HQ Trivia Reviews

by Brentsobe

I’ve been playing this game over a year. I love it. Every now and then it freezes up but no big deal, but the real issue for me is the host Matt . I really cannot stand going through a game listening to him. At least Scott (RIP) was somewhat witty and intelligent . I didn’t mind listening to his jokes or his antics as I knew this was part of the show because it had to fill a certain amount of time . But Matt to me is a blubbering idiot. He’s always laughing at his own jokes , singing Way too much and I don’t think any of “ the children “ really want to hear him sing. I know he supposed to fill a certain amount of time with talk but his idiotic , senseless rambling make me turn off the game. The other hosts , not that they are extremely entertaining at least I can listen to. Unfortunately now when I go to play which is almost every night, if it turns out to be Matt I just turn it off. I know they’ve already got their head count for how many people are watching, but I really can’t endure a whole show of him. It’s a pity. The show itself I think is great and I enjoy the fun and stimulation. By the way a little trick so you don’t have to listen to a bunch of babbling at the beginning. I set the alarm on my telephone for 9:04 PM. That way when I turn it on it’s usually a minute or less before the game starts. LOL

by 12heather34

I typically don’t write reviews, but the destruction of HQ is mind-blowing. It was a wonderful trivia game complete with entertaining moderators and a decent jackpot that was worth purchasing extra lives to keep playing. It was addictive. They took a wonderful concept and format and proceeded to dismantle it. HQ needs to go back to substantial prizes and sober hosts.
Each day is a mystery as to when it will be aired and what the format and jackpot (using the word loosely) will be. Then there are more glitches than can be counted. Perhaps it got too popular too quickly? No problem. Many loyal fans have left and many more of us are following. Last night I get a notice at 1 am they are starting. If this was in addition to a regular time it would be less annoying. I tuned in just to see what was happening and my favorite host Matt was there with Anna who hosts “Words”. Perhaps if the audience was as hammered as they appeared it might have been amusing. We found it irritating and insulting instead. The language was not family friendly, but the time wasn’t either. Not sure who they are catering to, but all my friends and family have quit. I’m joining them.
We were all in and now my family has left for “greener” pastures.

by Kellyrsykes

HQ used to be my favorite game. I never missed a game. Even won a couple of times. But HQ ruined everything!!! They took a new direction and changed the layout and added erasers. Since that I have yet been able to play! I keep trying to but I can't get it to work anymore. I keep getting froze up and only hear the sounds. I can't even lock in the first question! It lags so badly it won't even let me type in a comment! It's so frustrating to know that they had to ruin a good thing! I am not the only one experiencing this issue. Now HQ has always had glitches but it's to the point that it's no way possible for me and a lot of others to play. I'm thinking the only ones not having any issues are the players using a brand new top of the line cell phone. I play it on a Iphone 5 and I'm starting to think that with all the new things they added that you have to have a brand new iPhone to play or new droid one. Because I see people commenting and playing and that has to be what it is. Nothing else makes any sense. If you have one of the newest phones out then sure go for it and see if it'll work. Or it's not able to let iPhones play it anymore maybe. Who knows? I left comments on Instagram to HQ but it never does any good. Seems like they only care about twitter and I don't fool around any with twitter. I hope that HQ fixes the issue here so everybody can go back to enjoying playing it again.

by Hfxuhdu

The last day of “last season” HQ operated, before it shut down, I received a notification to cashout. When I tried, it said there wasn’t enough, and it went to $0!! I was bummed because I worked hard to win that over several games! (see below.) I haven’t won at all this season yet, and would love to see Levels &/or 3 lives come back. But literally a few days ago, my previous balance finally showed again on Wed April 29, and I took a screenshot. (Today is May 2) Now it shows down by half! What the heck?!
Please advise, and can I use my husband’s email and his PayPal, as I don’t have a PayPal acct. Thanks again - comtngirl

