Comparison

The 5 Seconds Game vs Taboo

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

Head to head
About

The 5 Seconds Game

Features
Read full description

Get ready for fast-paced fun with 5 Seconds Game – the ultimate multiplayer party game! Perfect for playing with friends and family, challenge yourself and others to answer questions in just 5 seconds. For 2+ players. - No internet required - No login or account - No ads - No in-app purchases - No data collection Have fun!

About

Taboo

Features
Read full description

Describe the word. Don't say it. Get your team to guess it before the timer runs out! Word Guesser is the party word game for friends and family - now with more than 35,000 words in 32 languages. One player describes the word on screen, everyone else shouts out guesses, and you race the clock. No cards, no box, no internet needed. 32 LANGUAGES, 35,000+ WORDS Play in English, Serbian (Cyrillic or Latin), Croatian, Bulgarian, Greek, German, Dutch, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil and Portugal), Polish, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Romanian, Russian, Turkish, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Lithuanian, Latvian, Estonian, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Indonesian, Vietnamese and Hindi. Every language has over 1,000 words chosen for playing out loud. Find yours in seconds search by language or by country. 13 THEMED DECKS IN EVERY LANGUAGE Play the full deck or pick a theme: • Kids - easy words for the youngest players • Local Flavour - the dishes, festivals and landmarks of each language's home • Animals, Food & Drink, Home & Objects, Places & Travel, Nature • Sport & Games, Music & Culture, People & Jobs • Actions - made for acting out • Countries & Cities - a geography round • Hard - tricky words for grown-ups PLAY IN TEAMS Set up two to four teams, give them names and add every player. The app passes the turn around, always shows who's describing next, and credits every guessed word to the player who described it. COMPETE TO WIN Set a goal - first to 10, 20, 30 or 50 points, or a fixed number of rounds, and the app crowns the winning team and the best describer. Want it tougher? Turn on the classic rule where every skipped word costs a point. EVERY ROUND COUNTS Mark each word Correct or Skip - or just tap the card. Mis-tapped in the excitement? Undo takes it back. After every round, see the full list of words you got and skipped. BRING YOUR OWN WORDS Add inside jokes, names from your friend group, class vocabulary or work terms. Type them in, or import a whole list from a text or JSON file. Mix them into the deck or play with only your words - and export your list any time. BUILT FOR PLAYING TOGETHER • Round length from 5 seconds to 60 minutes, with 30s, 1m, 1:30 and 2m presets • Big, bold words you can read from across the room • Portrait or landscape • Pause mid-round whenever you need • Every word appears once before any word repeats COMPLETELY OFFLINE, COMPLETELY PRIVATE No accounts. No sign-up. No ads. No tracking. No internet connection at all, the app contains no networking code, so it works anywhere, and your words, team names and scores never leave your device. Perfect for parties, family evenings, road trips, classrooms and language practice.

Screenshots

The 5 Seconds Game4 screens
Taboo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The 5 Seconds Game and Taboo are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
The 5 Seconds Game versus Taboo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe 5 Seconds GameTaboo
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Monthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.2 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJan HuberMileta Avramovic

In-app purchases

None

The 5 Seconds Game

No in-app purchases

None

Taboo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is The 5 Seconds Game free?
The 5 Seconds Game is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Taboo free?
Taboo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do The 5 Seconds Game or Taboo have ads?
Neither The 5 Seconds Game nor Taboo shows ads.

Other comparisons