2–4 players · online & offline · zero coin gambling
Classic Ludo.
No coins. No casino. Just the game.
Race your four tokens home in the game you grew up with — solo against a genuine AI, pass-and-play with friends on one device, or online in a private room by code. No coin wagering, no forced sign-in, no bloated install.
Get the app
- No coin gambling, ever
- Play offline, no account needed
- Online rooms that actually reconnect
Built to actually work
Everything you need. Nothing predatory.
Ludo is a solved, decades-old classic. We focused the effort on the multiplayer lifecycle other Ludo apps leave broken — and left out the coin-casino economy entirely.
- A real AI opponent
- Play solo against a genuine bot, offline, anytime — no network required and no matchmaking wait.
- Hotseat, pass-and-play
- Two to four players share one device, taking turns in the same room. No extra installs, no accounts.
- Private rooms by code
- Create a room, share a short code, and play with friends across iOS and Android in the same match.
- Quick Match
- Casual public matchmaking for when you just want a game right now, no room code to share.
- Reconnect & resume
- Lose signal mid-game? Rejoin where you left off. Turn timeouts keep the game moving instead of freezing.
- Emotes, not chat
- A fixed set of friendly emoji and phrases. No free-text chat means nothing to moderate and nothing awkward.
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- Cross-platform — iOS and Android in the same match
- Fully localized in 16 languages, switchable in-app
- Offline autosave — close the app mid-game and pick up right where you left off
- Player profile and match stats, kept on your device
How to play
One board. Three steps. No wagering.
Classic Ludo rules — the same game your family has played for generations, with a private room by code as the only setup step online play needs.
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Step 01
Create or join a room
Start a private room and share the short code with friends, jump into Quick Match for a casual public game, or just play solo against the AI — no code needed.
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Step 02
Roll and race
Take turns rolling the die and racing your four tokens around the shared track. Land a 6 to leave the yard; land on an opponent to send them back.
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Step 03
Bring all four home
Climb your colored home column and get all four tokens home first to win. Starred cells are safe — no capture there.
Four ways to play
However you want to play, it's the same game.
Every mode shares one engine and one board — and every online mode works between iOS and Android in the same match.
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Solo vs. AI
Play a full 2–4 player game filled out by a genuine bot opponent. Fully offline, anytime.
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Hotseat
Two to four players pass one device around, taking turns in the same room.
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Private room
Create a room, share a short code with up to three friends, and play online together.
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Quick Match
Jump into a casual public game with other players online, no code required.
The whole point of this app
Lighter and less predatory, on purpose.
The category is dominated by apps that dress up gambling-adjacent coin economies as a kids' board game. We built the opposite: a clean, fast Ludo with an honest monetization story — none, for now.
Typical Ludo apps
- Coin-wager "casino" modes dressed up as a board game
- A forced social graph or account before you can play a single game
- A heavy install, padded with cosmetics and currency systems
- Ad interstitials between every match
What you get instead
- Free to play — no upfront cost, no forced watch-to-continue
- No coin wagering, ever — this is a board game, not a casino
- No account required for offline play — online rooms use anonymous sign-in only
- No pay-to-win — every player rolls the same die, moves the same tokens
- No ads in v1 — if that ever changes, it will be opt-in, disclosed here first
Privacy by design
Offline-first. No accounts required.
Solo and hotseat play never touch a network. Online play uses anonymous Firebase sign-in only — no email, no social login, no profile to fill out.
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Offline modes need no network at all
Solo vs. AI and hotseat run entirely on your device. No server ever sees those games, and no account is required to play them.
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Anonymous sign-in for online only
Private rooms and Quick Match use Firebase Anonymous Auth — a random ID, no email, no password, no social login. A display name you choose is shared with the other players in your match.
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Nothing to buy, so no payment data
V1 has no in-app purchases and no coin economy — there is no payment flow, so there is no payment information to collect.
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No chat, only canned emotes
In-match reactions are a fixed set of emoji and short phrases. There is no free-text input anywhere, so there is nothing to moderate and nothing to store beyond a reaction ID.
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Match state lives in Firebase, tied to the match
Online rooms are stored in Firebase Realtime Database (dice rolls, turn order, token positions) so the server can validate moves. It is not linked to any profile beyond the anonymous ID.
FAQ
Common questions.
- Is this the same as other Ludo apps?
- No. Ludo Online: Multiplayer is a standalone app, not affiliated with any other Ludo product. It plays the same classic rules — four tokens, a shared track, capture, home column — but deliberately without a coin-wager economy or a forced social account.
- Do I need an account?
- No, not for offline play. Solo vs. AI and hotseat need nothing at all. Online private rooms and Quick Match use anonymous sign-in only — no email, no password, no social login required.
- Is there any coin wagering or gambling?
- No, and there never will be by default. This is a straightforward board game — no coin casino, no wager mode, no real-money mechanics of any kind.
- Can I play with friends on different phones?
- Yes. Create a private room, share the short code, and up to four players join from iOS or Android — the same match works across both platforms.
- What happens if I lose connection mid-game?
- Online games support reconnect and resume, and a turn timeout keeps the game moving if someone steps away — so a match doesn't just freeze because one player dropped.
- What languages does it support?
- Ludo Online is fully localized in 16 languages — English, Russian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Arabic (with right-to-left layout), Hindi, Indonesian, Turkish, Polish, and Bengali. You can switch language in-app at any time.