MASH for iPhone and Apple Watch

It's the MASH you played on notebook paper, with the counting done for you. You answer the questions and draw the spiral with your finger. Then a green pen crosses things off until one future is left on the page.

We made the first version in 2008, right after the App Store opened. It's still free on iPhone and iPad, and the Apple Watch version comes with it.

The numbers question in MASH, with three numbers typed on notebook paper
The salary question in MASH, with a cartoon of money bags
The MASH home screen on iPhone: a mansion, apartment, shack, and house under a blue sky

start to finish

How a game goes

The rules are the same as the paper game. The app just holds the pen.

  1. The pet question in MASH: a cartoon dog and cat beside a goldfish bowl, with ocelot typed in as the first answer

    Answer the questions

    There are more than 20, and every one has its own cartoon by Scott McMahon. Type three answers, or tap the dice and let MASH fill in something strange.

    sneak in one you'd hate

  2. Drawing the spiral in MASH: a green spiral on notebook paper with the magic number 8 in the middle

    Draw the spiral

    Shut your eyes and draw it on the notebook page with your finger. When you lift off, MASH counts the rings. That count is your magic number.

    eyes shut!

  3. A green pen crossing off answers in MASH, with one answer left in some of the lists

    Watch the pen

    A green pen goes down your lists, counting to the magic number, and crosses off whatever it lands on. It keeps going until every list has one answer left.

    no take-backs

  4. A finished MASH story under a mansion and falling confetti, with Share Story and Save Story buttons

    Read your story

    Your future comes out as one long paragraph, and the confetti falls. Tap Save Story to keep it, or Share Story to send it to whoever got the shack.

    screenshot it

on your wrist

MASH for Apple Watch

The watch app comes free with the iPhone app. Download MASH on your phone and it shows up on your paired watch by itself.

You pick how long a game you want first. Each question still gets its cartoon, full screen. When it's time for the spiral, you turn the Digital Crown instead of drawing.

MASH on Apple Watch asking you to choose a game length: short or medium

turn the crown for the spiral

for the bus ride

Get MASH on your iPhone

It's free on the App Store for iPhone and iPad, and the Apple Watch app installs along with it. Not on an iPhone right now? Play MASH online in any browser.

Download MASH for iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Mac:

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