Written end of previous season - Lots of people were eliminated for no reason after a technical error started the game late! People kept telling you in the chat. In previous games when something major like that happened, you’d restart again. Then each game at 21 Qs is really too long anyway, and only worth $1,000, but each winner got $3,000???? If you don’t at least have integrity to do the right thing, you will lose lots more people. Sometimes it’s “Pride, not necessarily the amount of the prize” that keeps people coming back, if the winning is attainable, or at least the chance to win. If I win, it’s only a few cents here and there, but that kept me coming back, as did the hard-earned levels and Lives I had attained. Consider this for the future. Thanks. comtngirl

by Iwish29

Instructions, faqs, actually answering messages, get off Twitter and fix your game. There’s not even any kind of any explanation anywhere and even though I have notifications on you never send any, there isn’t any chat room or nothing at all except share share share. Quit using us for free hype and advertising when the thing doesn’t even do anything-you May have no problem being deceitful....I do and all the shares for a game that tells you nothing is deceiving people so you don’t have to pay for ads!!? And you were responsible for vine? Fired from twitter for incompetence and Harrassing women? Those things explain a lot. Vine - glad you were forced to close it down it was trash. And why Twitter lets you join after firing you tells me you’re using fake info to do so. So I guess I shouldn’t be too surprised that this game is nothing but yet another scam. Who in the world has an app without faqs and directions? My 15 year old laughed at the setup and knew it was a mess and told me it’d take maybe a week to set any up correct if they had a clue about coding, typing, technology period, a child knew but you didn’t? Bs you know you just wanted free advertising and probably get cash for every download. It’s pathetic what people have turned into these days, self centered sneaky nut jobs and addicts. Welcome to hell.

by Cc56..

I don't know if I recently made a comment about this but this game is not made for born beautiful and I kind of wish it was I cannot even enjoy the game because it will not show me the questions with my voice app that lets me know no one tried to make this game even a little bit for blind people me I really don't care about the host stop complaining whatever I don't care I do not give a flying fig about any hosts what I'm mad about is this game is not accessible and I would really like to enjoy this and my dictation is messed up so the first few words I got one messed up anyway this game is not made for blind people what I'm very sad and mad about I'm going to speak my mind about this this is this is what I really don't like it will not show me the deep choices so I cannot answer them so while I am at being a lemonade it everybody else gets to enjoy it and I haven't even gotten to put in my answer I don't have any extra limes and it will not show me my answers I will show music people that are in the game that's not what I want to see I want to see the choices not the people and sorry about my dictation again but I have a question can you please make an update to where it will show blind people with their voice over the answers please? I would like to enjoy HQTrivia with the rest of the community

by Ninjacoog

Now it’s only once a week. This is a problem because, at the same time they drastically reduces players’ chances of winning (to once a week), they also now require a minimum of $5 to cash out. This doesn’t sound too bad, except you don’t get your money WHEN you win it. They hold your money until some arbitrary date that’s regularly 4-5 months later. Still, you could just wait and let the money accrue in your account right? Nope! Another little stipulation they added is that your money is taken back after 90 days. So if they don’t release $5 or more before those 90 days are up, you lose that money. So, since they hold your money as long as they please, they really never have to pay out. So it looks like people are winning, but after months of waiting they lose their winnings because HQ has set up a set of rules that really only benefits them and sneakily allows them to not issue the payouts as promised. I’m a long time player, since Birds’ Nest Soup days. I liked the company and thought the majority of their decisions were ethically in the right. This new development though? It wreaks of shady scammer app. Boo HQ. You’ve really managed to flush that success down the toilet. Good thing you get to keep all your money now. 🙄

by Lucasridnour

HQ has a simple premise; answer a question correctly and you move on. Tonight this one rule was broken. Along with it was HQs credibility (on the bright side, this action probably made some class-action attorney’s night). After two-thirds of the field got eliminated on the first question, the game was restarted to let everyone back in.

This may seem like the kind thing to do. In fact, it delegitimizes the game entirely. HQ sells “lives” so that you can continue to play after you’ve answered a question incorrectly. These lives cost real, actual, fiat currency (U.S. dollars($)). What’s more, the game automatically uses that life for you unless you click a button within 5 seconds. I’m assuming that happened to a fair amount of other HQ players as well. When people pay for extra lives, the game defaults to use those lives for you, and you restart the game after a whole slew of people have now spent money to continue in a game where two-thirds of players were eliminated on the first question, you’ve now wasted people’s hard earned money and entertainment value. When a game that allows you to pay money to play and pays out real money to the winner restarts the game in this way, breaking its only rule to do so, it has lost all credibility and value. It’s a shame.

by Midgettwoshoes

First off, I’ll say that HQTrivia is a great idea and should be a ton of fun. I love trivia and am good at it, and I don’t really have complaints about the difficulty of later questions because it makes sense that the game needs to narrow down the active players significantly, so that people can win more than a few cents each. However, the game has two big problems that I think need to be addressed if this game is to stay relevant.

