PhraseCatch Pro - Catch Phrase
The Ultimate Catch Phrase Game
Ratings
Age
9+
Category
Word
Languages
English
Tue Oct 07 2025
Added custom decks back
PhraseCatch Pro is designed to be the life of the party. Split into teams and try to describe the word on the screen without saying it. Pass the phone to the next player as fast as you can—you don't want to be the one holding it when the timer runs out! It features multiple categories from 80s trivia to Sports.
Dinsun Expert Review
Our Expert Score
The ultimate fast-paced party game for groups. Get your team to guess the phrase before the buzzer goes off! A fun, social game similar to classic Catch Phrase with thousands of words.
Features
Thousands of words and phrases
No ads in the Pro version
Variety of fun categories
Customizable game timers
Tips & Walkthrough
Divide your group into two even teams. Select your favorite categories and set the game timer. The team with the most points after five rounds wins!
Gameplays
Use gestures and synonyms to get your team to guess faster. Remember, the clock speeds up its ticking as it gets closer to zero, so don't linger on a hard word—use a 'Skip'!
Screenshot
Q&A
No, once the app is downloaded, all phrases are available offline for your party.
Ratings & Reviews
Close to the original catch phrase
Fri Dec 05 2025 flatlinzThis is simple and easy. I wonder if the timer is random like on the original. That way no one knows how much time is left
Doesn’t work offline 😢
Sat Aug 15 2020 MltsyThere’s nothing at all about this app that *needs* an internet connection, however, it does not work without one. It will tell you the deck isn’t downloaded. And there’s no way I can see to download a deck for playing later. This is silly, as a deck is nothing but a list of words, which would take up practically no space on my device at all. Now I can’t play it at the family cabin because there’s no internet there 😥
WBK1
Sun Jan 19 2020 WBKIA truly outstanding and versatile app with incredible support. It serves as an excellent teaching and learning tool.
Remove visible timer
Thu Dec 25 2025 Man in PlaidGreat app but there needs to be an option to remove the countdown so the players don’t know when the round ends. Thanks.
A few feature requests
Sat Dec 27 2025 Talon999If I could suggest some features, I wish we could select a louder buzzer sound closer to what you hear in the original Catchphrase as an option; it can be hard to hear the beeping among the noise of people playing along. The buzzer is a more readily apparent signal the round is over than the pop-up and therefore makes it easier to judge who was holding the phone when it went off. Speaking of the pop-up, having to dismiss the popup at the end of each round is a bit of an unnecessary step, though I recognize some people might like it. Maybe there could be an option to disable it, which would instead just display a short "Time's up!" message somewhere on screen without the need to dismiss it and lock out the next clue. It would also be nice if we could select certain decks to be removed if we're not interested in them (or perhaps just hide them and exclude them from variety categories). If we could also directly edit/merge/add phrases to existing decks, that would be more convenient than having to start at the beginning with new custom decks, though the custom decks is a great feature. This would allow us to take advantage of the work already done in compiling all these phrases. Even if it's just letting us download the lists and do it in a word processor, that's better than nothing. I also notice categories like Entertainment are lacking in entries like famous entertainers and famous movies/tv shows/etc. and categories like Slang are an absolute mess. Slang is not only hopelessly outdated, but also full of terms that aren't even slang at all. The cool thing about this app is that it could be continually updated to always have modern and relevant phrases, unlike the original. Even if we have to do that ourselves, that's just fine. It's sad to see potential which is so achievable limited in that way, though. Another idea is if the timer could be set for a custom amount of time beyond 60 seconds for longer rounds and perhaps select a larger range for randomization. These could just be simple boxes you type parameters into. I wish we could hide the timer in the corner, as I feel it creates more interesting gameplay if you don't know exactly how much longer you have. An option for a nice, big "next" button that instantly displays the next word would be great, too, as opposed to swiping. This simpler interface would also enable faster play and you wouldn't have to put in a stacked card animation. It's also more accessible for people with limited mobility in the hands. You could call it "fast play" or whatever. The stock images for each category aren't what I'd pick either, so I prefer if I could simply disable the art for each category. An ability to sort categories alphabetically, or by most recent would be very handy, too. Finally, some small nitpicks. Being able to merge is important because you made multiple decks with overlapping subject matter. For example we have a "sports" category, a "baseball" category and an "Ncaa" (improperly capitalized) category. Surely, these should all be combined, right? Many of the phrases are also very basic, so including some more advanced terms and multi-word phrases would be great. Also it seems with every instance where a word should be all capitalized, it hasn't been (NCAA, STEM, etc). I'd definitely upgrade to 5 stars if these got implemented and many probably wouldn't be overly difficult to do.
Used to be Great
Sun Oct 27 2024 Timmy Time69This game used be awesome but now the words are so basic it’s not even fun. And the app is very clunky. I’m not sure what happened but don’t waste your money
