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Outsmarted – Companion App – Board Game Review
Outsmarted – Companion App is a Board/Trivia/Entertainment game from QPlay Ltd, first launched in 17th December 2020.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 58,932+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Outsmarted – Companion App Stand Out
The companion app for the hit Outsmarted board game – the live quiz show for families and friends. The app hosts the show and asks all the questions – get ready for the next level in immersive, exciting family entertainment.
KEY FEATURES
• Fair for all ages – Difficulty auto-adjusts by age, so kids, teens and adults can all win.
• 10,000+ questions – A huge bank featuring images, song clips and video for real quiz-show drama.
• Always up to date – Fresh content added regularly, including a Breaking News category.
• Play together, anywhere – Invite friends and family to join your game remotely from their own devices.
• Endless variety – 10 core categories plus 100+ optional add-on categories for a vast library of content.
• Pick up & play – The app hosts the show – learn to play in just a couple of minutes.
HOW IT WORKS
Roll, move and get ready for your question! It’s a race around the board to collect the 6 Rings of Knowledge before tackling the tense Final Round. Play as individuals or in teams as your Apple device becomes a quiz controller.
GOOD TO KNOW
• Requires the Outsmarted board game (sold separately).
• Internet connection required.
• Supports up to six connected devices (locally or remotely).
• Optional in-app purchases for add-on categories.
This Board game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Outsmarted – Companion App is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 12th December 2025
Recent improvements include:
Outsmarted 3 – Take gameplay to the next level with the launch of our biggest app update ever!
• New user interface & simplified game setup experience
• New game modes that include a variable turn-time limiter
• New ring question types
• New bonuses
• New Final Round
• New character animations and animated sequences
• New sound effects and soundtrack
• New streamlined remote-play & virtual board mechanism
• New home screen
• New misc. features and bug fixes
Download & Availability
Outsmarted – Companion App is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Outsmarted – Companion App 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:
We love this game. We have played it daily with our mom since we got it for Christmas! We just am wondering if you can add more questions to the expansion packs? We already finished the Harry Potter questions and are almost done with the 80s music one.
Ive owned the game for years. Very happy with the latest changes.
Encountered zero bugs during our game, noticeably different from past game play! Loveee playing this game remotely with family! 10/10 would reccomend.
Such a great game for family game night.
Very fun and can be challenging fun for little and adults.
This is a fun game to play with your family.
This update is everything. Great work.
So good and so fun when you win.
We tests your brain and good for a kid.
We beat the women team handley.
This game clearly determined Ed which of us was smartest.
Bought this for family game time! It has been so much fun. It far exceeded our expectations. We can play remotely with long distance family. We all highly recommend this trivia game.
This game was so fun and entertaining we would recommend playing this but some aspects of the game was slow but other than that really good game.
Super game to play in person or with a group. Easy set up.
Love the game play. Very smooth gameplay.
Its an amazing game with easy functionality and setup.
Great game that can be played with everyone.
Very good game, yall did a great job;).
Awesome family fun. WOWAWEEWAH.
Well worth the money love this game so far.
Kicked his butt and everyone loved it except him. (Jasper Lewis CobbSr.).
We grabbed the Ultimate Edition on sale directly at outsmarted.com as a family gift after seeing in on Amazon and seeking more details before purchase. After playing we can say that we would not hesitate to pay full price. It was an absolute hit and we play regularly. Everyone can enjoy playing together regardless of age, and still truly enjoy the game play. The questions are age range specific for all categories, as you input age for each player profile. For the very young you can even add additional lifelines for them before game start. There is team play or standard individual play. There is a huge selection of additional question categories and category packs available from the site, keeping the variety fresh and ensuring that regardless of your interests there is something for everyone.
Our family loooooooved it, especially soph & Ted.
Wow a blast with family that could not be with on Christmas.
This is so much fun and we enjoyed it very much. Its very fair for all ages and so much fun to play with your family.
