Last updated on January 22nd, 2026 at 10:10 pm
Yatzy World – Family Game Review
Yatzy World is a Family/Entertainment/Board game from Mattias Simonsson, first launched in 15th August 2012.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 129+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Yatzy World Stand Out
Yatzy World is a device-to-device communication game based on the classic board game Yatzy/Yahtzee®.
You can play against anyone in the whole world.
In addition to all that the classic version has to offer Yatzy World also adds a list of new features:
- 3 game modes: Classic, Maxi and American Yatzy.
- Yatzy World points
- Six levels
- Yatzy World player titles
- Player nickname and photography
- Top rankings (the whole world or just you and your friends)
- Player statistics
- Pair statistics
- Achievements
- Connection to Facebook
- Friends list
- Chat
For help/support, error reports and/or constructive critisism, please do not hesitate to contact us at:
www.yatzyworld.com
Enjoy the Yatzy World!
Copyright © Mattias Simonsson (SIMIT) & Daniel Lidström (Liddan IT) 2012-2020.
This Family game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Yatzy World is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 9th November 2025
Recent improvements include:
Minor update
- Bug fixes
- Improvements
Download & Availability
Yatzy World is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
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:
Ive enjoyed this very fun and interesting game since 2014..our only issue is they need to provide more updates to fix gaming issues for software. We.E.-viruses, hackers, and those whom like to just sabotage the system. Always a nuisance, otherwise very enjoyable.
Ive been playing almost every day for 10 years! We play with family members, even our cousin.
We love this game. There are 3 types of Yahtzeeall different but fun. We paid a small one time fee to have zero ads forever. There are even some other games on the app to explore.
We love this game and especially the friends that Ive made around the world. Only had 1 bad experience and we blocked him for being inappropriate.
Ive been playing American Yatzy every day for over 8 years! We play with our family, a couple friends, and random people.
We have been playing with a friend for years that we have never met and this game makes it so much fun. Love it.
UPDATE: Over a year and nothing changed NO SUPPORT NO SUPPORT NO SUPPORT ……. Sent a note continuously for 6 months asking why you keep telling us to pay when we already paid years ago… Got NO REPLY!! So now its been 15 months & nothing has been fixed… You really stink at customer support. If we could give minus stars on your review it would get lower every day. You need to validate our account properly and STOP begging for money which we PAID OVER 3 years ago. Hitting restore lasts for a few hours then the begging begins again. April 2021 same problem continues for another year. Updating app has not helped. Uninstalling and reinstalling made no change EXCEPT we lost our chats.
We adore this game! We must start and end our day with this game. It makes our mind wake up better than coffee. Ive been playing with the same six people from across the world (mostly Swedish!) since at least 2012! If one is missing longer than a week, we text to make sure all is well in Sweden.
We absolutely love this game. We have 20 matches going at a time. We mostly play the American and Maxi versions. We play with a couple of friends and some random people from Europe who we have been matching up with for years. Everyone is very nice, and we wish more said hello! We get that people dont like the forced resignations, but we play fast and often, so that has rarely happened to us. We would love to see them add a triple game version and one with colored dice too, but overall, this is one of our favorites by far.
We've been playing with the same group of friends for 8-years. Being able to text the people with whom you play is so nice. We now have friends in Sweden, France, and all o ER America. The game is great, but having these game friends is the best.
This is the only game we know that has an extremely short play time. If you have a connection issue the game forces a resignation. This is unreasonable and is unfair to the person you are playing with. Need to fix that.
So fun! Just wish it didnt resign after 48 hours. Maybe 72 hours would be a bit better.
Found this app couple years ago after years of frustration with Yahtzee with buddies app. Love the different Yatzy versions of the game!!! Only possible negative is the chat between players, very limited with how many characters allowed each conversation Ive been running real fun and fast tournaments with players around the world for couple years now using this app If anyone interested in giving it a try, start up a game with us, username is flyeaglesfly and Ill tell you all about our league.
We Loveland playing YahtzeeA as a kid, now we can still play with our sister, who travels cross country!!! Thanks.
Why does our games all at once show we resigned. Am we doing something wrong. We play daily. Please resolve this issue. We have emailed to the web site and never got a response.
We initially downloaded this game because we love Yatzy and also because we could play it on our Apple Watch unlike Yatzy with friends. But now with the new update Im unable to play it on our watch. Please bring it back.