My first big issue with this game is that HQTrivia absolutely cannot keep up with the number of players. I have been kicked from games randomly, lagged out, and several times I have selected the correct answer, it’s shown that I selected the correct answer, and then it’s told me I’ve been eliminated.

My second big problem with the game bothers me even more than the first. I regularly skip games because I do not want to deal with watching the host. The host is the absolute worst. He is so unbelievably annoying and he just rambles forever about nonsense, completely ruining games regularly and making it not fun to play. I don’t understand how this isn’t more of an issue for more people. The host single-handedly makes me not want to play the game, even though the chance of winning money keeps bringing me back. Please fire Scott! He is so, so terrible and I hate him more with every game I play; he’s making me become less and less interested in continuing to use HQTrivia .

by Kikilini

Used to think this was awesome, but then I started getting kicked off or wasn’t able to answer questions because reception cuts in and out, even in places where I have fine reception for other tasks and calls. Today was my final straw - please note that bad decision-making cost you this customer. Questions 1 & 2, and sometimes 3, are usually pretty easy (like lame easy. Think: What usually goes with peanut butter: jelly, tuna, ghosts, a rock) Today, the first question was more difficult and more than half of the participants got out. Apparently, that wasn’t the originally-planned first question. TOO bad! The rest of us got it correct. Whoever missed it still would have missed it regardless when the question would have come up. I don’t get another chance when I’ve missed questions, whether it was the 2nd or 3rd or 10th. I stead of just moving forward, the host made a big fuss about it so they decided to start all over and out everyone back in. Foolish decision. At that point, I knew I would delete HQTrivia . So many people kept saying to move on in the chat, but you didn’t listen. Then, they just shut it all down and closed the current session. That was additionally. So, I’ve deleted HQTrivia . Too bad. I liked HQ Words. Wish you’d care.

by TrinityyGracee

Ok so I try to play this everyday because it’s pretty cool and a lot of fun but it glitches really hard a lot and to make it glitch less you have to be connected to a super strong WiFi many many times I have been far along the game and it glitches and when it goes back to normal it says I clicked an answer when I never did and it’s always the wrong one so I get kicked out and lose because the game malfunctioned. I understand they are live-streaming a game show but if this could get fixed the game would be 100x better. If you have super strong WiFi and you Like trivia game ands winning money I would recommend it but if your WiFi is bad to moderate Maybe steer away or just watch because chances are it will glitch and you will lose. I have found the creators created Vine for some people who created such a huge app they should work harder on this one many people have it lag a lot and as stated in many other reviews the hosts talk way to much and drag it on and make aborting jokes plus they try to hype up $2,000 when the reality of it is on average 150 people win and the most I have seen some one win is $32 and on the $10,000 people won $5 because so many played and won they should start the games when it hits a certain number of people so the prize is better and it doesn’t lag (400,000 people)

by Abbydoll1983

The new update didn’t fix stability issues. It added pop-up ads into the daily challenge, which freeze. You have to totally close out of HQ, then restart it. Really inconvenient. And it’s hard to focus on a timed daily challenge when every other question is interrupted by an ad. Before that, I thought it was a new nice feature. A fun idea.
Sorry Matt, you’re not funny! I think you’re a nice guy, but if you refer to us as “babies” one more time I’m going to rip out your earrings! PLEASE no more singing! Gives me migraines & you waste too much time. Get to the freaking questions & stop messing around! Repeatedly showing the same clip of a bear named Reggie isn’t funny either. You’ve done it once. Now STOP! You waste so much time. You really make me miss Scott. Lauren Gambino is the BEST! LOVE her!! She’s my fave!! I wish she’d host everyday! She’s so NOT annoying & she’s fun.
HQ Words needs some work. Whoever is coming up with the clues, isn’t the best. They don’t always make sense or it’s not how people think. Could be better. I do like the host Anna ok.
In General I like playing HQ, but I do think 10 sec is too short of a time limit on each question. There are also way too many glitches. I LOVE theme nights. That was a good idea. But not when it’s something crude like South Park. I would recommend to friends, but tell them to manage expectations.

