Free online quiz buzzer for your phones
By Quizzy Friends
Quizzy Friends is an online quiz buzzer that works on the phones people already have. Show the room code on a TV, let everyone scan the QR code, and every phone becomes a buzzer. The TV shows who buzzed first. Nobody installs an app, and you do not need to buy any buzzer hardware.
How the buzzer works
- You host from your phone or laptop. Choose a game, or build one in the Studio, and start it.
- The TV shows a QR code and a room code. Guests scan the code with their camera, or type the six-character room code at quizzyfriends.com/join.
- You read the question and open the buzzers. Every phone shows a big BUZZ button.
- The first fair buzz wins. The TV shows the player's name, they answer out loud, and you mark it right or wrong. If it is wrong, the next buzzer gets a turn.
Free online quiz buzzer for your phones: the screen
Why it is fair
Phone connections are not equal. A phone on weak Wi-Fi could look slower than it was. So the server decides who buzzed first, not the phones:
- The server collects buzzes for a short window, 150 milliseconds by default, after the first one arrives.
- It corrects each buzz for that phone's connection delay and picks the fastest fair buzz.
- Buzz too early, before the buzzers open, and your buzzer locks for a moment. You can change that lockout in the game's settings.
The scores are kept on the server too, so nobody can change them from their phone.
What else it does
The buzzer is one of seven game formats. The same room can run:
- Buzzer for classic first-to-buzz rounds.
- Board for a category grid with buzz-in and a final wager.
- Blitz, where everyone answers on their phone against the clock.
- Survey, Ladder, Winner Stays On and Spin & Spell for teams, solo climbs, votes and word puzzles.
You can also build teams, add pictures to questions and play in English, Farsi, French, Spanish or Arabic.
Try it before your party
You do not need an account to see a game. Watch a Buzzer game play itself, with bots on the phones and a real TV screen, or read how a round goes.
When you are ready, the getting-started guide takes you from sign-up to your first game, and you can create a free host account at any time.