Games for iMessage Text & Chat
Play social games and chat with friends on iMessage.
iPhone
Quick verdict
- What it is
- This app allows users to play social games and chat with friends on iMessage. It offers a group chat finder and a selection of games to play.
- Best for
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- someone who wants to play games with friends
- someone who uses iMessage
- At a glance
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- Free to download
- In-app purchases
Categories and search queries
Official categories
- Social Networking
- Games
- Casual
- Sports
AppCorpus categories
Key functions
| Function | Availability | Access | Scope | Evidence |
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| Free app | Yes | Free | — | Store published |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Limited free | — | Store published |
Screens
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6 store screenshots
Pricing & paywalls
App Store
- Free to download
- In-app purchases
Ratings & reviews
App Store
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4/5Love the app, bugs need to be fixed.
Originally it was called ‘GameWave’ then you had to update it, but after the update it started to glitch a little bit. The app instructs you to move it to the top of your app bar in the imessage keyboard, then hit continue when finished. After doing so i tried to hit continue but it wasn’t working. so i cant really play anymore. im not sure why its happening but i wish it would be fixed!
tinytemper❤️ · 31 Jul 2026
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1/5Pop up screens and glitches have ruined what was a good app
I’ve been playing games with a friend on this app for a year or more, and it was a great, simple app. With the latest update (Aug, 24) they’ve started adding a pop up screen at the start of your turn about 50% of the time that makes you decline to buy the app and makes you miss seeing most of your opponents turn. Weirdly it also keeps asking me to recommend new games with another popup. I get it if you feel you need to do those things occasionally, but put them at the beginning of a game, where they don’t affect game play. I’d actually pay for this if it were getting better and weren’t so expensive (I paid for game pigeon ages ago) but at least at the moment, it’s way too expensive and getting more annoying to use. If that continues I’ll just delete it.
Seamonkey78704 · 31 Jul 2026
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1/5Predatory Pricing $200/yr for full games and no ads
It does have some fun free games and there’s a lot to do for free. But 2 games (skee ball and hoop dash) are locked behind a paywall as well as a few other features (like 3 frame bowling instead of the free 10 frame option). If you’re like me you might think, that’s fair, obviously it can’t be fully free without ads and I don't mind paying a few bucks to get rid of ads and get the full experience. That’s what I thought until I saw the price tag: $4… PER WEEK. That’s $208 PER YEAR. No wonder I don’t know anybody that plays imessage games with this app even though it could rival game pigeon. Who on earth is spending $200+ to play skeeball in imessage? I don’t think Jeff Bezos himself would pay for that. And since no sane adult would ever pay that I can only assume their target audience is kids who’s parents forgot to put a password lock on credit card charges. It’s really the perfect scam. A lot of people would notice a $16 charge every month but 4 separate $4 charges? That’ll slip under a parent’s radar a bit longer. Imo they’d make more money if they just had honest business tactics. Theyre immediately rejecting 99% of customers with $4/week
please please1 · 31 Jul 2026
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5/5NOT FOR ME!
I don’t like that you have to pay for the subscription weekly. If it was a one time payment or certain games then no problem. I also don’t like the fact that when you start a game and you playing with someone that every time you open the game up it asks if you want to pay for the subscription. I will stick to my GamePigeon to play games over messaging
3B3th3 · 31 Jul 2026
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5/5Game suggestion
I have a couple. ANY type of card game. (Clearly one that doesn’t have copyright protection) truth or dare would be crazy. And an art game where you are given a selected amount of time and a random thing to draw and you get to compare everyone’s drawings at the end. Or guess the song lyric or movie scene type stuff. Also I love your app. I really do. But I’m broke and I can’t spend $4 a week for games. But if you end up using these games then you better let me play them for free cause ain’t no way I’m paying for a game I recommended 😭. But seriously yall are awesome for making this app.
Sibennycottenhead · 31 Jul 2026
Privacy & accessibility
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Accessibility
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Versions
App Store
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0.10.0
Introducing Add by Username! - Play Gamebytes with anyone without sharing your phone number
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0.11.0
Introducing Mancala!
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0.12.0
Bug fixes and performance optimizations
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0.14.3
Introducing Stages!
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0.15.3
Your live streams are now fully customizable! Drag and drop images, gifs, polls, guests, and much more to create your unique live stream.
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0.16.0
New games for iMessage
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0.17.0
Introducing the daily WavePool!
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0.17.1
Introducing the WavePool! Meet new people to play with.
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0.17.2
Introducing the WavePool! Meet new people to play with.
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0.18.0
Hi, this update includes performance improvements and bug fixes. Enjoy yourself!
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0.19.0
Hi, this update includes performance improvements and bug fixes. Enjoy yourself!
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0.20.0
Hi, this update includes performance improvements and bug fixes. Enjoy yourself!
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0.21.0
Hi, this update includes performance improvements and bug fixes. Enjoy yourself!
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0.22.0
· 14 Aug 2024
Hi, this update includes performance improvements and bug fixes. Enjoy yourself!
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0.3.6
Introducing Shuffleboard! This version also includes MAJOR performance enhancements.
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0.3.7
Introducing Shuffleboard! This version also includes MAJOR game performance improvements.
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0.4.0
Introducing Group Games for iMessage!
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0.4.1
Introducing Group Games for iMessage!
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0.5.0
Introducing Word Finder and Bowling! + Bug fixes for iOS 14
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0.6.0
Introducing Darts and Audio Chat!
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0.6.1
Introducing Darts and Audio Chat! (+ bug fixes and performance improvements)
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0.6.2
Introducing Matchmaking! Swipe to meet new iMessage game friends. + Major improvements to audio chat and live games
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0.7.1
Introducing Matchmaking! Swipe to meet new iMessage game friends. + Bug fixes and interface improvements
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0.8.0
Introducing a card game! - You can play in two-player and group modes Introducing forfeits! - Your friends have 12 hours to respond, or you automatically win
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0.9.0
Introducing Chat and 3D Avatars! - Play games in a custom-built chat - Play people you meet in matchmaking without sharing your phone number - Create your own 3D avatar with Facemoji
Alternatives
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Availability by market
- US
Data quality & evidence
- Page completeness
- Independent summary published
- Last verified
- 31 Jul 2026
- Sources
- App Store