Blackjack
Twenty-one, the way it should be. An honest shoe, and points, never money.
Friends with Modems
Solitaire
Six classics in one app. Klondike, Spider, FreeCell and more, all free.
Mahjong
The calm tile-matching game. Large, clear tiles, and nothing to rush you.
Cribbage
Fifteen-two, fifteen-four. The card game you keep score of on a board.
Poker
Texas Hold'em against computer players who play fair. Every hand, open for review.
Checkers
The board game everyone knows, with a fair opponent and not one ad between moves.
Chinese Checkers
Hop across the star in one long, clever chain of jumps.
Backgammon
Dice you can finally trust. Every roll comes from a seed you can check.
Reversi
Outflank. Flip. Take the corners. A minute to learn, and years to master.
Dominoes
Match the ends and play out your hand. And never an ad after a round.
Four in a Row
Drop, stack, connect four. Even better with someone across the table.
Mancala
One of the oldest games in the world, on a warm wooden board. Sow, capture, and fill your store.
Tic-Tac-Toe
A quick game with someone you love. Over FaceTime, or right across the table.
Ludo
Race your pawns home with the whole family. Honest dice, and computer players who play fair.
Why we exist
Everyone you love, back at one table
Remember how it felt? A deck of cards, a kitchen table, and the people you love, laughing too loud and staying up too late. It was never really about the game. It was about being together. Then life scattered us. Different towns, different time zones, different lives. We think that's worth fixing. So we took the games everyone already knows and put the whole table in your pocket. One tap, and your best friend three states away is sitting right across from you. It feels like the most natural thing in the world. And we think it's going to bring a lot of people home.
One tap, and they're in
Start a game from FaceTime or Messages. Your friend taps once, and they're sitting at your table. No sign-ups. No codes. No setup.
Across the table, or across the country
Play live on a call. Or take turns over days, whenever life allows. And if a seat is empty, a fair computer player takes it.
Only the people you know
No strangers. No chat rooms. No public lobbies. Your games travel through Apple, never through us. We never see them, and we like it that way.
Playing together is always free
Hosting is free. Joining is free. An invitation should never end at a paywall, and here it never will.
How we make them
Easy. Beautiful. And nothing you don't need.
Somewhere along the way, the games we love got buried. An ad every few minutes. Timers. Coins. Pop-ups. Charges every week. We took all of it out, every last bit, and put everything we have into the game itself.
Easy to use
Open the app and play. That's it. Large, clear type. One obvious next step on every screen. And the same controls in every game, so the second one feels like you already know it.
Clean, with no bloat
No pop-ups. No coins, timers, energy bars or nag screens. Just the table, the game, and the people across from you.
Beautiful
Every table is made by hand, for its game. Warm felt. Finished cards and pieces. Soft light. Made to look good for years, not to shout for your attention.
Private
No accounts. No analytics. No tracking. Your games stay on your device, or in your own iCloud if you choose. Period.
Fun to play
Honest shuffles. Computer players who never peek. Unlimited undo. And levels that go from relaxed all the way to a real challenge.
The apps
Twenty classics. Made to last.
Every app stands on its own. Together, they share one design, one promise and one standard of quality. And that standard is high.
Blackjack
Twenty-one, with an honest shoe, a free strategy hint, and points that are never, ever sold.
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Solitaire
Klondike, Spider, FreeCell, Pyramid, TriPeaks and Yukon. Six great games in one app, and every one of them free.
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Mahjong
The quiet, absorbing tile-matching game. Large, clear tiles, and no timer counting down.
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Hearts
Pass, play and dodge the queen of spades, against three opponents who really think.
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Spades
The great partnership game. Bid it, play it and make your contract, with a computer partner at your side.
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Cribbage
The classic for two. A proper board, and a computer opponent who plays it straight.
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Euchre
Fast, clever and made for company. Call trump, play the bowers, take your tricks.
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Poker
No-Limit Texas Hold'em, in points, against computer players who never see your cards. Not once.
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Checkers
Jump, crown and clear the board, against an opponent that plays fair.
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Chinese Checkers
Race your marbles across the star in long chains of hops, against opponents who think.
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Backgammon
The ancient race game. Honest dice, a doubling cube in match points, and no chips.
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Reversi
Outflank your opponent and flip their discs. The rules take a minute. The strategy takes a lifetime.
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Dominoes
The classic tile game, against a fair opponent. And not a single ad between hands.
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Sudoku
Graded puzzles, each with exactly one solution, and hints that teach you how to solve them.
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Four in a Row
Four in a line. Play a friend, or a computer opponent that plays fair.
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Mancala
Sow your stones. Capture theirs. Fill your store. One of the oldest games in the world.
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Yatzy
The classic five-dice game. Solo or with friends, and every roll open for review.
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Tic-Tac-Toe
Made for playing together. A match over FaceTime, a game across the table, or a move a day.
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Hangman
The word-guessing game for friends and family, with word lists safe for everyone.
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Ludo
The family race game for two to four. Honest dice, and computer players who play fair.
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Where we're going
One collection. Every device. The same promise.
We're starting with the games people play most, and building the collection one carefully made app at a time. No shortcuts.
Now
Blackjack
Twenty-one with an honest shoe. And the foundation every app after it is built on.
Next
Solitaire
Six classic games for iPhone and iPad. All free. With winnable deals you can actually trust.
Then
Mahjong, Hearts, Spades, Cribbage, Euchre and Poker
Tile-matching and the great table classics. Each one its own app, each with computer opponents who play fair.
Later
Board, puzzle and family games
Checkers, Chinese Checkers, Backgammon, Reversi, Dominoes and Sudoku. Then games made for playing together: Four in a Row, Mancala, Yatzy, Tic-Tac-Toe, Hangman and Ludo. And then, the whole collection on Android.
About the studio
Independent, on purpose
Friends with Modems answers to the people who play our games, and no one else. Advertisers don't pay us. We don't sell data. Our only income is people who love an app enough to buy Pro. That keeps things simple: make something excellent, and treat the people who use it well.
Our name goes back to the first time games brought friends together across a distance. Two modems, a phone line, and someone you knew on the other end. It felt like magic. We're doing it again, minus the dial tone.
Every app is built natively for its platform. Every rule and every shuffle is tested. Every release is checked at the largest text size, with VoiceOver, in light and in dark. Because the details matter.
Friends with Modems
Bring everyone back to the table.
Blackjack comes first. Then Solitaire. Both are coming to iPhone and iPad.