Comparison

JayPlay vs Pause

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

Head to head
About

JayPlay

This app offers a collection of multiplayer games designed for group play, whether in person or remotely. Players join rooms using codes or direct invites and compete in various challenges, from quick-fire quizzes to strategic card duels. It's a fun way to connect with friends and family through interactive gaming experiences.

Highlights
  • 10+ group games
  • Remote and in-person play
  • Create rooms with codes
  • Invite friends by username
  • Betting and achievements
  • User profiles and customization
Features
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JayPlay brings you and your friends together: ten games you play as a group – on the couch or each from home. HOW IT WORKS Create a room with one tap, share the code or QR code, and you're in – 2 to 12 people per round. You can also invite friends directly by username. Everyone plays on their own phone. Nobody around? Quick Play finds you players online. THE GAMES • Hot Hand – Draw another card or bank your points? The push-your-luck duel: first to 100 wins. • Brush Rush – One person draws, everyone guesses. Whoever gets the word first scores the most. • Buzzer Knockout – One target time, no timer: whoever hits it best by feel wins. • Mind Match – How well do you really know each other? Guess where on the scale the answer lands. • Is It Cheating – The big debate: does it count as cheating? Vote and argue it out. • Brain Battle – Real-time quiz duel: who actually knows their stuff? • Stadt Land Fluss – The classic categories game, reinvented: type instead of scribble, same letter, no mercy. • Wer kennt wen besser – Guess how your friends will answer – and find out who really knows who. • Risk the Bite – A sushi duel with a twist: one piece is poisoned. Do you dare? • Lucky Catch – Who reels in the best catch? Timing and luck decide. New games are added all the time. RAISE THE STAKES Set a bet for the round – the loser does the dishes, grabs the next round of snacks, or whatever you agree on. Collect XP, level up and unlock achievements. YOUR PROFILE Build your own look, claim your username and show your friends who wins around here. For game night, the shared kitchen, long-distance relationships, long train rides, or the group chat that needs a sign of life. Sign in with Apple or Google – or jump right in as a guest. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://jayplay.app/datenschutz

About

Pause

Features
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Nonograms, billiards, word puzzles, belote: small games that are actually finished, and every one of them plays with your phone in airplane mode. Tap a game and you are playing three seconds later. No account, no loading screen, nothing to set up. WHAT IS INSIDE Nono: nonogram puzzles, also called picross or griddler. Read the numbers, reveal the picture. Always solvable by pure logic, never by guessing. Pool: 8 ball billiards with real blackball rules, against a bot with three difficulty levels, or against a friend with a room code. Belote: coinche or classic, with a coach to guide your bids. You and your partner against two bots. Wordy: swipe the letters, fill the crossword, at your own pace. Mosaic: shikaku logic. One number, one rectangle, one solution. Woodfit: fit every wooden block into the carved shape. Simple to grasp, hard to put down. Jam: slide every coloured block out through the gate of its own colour. Roll: a sliding pipe puzzle. Clear the path and roll the ball home. Fill: draw a single line through every square, without ever crossing it. Motzen: guess the hidden word, one row at a time. No timer, no pressure. Snake: grow, hunt and outlast the arena. Solo against bots, or against real players. Snug: tidy up little scenes and work out the rule behind them. The rule is never the one you expected. Drift: slide through the corners, refuel, and survive as long as you can. Stack: time your tap and build the tallest tower. 2048: swipe, merge the tiles, chase the 2048 tile. Dotrace: the racetrack paper game, with a par to beat on every circuit. MADE FOR THE MOMENTS WITH NO SIGNAL The plane, the metro, the basement, the waiting room, the mountain hut. Everything runs on the phone itself. Nothing is fetched while you play, nothing unlocks later. WHAT YOU WILL NOT FIND No ads between games. A hint can be earned with a short video if you want one, and only if you ask for it. No account, no sign-up, no email address. No lives to wait for, no countdown pushing you, no daily streak to protect. Your progress and your best scores live on your phone. A leaderboard is there if you want it, and silent if you do not. Puzzles keep working the same on a plane as at home, because they never needed the network in the first place.

Screenshots

JayPlay4 screens
Pause4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pause at none against JayPlay's 4. Pause also leads on device support (3 vs 1). JayPlay's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence and iOS requirement 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. JayPlay sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days. Pause asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

JayPlay ships an update every 5 days, Pause every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
JayPlay versus Pause: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJayPlayPause
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews78.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.415.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size306 MB44 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperJayPlayChristophe Casenave

In-app purchases

4 purchases

JayPlay

Subscriptions3
  • JayPlay Pro Weekly3 Days trial$6.997 Days
  • JayPlay Pro Yearly$39.991 Year
  • JayPlay Pro Family$89.001 Year
One-time1
  • JayPlay Pro Day Pass$0.99
None

Pause

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is JayPlay free?
JayPlay is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pause free?
Pause is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do JayPlay or Pause have ads?
Pause shows ads; JayPlay does not.
Which is updated more often, JayPlay or Pause?
JayPlay ships an update every 5 days, and Pause every 3 days. Most recently, JayPlay was updated on October 24, 2026 and Pause on October 15, 2026.

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