by Mish Nyc

The original premise was great but since the notoriety think the show/app has some more pitfalls. I get that you want to make money but $4 for passing a question is kinda ridiculous like I can get a Starbucks coffee with an espresso shot in NYC for cheaper. These new hour quizzes are fun but you should make them unlimited. It would give you a better baseline for players and knowledge and you should add how players are performing against other players like in the game or other apps like luminosity, elevate, etc. This game is about competition so showing how well or poorly people are doing and maybe tracking that would actually incentivize people to play more to be better. Also incorporate those other random badges you give out- they seem silly but I actually am like ok I’m a movie expert now for getting this one question right. Pat on the back and I will play again. You had over a million players at one point and the change in structure and a lot of the pointed money and time schemes take away from the original idea of a live game show and now you only have 100k for most games. Still better than most apps but make it more accessible, competitive and not so money grubbing.

by This Needs To Be Fixed!!!

HQ is a lot of fun, I like trivia and so do my friends. We play together a ton to see how well we can do. However, 2 major issues come about every single time.
1: Lag. I have a decent WiFi speed and I understand that streaming live to up to 1 million+ people can be a lot, but the lag can be excessive and often screws me over for questions I know the answer to because I have to read it instead of hear the question and have time to think.
2: The time it takes. I understand that many things need an opening monologue, but what Scott does is absolutely excessive. This bothers me more than lag. If it’s a 12 question game scheduled for 3pm ESTand 9pm EST with each question being 10 seconds long, the game should not give question 1 at 3:06pm or 9:06pm. Scott should talk for about a minute, say something that is actually funny, and then get right into the questions. Every other host I’ve seen has done that and I enjoyed those experiences much more. If Scott could talk less then the game would be much, MUCH better. Having that fixed would certainly improve my rating of this game.
Overall, I very much enjoy HQ, but some of its issues are becoming unbearable.

by Lethrya

Really fun. But the black man is just too silly. The girls are good at their job. Also the 10 seconds should start after the question is presented.

I feel the same way as the comment above as it is fun but the 10 seconds should start after the question is asked and the nice black man should tone it down as he is silly but really nice.

I really love Matt now he has toned down but you need to put more money on word and sports if you want people to watch and do those games like Trivia. I had points through the 6th question tonight and I started on the 2nd question and I was already out. When did you change the game as I play every night and have never heard you lose if you aren’t in on the first question. The game is better but you need more stops for prizes especially after the 20th or whenever you don’t have anymore until 9 questions are asked in the end. Throw in a prize question so people don’t get discouraged. Good game. Better than before but you need more prize questions throughout the game and lots of people will play more.

by Susk9ZECH6phon

I can say that I’ve been playing this game since November of this year and man is it “first of all” addictive and the schedule for this game helps as well, for weekdays the games are held 6 hours apart from each other (3PM EST and 9PM EST) and on the weekends, they have the 9PM EST game which honestly for me, makes it very convenient to tune in and play. I’ve also never seen any other app like it. There are some problems once and a while, but for the most part, they’ve ironed them out really well and continue to iron them. They try their best to give everyone a fair chance at winning or splitting the cash prize. They do a great job on adding features and mostly bug fixes to make the experience even better than previously. I also like how it’s evolved so much over just the past month. The HQ developers do in fact work on the game and they push updates regularly so now the game CAN handle the ever-growing 700k+ people that are tuning in to play so don’t worry about problems with lag much and if so, the question tab will appear either way. In my opinion, the host is extremely funny and makes light of any situation. I WOULDN’T consider him to be annoying or cringing. So YES, this is a definite recommendation from me to download this game and at least try it out once.

