Pongo! — Party Guessing Game app for iPhone and iPad


4.0 ( 430 ratings )
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Developer: Simple Tailor Software
Free
Current version: 1.0.1, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 09 Jan 2012
App size: 7.53 Mb

Pongo is an ice-breaking guessing game that’s great for parties, road trips, and unusually long elevator rides. If you like Catch Phrase, you’ll love Pongo!

It’s easy to play: Pongo shows you a clue and you’ve got to get someone else to guess it without using any of the words in the clue itself. Once someone gets it, pass the phone to the next player—but hurry, because you don’t want to be the one holding the phone when the timer goes off! It’s surprisingly addictive, and within minutes the whole group will be shouting out guesses.

Pongo is designed to be as simple as possible: there’s no elaborate setup or complicated rules. Just start playing, and Pongo gets out of your way so you and your friends can have fun. You can even turn the timer off for a completely relaxed game, giving you plenty of time to debate which was the best Nicktoon, or whether more people should have been able to guess that last clue from your inspired description.

With thousands of clues, from Saturday morning cartoons to sports to Shakespeare, Pongo works in any crowd. And if you’re completely stumped, one quick tap will search Wikipedia for information about the clue—you just might learn something! (It’s even fun to just flip through the clues and find something interesting to read about.)