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States And Plates Free, The License Plate Game – Family Game Review
States And Plates Free, The License Plate Game is a Family/Travel/Trivia game from Jeffrey McCullough, first launched in 27th August 2014.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 753+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes States And Plates Free, The License Plate Game Stand Out
States & Plates is the one that tracks the plates you find, calculates distances, let's you challenge friends, keep score and more!
Created for those who love the License Plate Game! Ideal for road trips!
Features:
50 beautifully designed license plate views, unique to each state
Overview map to easily see all the plates you've found
Includes vanity plate puzzles for all 50 states (Vanity Insanity)
In-App purchase for more vanity plate puzzles
Tweet your progress and challenge friends and family right from the app
Cool metrics like Days Since Last Plate Found and Farthest Plate Found
Game Center leader boards for Highest Score, Farthest Plate and Fastest to find all 50 states
Loaded with interesting state facts
Learn state capitals, mottoes, flags and more
Here's what some users are saying:
"This is the best designed license plate game out there…" – Thinkdifferentz
"Great App! My kids love the fun facts…" – Setluiazrbteth
"I just got this app and I think it would be fun to use on a summer road trip!" – Cbearswaffle
"Well made app." – Hobby boyqwr
Note: If you are experiencing problems with the app, please send a Tweet @statesandplates or email us at [email protected].
This Family game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, States And Plates Free, The License Plate Game is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 1st July 2016
Recent improvements include:
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
Fix several bugs, including the Sound On/Off switch. Some state fact corrections and a new Vanity Insanity puzzle for North Dakota.
Download & Availability
States And Plates Free, The License Plate Game is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get States And Plates Free, The License Plate Game 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:
Im a kid and we love this game. You guys should check it out. We love you whoever made this. Thanks so much.
Downloaded this for a 20 hour road trip to keep track of plates we saw. Loved the sound effects and the word puzzles. The fun facts were a nice addition too! Wish there were more facts or games and a way to log Canadian provinces. It would be super cool if you could save your game as a certain trip but great app overall.
This is a great app and helps make the long trips fun. If you decide to updated it, it would be nice to include Canada as well see since we see so many plates from there as well.
Re: Great road trip game for longer rides! Got 40 states/ plates and its a fun way to keep track of the state plates you see + the map and furthest state tracker really uplift the experience, however we do keep a notes page for provinces of Canada and Mexico/ other foreign countries. Still an amazing app for the License plate game.
Us and our grandma love this game.
New favorite. Such a fun activity to pass the time in the car.
Love love love this app but hasnt been updated in 6 years and with most recent apple update now it wont open on our phone!! PLEASE FIX THIS. We love your app.
Love the fun facts and the vanity plate. Its easy to use.
Such a great app for playing the license plate game! Love the fun facts and the. Amity plate challenge.
This is a great app for a road trip- the app keeps track of all the states you find and when you found them. It also gives fun facts for each state like the state motto, state bird, state capital etc.
Why all the negativity about D. C. Not being included? The name of the App should explain that.
We love to play This against a bunch of our friend us and family! No recommendations.
Easy to use! We like the interesting facts they share about each state, and the word games are fun. Its been a fun addition to road trips. It would be great if you could add multiple word games for the multiple trips a user might take. Currently once we solve it, its solved. So multiple genes would be great. It would also be great if you could save old road trips and label them so that you could create a scrapbook-type memory of that trip. But for what it currently offers, Im still giving it five stars. We have really enjoyed having it.
First of all, DC is needed – its not a state but they have their own plates. Secondly we wish you could compare trips – able to save data and start over. Thirdly, although not part of the US but we think it would be a good idea to include plates from Canada/Mexico – we saw them traveling and it would be neat to track! Other than these few things this app is great and we recommend. We like how it tracks miles from home and gives facts.
We love the game its so fun to play with our family and friends.
OMG MY BAE AND we LOVED THIS APP WHEN WE WENT FROM BROTHEL TO BROTHEL!! WE FOUND SO MANY LICENSE PLATES.
Enjoy keeping track of all the license plates we see on the road. Enjoy the sound.
U can play in the car or at home anywhere you go.
This is fun and is to play. The license plate games are great.
Love that there is a map, even on our phone, love the vanity plate challenge. We wish it had Canadian plates. We see those often where we live. Love the state facts.
We loved it every moment on the road we eat sleep and breathe plates wold pay an infinite amount of money for this app.
We've played this over and over as a family. Love the fun facts, too.
this game is Awesome! We have never seen a game like it.
Our Family and we have fun playing this game with each other and a good competition against each other. We play on our way to the places we go to for vac or to visit family members and we play on our way back home too normally our parents and our brothers win not us.
Our family loves the plates and states game.
We enjoyed finding the plates from across the country.
Our husband and we always play the license plate game when traveling. We were wanting a map that we could fill in and that's exactly what this does. Plus the trivia is an extra bonus for something extra to do. Also very easy to use. Wish we had thought of this app.
Every time you find a plate, you get a vanity plate puzzle to solve. Fun game.
Kids loved this for a family road trip The puzzles are fun to so and this state info is great for our elementary school years.
What a fun call back to our childhood, worth the download.
We love being able to see our progress on the map in addition to the list of states. The fun facts make the app educational fun for a road trip. And the puzzles are an added bonus.
This is exactly what we were looking for while driving to Florida from Ohio. Well made.
Finally a modern, clever & fun app for the family to enjoy playing the oldest road trip game! Thank you.
Love the map that shows the states and the info on states once found.
Great game, fun and easy to play on the road.
A good road game and way to track the plates you see.
This app is fantastic! Downloaded it on a whim before a road trip and we couldn't be more happy. Our trip has gone much faster and has been way more enjoyable. Realized Minnesota has way too many vanity plates! Get it together MN.
Needs DC and Canadian provinces. Would be nice to add diplomatic plates. Other would allow for oddities.
We wish Canadian, DC and territorial plates were available, otherwise a fun game when on family road trips.
Our only request would be to add the Canadian Providences. Otherwise its great. The vanity plate game is a nice addition. It fun to learn little bites of information on each.
Its a fun game for in the car but the app glitch out a lot so thats why we giving it 4 stars.
We loved having the game as a road trip game! Its great for our long trips and even when we are on a walk or taking a drive! Its an AWESOME GAME.
How do you add a plate to an existing game.
This game is great kept us very occupied on our road trip. We wish they would include Ontario because those are very common.
Fun game for adults to play too! We discovered the worlds smallest church because of this app. We wish it had Canadian license plates because we saw a few this trip we hadnt seen before. Also, please add DC, that seems like an oversight.
Our husband and we play every time we're on a road trip! Only flaws we've found are there is no District of Columbia or the option to have found Canadian tags. Other than that it's awesome.
Like the layout. A few things: 1) Why no D.C.? Not a state but should be there. 2) you should be able to save old games so as to compare trips. Our kids were disappointed when our trip back from another state couldn't be compared to the trip to the state.
We love using the app to keep track of the different plates we see. While not states, we think Washington DC and Canada should be added, as well. We saw a lot of those on a recent trip and didn't get credit on the app for them.
It's great for the classic license plate game. The other features don't work very well, but who needs them. We wish the app had more recent pictures of license plates and more vanity plates. (The vanity pack for $0.99 didn't work…?).
We know DC isn't a state, but it should be included in the game! Also, it would be nice to have the ability to add Canadian provinces under the same category of other "frequently seen but not actually states" plates.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 2.6.1
- Size: 17.91 MB
- iOS: 6.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: Jeffrey McCullough
Last updated: 1st July 2016 | Genre: Family, Travel | Developer: Jeffrey McCullough