Planned
Ludo,
race everyone home.
Roll a six, and the whole table groans. Land on your cousin's pawn, and it goes all the way back to start. Ludo has always been loud, and that's the point. Now the family can play from four different living rooms: start from FaceTime or Messages, up to four of you. And on your own, fair computer players fill every open seat.
This is our plan for Ludo. We haven't started it yet. It's one of six family games we'll make after the classics, one app at a time, so the details will change as we get closer.
- Price
- Free, optional Pro
- Players
- You, or up to four together
- Dice
- Honest, every roll
- Ads
- None, ever
- Data collected
- None
Four colors. The whole family.
Ludo is a family game down to its bones: simple enough for the youngest, fierce enough for Grandma. So we made playing together the heart of this app.
One tap, and they're in
Start a game from FaceTime or Messages. Your friend taps once and sits down. No accounts. No codes. No setup. Hosting is free, and joining is free.
Up to four at the board
Everyone plays their own pawns on their own iPhone or iPad, up to four of you. An empty seat goes to a fair computer player.
Dice nobody can choose
Every roll mixes a secret from each player's phone, sealed before any is revealed. No phone can predict a roll, or pick one.
Only the people you know
No strangers. No chat rooms. No public tables. Your game travels through Apple, never through us. We never see it, and we like it that way.
A bright board, on a warm table
Four clear colors, each with a shape to match, and a die that rolls right where you can see it.
Illustrations of the planned design. The finished app may look different.
How Ludo plays
Four pawns each. One die. One race around the board.
Roll
Roll a six to bring a pawn onto the track. Then roll again.
Race
Move a pawn forward by the roll. Land on an opponent, and back to start they go.
Home
Bring all four pawns home first, and you win.
Five things we'll never compromise
Every game we make has to pass the same five tests. Here's how Ludo passes them.
Easy, from the first roll
Roll, then tap the pawn you want to move. A free hint every game suggests which one, and explains why.
Clean and calm
No pop-ups. No badges. No nudges to keep playing. Just the table, the game and the people you're playing with. Take all the time you like.
Private. Completely.
No accounts. No ads. No tracking. On your own, it works offline and nothing leaves your device. With friends, your game travels through Apple, never through us.
Beautiful
A bright board on a warm wooden table, four clear colors, each with a shape to match. Every detail made by hand, because the people you play with deserve it.
Fun, and fair
Honest dice, and computer players who never see the next roll. Against the computer, take back a slip before the next roll.
Ludo for everyone
Colors with shapes. Spoken rolls. And a pace that's entirely yours.
VoiceOver throughout
Every pawn and square is announced, and every move is spoken. Ludo works without looking.
Voice and Switch Control
Standard accessibility actions, including a list of the moves you can make.
Sizes that fit
A larger board and pawns when you want them, with full Dynamic Type everywhere else.
Color-blind friendly
Every player's pawns have their own shape as well as color. Never color alone.
Reduce Motion
Pawns fade into place instead of hopping when Reduce Motion is on.
Rolls announced
Hear each roll, each move, and the moment a pawn is sent home.
Free to play. Free to play together.
The whole game is free, and so is every game with friends, hosting and joining. Pro is one optional purchase for players who want more. Nothing to renew. Nothing to remove.
Free
Forever. Not a trial.
- The complete game, on your own or with friends
- Play with friends: host or join, always free
- Two to four players
- Undo a slip, before the next roll
- A free hint every game
- Every accessibility feature
- Works offline on your own, no account needed
Pay once
A single optional purchase.
- More hints in each game
- Coach: a quiet note when there's a better play, and why
- Practice: short drills for the trickiest rolls
- Themes for the board and pieces
- Named saved games, as many as you like, each with a note
- 8-bit mode: your own table, drawn in retro pixels
- Saved games, synced through your iCloud
- Detailed stats and streaks
One-time purchase. Yours forever.
What's in Pro, and its price, will be decided closer to release. The full game will always be free.
Good to know
Can I play with friends?
Yes. Ludo is made for exactly that. Start a game from FaceTime or Messages with SharePlay, or through Game Center, up to four of you, and any open seat goes to a fair computer player. Always free, with no accounts and no servers of ours.
Does my friend need Pro?
No. Your friend needs Ludo, which is free, and one tap. Never Pro, never an account, never a sign-in.
When will Ludo be released?
Ludo is one of six family games we'll make after the classics, and we haven't started it yet. We don't announce dates we can't keep. The day it's ready, this page gets a download link.
Will it cost anything?
Not to play. Ludo will be free to download, and the whole game free to play, on your own or with friends. Pro will be an optional one-time purchase. There will never be ads or a subscription.
Are the dice really random?
Yes. With friends, every roll mixes a secret from each phone, so no one can choose the dice. On your own, you can look back at every roll, and the computer players never see the next one.
Do I need an internet connection or an account?
Never an account. Playing on your own works fully offline, and your games and stats stay on your device. Playing with friends far away needs a connection, and that's all it needs.
Will it come to Android?
Yes, that's the plan. The whole collection comes to Android after the iPhone and iPad apps.
Is this Parcheesi?
No. It's Ludo, the public-domain race game that comes from India's Pachisi. “Parcheesi” is another company's trademark, and we don't use it.
Data Not Collected
That's the App Store privacy label on every app we make, Ludo included. No accounts. No analytics. No advertising. Nothing you do in the app ever reaches us.
Coming later to iPhone and iPad.
Ludo comes after the classics. We don't collect email addresses, so there's no list to join. Check back here, and meet Solitaire while you wait.