Comparison

Mobile Alias vs Taboo

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

Head to head
About

Mobile Alias

A word puzzle game where you guess words based on clues revealed one by one. Compete against the clock, track your progress with achievements, and compare scores with friends.

Highlights
  • Timed word puzzles
  • Clue-based gameplay
  • Score comparison with friends
  • Achievement tracking
  • Progress monitoring
Features
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Stretch your vocabulary and imagination and solve the word puzzles with a little help from the clues! The new and improved Mobile Alias features a one-player game, which turns into a fun race against time as the clues are revealed one by one. You can also compare your scores with your friends and climb from level to level, as your points accumulate. The game also keeps you updated on your progress by showing you your achievements! You can see how fast you can solve the words, your best word lengths and how many clues you need to solve them! Staying true to the original board game classic, Mobile Alias will keep you on your toes. Can you find the right words?

About

Taboo

Features
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Describe the word. Don't say it. Get your team to guess it before the timer runs out. Word Guesser is a fast party game for friends and family. One player describes the word on screen, everyone else shouts out guesses, and you race the clock. PLAY IN TEAMS Set up two to four teams, name them whatever you like, and add each player by name. Teams take turns with the phone, the app always shows whose turn is next, and every guessed word is credited to the player who described it. Prefer a casual round? Skip teams entirely and just play. KEEP SCORE Mark each word Correct or Skipped as you go - or simply tap the card for a quick "correct". The tally stays on screen during the round, and the scoreboard ranks the teams and shows exactly who guessed the most. THEMED DECKS Play with the full deck, or deal from a single theme: Animals, Food & Drink, Home & Objects, Places & Travel, Nature, Sport & Games, Music & Culture, or People & Jobs. SEVEN LANGUAGES Play in Serbian, English, German, Turkish, Italian, French or Spanish. Every language has more than 750 words picked by hand for playing out loud, sorted into themes. Switch language whenever you like. BRING YOUR OWN WORDS Type in your own words, or import a whole list from a text or JSON file. Inside jokes, names from your friend group, vocabulary for a class, terms from your job - anything you want. Keep your words mixed in with the built-in ones, or switch on "Use only my words" and play with just yours. Each language keeps its own list, and you can export a list any time to back it up or share it. NEVER THE SAME WORD TWICE Every word in the pack appears once before any word repeats, so rounds never stall on the same handful of words. BUILT FOR PLAYING TOGETHER • Choose your round length, or tap a preset - 30 seconds, 1 minute, 1:30 or 2 minutes • A big, bold word that reads clearly from across the room • Works in both portrait and landscape • Pause and pick up again mid-round • Tap the word itself to mark it correct - no hunting for a button • One app for iPhone, iPad and Mac COMPLETELY OFFLINE, COMPLETELY PRIVATE No accounts. No sign-up. No ads. No tracking. No internet connection at all - the app contains no networking code whatsoever, so it works anywhere. Your words, team names and scores never leave your device. Perfect for parties, road trips, classrooms, family evenings and language practice.

Screenshots

Mobile Alias3 screens
Taboo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Taboo at none against Mobile Alias's 1. Taboo also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 months). Mobile Alias's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price 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. Mobile Alias sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Taboo asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mobile Alias ships an update every 3 months, Taboo every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Mobile Alias versus Taboo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMobile AliasTaboo
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews11.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size81 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTactic Games Ltd.Mileta Avramovic

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Mobile Alias

One-time1
  • Small energy pack$0.99
None

Taboo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mobile Alias free?
Mobile Alias is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Taboo free?
Taboo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Mobile Alias or Taboo have ads?
Mobile Alias shows ads; Taboo does not.
Which is updated more often, Mobile Alias or Taboo?
Mobile Alias ships an update every 3 months, and Taboo every 4 days. Most recently, Mobile Alias was updated on September 28, 2026 and Taboo on October 25, 2026.

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