Two Truths

Thanks for helping test this. Two minutes to set up, then about a minute a day.

What it is

Every day you write one true thing about yourself and one convincing lie. Your friends try to spot which is which, and you try to spot theirs. There's a streak for playing daily and a weekly leaderboard.

1. Get the app

Two Truths is distributed through the Play Store as a closed test, so joining takes one extra step the first time.

How to join the test

That page has the link and the one rule that matters. Two minutes, once.

iPhone isn't available yet — Apple's developer approval is still pending.

2. Sign in

Either works:

• Sign in with Google — one tap, nothing to remember
• Email — we send you a short code. There's no password, and no separate sign-up step; entering your email creates your account.

3. Add each other as friends

The game only gets interesting with people in it. On the Friends tab, invite someone by typing their email address. The invitation appears for them as soon as they sign in with that address — so you can invite people before they've even installed it.

Tell Paul which email address you signed up with and he'll add you.

4. Play every day

Please open it and write your pair every day for the full 14 days. This is the part that matters most, and it's a bigger ask than it sounds, so here's why it's worth it.

Two Truths is a daily game. Streaks, reminders, the leaderboard reset, friends' pairs appearing overnight — none of that can be tested in a single sitting. A fortnight of real daily use will find problems that a hundred one-off sessions never would.

Google also looks at whether testers genuinely used the app, not just whether they installed it. So playing daily is the single most useful thing you can do to get this published.

It takes about a minute. Turn on the daily reminder in the Stats tab and it'll nudge you.

What to look out for

• Anything that crashes, hangs, or looks broken
• Anything confusing — if you weren't sure what to do, that's a bug in the design, not in you
• Turn on the daily reminder (Stats tab) and check it arrives at the time you picked.
• Notifications when a friend plays, and when someone invites you. If these stop arriving, or arrive late, that's worth telling us.
• Whether you'd actually keep playing. Honestly. That's the most useful thing you can tell us.

Feedback

Email twotruths@ampora.com.au, or just message Paul directly. A screenshot helps enormously if something looks wrong.

A few honest notes

• This is an early build. Expect rough edges.
• It's still an early build, so don't write anything you'd be genuinely upset to lose.
• You can delete your account and everything in it at any time: Stats → Delete account.

Version history

Newest first. Updates now arrive through the Play Store automatically, so there is nothing to re-download.

Play Store test build · 3 Sep

• Two Truths is now installed from the Play Store instead of a downloaded file — no more security warnings
• Removed a leftover "watch an ad to reveal early" button. It never did anything, and the app has no ads

Build 11 · 28 Aug

• See who guessed what. On the Stats tab, tap any past reveal to expand it — you'll see each friend who guessed and whether they spotted your lie or fell for it. This works on everything you've already played, not just from now on (thanks Tara)
• Removed the "Two Truths+ · $2.99" panels. They were placeholder UI for a paid tier that doesn't exist, and they were never connected to any payment system — the app now has no purchases in it at all

Build 9 · 26 Aug

• More work on the disappearing-friends problem — the app now retries a few times if your phone's connection isn't ready yet when you open it
• If your account genuinely can't be loaded, you'll now see "Couldn't load your account" with a Try again button, instead of the app pretending you have no friends. If you see that screen, please tell us — it means something's still wrong and it helps us pin it down

Build 8 · 26 Aug

• Fixed friends disappearing on a new day. Opening the app the morning after showed an empty friends list until you force-closed and reopened it — the app was asking the server for your friends before it had finished renewing your sign-in, and the server answered "none" rather than "try again"
• The app now refreshes properly when you open it on a new day, so your streak and who's played today are up to date

Build 7 · 25 Aug

• Friend requests now show the sender's email under their name — so you can always tell who's asking, even if they haven't set a name yet
• "Share the app" now links to twotruths.ampora.com.au

Build 6 · 24 Aug

• Friends' pairs no longer vanish at midnight — each stays guessable until that friend posts a new one, labelled with when it was written
• "Friends · N to guess" shows how many pairs are waiting
• Fixed friends/invites sometimes disappearing when reopening the app without force-closing
• Pull down to refresh on the Play and Friends tabs
• "Share the app…" button on the Friends tab — send it to anyone by text, email or chat
• Server side: friend notifications unblocked (was a database permissions fault)

Build 5 · 23 Aug

• Friend requests show the sender's real name instead of "Someone"
• "Which one is the lie?" is now a big, obvious question on the guess screen
• Bigger animated TRUE/LIE reveal, held longer so it can actually be read
• Withdraw invites you've sent; duplicate and self-invites blocked
• Bottom menu labels no longer clipped

Build 4 · 23 Aug

• Everyone gets a real display name instead of "New Player", editable in Stats
• Practice mode shows your score ("You spotted 3 of 4") instead of a confusing 0%
• Writing prompt topics (Food, Travel…) to spark ideas — they rotate daily
• Bottom bar no longer covers the menu

Build 3 · 22 Aug

• Push notification groundwork (FCM) — friend notifications made possible
• Home-screen streak widget fixed (was rendering blank) and adapts to size

Build 2 · 21 Aug

• Report a friend's pair; remove a friend
• Random mode reframed as Practice with honest "Sample pair" labels
• Account deletion (Stats tab)

Build 1 · 15 Aug

• First tester release: new dark design, Google sign-in, daily write/guess/reveal loop, friends, leaderboard, streaks, daily reminder