CyberFruit Lab, a Dubai studio, launched Couscous: Secret Word on the App Store. It’s an iPhone guessing game where you ask yes-or-no questions to find a hidden word.
Everyone gets the same riddle of the day, so friends can race each other on one word, and the daily riddle is free. CyberFruit says the iPhone app launched on 6 November, but the App Store’s version history lists version 1.0 on 28 October.
A painted couscous grain keeps a secret word from a theme you pick, such as under the sea, space, dinosaurs, or sweet treats. You type or speak your questions, and the grain stamps back YES, NO, or I DON’T KNOW while a ring warms up as you get close. You get 20 turns with no timer and three tries to name the word. According to CyberFruit, a language model judges the answers, and the game’s website says those answers “can be wrong”.
The game also plays in the browser at couscous.ai, which lists 71 themes. The iPhone app needs iOS 26 and also runs on Apple silicon Macs and Apple Vision Pro.
Couscous is free to download, but questions cost grains. In most rounds a question or a wrong guess costs one grain, a hint costs three, and “I don’t know” answers and the right guess cost nothing. Couscous Unlimited removes the grain cost for questions. These are US App Store prices in dollars; we didn’t find an AED price.
| In-app purchase | US price |
|---|---|
| Couscous Unlimited, monthly | $7.99 |
| Couscous Unlimited, yearly | $39.99 |
| Handful (30 grains) | $2.99 |
| Bag (100 grains) | $6.99 |
| Chest (300 grains) | $14.99 |
On privacy, the developer says your voice becomes text on the iPhone and the audio is never saved or uploaded. The text of your questions, though, goes to a third-party AI service. Its App Store privacy labels, which Apple hasn’t verified, list name, email address, and coarse location among data linked to you.
Like Follyvale, the one-person hidden-object game we covered this week, Couscous is a small indie title. With a daily riddle and a browser version, it’s easy to try before spending a single grain.
