I’m a long time fan of Sporcle, and the new version is so disappointing. It’s gone from being totally free without ads to letting you play one game and then get stuck on a long ad that won’t let you out of it for too long. And you can’t get the answers to the quiz until after the ad, so you’re stuck with the obnoxious ad. My husband and I used to play on trips or waiting for dinner in restaurants. Now it’s not worth it. Way to ruin it completely Sporcle. I wish you would have kept the old version open for people like me at least. This one is pretty but the ads are just too much and I’m not paying to make them go away. The categories are harder to access now. Finding interesting quizzes is difficult too. The same dumb quizzes you don’t want keep coming up all the time. Time limits are hard to achieve on typing quizzes, which are my favorite. You can do practice quizzes but they’re not saved. They have lots of dumb and meaningless badges that are cool if you’re 12. The information isn’t always accurate. So for people who think they can learn from the game, don’t trust it. Regular players make these quizzes. I don’t know how to report bad information so I guess it just stays out there. Not worth the cost unless you have lots of free time and money to waste.

Let me start off by saying I came across Sporcle’s app years ago and absolutely loved it. But after recently being pushed over to the newly revised app, the user experience has gone downhill. The quizzes themselves are still fantastic. But the little things like being able to download quizzes so you can access when there’s no internet or being able to see answers you missed before an ad pops up, are now non-existent. Sporcle’s beauty was in its simplicity. I used to do a few quizzes almost daily, now I rarely open the app and am almost ready to delete it. A $6/month subscription is too high especially when you couldn’t access quizzes when you’re going through a tunnel or on a train underground (prime quizzing time!!).

Just to preface, I have been a Sporcle user since 2009, and although the app is currently horrendous, I am still hopelessly addicted. This is more for people who have yet to download, or are moving from the website. I write this review since I was forced over from the previous version of the app. The new app is disgusting. Stats that were previously freely available, such as simple things like your previous best score, are behind a paywall. I understand that the developers need to make money, but the current model is atrocious. After every game you must watch a 10-20 second ad, which often hides the way to close it out, and many times forces the App Store to open. How, do you ask, can you remove these “features”? Unlike most game apps, which provide a one-time purchase of $1-$10, Sporcle has had the great idea to institute a subscription model! In order to access previously free features, you now must pay $6 a month! For a trivia app! I cannot believe this decision was made. Avoid at your own risk.