Questions, bugs, ideas

Your first game in the app is a guided one — Nori and Mochi sit at the table and every rule is taught the moment it matters. You can replay it any time from How to play on the home screen, and the full rules are written out on this site's How to play page.

The composer only offers legal raises. A raise is either more dice of any face, or the same number of dice on a higher face — anything dimmed would break that rule. In a palifico round the face is locked too, so only the count can go up.

Every 1 counts as whatever face is being bid — "four 5s" is satisfied by 5s and 1s together. The moment anyone bids on 1s directly, ones stop being wild for the rest of the round. Wild 1s can be switched off when you set up a table.

Tap Create Room to get a four-letter code, and share it however you like — a message, AirDrop, or out loud. Friends tap Join Room and type the code on the app's letter keyboard. Up to six players; once two or more are in the lobby, the host starts the game. It works at the same table or across continents.

Both phones need to be signed in to iCloud — each with its own Apple Account, nothing shared — and both need an internet connection. The app uses iCloud to carry the table between devices, so without it there's no room to join. Check Settings → your name at the top.

Room codes never contain the letters O, I or L, because they look like 0 and 1 — if a friend is reading one of those, it's a different letter. If it still fails, force-quit and reopen the app on the joining device; that retries the connection.

The game isn't stored on any one phone — it lives in iCloud — so a player who loses signal can reopen the app and return to the table. The others aren't held hostage either: turns keep their timer, and the app takes care of a seat that stays away.

In an online room the app can send a notification when it's your turn. iOS asks for permission the first time you sit down in a room; you can switch alerts off later in the app's Settings, or in iOS Settings → Notifications.

Game Center is optional. Sign in from iOS Settings → Game Center and the app can show the friends you already have there, unlock achievements, and keep an all-time wins leaderboard. Friends in the app come from Game Center; you can invite them straight to a table.

No. You pick a display name and avatar on first launch and start playing. Online rooms use the iCloud account already on your phone — there's no separate Liar's Dice login to create.

Yes. Game history and stats sync through your own iCloud account, automatically, to any device signed in with the same Apple Account. Your in-app friends list is kept per device.

It's optional. Sign in and your first name becomes your display name, so you don't have to type one. It doesn't unlock anything else — stats already sync through iCloud on their own.

Delete the app to remove everything stored on the device. Game history synced to iCloud can be removed from iOS Settings → your name → iCloud → Manage Account Storage → Liar's Dice. If you used Sign in with Apple, go to Settings → your name → Sign-In & Security → Sign in with Apple → Liar's Dice → Stop Using Apple ID. Game Center data is managed by Apple. For anything else, email and I'll take care of it.

Nothing you need to play. Daylight and Nightfall are free; the other themes, the cup skins that come with them, and the reaction packs are optional purchases, and there's a tip jar if you feel like it. No ads, no tracking, no energy meters.

Open the store inside the app and tap Restore Purchases. Purchases are tied to your Apple Account, so make sure the device is signed in with the one you bought them on.

Pick the Nightfall theme in the app's store — it's free. The app deliberately launches in the warm Daylight palette regardless of your system setting, and your theme choice follows you to your other devices through iCloud.

Yes. Every die, bid and stat is labelled, wild 1s are announced as wild, and the composer announces which raises are legal as you move through it.

Yes. Every animation has a static fallback — turn on Reduce Motion in iOS Settings and the dice reveal becomes a simple cross-fade. Text follows your Dynamic Type size from Settings → Display & Brightness → Text Size.

iPhone and iPad running iOS 26 or later — the app is built on Liquid Glass, which is iOS 26 only. Apple Watch, Mac, Vision Pro and Android aren't planned.

Email me with your iOS version, your iPhone or iPad model, the version and build number shown at the bottom of the app's Settings, and what you did right before it happened. Screenshots or a screen recording help a lot.

If you've chosen to share analytics with app developers (iOS Settings → Privacy & Security → Analytics & Improvements), Apple delivers an anonymous crash report that I review. It contains no personal data. If you'd like to add context, email the approximate time of the crash so it can be matched up.

Maybe — send it over. Small, sharp ideas about the table usually make it in. Android, real-money play and ads are deliberate non-goals.