BigQuiz

About BigQuiz

I saw BigQuiz mentioned on a forum last Tuesday and downloaded it to my iPhone 15 Pro out of curiosity. I love trivia and figured it would be a good way to kill time during my commute. For three days, it was exactly that—the questions were engaging and the categories were diverse. But the whole time, a nagging feeling about what the app was doing in the background kept me from truly enjoying it. My fun was constantly overshadowed by suspicion, which isn’t how a game should feel.

Features & Highlights

The app does have a lot of content. I spent most of my time in the history and “obscure facts” sections, and the daily challenge on Thursday about 20th century inventions was genuinely tough. I liked that you could play quick rounds offline, which was perfect for the dead zone in the subway between Clark Street and Borough Hall. The multiplayer setup seemed straightforward, though I only tried it once with a friend. The core quiz mechanics are solid. If you just want to answer questions, it delivers.

User Experience

It’s easy to jump into a quiz. The interface is clean, with big buttons and clear text. I remember getting a question about the chemical symbol for tungsten wrong, and the immediate answer review was helpful. However, little things felt off. The app sometimes hesitated for a second before loading the next question, even on Wi-Fi. It made me wonder what it was checking for in that moment. The ads only appear between rounds, which is polite, but some of them were for products I’d just talked about near my phone. That’s never a coincidence.

Pricing

The app is free, which is always appealing. You can watch ads for extra hints or to unlock special categories. There’s no hard push to buy anything, which I appreciated. For the amount of trivia you get, the price is right. My issue isn’t with money; it’s with the currency they might actually be collecting. A free app often means you’re the product, and in this case, the permissions list confirms that suspicion.

Updates & Support

I haven’t contacted support because the app technically worked. Looking at other reviews in the App Store, it seems like the developer, Helektrika, is fairly responsive to bug reports about scores not saving. Updates seem to roll out every few weeks, mostly adding questions or tweaking features. They seem engaged with the app’s functionality, which is good. It just doesn’t feel like privacy is a priority in that development cycle.

Security & Privacy

This is why I’m uninstalling. Before I even played my first quiz, I checked the permissions. For a simple trivia game, it requests access to an awful lot. It uses your device’s Advertising Identifier to track you across apps. Its privacy policy states it collects gameplay data, device info, and can share it with third-party advertisers for targeted ads. That explains the creepily relevant ads. It also asks for permission to access your network information, which feels excessive. Why does a quiz app need to see my other network connections? The policy is “straightforward” only in that it openly admits to collecting a lot. For a privacy-aware person, it’s a dealbreaker. The fun isn’t worth the data tax.