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Heads Up!, developed by Warner Bros, is a word-guessing game where a player tries to guess in limited time what the word is on the head with the clues given by another player. The game, made popular by The Ellen Show is a great choice for a house party or a game night. Players can choose from a wide range of deck categories, including celebrities, movies, music, and accents, and they can customize their own creative decks as well. Once the category is set, one player holds the phone to the forehead and another player shouts out clues. If the answer is right, the first player can tilt the head down to get to the next word; if not, the player can also choose to tilt the head up and skip to a new word. To make it more exciting, the game can be not only played when family or friends are together, but also taken online and played over Zoom with lots of people. In addition, players can choose to save videos of their game play and share them on Facebook to keep the hilarious memories.

On iOS App Store, Heads Up!’s rating is 4.8 out of 5.0, with 159,263 user reviews. And it has been ranked as the #1 in word category. On Google Play, its rating is 3.4 out of 5.0, with 227,441 user reviews and more than 10 million installs.

Clearly, Heads Up!’s rating on iOS App Store looks good, ranking top among word games. But its rating on Google Play shows that it could do more to improve user experience, for instance, by displaying more accurate and clearer advertising.

Speed is important to game playing. The latest updates are all about performance enhancements to make loading and running of the app quicker. Also, support for challenging words that improves game experience and FaceTime in-app sharing that facilitates users are featured in previous updates.

Heads Up! is largely praised for being fun, either as a party game or just for killing time. It has rules easy to understand and decks available in a variety of themes such as celebrities, animals, movies, accents, superheroes, characters, and more, that keep the fun rolling. Both online and offline playing are supported, which makes the game available to play anytime and anywhere you want.

Nowadays, different people tend to have different interests, and it’s hard to find out a game that meets everyone’s expect, which makes it difficult for friends and family to have fun together. As Heads Up! is both funny and easy, it becomes the right choice to have fun when friends or family get together.

Pros

-      The app is entertaining for family and friends at a get-together.

-      The app is also a great time-killer if you are, for example, waiting in line.

Cons

-      Some words are misspelled or too generic for a certain genre.

-      Some people reported for not having received all the decks as what is claimed on its ads.