Comparison

Human or Not? vs Gartic Phone

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

Head to head
About

Human or Not?

Engage in conversations to determine if you're interacting with a human or an AI. Test your intuition and ability to distinguish between real people and artificial intelligence in this engaging game.

Highlights
  • Engaging chat conversations
  • Distinguish human from AI
  • Intuition testing gameplay
  • Interactive guessing mechanic
Features
Currently charting
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Chat with someone for a few minutes. Try to figure out if it was a human or an AI bot. Can you tell the difference?

About

Gartic Phone

This is a hilarious online telephone game where players take turns drawing sentences and then guessing drawings. Watch the original idea get hilariously lost through the chain of interpretations. It's free, easy to learn, and perfect for parties and online hangouts.

Highlights
  • Sentence to drawing interpretation
  • Drawing to sentence guessing
  • Animated GIF sharing
  • Multiple game modes
  • Creative drawing tools
  • Online multiplayer
Features
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Gartic Phone is the hilarious online telephone game with drawings! Start with a sentence. The next player draws it. The player after that writes what they see. On it goes, sentence to drawing to sentence, until the original idea is gloriously, ridiculously lost. Then watch the whole chain play back and laugh together at how it all went wrong. Free, easy to learn, and impossible to play with a straight face. Perfect for friends, family, classrooms, parties and online hangouts, and no drawing skills required. The worse the art, the better the game! HOW TO PLAY • Create a room and invite friends with a link or QR code, or jump into a quick game. • Everyone writes a starting sentence. • Pass it on: take turns drawing the sentence above you, then guessing the drawing below. • When the round ends, flip through every album and relive the chaos. LOADS OF GAME MODES Keep every game fresh with a huge variety of modes, including: • Normal: the classic write-and-draw telephone • Knock-Off: everyone draws the same first sentence • Animation: build frame-by-frame animated chains • Background & Solo: draw over a shared scene or play on your own • Secret, Masterpiece, Compliment Sandwich and many more CREATIVE DRAWING TOOLS • Pencil, eraser, shapes, fill bucket, eyedropper and notes • Full color palette with adjustable thickness and opacity • Pinch to zoom, pan, and a dedicated landscape drawing mode for extra room • Undo, redo and an optional grid SHARE THE LAUGHS • Save and share your favorite albums as animated GIFs • Replay each drawing stroke by stroke PLAY YOUR WAY • 100% free and online — play with friends near or far • Available in 40+ languages • Custom avatars and rooms you control Gather your friends and start a round now. Chaos guaranteed!

Screenshots

Human or Not?3 screens
Gartic Phone4 screens

Verdict

The call

Human or Not? and Gartic Phone both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 86% of Gartic Phone's written reviews are positive against 46% of Human or Not?'s. Gartic Phone also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On price, rating, ads and chart position 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. Human or Not? sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Gartic Phone asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Human or Not? against 4.8 for Gartic Phone. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 382 and 1.3K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 46% of Human or Not?'s written reviews are positive against 86% of Gartic Phone's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Human or Not? ships an update every 3 weeks, Gartic Phone weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Human or Not? versus Gartic Phone: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHuman or Not?Gartic Phone
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (382 ratings) — better4.8 (1.3K ratings)
Positive reviews45.8% of reviews85.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3821.3K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
Best chart rank#142#86 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.1 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB67 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperStefan TissenGartic

Customer experience

Human or Not?

All ratings286 ratings
Positive94.4%
Neutral1.7%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews59 reviews
Positive45.8%
Neutral15.3%
Negative39.0%

Gartic Phone

All ratings1,065 ratings
Positive95.0%
Neutral1.6%
Negative3.4%
Written reviews177 reviews
Positive85.9%
Neutral5.1%
Negative9.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Human or Not?

One-time2
  • Human or Not Ad-Free Lifetime$4.99
  • Human or Not Gold Livetime$9.99
None

Gartic Phone

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Human or Not? free?
Human or Not? is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Gartic Phone free?
Gartic Phone is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Human or Not? or Gartic Phone?
Human or Not? is rated higher. Human or Not? averages 4.8 out of 5 from 382 ratings, while Gartic Phone averages 4.8 from 1.3K ratings.
Do Human or Not? or Gartic Phone have ads?
Both Human or Not? and Gartic Phone show ads.
Which is updated more often, Human or Not? or Gartic Phone?
Human or Not? ships an update every 3 weeks, and Gartic Phone weekly. Most recently, Human or Not? was updated on October 30, 2026 and Gartic Phone on November 1, 2026.
Which is more popular, Human or Not? or Gartic Phone?
Human or Not? currently peaks at #142 in the App Store charts, and Gartic Phone at #86. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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