It purposefully doesnt let you win games.
Dont force a resignation so soon for not playing. If youre out of contact due to connection problems, your games all get resigned even if you didnt want it. Very frustrating.
We have this on our galaxy, and it started running sluggishly. So we figured we would uninstall and reinstall. The uninstall went without a hitch. The reinstall however, for some reason Yatzy World is no longer compatible with our phone; It doesnt even show up in Google play. Now, we get to wait on their support center to get back to us Maybe. Think twice before you uninstall and reinstall this app.
First game as guest, and we get an ad screen after EVERY move. Secong game and our opponent does not play their first move for ten minutes. Obviously linkdead but the game forces us to suffer infinity or abandon the game with a loss to our stats. No ai available, you MUST play a live opponent.
We love this game! Its best to pay for the no-ad version. We play about 15 games at a time. These games may take 24 hours to complete. You play your turn when you can.
Playing with friends and family overseas.
Those who choose to hold up a game by not making any moves for quite some time need to start being penalized. This is done as they reach a certain point which will enable them to move on to a higher rank. They then hope you will resign out of frustration & they get to win. Why should we resign if we also have a good game going. If you do not want to play fairly then don't play. It says volumes about your character. STOP HOLDING UP GAMES VIA THIS CHILDISH MANEUVER.
We really like the way you can create friend lists to play with other "strangers" you enjoyed playing with. We also like the three different versions,all still playing true to the original Yatzy rules. The only draw back is if you don't play within a certain time period your game is forfeited and you loose. We understand the logic behind it, making sure people don't start a game and take weeks to finish, but then again if that happens you Have the ability to block that person and never play with them again. Otherwise it works well and is an enjoyable and easy to game.
We LOVE this app!! We're addicted to the Maxi Yahtzee and love meeting all the people we play and become friends with. Tons of fun.
Love the game and the different versions of Yahtzee offered.
Bring memories from our childhood.
We love this game!!! EXTREMELY ADDICTING.
Nice relaxing game. Love all three games.
This is our favorite multiplayer game on iPad.
We wish they had a single player option, with a separate stats page. Sometimes you want to play a full game and not wait 5 days to complete it. It's a fun game.
We've been playing Yatzy World with our family & many friends. We really like being able to select the type of Yatzy you want to play. If you love Yatzy this game is for you.
This format is perfect to us! No drama between players!! We love the games.
Love the way it keeps track of whether you are up or down on top. A little odd how our second and third rolls always give us identical dice, though. Our games thus have a lot of 0s in them.
We wish less people resigned, but the game is a lot of fun.
The game is nice but most people start a game and then quit till the next day verses play a game straight thru. There is a penalty if you delete the game even if they agreed to the game but rarely shows up. Sometimes one game takes weeks. We feel as you should be able to delete a game if the player quits playing without penalty. We are starting to hate this game as people are Winning because they prolonged a game so much that the opponent quits and then they end up scoring.
We have searched for a straight forward version not cluttered with extra clap-trap and just found this version! Love the choices of games though we prefer the American version best. Thanks, creators.
Great fame to go against anyone.
Exceptional plays like the Yatzy board we learned on.
We always loved playing this game as a child and now that we can play on the go is awesome…keep up the good work.
Can't stop playing. Five stars.
We like this game Keeps us entertained.
We love this game. We've been playing it for quite awhile. Please change the color scheme or give players some control over the background colors. The current one is drab. Keep up the good work.
This is a great app!! We love how it is arranged and is really fun.
Great app- works well and very affordable.
Our girlfriend and we play it all the time. We usually have 1 of each game type going at once :).
We have games going with kids and each other. Lots of fun and a great way to stay a little more connected.
Love World Yahtzee but for some reason it won't let us login, please help we have games that we are missing out on.
It's perfect!! The only thing we might add and this would only make an already awesome app phenomenal is we like earning the custom dice … That some other (albeit significantly inferior in every other way) yatzy apps have … Not necessary at all ..it would just be a total bonus thing.
Used to really enjoy playing Yahtzee with our parents growing up, and this app nails it. Enjoying it both on our iPhone and our Apple Watch. Going to d/l their battleships and othello games next.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 9.23
- Size: 30.68 MB
- iOS: 12.0 or later
- Languages: EN, SV
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: Mattias Simonsson
Last updated: 9th November 2025 | Genre: Family, Entertainment | Developer: Mattias Simonsson