Is there an app version of TableTopics?

TableTopics is a physical card deck company, and as of mid-2026 their product line is centered on physical decks rather than an app. If you want the app-shaped version of the same idea, opnrs is the closest fit: one question at a time on screen, 10,000+ questions across 65 topics, free to start.

Which has more questions, opnrs or TableTopics?

opnrs, by a wide margin, because the formats are different. A physical TableTopics deck contains a fixed set of cards, while opnrs holds 10,000+ human-written questions across 65 topics on your phone. A deck is curated and finite by design; an app is a library.

Is TableTopics worth it if I already have a question app?

It can be, if you want the physical ritual. A deck on the table invites conversation without anyone opening a phone, and it makes a genuinely good gift. The app covers volume and portability; the deck covers presence. They solve different problems, which is why many people keep both.

Can I use opnrs without internet, like a card deck?

Yes. opnrs works fully offline, including in airplane mode, because every question in all 11 languages is stored on the device. That puts it on equal footing with a card deck on flights, road trips, and camping weekends, with the difference that it holds thousands more questions.

Which is better for family dinners?

Both work well, and the honest answer depends on your house rules. If dinner is a strictly no-phones zone, a TableTopics deck fits the rule perfectly. If a briefly visible phone is fine, opnrs has dedicated family topics among its 65, and requires no signup, so a grandparent can use it as easily as a teenager.

Which is the better gift?

TableTopics, and it is not close. A wrapped deck is a real object with an established brand behind it, and handing someone an app link does not compare. The practical middle path: give the deck as the gift, then mention that opnrs is free to download when they want more questions than the box holds.

opnrs vs TableTopics: App or Card Deck for Your Table?

Updated 2026-07-02

Choose TableTopics if you want a physical deck on the table, and opnrs if you want thousands of questions in your pocket. That is the honest one-line answer, and the rest of this page is the reasoning behind it. These two are not really rivals. One is a ritual object, the other is a library. We make opnrs, so read our take with that in mind, but TableTopics has earned its place on a lot of dinner tables, and we are not going to pretend otherwise.

The short answer

	opnrs	TableTopics
What it is	Question app for iPhone and Android	Physical conversation card decks
Questions	10,000+ across 65 topics	A fixed set per deck
Languages	11	Depends on the deck you buy
Offline	Yes, fully offline	Yes, they are cards
Portability	Always in your pocket	You carry it or you do not have it
Screens at the table	One, briefly	None
Price shape	Free with optional premium, no ads	One-time purchase per deck
Gift-ability	Hard to wrap an app	Excellent, it is a real object

Where TableTopics genuinely wins

TableTopics sells physical card decks and has been doing it for a long time, which is exactly the point. A deck sitting on the dinner table invites the conversation before anyone asks a question. It never needs charging, never buzzes with a notification, and never tempts anyone to check one more thing while they are holding it. If your family has a no-phones-at-dinner rule, a card deck honors it completely.

It is also a real gift in a way an app can never be. You can wrap it, hand it to a new couple or a host, and watch them open it. And it carries an established brand: people recognize the cube, which means less explaining and faster buy-in from skeptical relatives.

If those things describe what you want, buy the deck. Nothing below changes that.

Where opnrs wins

The trade-offs of a physical deck are the obvious ones. Each deck is a fixed set of cards, so once your table has heard them, that is the deck. There is no search, no topics beyond the box you bought, and no updates. And the deck only helps if it is physically with you, which rules out the road trip you did not pack for and the waiting room you did not plan on.

An app flips all of that. opnrs has 10,000+ questions across 65 topics in 11 languages, works fully offline, and requires no signup. The topics run from family dinners and first dates to road trips, workplace icebreakers, and personal reflection, so the same app covers the dinner table on Sunday and the long drive on Monday. It is free with optional premium, has no ads, and lives on the phone that is already in your pocket. If someone at the table speaks Spanish or Korean or Filipino better than English, you can switch languages instead of switching people.

The one-card-at-a-time format also borrows the best part of a deck: one question, big on the screen, nothing else competing for attention. It is the closest an app gets to the feel of drawing a card.

The screen question, honestly

The strongest argument for TableTopics is not the questions, it is the absence of a phone. That argument is real. A phone at the table is a doorway to everything else on the phone, and even a well-designed app cannot fully close it.

Our honest counter is narrower than you might expect: the phone is out for about four seconds. Someone reads the card aloud, sets the phone face down, and the conversation is the activity. Present Mode even turns the camera into the card background so the screen becomes a shared object rather than a private one. But if any screen at all breaks the spell for your table, believe your table, not us.

Verdict: which one should you get?

Choose TableTopics if the moment is the point: a dinner table centerpiece, a housewarming gift, a screen-free household ritual, or a brand your relatives already trust. A physical deck does one job beautifully, and it never runs out of battery.

Choose opnrs if the coverage is the point: thousands of questions instead of one boxed set, 65 topics instead of one theme, 11 languages, offline everywhere, and a price of free to start. It is the pick for people whose conversations happen in more places than the dining room.

Plenty of people run both: cards at home, the app everywhere else. That is not a cop-out, it is the setup we would actually recommend to a family that loves this stuff.

Frequently asked questions

Is there an app version of TableTopics?: TableTopics is a physical card deck company, and as of mid-2026 their product line is centered on physical decks rather than an app. If you want the app-shaped version of the same idea, opnrs is the closest fit: one question at a time on screen, 10,000+ questions across 65 topics, free to start.
Which has more questions, opnrs or TableTopics?: opnrs, by a wide margin, because the formats are different. A physical TableTopics deck contains a fixed set of cards, while opnrs holds 10,000+ human-written questions across 65 topics on your phone. A deck is curated and finite by design; an app is a library.
Is TableTopics worth it if I already have a question app?: It can be, if you want the physical ritual. A deck on the table invites conversation without anyone opening a phone, and it makes a genuinely good gift. The app covers volume and portability; the deck covers presence. They solve different problems, which is why many people keep both.
Can I use opnrs without internet, like a card deck?: Yes. opnrs works fully offline, including in airplane mode, because every question in all 11 languages is stored on the device. That puts it on equal footing with a card deck on flights, road trips, and camping weekends, with the difference that it holds thousands more questions.
Which is better for family dinners?: Both work well, and the honest answer depends on your house rules. If dinner is a strictly no-phones zone, a TableTopics deck fits the rule perfectly. If a briefly visible phone is fine, opnrs has dedicated family topics among its 65, and requires no signup, so a grandparent can use it as easily as a teenager.
Which is the better gift?: TableTopics, and it is not close. A wrapped deck is a real object with an established brand behind it, and handing someone an app link does not compare. The practical middle path: give the deck as the gift, then mention that opnrs is free to download when they want more questions than the box holds.