A new kind of picture quiz
Guess the picture before it sharpens.
Great for classrooms, parties and corporate events.
depixelate is a picture quiz for the TV. Every picture starts as a few big blocks and sharpens over 10 seconds while everyone answers on their phone. Get it right early and it’s worth up to 1,000 points; wait until it’s obvious and it’s worth almost nothing.
Free · No app · Players never sign up
6 blocks — still anybody's guess.
One picture, 10 seconds
The longer you wait, the easier it gets, and the less it's worth.
1,000
At the start
It starts as a handful of blocks
A colour, a shape, a hunch. Answer now and it is worth everything — if you are right. A wrong answer scores nothing.
512
Second 5
It sharpens, second by second
Every moment you wait, it gets easier to read — for everyone else in the room too.
250
Second 8
Then anyone can see it
Now it is worth little, and at the buzzer nothing. The room finds out who knew all along.
How it works
Three steps, and nothing to install.
- 1
Pick a quiz
1,800+ ready-made packs, or one you made from your own photos. A game plays 8 pictures.
- 2
Put it on the big screen
Open the game on a TV, a projector or a screen shared on a call. It shows a QR code and a four-letter room code.
- 3
Everyone answers on their phone
Players scan the code and pick a nickname. Four answers, one tap, and the leaderboard keeps itself.
The Daily · on your own
Eight pictures a day, the same eight for everybody.
No room and no TV: play it on your phone in about two minutes. Each picture sharpens over 10 seconds, so the score is how early you knew, and the grid you share at the end says that without giving a single answer away.
- A new one every midnight, US Central time
- Keep a streak going, day after day
- See where you rank against everyone who played today
- Share your grid, or dare a friend to beat your score
- Missed a day? The last 7 are free to catch up on
Example result
4,550
Why it works in a room
Everyone watches the same blur, and the first one brave enough wins.
Everyone sees the same blur
The picture sharpens on the big screen and on every phone at the same moment, so a player on a laggy video call loses nothing.
Nobody can peek
The right answer stays on the server until the reveal. It is not in the page, in the picture’s file name or in the network traffic, so a player with dev tools open learns nothing.
Your own pictures work too
Upload photos, type the right answer and three wrong ones. A free account keeps 1 pack of 8 pictures, shared by link — the office’s baby photos, last summer’s trip.
Pick a quiz
1,800+ ready-made quizzes, or make your own.
Flags, logos, dog breeds, landmarks, film stars, paintings and more. Most are real photographs from Wikimedia Commons, with the photographer credited at every reveal.
Browse every quiz, look them up by country and place, or make a pack from your own photos.
Made for the room you're in
Classrooms, parties, offices, family nights.
Running one for the first time? Read the guides.
Free, and Pro when the room gets bigger
The free game is the whole game.
Every quiz, the Daily and live games for up to 30 phones cost nothing. Pro is for the host with a classroom, an office or a party to run.
Free
$0 forever
- Every built-in quiz, and the Daily
- Live games for up to 30 phones
- Games of 8 pictures, scored live
- No app and no account for players
- 1 pack of your own, up to 8 pictures, shared by link
- The last 7 days of Dailies to catch up on
Pro
$29.99 a year
Or $4.99 a month, or $4.99 once for 7 days of Pro with no subscription.
- Everything in Free
- Unlimited players in a game
- Unlimited packs and pictures, and longer games
- Your own timer and reveal pace
- Teams, typed answers, and games drawn from several packs
- Your name and logo on the screen and the phones
- Play-anytime links onto one leaderboard
- Results to download, and what the room got wrong
- Private packs, or publish yours to the library
Questions
Questions people ask.
Is depixelate really free?
Yes. Hosting a game, playing one and the Daily are free, and players never need an account. Pro is for hosts who run games often, or for rooms bigger than a free game holds.
How do players join?
The host opens a game on a big screen. Players scan its QR code or type the four-letter room code into any phone browser, then pick a nickname. No app, no account.
How many people can play?
Up to 30 phones in a free game. Pro rooms have no limit, and a $4.99 event pass gives you Pro for 7 days without a subscription.
What do I need to host?
A screen everyone can see — a TV, a projector, or a screen shared on a video call — and a browser. Choose Host a game, pick a quiz, and start when everyone is in.
Can I make a quiz from my own photos?
Yes. Sign in, upload a picture, and type the right answer and three wrong ones. A free account keeps 1 pack of up to 8 pictures, shared by link; free packs can never be made public.
Can I use it in a classroom, or with kids?
Yes. Players give no email address and make no account, so all a student needs is the room code. Ask them to use a nickname rather than their full name, since everyone in the room sees it.
Where do the pictures come from?
Most come from Wikimedia Commons, through the image Wikidata names for each subject; a few packs, such as emoji, letters and shapes, are drawn for the game. Every photograph’s author and licence are shown at its reveal and on the credits page.
How is it different from Kahoot?
In Kahoot the question stays the same while the clock runs. Here the question is the picture, and it gets easier to read the longer you wait — so answering early is a gamble, and the score rewards nerve as much as knowledge. Players never need an account, and there are ready-made picture quizzes on almost any topic.
Something else? Help and FAQ, or how it compares with Kahoot and the rest.
Put one on the TV tonight.
Pick a quiz, open it on the big screen, and the room is playing in under a minute.
Host a game