GameChat vs Zapverse

Enjoy these fun multiplayer games with friends and family right in the Messages app! GameChat features these following games: Flip Birds Bounce Chess Pinball Field Goal Homerun Hockey Cornhole Bev More games coming soon!

Zapverse turns any conversation into a game. Ten two-player games live right inside Messages. Send a challenge, and it appears in the chat as a playable card. Your friend taps it, takes their turn, and it comes back to you. No accounts, no lobbies, no waiting around — just messages going back and forth like they always do. PLAY TOGETHER • Connect Four — drop discs and line up four. Pick a board from 4 to 10 wide. • Dots & Boxes — close a square to claim it and go again. Boards up to 10x10. • Word Duel — you each pick a secret word and guess each other's, letter by letter. • Number War — hide a number, take turns closing in with higher and lower. • Emoji Pictionary — send emoji clues and dare them to work out the phrase. • Higher or Lower — bet on the next number across ten rounds. • Would You Rather — pick A or B in secret and see whether you match. • Two Truths and a Lie — write up to five sets and see how many they catch. • Frog Hop — a turn-based race to swap your frogs across the board. EIGHT PUZZLES EVERY DAY A fresh set arrives daily, with a streak to keep going: • Connections — sort sixteen words into four hidden groups • Daily Riddle — a visual word puzzle • Riddle Me — a classic riddle • Emoji Challenge — work out the phrase from emoji • Emoji Story — name the film, song or story • Word Scramble — unscramble the word • Anagram — rearrange a scrambled phrase • Daily Cipher — crack the code, with a new key every day BUILT FOR MESSAGES Games are turn-based and asynchronous, so nobody has to be online at the same time. Play a move now, come back to it tomorrow. Everything is carried in the message itself. No accounts. No adverts. No in-app purchases. Nothing is collected about you.