Last updated on January 4th, 2026 at 06:24 pm
Allplay Games – Board Game Review
Allplay Games is a Board game from 902a LLC, first launched in 10th January 2020.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 6+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Allplay Games Stand Out
Everything from the board game publisher Allplay. Two full games to play and another three companion apps for the physical boardgames.
In Mountain Goats, roll dice and compete against the AI in five simultaneous games of king of the hill.
In On Tour, make the most of the dice you roll to visit as many states as possible.
In A Message from the Stars companion app, type in the clue words and the app will tell you their value to ensure you don’t make a calculation mistake.
In Merchants of Andromeda, participate in auctions with all players.
In Twinkle Twinkle, win some gaming time by using the scoring app to recognise the board and provide the score.
This Board game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Allplay Games is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 6th December 2025
Recent improvements include:
- Twinkle: improve tiles recognition
- Mountain Goat: improve dice gameplay
Download & Availability
Allplay Games is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Allplay Games on App Store
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
This is a solid implementation of a great roll and write game. Ive spent many hours with it. We would really like it if it would to allow us to listen to music or podcasts while Im playing, though. That would get it 5 stars.
What is this? Im pretty sure whoever made this app has never made an app before.
This game is pointless; tutorial is lacking. We read it, then randomly tapped on circles for a few minutes until finally getting a score that we have no point of comparison to. We guess its supposed to a some sort of strategic route taking game maybe or a press your luck but we honestly couldnt figure out what it was trying to do. Deleted.
We love this game-we play the roll and write solo as the mood strikes. But having it as an app will make it even easier to get more plays in.
We played the original board game and Im so happy its come out with a version for phones! Its a great strategy game, now Im looking forward to future updates with multiplayer mode.
Great version of the game. It needs to allow you to listen to music while playing though.
This is a great visual implementation of the board game. It looks great and has a simple intuitive interface. We would love to see multi-player functionality built out so you can play with friends. However, we can still see ourselves enjoying this as is.
Let us get this straight. An app about a BAND going on a tour of the country has absolutely no music and no sound. Way to immerse us into the theme.
Really hard how to figure out the rules to this game. Almost unplayable given the tutorial is useless.
The tutorial is useless. Cant even figure out how to get started on this game.
The companion for a message for the stars delivers just what is needed, but a little bit more experience in the interface doesnt hurt. The game apps simply doesnt open at all.
Game is fine, but we had to look up rules online. Also, moving dice to the top row would activate our notification menu on the iPhone which was very annoying.
The helper app for "A Message from the Stars" is not good. The sections for Trust, Amplify, and Suspicion letters should be more visually obvious. They're in columns, which isn't the natural inclination for people entering info. There are thin lines indicating the grouping, but it could be made more obvious. Also, the rules have limits to the use of Green, Black, and Red letters but the app doesn't enforce or even indicate when these rules aren't followed. You can enter 'E' in every slot ('E' is a common, or Green, letter) but the game won't even highlight or indicate this.
Quite a nice implementation of the board game. However in our first game, it gave us duplicate rolls on two different occasions. If we recall, this is not supposed to happen. So the good game we had going was ruined because it made us place 45 and 54, even though we already had those numbers on the board. Otherwise, like someone else said, it would be fun to plot your own route at the end instead of having it done automatically. It feels kind of cheesy when the CPU finds one worth more points than you were planning.
We dont know if its just us but there are no sounds from the app. Our phone is not on silent, volume is all the way up, and the speakers work for other apps. There is no gear sign within the app to adjust settings for sound, and no settings menu so we dont think there is sound even though the game is about a band doing music concert tours? It seems like a missed opportunity. Like even indie artists would be interesting with a link to their album on the apple music store. There should be dice sounds and an option for dice animation/sound. No sound effects at all. This is definitely a weird app and it doesnt make us want to purchase the full version at all.
There are many UI controls and game situations that aren't covered in the tutorial, and there is no actual rules section. Even if you have played the physical game there's no parallel. Developers need to add a rules and controls choice in the menu.
Whenever we try to join a game, if the code has the letter J in it our phone changes it to an we, and because of this we cant play with our friends. This only happens in this application. Great game though.
No sounds for simple stuff like dice roll or cards flipping. No dice or card flip animations. We know its a trivial thing, a minor gripe but we HATE silent apps. Digital board games should convey a sense of the physical board game. This one game fails in this regard. Im surpised the app shows dice at all. Very cheaply made. We like the GAME concept and if it ever goes on sale, Id get the physical game. Looks FAR more interesting to play than this digital simpleton. One thing this digital game should do at the end is to allow you to submit your chosen route, overlayed with the optimal route. They wont always be the same and would be interesting to see how close your chosen route matches with the optimal route. Oh well, glad we tried it but Ill probably never play this digital app again. Great GAME concept, poor/boring digital implementation.
Im deleting this game immediately. It made our iPhone 12 on iOS 14 super hot and drained the battery fast. No way should a simple roll and write game do this, the programming is obviously not optimized. We do not recommend buying this game. We wish we didnt waste the money. We will never buy from this developer again. Lesson learned.
So not ready for sale. Update: the app doesn't even open any more. Good job guys! We read the in-game Tutorial. Now someone please teach us to play. Having played hundreds of other board games including Welcome To and Twilight Struggle doesn't help make this make sense from the tutorial. There is NO sound even when dice are supposedly rolled. Even with the latest updates, it's still single-player. Needing codes to join a multiplayer game? What is this, 1995? Let us know when you have added real multiplayer options. Nice try at an app. Now finish it. Needs many updates, not small tweaks like linking to Kickstarter.
Couldnt justify it without multiplayer, but now Im fired up to play with friends and family across the country.
This is a great implementation of the board game, but the multiplayer needs some work. Specifically, the on-screen keyboard covers up the entry field. By itself this wouldnt be a big issue, but the cursor jumps around in the entry field, so that the characters are filled in the order 1-3-4-2-7-5-8-6 instead of the expected sequential order.
We hear no sound at all on this game….am we missing something.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 0.72.14
- Size: 208.19 MB
- iOS: 15.6 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: 902a LLC
Last updated: 6th December 2025 | Genre: Board | Developer: 902a LLC