Ultimate Tic-Tac-Toe: 9-Board

Two Player XO Game, No WiFi

Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.

A premium strategic twist on tic-tac-toe. Win three small boards in a row — but your move sends your opponent. Four AI levels and local two-player. ULTIMATE TIC-TAC-TOE: 9-BOARD The strategic twist on the classic game everyone knows. Easy to learn. Impossible to put down. THE TWIST It looks like tic-tac-toe. It plays like chess. The board isn't a 3x3 grid - it's a 3x3 grid of nine smaller 3x3 grids. Every move you make sends your opponent to a specific small board on the big grid. Win three small boards in a row to win the game. Where you tap dictates where they play. Where they play dictates where you go. Every move is a decision and a consequence. WHY IT'S DIFFERENT Regular tic-tac-toe takes ten seconds to solve. Most kids figure it out in an afternoon and never play again. This is the version mathematicians and strategy players have been quietly obsessed with for years. A good move on the small board can be a terrible move on the big board, and strong players still disagree about the best openings - but the rules take 30 seconds to learn. THREE WAYS TO PLAY SOLO - Four AI difficulty levels: - EASY: makes mistakes and doesn't punish yours. Good first opponent. - MEDIUM: the sweet spot. Beatable, but never careless. - HARD: deep search with a positional heuristic. It plans several moves ahead and punishes loose play. Expect to lose your first few games. - EXPERT: the ceiling. It uses every moment it is given and plans well past the move in front of it. Beating it means you have learned the game. PASS-AND-PLAY - Two players, one device. Take turns on the same iPhone. Great for trains, waiting rooms, and arguing with your roommate. TUTORIAL - Built-in interactive tutorial that teaches the rules by playing them, not by explaining them. Three short steps, three real moves, and you've got it. FEATURES - Resume any game: close the app, come back tomorrow, your game is exactly where you left it. - Undo your last move: take back a move against the computer. Practice mode without losing your dignity. - Hints when you want them: ask for a suggested board and it's highlighted. Hints are counted in your stats, so you know how much help you took. - Stats per difficulty: wins, losses, draws, win rate, and streaks. See yourself improve. - Restart, resign, or step away: every game has clear exit options. No menus buried behind menus. - Light and dark mode: adapts to your system settings. - Full VoiceOver support: every cell labeled, every state spoken. Designed to be playable without sight. - Dynamic Type: all text scales with your accessibility settings. - Haptic feedback: subtle taps on every meaningful action. Toggleable in Settings. DESIGNED FOR FOCUS - Ads only between games, never during a match. - Out of hints? Watch an optional ad for one more. - Remove Ads: one purchase turns off ads between games. - No "energy" mechanic. No timers. No daily login bonuses. - No account required. No login. No email. - No internet needed to play. The whole game lives on your device. - No notifications begging you to come back. It's a game. You play it when you want to. That's it. ABOUT THE GAME Also known as "Super Tic-Tac-Toe," "Meta Tic-Tac-Toe," or "Tic-Tac-Toe Squared." It's played in math classrooms to introduce game-tree complexity, and casually by people who think the original is too short. This is the polished, single-purpose iOS version. Win three small boards in a row. But your move sends your opponent. That's the whole game. Have fun.

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Version 1.3 keeps the game free, supported by ads. ADS BETWEEN GAMES - A short ad can appear when you start a new game, never during a match. New players see none in their first games. EXTRA HINTS - Out of hints? Watch an ad to the end for one more, up to three extra per game. REMOVE ADS - A one-time purchase in Settings turns off the ads between games. Hint ads stay optional, only when you ask. EASIER START - The tutorial now runs under the board while you play. While your finger is on a cell, the board that move sends your opponent to lights up (Settings > Gameplay turns it off). New players start on Easy.

Version 1.3

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Seller
Mohamed Ali
Size
9.2 MB
Category
Board
Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
  • iPhone
    Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
  • iPad
    Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later.
  • Mac
    Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
  • Apple Vision
    Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
Languages
English
Age Rating
4+
In-App Purchases
Yes
Copyright
© 2026 Mohamed Ali
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