Comparison

FriendQuiz Buzz vs Tidbits Trivia

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

Head to head
About

FriendQuiz Buzz

Features
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FriendQuiz turns any dinner table into a trivia battlefield. Pass one iPhone around and let everyone show off what they know. No accounts, no ads, no internet required. THREE WAYS TO PLAY - Party Mode: 2 to 8 players take turns answering. Best for casual dinners and warm-ups. - Buzz-In Battle: everyone watches the question, fastest tap claims the right to answer. The competitive favorite. - Solo Practice: train your trivia muscles before the big night, beat your own high score. EIGHTY PLUS QUESTIONS, SEVEN CATEGORIES - Friendship: how well do you really know each other - Pop Culture: movies, music, internet things - Food and Drink: from sushi to spice levels - Science and World: earth, space and curious facts - Sports and Games: trivia from the pitch and the playground - Would You Rather: pick your poison, defend your choice - Mixed Bag: a pinch of everything THREE DIFFICULTY LEVELS - Easy, Medium, Hard tune both base points and timer length. - Streak bonuses reward consecutive correct answers. - Wrong answers and timeouts break the streak and dock points. ROUND RESULTS YOU WANT TO SHARE - Animated podium for the top three players. - Full leaderboard, accuracy, and best-streak stats. - Share a clean text recap to any messaging app. ALL TIME LEADERBOARD - Every finished round is saved on-device with SwiftData. - See lifetime wins, total points, and recent rounds at a glance. - Swipe to delete a round, or wipe everything from Settings. CUSTOMIZE YOUR PLAYERS - 1 to 8 players, with a name, color and SF Symbol avatar each. - Last roster is remembered between sessions. - Per-question seconds and per-round question count are configurable. PRIVACY FIRST - 100 percent offline. The app makes no network requests. - No account, no email, no phone number ever. - No analytics, no advertising SDKs, no third-party trackers. - Apple App Privacy: Data Not Collected. DESIGNED FOR THE TABLE - Portrait iPhone layout, big tap targets, optional haptics. - Light and dark mode support, follows your system setting. - Built with native SwiftUI and SwiftData for snappy performance. PERFECT FOR - Friends at dinner, family game nights, road trips. - Office team-building ice-breakers. - Long flights or anywhere without Wi-Fi. WHAT YOU WILL NEVER SEE - No ads or pop-ups. - No subscriptions or paywalls. - No login or sign-up screens. - No data leaving your phone. Open the app, set up the players, pick a category, and let the buzz-in begin.

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Tidbits Trivia

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Tidbits turns the whole of Wikipedia into a trivia game โ€” and unlike most quiz apps, every question is built from real, sourced facts, with a "learn the fact" card after each one so you walk away knowing something new. WHY TIDBITS IS DIFFERENT โ€ข Real facts, not recycled questions. Over 100,000 questions, generated and fact-checked from Wikipedia and Wikidata โ€” and they never repeat until you've seen them all. โ€ข 22 kinds of questions. Not just "which of these is right" โ€” identify the subject from a clue, fill in the blank, put events in order, find the odd one out, pick the biggest or the earliest, and more. The variety keeps you thinking, not pattern-matching. โ€ข Learn as you play. Every question ends with the fact and a link to read more. Miss one? It quietly comes back later, so the game teaches as it tests. WAYS TO PLAY โ€ข Daily Tidbit โ€” the same seven questions for everyone, every day. Build a streak. โ€ข Classic, Time Attack, and Survival modes. โ€ข Eight categories: History, Science, Geography, Arts & Lit, Film & TV, Music, Sports, and a Mixed Bag. โ€ข Pass & Play โ€” hand the phone around for 2โ€“4 player trivia night, no second device needed. โ€ข Create a quiz from ANY topic โ€” type "jazz" or "volcanoes" or your hometown and Tidbits builds a quiz from Wikipedia on the spot. BUILT TO RESPECT YOU โ€ข Works fully offline โ€” the question bank lives on your device. โ€ข No ads. No energy meters. No "pay to keep your streak." No dark patterns. โ€ข The full game is free โ€” every question, every mode. TIDBITS CLUB (optional) Go deeper with an optional membership: Ranked Seasons, a Knowledge Atlas that maps what you know by domain, a Story Archive of every fact you've learned, and multi-week Expeditions. Buy once โ€” you're a member on every device you sign in on. Monthly, yearly, or a one-time Founding Member purchase. The core game always stays free. Tidbits is also on Apple TV and Mac โ€” same game, your streak and favorites at home on each. Tidbits Trivia Terms of Service: https://tidbitstrivia.com/terms.html

Screenshots

FriendQuiz Buzz3 screens
Tidbits Trivia4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: FriendQuiz Buzz at none against Tidbits Trivia's 3. FriendQuiz Buzz also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). Tidbits Trivia's advantage is device support (4 vs 1). On price and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Tidbits Trivia sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. FriendQuiz Buzz asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
FriendQuiz Buzz versus Tidbits Trivia: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFriendQuiz BuzzTidbits Trivia
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 6 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV โ€” better
Requires iOS17.0 โ€” better26.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size1 MB69 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerๆ™“ ้ƒญLearning is Change, Inc.

In-app purchases

None

FriendQuiz Buzz

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Tidbits Trivia

Subscriptions2
  • Tidbits Club (Monthly)$3.991 Month
  • Tidbits Club (Yearly)$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Founding Member (Lifetime)$79.99

Questions

Is FriendQuiz Buzz free?
FriendQuiz Buzz is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tidbits Trivia free?
Tidbits Trivia is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do FriendQuiz Buzz or Tidbits Trivia have ads?
Neither FriendQuiz Buzz nor Tidbits Trivia shows ads.

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