Never the twain...

January 24, 2014 3:59 AM

I'm on Android (Samsung S4 Zoom) and my partner is on IoS (iPhone 4) - what are the best turn based/collaborative common platform games we can play together on and off during the working day? We both like word play, puzzles, general knowledge and detective mysteries, but would be amenable to considering anything that would get the old grey matter working. Hit us up with your best timewasting suggestions, venerable mefites!
posted by Chairboy to Sports, Hobbies, & Recreation (6 answers total)

Do you mean games that work cross-platform over the internet? Or games that have a pass-and-play mode so you can play together on the same device?
posted by EndsOfInvention at 4:59 AM on January 24, 2014

Response by poster: Cross-platform over the internet, please, i.e. games that are available on both Android and IoS that can talk to each other without compatibility issues. Thanks!
posted by Chairboy at 5:06 AM on January 24, 2014 [1 favorite]

Best answer: I'm fairly certain the very popular Words with Friends (ie, Scrabble) is cross-platform.
posted by Ted Maul at 5:19 AM on January 24, 2014 [2 favorites]

Best answer: QuizUp is coming out with an Android version "soon"...the iOS version is great so you might want to put that on your "one to watch" list.
posted by bcwinters at 5:26 AM on January 24, 2014

Best answer: WordFeud (Scrabble/Words with Friends with completely randomized bonus tile placement) is fun and cross-platform. I was going to recommend Letter Press, which has versions for both iOS and Android, but it doesn't appear to be capable of cross-platform play.
posted by hanov3r at 6:16 AM on January 24, 2014 [1 favorite]

Response by poster: Thanks folks - we'll check them out!
posted by Chairboy at 8:58 AM on January 25, 2014