Last updated on January 15th, 2026 at 03:35 am
Mancala. – Trivia Game Review
Mancala. is a Trivia/Entertainment/Board game from Sergey Skosyrev, first launched in 19th March 2013.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 35,554+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Mancala. Stand Out
Mancala (also known as Kalah) is an ancient board game.
Pick up marbles from any of bottom holes and move them counter-clockwise. If your move ends at your home hole (right one) you can move again.
The game ends when all six holes on either side are empty. The winner is the player with the most marbles in home hole.
This Trivia game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Mancala. is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 21st January 2025
Recent improvements include:
Minor fixes.
Download & Availability
Mancala. 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:
This is our favorite game we definitely have to buy the original.
LOVE LOVE LOVEEEE MANCALAAAAAA.
Loved this game since elementary school.
We love it, amazing game to play to kill some time, we can sit here for hours playing.
Ive played Mancala for decades but this game opened up a different way to play. Avalance, along with the puzzles keep things fresh.
We learned this over the summer at our camper and left it there for the winter. Now we can still play! We tried a few other apps and they had ads and one didnt have the store on both sides. This ones perfect!! Works smoothly and looks good.
The game is so good, but we can't solve the Puzzle 158.
So not to long ago at school our teacher taught us and our friends how to play and we love playing this.
Quick Easy play. Definitely worth the download.
We love this game! Whenever we get overly stressed we turn to this game to bring us back to even keel. Then we start to play for the un of it! And its not not hard at all.
Fun classic game, doesnt annoy you with ads.
We cant find any better mancala game all tho we wish you could change the difficulty of the bots.
This game is so fun! And we love that there are games within the game itself! Wonderful free app.
Easy concept, havent seen any ads so far.
The game is so fun. Our entire family is playing it now. We recommend other people should play it.
Great way to practice the game and have fun.
Bring back memories from childhood of playing the game.
Great game we stay entertained for hours with no annoying ads popping up.
This game is perfect for beginners or even pros at mancala! Played 4+ rounds of mancala and no ads! Perfect app for when you are bored.
Its the only game we have on our phone, keeps us entertained just for a bit especially the stone shift. Havent been able to make it past round 7 yet.
We like the gameplay.. Wish we could adjust the settings.
Love playing this to pass the time.
Our very favorite quick game. We were introduced to Kalah close to 50 years ago. Yes, in the early days of computers! Still our favorite.
Learned how to play Mancala and win 90% of the time in a week using this app.
Amazing game helping us get better at our mancala skills.
Im having fun with this day. God bless you love, Natasha.
Best free game in the App Store.
We learned of Mancala when we were about 23 years old. Our then-girlfriend had a board and taught us how to play. So we love having the ability to play and reminisce using our phone. This app has good graphics and game play.
Yeah this game is lit really a party if you like parties you'd like this game real fun one ain't it.
We actually rlly like it. We started playing on game pigeon, and we got into it. This app is rly good and we havent gotten any ads lol.
Its just classic and thats what we played growing up love it.
Like it so far only playing one player since its free we dont have money for the other options but thats ok Im only playing for when Im not doing anything and Im bored.
This brings us back to our childhood playing this on a board with our family and we havent played in forever until we found this game.
This brings us back to our childhood playing Mancala. And all the other games are so much fun too. Our favorite game app at the moment.
Love this game its pretty strategic.
Mancala is a great game we think its a great brain game.
Make it a little harder on single player.
Theres a version you can pay for, but they dont prompt you to and interrupt play like other games. We havent had any ads pop up. Love that. Game play is smooth and satisfying.
So far really good and no adds.
Overall great game. Especially if you are new to the game and trying to learn. Wish it had modes to challenge you more but those are paywalled.
We love the games however it would be nice if you would remove the banner at the completion of the puzzle. We would like the option to see the completed puzzle.
Great stress reliever until we lose. Wish we could see who were playing against/friends.
This game we the best but if you choose to play with the AI, they win half of the time, but we dont know for sure because Im only been playing this game for 4 years.
Theres not a lot of thought in this version of the game. You have to challenge yourself. The computer doesnt really get harder.
The game is good but it gets boring because you cant set the difficulty at a higher level but apart from that its good.
Stone shift has so much potential. Should be able to gain diamonds as you clear levels. We shouldnt have to only pay for assists.
We like this game, its simple and that simplicity is what makes it great. However, one major setback about this app is that when you finish a level it brings up this ad popup, a little window showing their other games and the download button is conveniently directly overtop the next level button, popping up just fast enough that Ive accidentally clicked download more times than we can count while trying to get to the next level. This is honestly pretty scummy so we hope they remove or at the very least move the popup, its otherwise greatly hindering a pretty good game.
Still learning this game. Actually played it when we were younger but forgot about some of esp the capture part. Relaxing game and interesting.
We love that this company doesnt collect ANY data, but the single player game is too easy unless you pay.
Although this game is great we feel as if it should have difficult levels to challenge the brain.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 5.1
- Size: 75.77 MB
- iOS: 12.4 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: Sergey Skosyrev
Last updated: 21st January 2025 | Genre: Trivia, Entertainment | Developer: Sergey Skosyrev