Planned
Yatzy,
a table full of friends.
Five dice, a scorecard, and everyone shouting when someone rolls five of a kind. Bring the whole table together from FaceTime or Messages, up to six of you, or take turns over days. Everyone rolls their own dice on their own screen, and no phone can pick a roll. And on your own, it's the perfect five minutes.
This is our plan for Yatzy. 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 six together
- Dice
- Honest, every roll
- Ads
- None, ever
- Data collected
- None
Five dice. Six friends.
Yatzy is loud in the best way. The groan at a near miss. The cheer at five of a kind. 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 six at the table
Everyone rolls on their own iPhone or iPad. Up to six on SharePlay, or four through Game Center, live or taking turns over days.
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.
Dice you can feel
Dice that tumble and settle like the real thing, and a scorecard that shows where each roll fits.
Illustrations of the planned design. The finished app may look different.
How Yatzy plays
Five dice. Three rolls a turn. Fifteen boxes to fill.
Roll
Roll all five. Keep any you like, and roll the rest, up to three times.
Score
Put the roll in one open box: ones to sixes, pairs, straights, a full house and more.
Win
When every box is filled, the highest total wins. Score 63 or more in the top half, and you earn a bonus.
Five things we'll never compromise
Every game we make has to pass the same five tests. Here's how Yatzy passes them.
Easy, from the first roll
Tap the dice to keep, then roll the rest. Every open box shows what the roll would score before you choose. A free hint every game suggests what to keep.
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
Dice that tumble and settle like the real thing, on a deep red table. Every detail made by hand, because the people you play with deserve it.
Fun, and fair
Honest dice, with every roll on the record for you to look back on. Put a score in the wrong box? Take it back before you roll again.
Yatzy for everyone
Large dice. Spoken rolls. And all the time in the world.
VoiceOver throughout
Every die and every box is announced, and every move is spoken. Yatzy works without looking.
Voice and Switch Control
Standard accessibility actions, including a list of the moves you can make.
Sizes that fit
Larger pieces when you want them, with full Dynamic Type everywhere else.
High contrast
Dice dots and scorecard numbers stay clear, marked by shape as well as color.
Reduce Motion
Dice fade to their faces instead of tumbling when Reduce Motion is on.
Rolls announced
Hear every roll, and what each box would score.
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
- Up to six, live or over days
- Every roll on the record
- 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 dice and table
- 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 high scores
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. Playing together is the whole point. Start a game from FaceTime or Messages with SharePlay, up to six of you, or through Game Center, up to four, live or taking turns over days. Always free, with no accounts and no servers of ours.
Does my friend need Pro?
No. Your friend needs Yatzy, which is free, and one tap. Never Pro, never an account, never a sign-in.
When will Yatzy be released?
Yatzy 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. Yatzy 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 of the game.
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 Yahtzee?
No. It's Yatzy, the public-domain dice game that came before and beside it, with its own scorecard. “Yahtzee” 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, Yatzy included. No accounts. No analytics. No advertising. Nothing you do in the app ever reaches us.
Coming later to iPhone and iPad.
Yatzy 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.