by Txtw

First of all, LOVE HQ! So addicting and a nice break in the evening. And even though I never win, I do learn fun facts!
I looked all thru HQTrivia to find somewhere to send an e-mail. Couldn’t find one anywhere so sending this. I’m not one of the whiners in chat! In fact, I always say “ wine 🍷 not whine 😭” in the chat. The whiners Drive me crazy. Every app has minor issues.
I love this game! Play every night when I can. But the last update created a lot of glitches in the entire app! The other night, I could play but my hubby could only see the host. According to chat, that was true for many. Same thing happened to me tonight on Words. And the Daily Challenge, when I get an answer wrong, after the video, it goes to the main screen. I tap continue and I can hear it but it’s still on main screen. I have to close out HQTrivia completely to continue. And it’s with ALL my wrong answers. Cuz I get a few 😂
Will continue to play , just thought y’all may wanna know.
BTW....... Matt is the best! Love After Dark!😂😘

by KJRH2311

I don’t write reviews often.. but reading the negative reviews of HQTrivia has compelled me to speak my mind. This is a fantastic app. A great idea with great execution. It specifically tells you what you need to play, and for those with weak WiFi or crappy cellphone carriers that are complaining about the lag- please guide your complaints towards the right service, because it’s not HQTrivia . I have Sprint, and regular WiFi, and I have never had an issue while playing the game. (I have played several times while out with my husband and not connected to WiFi at all, no issue)

On the second most common negativity: the hosts. Scott is great, but not everyone will agree- who cares? I don’t like the woman as much, she comes across rehearsed. Scott does not. It’s all a matter of opinion and I’m sure there have been game shows throughout the years with hosts that have been less than liked. Personally, I never liked Regis Philbin... but that’s not a reason to say Who Wants to be a Millionaire was a bad show. Get over it.

by Stinkfister1

Love the new formats, new shows, new hosts, HQ evolves and still has a feel to it like you’re part of something special. I’ve seen some reviews criticizing the chat. The chat is not the sea of negativity and objectification of hosts some want to describe it as. You can also very, very easily turn it off. The chaos of the chat is one of the things that adds to the experience and makes it feel like an exclusive community. There’s a time honored tradition of trolls spamming the wrong answers in the chat, and just as time honored as that is the tradition of people who make the mistake of taking that advice. It’s amazing, it’s fun, and it’s like nothing else out there. The chat can be negative, they can be overly critical of hosts, but it’s mostly people meme-ing, complimenting Roisman’s fashion sense as well as the fact she’s gorgeous as long as she’s not singing. Leave the singing to “question five, ah, ah, ah, ah, question five!l”. The hosts are great, people in chat just like to troll and also have undying crushes on Rogowski. That’s it. The game also lays the law down - “STAY CHILL IN THE CHAT!”. HQ is five stars and we don’t need PC police to save the innocent from the chat. It’s part of the fun and there’s a good system in place to handle abuse and harassment in the chat.

by SAVE THE GAME.2007

I will give you the 9 cents I won on this game to continue HQ. It is the best game on my phone. And just because some people don’t play or even download the game doesn’t mean the people who do should be punished. I really hope you with take this in to consideration because this is no joke. I tried to get another game like HQ once I heard it was stopping, there isn’t one because this game is indescribable or at least was. This game meant a lot to me, it brought me closer to friends like when we would play the game together when ever it went live or even not, no matter if we lost or not just no matter what. But now we have spoken in 2 days. Look what you did you punished you fans and players for people not playing. If the game needs money set up a charity. Just get this game back on. I know I gave you five stars but you let me down so now I saying 1 out of 5. Put HQ back on and I would never give a review under perfect 5 out of 5.

by Tyler Pictures

I can say that I’ve been playing this game since November of this year and man is it “first of all” addictive and the schedule for this game helps as well, for weekdays the games are held 6 hours apart from each other (3PM EST and 9PM EST) and on the weekends, they have the 9PM EST game which honestly for me, makes it very convenient to tune in and play. I’ve also never seen any other app like it. There are some problems once and a while, but for the most part, they’ve ironed them out really well and continue to iron them. They try their best to give everyone a fair chance at winning or splitting the cash prize. They do a great job on adding features and mostly bug fixes to make the experience even better than previously. I also like how it’s evolved so much over just the past month. The HQ developers do in fact work on the game and they push updates regularly so now the game CAN handle the ever-growing 700k+ people that are tuning in to play so don’t worry about problems with lag much and if so, the question tab will appear either way. In my opinion, the host is extremely funny and makes light of any situation. I WOULDN’T consider him to be annoying or cringing. So YES, this is a definite recommendation from me to download this game and at least try it out once.