Balloon Pop Duel

Put one phone between two players and take turns blowing up one balloon. On your turn, press and hold your side of the screen and the balloon keeps growing. Let go and the turn passes to the other player. Whoever pops the balloon loses the round. How big it can get before it pops is hidden, and it is different every round. The tighter it gets, the more the balloon shakes, the wider its eyes get and the higher the sound climbs. Reading those signs and deciding whether to puff once more or pass is the skill. You have to hold for a moment before you can pass, and if you keep holding for 3 seconds the turn passes by itself. Win two rounds to win the match. A round is over quickly. ■ Nothing to read The active player's thumb pad glows, and a finger demo shows how to press. A seven-year-old can play the first round without an adult. ■ Playing alone Open it alone and a ghost hand takes the other side, puffing the balloon a little on each of its turns and passing. The moment someone touches the top half of the screen, the ghost disappears and that person becomes player two. ■ For parents · No ads · Nothing to buy inside the app · Sends and receives nothing over the internet. No account · No contact with strangers — no chat, no leaderboards · Not a single text field anywhere in the app · The app asks for no permissions. The sounds are made by the app itself