Not your grandmas Trivia game! We love this game and it is constantly being updated so not only are the questions fresh, but even the game versions improve. Its clear the employees and designers LOVE their jobs!! We hope this keeps growing because Im having a blast.
This is nice we love it hurray we just won our first game merry Christmas oink oink.
Super family friendly – all ages both near and far.
We played this game with our teenage kids and everyone had a great time.
We had some much fun last playing this on Christmas Eve! Great family present for the whole family to play.
This game is way better than trivial pursuit. Will be playing this for many years to come.
Our family loves the game. We love how you get questions that are age appropriate. Fun for all ages.
Outsmarted has quickly become one of our favorite games to play together. Our daughter and we absolutely love it. Its fun, fast-paced, and smart without feeling overwhelming. We like that it mixes trivia, strategy, and a little friendly competition, so it never feels boring or repetitive. What really stands out is how it brings us togetherlots of laughs, ah-ha moments, and just enough challenge to keep things interesting for both kids and adults. Its easy to jump into, but still keeps you thinking. If youre looking for a game thats engaging, modern, and genuinely fun for family game night, Outsmarted is a home run. Highly recommend.
Overall our all time favorite game of all time.
Is a tough game, which makes you learn a lot and keeps you informed.
The app will glitch when typing and the game sounds will cut out randomly when casting to a tv. The game play could also be updated. When playing a standard game you can skip rolling the dice and just select Ring questions. We think this shouldnt be permitted in a standard game.
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Us and our family enjoyed this game! Although it is hard to figure out how to play but once you understand it is easy.
So we bought this game and got the companion app and have been really enjoying it, but we have been experiencing a glitch. When you select the category – all of a sudden it says time is running out and then you have two seconds to answer the question. Considering that we spent quite a bit of money on the game, we think this needs to be addressed and fixed.
Some hard questions, but overall we like the design of the characters and virtual board.
Once you get into it, its fun getting our group in was a glitchy process.
Our whole extended family is loving this game! So fun and enough game play options to keep it interesting for all ages. Being able to play across household (across the state) is fantastic! Our only complaint which takes away a star is that there is no way to save game stats for our players. We see no option but the little home icon to leave at the end of the game which seems to erase what has happened, so no one has any stats for amount of games played or games won.
While in a game we were being told bump it was our turn but was unable to select category. Closing app and logging into game did not resolve the issue.
Great game to play with family and friends.
Sometimes have the app hang during the game. Have to kill the app, restart and rejoin. Only to have it hang a little later. And one other thing the only way to get the game joining code is at the start screen. Once the game starts it is not possible to discover the code to share. If the you dont share it when you have the chance, the game has to be restarted.
Love that the trivia is up to date.
Its definitely a great concept and a fun game. But for a game that is very much dependent on the user to be on a device through WiFi, there are WAY too many glitches. We constantly get kicked out of the game and have to restart, when you try to cast it to a tv it freezes a lot, and it just gets frustrating when that happens many times in one game. If that was to be improved you would get 5 stars from us because it is a lot of fun for us and our family.
This was one of our favorite family games until the recent update. Now the questions have gotten exponentially harder and the ring questions are damn near impossible with the pick five of this and order six of that. We just spent an hour getting one to two rings each in a game of four players. We stopped playing because we were all stuck in rings and it was no longer fun. Please revert or at least add a classic mode.
App is constantly glitching out, please fix. The game will be so much better if it works consistently and isnt so slow to run. Thank you.
We liked the original version much more than the 3rd installment. The new, more difficult ring questions and final round are terrible. We like this game because its easier and faster than Trivial Pursuit. Its a game we used to look forward to playing almost every night. Now we have buyers remorse every time we play.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 3.6.1
- Size: 614.22 MB
- iOS: 16.0 or later
- Languages: NL, EN, FR, DE, IT, ES
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: QPlay Ltd
Last updated: 12th December 2025 | Genre: Board, Trivia | Developer: QPlay Ltd