With the 2022 holiday season in full effect, cell phone owners will undoubtedly increase the number of games played while traveling, spending time at home, and communicating with friends and family. Whether you’re an Android or iOS user, trivia games in particular are sure to enjoy a massive boost this holiday season, as they offer a fun and convenient replacement for family competitions like Charades, Pictionary, etc.
From big brand names like Danger! and Millionaire trivia to lesser-known brain teaser apps, the best trivia games for Android and iOS offer something for everyone.
Brain test
Android, iOS: Free
Listed #1 in Trivia on the App Store, Brain test is a highly entertaining game intended to boost a user’s IQ by presenting a series of brain-teasing puzzles that use illustrated cards that provide a challenge that must be solved correctly. The difficult visual puzzles are a great way to get the neurons firing and put users in the right problem-solving headspace.
Whether you play alone or with friends, Brain test forces users to think outside the box, and the mobile app is a useful mental exercise for the whole family. For those who love puzzles, Sudoku, word searches or other visual-based trivia games, Brain test is very funny and useful at the same time.
Few Brain test in the App Store or Google Play.
Fun Frenzy Trivia
Android, iOS: Free
Can boast of one Family quarrel style formula and user interface, Fun Frenzy Trivia is a wildly addictive free game app (with in-app purchases) that gets harder the more a person plays and collects points, ensuring an increase in challenges and knowledge gained over time that will make each player smarter.
With over 15 categories, 1,000s of levels, 10,000 answers and 500 bonus coins up for grabs, players are presented with a series of questions that have multiple correct answers that are weighted based on past survey responses, much like Family quarrel. A great way for the whole family to engage and have fun together, Fun Frenzy trivia is available online and offline, making it perfect for players at home or on the go.
Few Fun Frenzy Trivia in the App Store or Google Play.
Danger!
Android, iOS: Free
The absolute leader in gaming trivia, Danger! is an excellent way to recreate the experience made popular by the long-running TV quiz show, while also providing new gameplay options. For example, instead of answering in the form of a question as usual, players are given multiple-choice options for answering correctly, earning points that level up and provide longer answer times for more difficult questions along the way.
With 26,000 different topic categories, both casual and hardcore trivia fans will be engaged without repeating questions or getting bored in the process. With a World Tour feature, players can even play in different settings where the late protracted Danger! host, Alex Trebek, will provide nostalgic commentary that is sure to resonate with fans of the show.
Few Danger! in the App Store or Google Play.
Popcorn Trivia
Android, iOS: Free
When it comes to the most fun yet challenging movie quiz mobile games, Popcorn Trivia is hard to beat. Whether horror movie buffs, musical fanatics, western lovers or gangster movie experts, Popcorn Trivia will test the most knowledgeable cinephiles across a wide range of movie genres, time periods and different countries with the toughest movie trivia questions around.
With each correct answer, players will earn popcorn points that can be used to build their avatar, offering a fun interactive way to engage with the game while reinforcing their movie behavior. For more difficult challenges, players can also purchase premium question packs for popular TV shows. With single and multiplayer modes, a leaderboard stat tracker and more, movie lovers will have a hard time putting the game down.
Few Popcorn Trivia in the App Store or Google Play.
Psyche!
Android, iOS: Free
Both a party game and a challenging trivia exercise, Phish! takes inspiration from Balderdash and Cards Against Humanity to become an extremely entertaining guessing game. Fans of Ellen DeGeneres’ silly parlor game will have a blast Psycho!, which tasks players with deliberately deceiving and outsmarting their friends by creating fake but plausible answers to the most bizarre trivia questions imaginable.
Once players have secretly submitted their funny answers, they will appear on contestants’ phone screens. If a player chooses the false answer, a point will be awarded to the person who created it. With trivia games like “Word Up” and “Movie Bluff” too, Phish! prioritizes fun above all else while increasing intelligence quotients.
Few Psyche! in the App Store or Google Play.
SongPop 3
Android, iOS: Free
Arguably the most addictive music trivia mobile game, SongPop3 is hard to resist. The third iteration of the amazing and popular music app is a global trivia contest that challenges players from around the world to identify musical artists after snippets of hit and obscure songs are played. Even more difficult, players must name the song title correctly before anyone else to gain valuable XP that can be used to unlock upgraded perks.
The highly entertaining Name That Tune style of trivia game offers over 100,000 music clips to identify, allowing users to build their music library, customize their avatars with frames, stickers and vinyl, and challenge their deep musical acumen with friends and family members or when playing alone.
Artistically fulfilling and intellectually stimulating, few SongPop 3 in the App Store or Google Play.
Trivia Crack 2
Android, iOS: Free
Trivia Crack 2 is still one of the most comprehensive mobile general knowledge games on the market. With hundreds of thousands of questions in countless categories, Trivia Crack 2 includes the familiar gameplay of Trivia Crack with additional game modes such as Tower Dual and Survival, which can be played in teams as well as single players in online or offline modes.
Trivia Crack 2 offers real-time trivia competition across a wide variety of categories, including pop culture challenges like movies, TV shows, music and more. The game also presents art, geography, history, science, sports and other fascinating topics that will keep players of all types engaged for hours.
Few Trivia Crack 2 in the App Store or Google Play.
Trivia 360
Android, iOS: Free
A recent addition to the mobile gaming realm on Android and iPhone that has learned from the others’ user interface and gameplay flaws, Trivia 360 is another fantastic all-around trivia game to play alone or with friends. With in-game ads that are far less invasive than the others, Trivia 360 presents incredibly specific questions with detailed details for hardcore trivia fans to solve.
What makes Trivia 360 so engaging are the various formats, be it True/False, multiple choice, flag quizzes, landmark puzzles, etc., which make real-time global competition feel urgent and highly competitive. With 12 languages, Google and Facebook connectivity, a user-friendly interface and a huge collection of categories, Trivia 360 is addictive and all-encompassing.
Few Trivia 360 in the App Store or Google Play.
Trivia Star
Android, iOS: Free
As for the best multiple-choice mobile trivia game (other than Danger!), look no further than Trivia Star. Listed at number 3 in Trivia in the app store, Trivia Star rewards players for answering questions as quickly as possible. The faster the correct answer, the higher the score.
With over 60 categories that include food, celebrities, brands, general knowledge, scholastic subjects, etc., 1000 levels of difficulty that increase as players progress, and 10,000 trivia questions to solve, Trivia Star is a great way to have fun while training a person’s brain by thinking fast and answering before any competitor in an exciting ticking clock scenario.
Few Trivia Star in the App Store or Google Play.
Millionaire trivia
Android, iOS: Free
The officially licensed spinoff, Millionaire trivia giving mobile gamers the immersive experience made famous by the hit TV quiz show, Who wants to be a millionaire. Fans of the show will have an endless ball in their brains over the gigantic amount of trivia questions with the interactive touchscreen technology made famous in the show, including game lifelines like 50:50, Ask an Expert, Ask the Audience, etc.
Although the in-game ads can get a bit tiresome, like most free-to-play mobile games, Millionaire trivia will not only test the most knowledgeable trivia enthusiasts, but it will allow players to experience what it’s like to be on the trivia show in the process.
Few Millionaire trivia in the App Store or Google Play.
