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Head-to-head

Trivia Crack vs Trivia Star

Trivia Crack 4.6★ · Free + IAP 45
Winner Trivia Star
Trivia Star 4.9★ · Free + IAP 55

For a less frustrating trivia experience, Trivia Star has a slight edge over Trivia Crack, primarily due to fewer complaints about game-breaking ad frequency and less complex, distracting extra features.

Full reviews: Trivia Crack · Trivia Star

Trivia Crack and Trivia Star are both free-to-play trivia games with in-app purchases, but both are heavily criticized for excessive ads that hinder gameplay. While Trivia Crack offers more game modes, its user experience is severely impacted by aggressive monetization and a cluttered interface, making Trivia Star a slightly better option despite its own ad issues and easier questions.

Head to head

Features & Gameplay tieR1R4R5R19
Trivia Crack Trivia Crack offers a variety of game modes, including building a theme park and playing against friends, but many long-time players feel these new features are distracting and have ruined the original straightforward fun R1R4R19R25. Some users appreciate the challenge and variety, while others find the questions can be either too easy or too difficult, or even factually incorrect R52R57. The ability to post questions/photos was a beloved feature that has been removed R5.
Trivia Star Trivia Star is generally seen as a fun game with a variety of topics, but many users find the questions to be too easy, especially in the initial levels R61. Some players enjoy the learning aspect . A significant complaint is the cultural bias, with many questions being too American-focused, making it difficult for international players .
Ease of Use & Interface edge: Trivia StarR1R19R22R25
Trivia Crack Trivia Crack's interface has become cluttered with too many pop-ups, extra features, and menus, making it frustrating to navigate and play R1R19R22R25. The game is criticized for constantly changing, making it hard for long-time players to keep up . Some users also report issues with ads freezing or being difficult to close, forcing them to restart the app .
Trivia Star Trivia Star also suffers from a cluttered interface with too many pop-ups and irrelevant features before getting to the game . However, the primary complaint regarding ease of use is the overwhelming frequency of ads, rather than the complexity of the interface itself R61.
Reliability & Performance edge: Trivia StarR7R8R18R19
Trivia Crack Trivia Crack users report frequent issues with ads, including unskippable ads, ads that freeze, and ads that require multiple clicks to close R7R8R18. The app can also close mid-play, causing users to lose their turn . Some users who paid for ad-free versions still experience ads R36R43. There are also complaints about bots filling games instead of real players R19.
Trivia Star Trivia Star users mostly complain about the sheer volume and length of ads, which makes the game feel unplayable R61. Some users report losing all their progress and experts after updates . There are also issues with being kicked off teams and tournament progress being reset .
Price & Value edge: Trivia StarR3R6R15R18
Trivia Crack Trivia Crack is free with IAP, but users are highly critical of the aggressive monetization, including a subscription model for ad removal ($8 monthly) and an 'energy' system that limits gameplay unless more money is spent R6R15R18. Many feel the game is rigged to encourage purchases R3.
Trivia Star Trivia Star is also free with IAP, and while it offers a one-time purchase to remove ads for £4.99 , the overwhelming sentiment is that the ad frequency makes the free version unplayable R61.
Support & Community tieR10R11R37R54
Trivia Crack Trivia Crack users express frustration with the developers for not listening to customer feedback, especially regarding the excessive ads and changes to the game R10. There are also concerns about inappropriate content in ads and a chat option that can be impolite R11R37. Blind players face accessibility issues with picture-based questions and unlabeled game parts R54.
Trivia Star Trivia Star users report issues with customer service regarding lost progress and tournament resets, noting that free gems were offered instead of a fix . There are also general complaints about the lack of new categories and the repetitive nature of questions .
Pick Trivia Crack if

Pick Trivia Crack if you are looking for a trivia game with a wider variety of game modes and don't mind a cluttered interface or aggressive monetization, or if you are willing to pay a monthly subscription to remove ads R1R6R15.

Pick Trivia Star if

Pick Trivia Star if you prefer a more straightforward trivia experience, even with easier questions, and are willing to tolerate frequent ads or make a one-time purchase to remove them R61.

Evidence note: Both apps have a high volume of negative reviews, primarily focused on excessive ads. Trivia Crack's lifetime rating is significantly lower than Trivia Star's, and recent reviews for both are heavily skewed negative, indicating a decline in user satisfaction over time, likely due to increased monetization strategies.

Frequently asked

How many ads do Trivia Crack and Trivia Star have?
Trivia Crack is criticized for having ads after every turn, every question, or every 20-30 seconds, with some ads being unskippable or requiring multiple clicks to close R7R13R16R19. Trivia Star also has a high frequency of ads, often appearing after every 3 questions, or even after every single question, making the game feel unplayable for many R61.
Can you play Trivia Crack or Trivia Star without ads?
Trivia Crack offers a 'Prime' membership to remove ads, which costs $8 monthly R6R19, but some users who paid for ad-free versions still reported receiving ads R36R43. Trivia Star offers a one-time purchase to go ad-free for £4.99 .
Are the questions in Trivia Crack and Trivia Star good?
Trivia Crack's questions are described as varying in difficulty, sometimes being impossible or geared towards children, and some users claim they are factually incorrect R19R52R57. Trivia Star's questions are frequently criticized for being too easy, especially in initial levels, and for having a strong cultural bias towards American knowledge, making them less suitable for international players R61.

