Rock Paper Scissors: Expert

Most rock paper scissors apps flip a coin. Expert watches how you actually play, learns your habits, and plays against them. It will even tell you what it expects next.

Rock paper scissors against a computer is usually a coin flip. This one isn't.

You play Expert, an opponent that watches every round you throw and plays against your habits. It follows the sequence of both players' moves, because people react to what you just did; watching your moves alone throws away half the signal.

THE THROW

Press and hold a tile. Two clay hands pump three times. Release on "one" to commit.

Slide your finger to a different tile mid-pump and your throw changes with it. That is the whole mind-game: you get three beats to change your mind, and so does Expert. Let go early and you have fouled the round.

If the gesture isn't for you, turn on Tap to Throw and the whole thing becomes a single tap.

IT SHOWS ITS WORK

Open the stats sheet mid-match and Expert tells you what it currently expects you to throw. It isn't a hint system. It's a read, offered honestly, and you are welcome to use it against him. Throwing the counter to your own tell works beautifully, right up until he notices you doing it.

EIGHT RUNGS

Rung one is genuinely random and never plays its read at all. By rung eight it plays the read nine times out of ten. Somewhere in the middle you start to feel it paying attention, and the game stops being about luck.

WHAT ISN'T IN IT

No ads. No accounts. No sign-in. No internet connection at all. The whole game runs on your device, and nothing you do in it leaves your phone.

Free play, both clay hand sets, the full statistics sheet, and Expert's read are free forever. One optional purchase unlocks rungs four through eight, and it's a one-time unlock rather than a subscription.