Comparison

Scribble Pass vs PartyRelay

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

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About

Scribble Pass

A hilarious pass-and-play drawing game where words transform as they travel. Draw a word, pass the device, and watch friends guess the drawing, leading to comical misunderstandings. Perfect for groups of 2-8, playable offline.

Highlights
  • Pass-and-play drawing
  • Solo phone mode (1 device)
  • Party mode (multiple devices)
  • Offline play
  • Customizable timers
  • Share results
  • No account required
Features
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The hilarious pass-and-play drawing game where words transform as they travel! Draw a word, pass the phone, watch your friend guess what you drew, then they pass it to the next person who draws THAT guess. See if the word survives the full circle - spoiler: it usually doesn’t! HOW TO PLAY: SOLO PHONE MODE (2-8 players, one device): - Pass one phone around your group - Alternate between drawing and guessing - Perfect for smaller groups or when only one person has the app PARTY MODE (everyone has the app): - Everyone starts a game with the same number of players and rounds - Pass phones around the circle - Everyone gets their own unique game to share - More players = more hilarious results PERFECT FOR: - Family game nights - Friend hangouts - Road trips - Parties and gatherings - Waiting rooms - Ice breakers - Any group of 2-8 people NO WIFI REQUIRED - Play completely offline. Perfect for airplanes, camping, road trips, or anywhere! FREE FEATURES: - 2 rounds per game - Black pen drawing mode - Party mode (everyone uses own phone) - Customizable timers (10-150 seconds) - 50+ fun words to draw - Share results as one long image - Background music and sound effects - Works completely offline PREMIUM UNLOCK: - Unlimited rounds - Color drawing mode (4 colors) - Drawing playback animation - watch every stroke - Ad-free experience - One-time purchase, yours forever FEATURES: - Simple drawing tools - easy for everyone - One phone OR everyone uses their own - Customizable timers or no time limit - Fun background music (toggle on/off) - True pass-and-play - no accounts or setup - Celebration when the word survives - Share the full chain on social media - No data collection - totally private - No internet needed Whether you call it telephone pictionary, garbled, or broken telephone with drawings - Scribble Pass brings people together for laughs! PARTY MODE TIPS: - Everyone sets the same number of players and rounds - Start at the same time - Pass phones clockwise around the circle - When you get YOUR phone back, compare results - Everyone has their own game to share WHAT PLAYERS ARE SAYING: "The party mode is genius - we all played at once!" "Way better than everyone staring at their own screens" "We couldn't stop laughing at how wrong the drawings were" "Perfect for game night - no wifi needed!" Download now and start the fun! No account, no login, no setup - just open and play. Questions? Tap App Support in the App Store or visit our website.

About

PartyRelay

This app transforms gatherings into game nights with various word-guessing and acting games. Play offline with no account needed, passing a single phone around for competitive or cooperative fun. It includes features like a privacy guard and bilingual support.

Highlights
  • Offline play
  • No account required
  • Multiple game modes
  • Charades, Draw & Guess, Lip Reading
  • Team and individual scoring
  • Privacy guard for phone
  • Bilingual support (English/Chinese)
Features
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PartyRelay turns any get-together into a game night — no extra equipment, no account, no ads, no internet required. Pass one phone around and race the clock: as two teams, as one group, or taking turns with everyone scoring for themselves. THREE WAYS TO PLAY Team Battle — split into two teams and spin the wheel to pick a game. Both teams play the exact same round, one after the other — whoever guesses more words wins the round and takes the point. Simple to explain in ten seconds, chaotic and hilarious in practice. Quick Mode — not enough people for two teams? No teams, no scores: one spin, one round, then a tally of how many you got. Take Turns — everyone plays for themselves. Add the players and the phone goes round the circle: each person spins for a game and gives the clues while everyone else guesses. There's no "got it" button — the other players' names sit around the word, and tapping whoever guessed gives a point to them and to the clue-giver. When everyone has had a turn, the leaderboard shows who's on top. FIVE GAMES ON THE WHEEL Say & Guess — describe the word out loud (without saying the word itself) while everyone shouts out guesses. Draw & Guess — sketch it on the in-app canvas, no letters or numbers allowed, and let the others guess from your doodle. Lip Reading — mouth the word with zero sound and see if anyone can read your lips. Charades — act it out with gestures alone. Hall of Fame (Team Battle) — both teams play at once with no timer: each team is secretly given a famous name, then you take turns asking yes/no questions until someone cracks the other team's name. OPEN BUZZ In Team Battle, land on this wheel sector and things get spicy: it picks one of the timed games above, but now the OTHER team can jump in and steal a point for anything your team misses. Nobody gets to zone out on their turn. BUILT FOR CLOSE, FUN MATCHES PartyRelay quietly keeps blowouts from ruining the night — a team that falls behind gets a friendly boost (more time, extra skips) so the game stays fun for everyone until the last round, without ever feeling unfair or obvious about it. THOUGHTFUL EXTRAS • A recap after every turn shows exactly which words came up (and in Take Turns, who guessed each one), so arguments about "wait, was that really the word?" settle themselves. • Pause any turn: restart it with fresh words if something went wrong, or end the game. • Optional privacy guard: hold the phone up to see the word, lay it flat to hide it automatically — perfect for passing hand to hand mid-round. • Fully bilingual: switch between English and Simplified Chinese instantly, with word lists written natively for each language (not machine-translated). • Thousands of hand-picked words per game — every entry is a real word, idiom, saying or title, so nobody gets stuck on something that isn't actually a thing. • Customize team names, player names and avatars, round count, turn length, haptics, and sound. NO CATCH PartyRelay is completely offline. No sign-up, no ads, no in-app purchases, no data collection, no network access of any kind. Just open it and start playing. Perfect for family game night, parties, icebreakers, road trips, and any time a timer and a few friends sound more fun than a phone in everyone's own hands.

Screenshots

Scribble Pass4 screens
PartyRelay4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PartyRelay at none against Scribble Pass's 1. PartyRelay also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 4 weeks). Scribble Pass's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ads 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. Scribble Pass sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. PartyRelay asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Scribble Pass against 5.0 for PartyRelay. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Scribble Pass ships an update every 4 weeks, PartyRelay weekly. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 4 level
Scribble Pass versus PartyRelay: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScribble PassPartyRelay
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size81 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJohn NixonFeiyu Chang

Customer experience

Scribble Pass

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

PartyRelay

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Scribble Pass

One-time1
  • Scribble Pass Premium$1.99
None

PartyRelay

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Scribble Pass free?
Scribble Pass is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PartyRelay free?
PartyRelay is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Scribble Pass or PartyRelay?
Scribble Pass and PartyRelay are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Scribble Pass or PartyRelay have ads?
Neither Scribble Pass nor PartyRelay shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Scribble Pass or PartyRelay?
Scribble Pass ships an update every 4 weeks, and PartyRelay weekly. Most recently, Scribble Pass was updated on October 31, 2026 and PartyRelay on October 31, 2026.

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