FOKIQ · VERSUS
Versus.
Five puzzles. Six cognitive domains. One daily seed. Two players, side by side. Play sharper.
You haven’t played today’s Daily yet. Versus uses the same five puzzles — opening a room here means you’ll see them now. Play the Daily first →
Versus pits two players against the same 5 puzzles from today’s daily seed (Day 97). Same domains, same difficulty, same order — the score delta is the only variable. Free forever. No signup.
- 3 ways to start
- 5 puzzles per room
- 6 domains tested
- 0 ads or accounts
Three ways to start a match
Generate a link, send it through any messenger. The URL is the only way in — rotate it any time to invalidate the old one.
Generating… Invite links work across devices. Use this for cross-platform shares.
A four-character handle, easy to read aloud or text. Drops confusable characters so it survives a phone call.
Codes work device-local — the device that generated the code keeps the room. Use an invite link if you need cross-device.
Already have a code from a friend?
How a Versus match plays
- Same seed. Both players start from today’s daily seed (Day 97). Identical puzzle order, identical difficulty, identical timing budget per puzzle.
- Solo solves. Each player works through the five puzzles on their own device. No live-streaming, no peeking. The grid is the audit trail.
- Side-by-side reveal. Once both players finish, the result screen renders both grids — pattern, memory, spatial, speed, logic, language — and surfaces the delta per domain.
- Brain Type read. The reveal pulls each player’s dominant Brain Type so you can see whether the win was a structural domain advantage or a clean point-for-point beat.
Plays best on desktop and mobile browsers. Free forever. No subscription. No paywall.
The Daily stays unviolated
Versus uses today’s seed by design. If you haven’t played the Daily yet, play it first — that solo run is what counts toward your streak. Versus is the social layer that sits on top, not a replacement.
Today’s Daily · Endless · Sprint · Tournament
How to play a tight Versus
Five puzzles is a short window. Anyone can hit one streak of luck. Three useful framings if you’re trying to win consistently rather than just pop one good grid:
- Lead with your strongest domain. Pattern, memory, spatial, speed, logic, and language hit in shuffled order, but the seed is fixed — so the first puzzle is the same for both of you. Open with confidence; warm-up time is real.
- Don’t auto-rush speed puzzles. Speed processing rewards a fast first guess only when accuracy holds. A miss costs you the entire puzzle’s point band, so a 100ms delay for a re-check usually nets out positive against an opponent.
- Memory and spatial reward calm. Both domains lose disproportionately when you panic-encode. Look once. Trace the structure. Commit. Mid-puzzle second-guessing is the largest source of avoidable misses on a Versus grid.
None of this turns Versus into a grind. The scoreboard is a side-effect; the puzzle itself is the point. The grid just makes the game legible afterwards.
Brain Type matchups
Two players, two brain types. The reveal screen shows both — that pair is more interesting than the raw score delta. A few common patterns:
- Architect (spatial + logic) vs. Scanner (speed + pattern)
- Architects bank points on logic and spatial puzzles; Scanners catch up on speed and pattern. The grid usually splits down the middle. Whoever holds language or memory better wins the tiebreaker.
- Scholar (memory + language) vs. anyone
- Scholars rarely lose memory or language puzzles. The matchup question is whether they can hold their own on speed and spatial — domains that reward fast pattern-matching, not deep recall.
- Polymath vs. Polymath
- Two balanced players almost always come down to a single near-miss. The grid looks like a clean tie until you read the timing column on the reveal.
Read more on the brain types overview or take the brain type quiz if you don’t already know yours.
Why Versus exists
Brain training stalls when it stays solo. The Daily is honest — same puzzles for everyone every day — but you only ever see your own grid. Versus turns that into a head-to-head receipt: the same daily seed, a friend’s grid next to yours, a brain type for both of you. It is the most legible way to compare today’s grids — same puzzles, same seed, two grids side by side.
The same five puzzles, locked to today, makes the comparison fair. The grid format — pattern, memory, spatial, speed, logic, language, in monocode-led emoji — makes it shareable anywhere a chat thread already lives. No app, no accounts, no leaderboards required for the core loop to work.
Frequently asked questions
What is Versus mode?
Versus is FOKIQ’s head-to-head mode. Two players solve the same five puzzles from the same daily seed, then the grids are compared side by side. Same difficulty, same domains, same order — only the answers differ.
How is Versus different from the Daily?
The Daily is solo. Versus uses today’s same daily seed, so it counts as a head-to-head challenge against a friend, not a fresh stream of puzzles. The Daily must be played first if you want it to count toward your streak.
How do invite links work?
Tap “Copy invite link”. Send the URL through any messenger. Whoever opens it gets routed into the same room with the same seed. There is no signup, no password, no account creation.
How does the 4-character code work?
A code is a short room handle, easier to read aloud than a full URL. Generate one, share it verbally or in chat, and the other player types it on this page to enter the same room. Codes drop confusable characters (I, O, 0, 1, S, Z) so they survive being read in person.
Is a private room different?
A private link uses the same mechanic as an invite link but is never surfaced anywhere on FOKIQ — no leaderboard hooks, no shared discovery. The URL is the only way in. Use it for one-on-one challenges you don’t want indexed.
Can I play from my phone?
Yes — FOKIQ runs in any modern mobile browser. The clipboard buttons fall back to manual selection on browsers that block programmatic clipboard access.
Does Versus count toward my streak?
No. The Daily is the streak-bearing run by design — one solo attempt per day, one shot at the seed. Versus is a social layer on top. Play the Daily first to keep your streak; play Versus afterward to see how friends did.
What if my friend joins after I’ve already finished?
They still get the same five puzzles from the same seed. The reveal screen waits until both players finish, then surfaces the side-by-side grid. There is no time pressure between players — async play is the default mode.
Are codes shared across devices?
Codes are stored on the device that generated them. If you generate a code on your laptop and your friend types it into their phone, the room is found via the same Supabase room id behind the scenes — no per-device state required as long as the room was created on a device that can sync.
Why is FOKIQ free?
Free forever. No subscription, no paywall. The bet is that great daily play is worth more as a free tool that earns you back than a paid one that locks you in. Brain training shouldn’t be a recurring charge; it should be a daily habit.