KnowIt Trivia vs QBReader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
KnowIt Trivia
Engage in a unique trivia game where the first clue is the hardest. Earn more points by answering before the second clue is revealed. Explore a growing library of daily and subject-specific challenges.
- Two-clue question format
- Score bonus for early answers
- Daily quizzes
- Subject-specific challenges
- Growing trivia content
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KnowIt is a novel mobile trivia experience. KnowIt questions consist of two clues, with the first one always being harder. Players who answer before the second clue appears earn more points. KnowIt offers users a growing and diverse array of trivia content to explore, ranging from daily quizzes to subject specific challenges. Whether you are a seasoned bar trivia player or more on the casual side, KnowIt has your trivia needs covered!
QBReader
Practice quiz bowl and trivia questions with instant answer checking. Engage in solo play or real-time multiplayer matches with friends, featuring synchronized buzzing and scoring. Customize categories, difficulty, and reveal speed for a personalized learning experience.
- Solo tossup practice
- Multiplayer rooms with game codes
- Real-time buzzing and scoring
- Instant answer checking
- Question history
- Customizable settings
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QBReader is a lightweight iOS app for quiz bowl and trivia practice. Practice tossups one question at a time, buzz when you know the answer, and get instant answer checking powered by QBReader. Review your past questions in History, tune categories and difficulty in Settings, and keep questions moving at your preferred reveal speed. Play solo when you want fast practice, or start a multiplayer room and invite friends with a game code. Multiplayer is built for synchronized gameplay, so players see questions reveal together, buzz in, answer, and keep score in real time. Features: • Single-player tossup practice • Multiplayer rooms with game codes • Real-time buzzing and scoring • Answer checking with prompts and accepted answers • History for correct, skipped, and incorrect questions • Category, difficulty, and reveal speed settings • Clean, lightweight iOS-first design QBReader is inspired by the QBReader web project and is designed for fast mobile practice, whether you’re preparing for quiz bowl tournaments, studying trivia, or playing casually with friends.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: QBReader at none against KnowIt Trivia's shown. QBReader also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). KnowIt Trivia's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for KnowIt Trivia against 5.0 for QBReader. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 5 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
KnowIt Trivia ships an update every 3 weeks, QBReader every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | KnowIt Trivia | QBReader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (9 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 69 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Abhas Arya | RISHIKESH BADARI |
Customer experience
KnowIt Trivia
QBReader
In-app purchases
KnowIt Trivia
No in-app purchases
QBReader
No in-app purchases









