I’m obsessed with Sporcle and love that it’s finally available in app form since responsive mode on phones didn’t really work well. The trivia games are so fun and depending on which ones you do, you can seriously learn new things. For example, I finally learned all the countries in the world & where they’re located from repeatedly playing Sporcle geography games That being said, they still really need to work out the bugs. Sometimes slide-out/pop-up panes like notifications just refuse to load and show. Their ads are also buggy and sometimes freeze the entire app. They’re also like 10x more common than on the website version. I don’t mind apps since it’s a good way for them to make money, but Sporcle should at least make sure the apps aren’t making the app freeze to the point that I have to force quit it and restart the app to get out of the freeze.

The mobile app serves its job as a mobile app well, (even if the iPadOS version feels like a stretched out iPhone port,) but in terms of features compared to the website, there's a few features that are absent from this app. For example, the app doesn't have the map layout editor, nor can you use the search filters without entering a search term, which you can achieve in the website by searching for nothing.There's also weird quirks here and there, such as the picture box quizzes starting out very zoomed in, and grid quizzes using an odd custom keyboard instead of the ios keyboard, (which means you can't swipe down to use special characters on ipad.) On top of that, you can't move items in the quiz editor by dragging items, you must enter the number you want the item to move to.It's a bit difficult for me to determine if i should recommend this app or not, as the website also has quirks when used on a mobile device. I suppose it depends on what quirks you're willing to deal with. As for me, I might end up using the website instead.

If I was just rating Sporcle I’d give it a 4.5. I love it and have played their trivia games for years. my only complaint is not being able to filter by types of quiz within categories, and there’s an over abundance of quiz types that I don’t like. Like “sort these movies into t the decade they were released” but that’s just a personal nitpick. My problem is with the app itself. It’s not at all optimized for mobile devices. Typing games are a pain. Games that take up a large amount of space aren’t sized to fit into the screen and often times you can’t scroll down and stay at a certain location. Sometimes you have to minimize your keyboard in order to see the bottom of a quiz then re-open your keyboard. It’s just not very easy when you’re trying to beat a time limit

Just to preface, I have been a Sporcle user since 2009, and although the app is currently horrendous, I am still hopelessly addicted. This is more for people who have yet to download, or are moving from the website. I write this review since I was forced over from the previous version of the app. The new app is disgusting. Stats that were previously freely available, such as simple things like your previous best score, are behind a paywall. I understand that the developers need to make money, but the current model is atrocious. After every game you must watch a 10-20 second ad, which often hides the way to close it out, and many times forces the App Store to open. How, do you ask, can you remove these “features”? Unlike most game apps, which provide a one-time purchase of $1-$10, Sporcle has had the great idea to institute a subscription model! In order to access previously free features, you now must pay $6 a month! For a trivia app! I cannot believe this decision was made. Avoid at your own risk.