Heads Up!

Party charades moved onto the phone with Heads Up!, published by Warner Bros. International Enterprises. The listing ties the game to Ellen DeGeneres, who plays it on her show, and its premise is easy to explain to anyone in the room within seconds.

One player holds the phone against their forehead so the word on screen faces everyone else. Friends shout clues, act things out, sing or put on silly accents, and the guesser tries to name the word before the 60-second timer runs out. Tilting the phone down marks a correct answer; tilting it up skips to the next card. Decks cover a wide mix of categories, including themed ones tied to Harry Potter, Friends and Marvel, and players can also build a custom category of their own. The listing also suggests it for family game nights and for playing with friends over video calls.

Heads Up! averages 4.5 from 234,170 ratings, with 81% five stars and 7% one star, and has passed 10,000,000+ installs. There are no ads, but in-app purchases range from $0.05 - $39.99 per item. It was updated on 2026-09-03, requires Android 8.0 or newer, and is rated Everyone. We list 33 versions; the latest, 4.15.11, is 156.0 MB.

Groups looking for an easy icebreaker at parties, family gatherings or long trips will get a lot of laughs from it, and the lack of ads keeps rounds uninterrupted. Solo players get little out of it, since the whole design depends on a room full of clue-givers.