What reviewers actually said

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  1. [R1] Trivia Crack 1/5 · US Do not re download: Do not redownload if you used to play this years ago. It’s so sad and disappointing. It used to be so straight forward and just fun to play. Now it’s riddled with ads and there’s just wayy too much going on between a theme park you build to extra power ups to the ads. It’s not worth it. 30 seconds into my redownload I turned off and deleted the game. Bring back the original tri
  2. [R4] Trivia Crack 1/5 · US They ruined this game: This game used to be fun and entertaining back in the days when you was actually playing live against your friends and you wasn’t getting bombarded with a bunch of adds every time you get a wrong answer. Totally ruined this game.
  3. [R5] Trivia Crack 4/5 · US Could be better: It’s was better when people were able to post questions/photos on the app I don’t know why you guys removed that.
  4. [R19] Trivia Crack 1/5 · US Don’t install, waste of time: Virtually unplayable, ads after each turn, bots trying to play games. An awful feature that’s a knockoff of monopoly go. Always begging you to subscribe to their “prime” membership for no ads. The questions are either impossible or geared towards a kindergartener. AI images to go with the terrible questions?? So unnecessary. It takes days to finish a game. The ui is a
  5. [R22] Trivia Crack 1/5 · US Too many ads: It’s fun don’t get me wrong. But there’s so many ads and pop ups. Basically every question it’s “hey want to watch an ad for a powerup?” Get a question wrong “want to watch an ad for a second chance? No? Here’s an ad anyways” every time I turn around it’s another ad or pop up or redirect. They’re not short ads either. Plus instead of extra features being extra they’re thrown in your
  6. [R25] Trivia Crack 1/5 · US Not trivia: This game is constantly changing for the worse. They want you to do all these extra things instead of just answer trivia. So way too many ads it takes forever to get through games.
  7. [R7] Trivia Crack 1/5 · US Ads on Ads on Ads: Hope you enjoy being bombarded with unskippable ads every 20 seconds
  8. [R8] Trivia Crack 5/5 · US Love It: I like the game, but please make the ads easier to close, because I’m blind and use a screen reader and I can’t afford the prime membership right now.
  9. [R18] Trivia Crack 3/5 · US Fun game, wretched ad experience: Frankly, I refuse to purchase much of anything from this game, much less an ad-free subscription service. This game is fun and intellectually stimulating, but the inability to click out of ads is a bit ridiculous. Not to mention the advertisements themselves are extremely suspect.
  10. [R3] Trivia Crack 3/5 · US Just know..: Fun game but rigged. When you don’t need to feed the pets the cookies are easily earned. When it’s low, you can play for hours and not earn any. Rigged to try to make you buy them.
  11. [R6] Trivia Crack 3/5 · US Sooo many ads: Love this game but the ads are ridiculous! I get that how they make people may to get rid of ads but there’s not even a one time purchase to remove ads you have to pay $8 monthly!!!
  12. [R15] Trivia Crack 3/5 · US TOO MANY ADS: The overall game is really good with amazing mode variety and great world building but there are just so many ads I know there is the plus mode but I don’t want to pay for a free video game.
  13. [R10] Trivia Crack 1/5 · US Read the reviews-Listen to your customers!: You ARE losing customer base! Read the “recent”reviews. It is universally hated. Fire your marketing department and bring back most of the old game styles. Limit ads to 15sec or less because believe or not they are much more affective than 2 minute amateur infomercials.
  14. [R11] Trivia Crack 4/5 · US Ad issue: Too many ads and a lot of non age appropriate ones at that
  15. [R37] Trivia Crack 1/5 · US Horrible for kids 🤮🤢: This game is absolutely disgusting there is a chat option and people are impolite and mildly inappropriate and I just can’t believe that it says 4+ that is absolutely unacceptable and disgusting. do not recommend do not give your kids this game.
  16. [R54] Trivia Crack 3/5 · GB Deeply disappointing for Blind players: A very addictive game, lots of fascinating questions and answers, however if you are blind, the game becomes extremely frustrating because of the number of questions that are: what is this in the picture, who is this, where is this,? Parts of the game are not properly labelled as well! Please could the developers simply remove all the questions involving pic
  17. [R13] Trivia Crack 1/5 · US Too many ads: Normally I don’t write reviews. However, I’ve been playing trivia crack for years and when I redownloaded it last night to find it absolutely packed with ads. Not one or two ads but like 10 in one play session. It really killed the experience for me on this.
  18. [R16] Trivia Crack 1/5 · US TO MANY ADS!!!!!: Can’t even play the game for 30 seconds without an AD popping up! RUINSSSS the game completely. They’re lucky all I can put 1 star!!
  19. [R36] Trivia Crack 3/5 · US Ads: I love the game! Only issue I have is I paid for NO ADS- after a few games, I started receiving ads again like if I didn’t paid for it. I’m not understanding what’s going on.
  20. [R43] Trivia Crack 1/5 · US Absolute mess.: Honestly i really love the game itself but all of the micro transactions and also this new energy feature is awful. I PAID for the ad free version of this game and its asking me to pay a subscription to be able to actually play the game?? Its actually ridiculous you have 25 energy and its very easy to use up. I just cant. I wish they would remove this because they have genuinely ru
  21. [R52] Trivia Crack 1/5 · US IF YOURE 24 & UNDER DONT PLY THIS: WHO THE HELL!! UPDATE THE QUESTIONS!!!!! IM 24 NOT 87!!!!!
  22. [R57] Trivia Crack 3/5 · GB Fact checking?: Are these questions fact checked? I’m a historian and some of the answers and questions are wrong!
  23. [R61] Trivia Star 1/5 · US The ads: The ads are actually unbelievable unbearable. I got this app to play with my siblings and literally the questions are way too easy and there are so many ads. I have to watch one more ad. I think I might lose my mind. I’ll click no ad and it’ll still show me an app.

Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store