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Hangman Trivia! – Education Game Review
Hangman Trivia! is a Education/Trivia/Word game from Sarah Pierce, first launched in 3rd August 2012.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 94+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Hangman Trivia! Stand Out
10,000 puzzles in eight super fun categories! Our word lists were created by a person, not by a computer, to make sure your puzzles are always interesting and fresh.
Each category has its own themed graphics to count down your remaining guesses. Leave the gallows humor behind for a more relaxing hangman experience!
The free version comes with three categories. Six more categories are available with a paid upgrade.
Features:
- Eight themed categories (three are free)
- 10,000 puzzles
- Fun guess-counter graphics (no gallows for us!)
- Great for building vocabulary and spelling skills
- Game Center Leaderboards and Achievements
- A fun mental exercise to keep your brain sharp!
This Education game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Hangman Trivia! is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 31st March 2018
Recent improvements include:
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
- New name: Hangman Trivia!
- New free level: "Word Nerd." This is actually my favorite level since I am not very good at trivia, lol :)
- More colorful graphics
- Full screen on long phones
- Better scrambling of the puzzles so to keep them from repeating
- New songs and movies added from the years since the last update
Thanks so much to everyone who has sent me feedback! Your comments are so, so helpful, and I really appreciate when people take the time to send in bug reports and other ideas. If you notice any new issues please let me know. I hope you enjoy the update! -Sarah
Download & Availability
Hangman Trivia! is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Hangman Trivia! 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 addicted to this game. Our only criticism is that just giving the year the movie came out as the only hint makes it way too hard. Maybe the name of a lead actor and the year? Edit to add that our favorite category is Books. We wish they would continue to add more of them with each update because it doesnt take too long to run through them all and then they restart.
Fun and relaxing to play. Keeps your mind sharp.
This is fun to play with the grandkids. They pick up spelling AND have fun.
We enjoy trying to guess the answer and when Im wrong we chuckle and say either oh yea thats right or dang we should have known that. We can tell Ive been through all the song guesses because we recognize the ones we have already guessed at. We find this game relaxing. U should try it.
Love the game. Wish there were more free titles.
We love this new version and Im so happy you updated so we could get it on our iPhone 8plus. Thank you for making such a great game. BTW Im 73 and we really do enjoy this game.
Love this new version! Keep saying we'll just do one more, but can't stop.
We think this is an awesome app, as are the others of yours that we have However, we have a problem with the Animal category. Insects, fish and reptiles are not animals so that it makes it kind of bizarre when an animal name doesnt fit, it turns out to be an insect. We note that the app has not been updated for 5 years, we feel additional and updates to all categories would be appreciated. Thanks.
Enjoyed the variety of subjects and extensive answers. We wish it would give more time to read the answer. Love the fun font.
We love this app! Can not stop playing it! But then again we are boring.
Another fine offering from Megafauna Software. This time the Hangman game so commonly played in childhood is the basis for an excellent production. The hints are extremely helpful and we like the Themes choices. Thankfully, no timer, so you can play at your own pace.
We love this app! We're still used to the traditional game when the body parts would appear when you made an incorrect letter choice. But,we love the themes choices.
We like the game, the man just doesn't hang.
But we don't know how many games we'll get in free version…..or how many are left.
The themes are too broad. Ie: animals should be mammals, avian, reptiles, sea creatures or general as it is now. Geography is too broad. Should have sub categories etc. Then this would be a really cool game. Also? The letter "we" is so close to the edge it is difficult to select by touch.
Needs to be a little more current, and we wish that they would give u more choices to start off with the free version.
This game is the worst. We're going to delete it! The hints are terrible and the words for the food are old people terms!!!! Nutmeg and peanut oil really like we're going to guess that! The movies are so old as well.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 2.1
- Size: 33.26 MB
- iOS: 8.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: [Sarah Pierce]()
Last updated: 31st March 2018 | Genre: Education, Trivia | Developer: Sarah Pierce