Best Apps to Play with Friends

It's time to get competitive! We all get stuck in lines or long car rides with our friends. Here are some of my favorite apps to play with friends whether it's a weekend game night or waiting for the midnight premiere of your favorite movie, hopefully these apps will be there to entertain you. The only question is...Who will triumph!?

1. QuizUp
Yes, another quiz, as if college and school don't give you enough? These quizzes will hopefully be more fun to do. Quiz up is a fun trivia game that you can challenge your friends to (Android or IOS).

You can pick from hundreds of categories from movies, TV shows, and even geography. Especially for the people who are anything like me and get obsessed with Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, or any of the Avengers, there's quizzes for dayyss. You have 20 seconds to answer each of the 6 questions. You then get a score based on if you got it right and how quickly you answered if you did. Highest score=triumph and glory.

2. 4 Pics 1 Word
The title describes exactly what the game is. You'd think by now we could come up with more original names. It will show you four pictures and you must guess the word that describes each of the four pictures. At the bottom it will give you a list of letters and an allowable space for those letters. You must unscramble them using the pictures as help. If you get stuck on one you can always use your hints - get a letter put into the blank space or get a letter removed from below. However, you are limited by the number of coins you have. Each time you get a puzzle right you get 2 coins, use your coins wisely because the further you go the tougher the puzzles are. Friends are always good to have around, someone will always miss a clue that you did.

3. 94%
If you've read my previous blog posts you might remember 94 seconds. In this game you are given a topic and the goal is to give an answer that 94% of people gave. For example, they may give you it smells good and you have to input words that you associate with that clue such as - food. Each answer is a different amount of percentage.

If you get stuck in this game you can use coins as clues. In this game you can use the "letter joker" which will show you a list of letters and an allotted amount of spaces to fill in. It does cost you 15 coins though to open this feature (free with premium). It's not too difficult to earn coins though. There are different levels and within each level there are 3 sections or clues.


4. Draw Something
Even if you're drawings look something like a 5 year old (like mine) you can still play. It's definitely a lot easier if you're an artist but you don't have to be. It's very similar to pictionary. The app let's you pick who you want to play against whether it is one of your Facebook friends or someone at random. After you have an opponent one of you will be selected to draw the first item.

It will give you 3 options - something that is easy, moderate, and difficult to draw. I usually pick the easier ones or someone might think my skeleton looks like a tree. The catch though is the more difficult the picture the more points you get. I usually start a few rounds because it takes some time for a person to either answer or draw or they may not be online so it may take a couple days for them to continue your game.

5. Heads Up
A really fun game for those nights spent in your dorm room or just chilln with your homies. Have a couple drinks and things will get hilarious. This game is essentially charades. After you download the "decks" you are free to choose from a select amount of categories (some are free others you have to pay for). Some of the options are superstars, animals, for the kids, and mime. Your partner will be in front of you while you hold your device on your forehead. It is your job to guess what the other person is acting out. If you get it right flip your head down (with the device) and a new word will appear. If you are having a hard time guessing flip your head back (again while holding the device to your forehead) and it will pass to a new word.
 

6. Icomania
As you might've figured out by now I like clue/answer games, and yes, this is another one. This Android game app will give you some sort of topic at the top and a picture, along with a string of letters at the bottom and blank spaces to fill in (if you haven't figured it out already I love guessing games). This is different from 4 pics 1 word in the sense that it is popular items such as movies - lion king, characters - Nemo, cities - paris, celebrities - Will Smith. Again there are coins and hints like in 4 pics 1 word but they are different games with different styles.