scan a QR code or share a code to join in seconds. FEATURES • Quick to learn, hard to put down • 2–8 players, live or online • Spin the wheel for a category: history, music, film & TV, sports, science, arts, and everyday life • Push-your-luck scoring — play it safe or go for broke • Pick your nickname and avatar • Bring your own deck with custom questions • Play in American English, British English, or Swedish No ads. No accounts. Just grab some friends and play.

Screenshots

Q4 screens
Whenabouts4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Whenabouts at every 4 days against Q's every 8 days. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Q ships an update every 8 days, Whenabouts every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Q versus Whenabouts: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQWhenabouts
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB22 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperChristopher PeraultEdvard Wikhall

In-app purchases

None

Q

No in-app purchases

None

Whenabouts

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Q free?
Q is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Whenabouts free?
Whenabouts is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Q or Whenabouts have ads?
Neither Q nor Whenabouts shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Q or Whenabouts?
Q ships an update every 8 days, and Whenabouts every 4 days. Most recently, Q was updated on October 6, 2026 and Whenabouts on September 29, 2026.

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