Lyre vs Shpy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lyre
This trivia game challenges you to predict the most popular answer to open-ended questions, not necessarily the correct one. Score points by matching the crowd's responses and climb daily leaderboards. It's a quick, 5-minute daily habit that tests your social instinct.
- Daily open-ended questions
- Score by matching crowd answers
- No multiple choice
- Daily, weekly, all-time leaderboards
- Play with friends in private groups
- Maintain daily streaks
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The trivia game where there's NO right answer. Lyre gives you 10 questions every day — but you don't score points for being correct. You score by matching the crowd. If 800 other players said "tennis" and you said "tennis," that's 800 points. The better you predict what everyone else will say, the higher you climb. HOW IT WORKS • A fresh set of 10 open-ended questions drops daily • Answer in your own words — there's no multiple choice, no single right answer • Your score on each question = how many other players gave the same answer • Results unlock after the game closes. See exactly how the crowd thought. WHY IT'S DIFFERENT Most trivia rewards what you know. Lyre rewards how well you read people. It's not about facts — it's about social instinct. Anyone can win, whether you're a history buff or just really good at guessing what's popular. COMPETE & KEEP YOUR STREAK • Daily, weekly, and all-time leaderboards • Build a streak by playing every day • Create private groups and battle your friends, family, or coworkers • Climb the rankings and prove you think like the crowd YOUR 5-MINUTE DAILY HABIT One game a day. Five minutes. One chance to nail the crowd before it closes. Perfect with your morning coffee or your commute. There's no right answer. There's only the popular one. Download Lyre and find out how well you think like everyone else. Lyre+ (ad-free) is an optional auto-renewing monthly subscription. Terms of Use: https://lyregame.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://lyregame.com/privacy
Shpy
A social party game where one player is secretly the spy and must blend in with others who know a secret word. Players talk to identify the spy, who tries to guess the word without being caught. It's designed for group play on a single device.
- Single phone, multiple players
- Secret word guessing
- Spy identification gameplay
- Customizable round timers
- Multiple word packs
- User-created word lists
- Unlockable card decks
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Shpy is a party word game for one phone and a room full of people. Everyone sees the same secret word — everyone except the Shpy. Pass the phone around. Each player looks at their card in private: most of you see the word, one of you sees nothing but the word SHPY. Then the timer starts and you talk. Say something about the word, but not too much, or the Shpy will work out what it is. Ask questions. Watch who hesitates. When time runs out the table decides. Citizens win by naming the Shpy. The Shpy wins by guessing the word — or by never being caught at all. HOW IT PLAYS • 3 to 12 players, one phone, nothing to set up • Rounds from a few seconds to fifteen minutes — you choose • More than one Shpy if you want them, with an optional Shpy list so accomplices know each other • No cards to print, no rules to read aloud: the phone deals and keeps time THE WORDS • Six word packs: All, Cities, Nature, Objects, Funny, Food • Combine them — play Cities and Food together, or any mix you like • Hundreds of words in every pack, written for the way people actually talk • Add your own words, and they turn up in every pack you play THE DECKS • Six card decks to swipe through, from oil painting to halftone comic • Two more you earn rather than buy: seven days in a row unlocks the Lone Wolf deck • After fifty rounds the game hands you the camera, and you can build a deck of your own from two photographs • One more deck is hidden further in. You'll know it when you find it. LANGUAGES • English • Georgian Every word, rule and button is written properly in both, and you can switch between them at any time from the home screen. MADE FOR A TABLE, NOT A SCREEN No account. No sign-up. No internet needed once it's installed. Nothing to buy — Shpy is free, supported by a single ad between rounds. Sound, vibration, animation and daily reminders can each be switched off in Settings. Best played with friends who are bad at lying, and worse at hiding it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Shpy at none against Lyre's 1. Shpy also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). Lyre's advantage is ratings volume (28 vs 1). On price, rating, ads and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Lyre sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. Shpy asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Lyre against 5.0 for Shpy. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lyre has 28 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Lyre ships an update every 3 weeks, Shpy weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 4, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lyre | Shpy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (28 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 92.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 28 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Lyre Game LLC | Irakli Barliani |
Customer experience
Lyre
Shpy
In-app purchases
Lyre
- Lyre Ad-Free$2.991 Month
Shpy
No in-app purchases





