# Cheese: Try not to laugh

> Games

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1312256772](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1312256772)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1312256772`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Florian Schliep
- **Category:** Games
- **Rating:** 2.70 / 5 (43 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.2.3
- **Last updated:** 2018-03-05
- **First published:** 2018-01-29
- **Size:** 34 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-17
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cheese-try-not-to-laugh/id1312256772)
- **Website:** [https://thecheeseapp.com/](https://thecheeseapp.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://thecheeseapp.com/](https://thecheeseapp.com/)

## Description

Cheese presents you the funniest videos the internet has to offer. You either play against your friends or strangers who are also are looking to have a good laugh. Who laughs more often, loses. With Cheese you have the funniest app on the App Store, guaranteed!

• Watch the funniest videos on the internet
• Cheese uses your iPhone's sensors to detect if you’re laughing
• Play against your friends from Twitter and Facebook or random players
• Jokers: You can use a joker once per game to 'undo' a laughter

Start a new game by either searching for a friend or being assigned a random player. If you wait for your competitor to join, you will play simultaneously, but you can also play in turns. Whoever laughs or looks away less during 10 rounds wins the game.

You can take a look at all your past games in your history, which will soon also allow you to see and share the videos that made you laugh.

## Rankings

- #226,548 — Overall

## Review summary

The app shows a promising vine-based concept with potential humor, but it’s plagued by sign-in barriers (Twitter/Facebook), development-mode blocks, long neglect (2+ years without updates), and mis-scoring bugs that hinder playability and accessibility.

### Pros

- Promising concept for a vine-based humor game.
- Content has potential to be funny and nostalgic for players.
- When sign-in works, the game can be started quickly via Twitter login.

### Cons

- Sign-up/login is blocked by social media requirements (Twitter/Facebook) or dev-mode restrictions, making it inaccessible.
- The app is buggy: watching vines can crash the game, and there are miscounts in judging laughs (counts when you blink or look away).
- The app hasn't been updated in years (not updated in about 2 years).
- Access is limited for users without social media accounts.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1312256772)