Bandston See how it works

A trivia showdown

City versus band

You're shown a name. Is it a real city, an indie band, or both? Both is the trickiest answer of all.

City

25,357

real cities pulled from a genuine world dataset, not just the famous ones.

VS

Band

15,174

hand-picked bands, weighted toward names that could plausibly be a place.

Both

760

names that are genuinely both a real city and a real band, like Boston, Chicago, and Phoenix.

How it plays

Three taps, one gut check

01

A name is shown, three answer choices below it

You're shown a name

Pick City, Band, or Both. No time pressure, just your gut.

02

Correct answer revealed with a one-line fact

See the answer, and why

Every round comes with a real fact. Win or lose, you learn something.

03

Round summary with score and history

Chase your best streak

25 questions a round, a running streak counter, and a Top 10 all-time leaderboard.

New: Daily Challenge

Same 25 questions. Everyone, every day.

Once a day, the whole app plays the identical round: same names, same order, no exceptions. Beat a friend's score and you'll know it wasn't a different set of questions.

Get pulled away mid-round? It picks up exactly where you left off, not back at question one.

Bandston home screen showing the Daily Challenge button
Bandston results screen with the Share Score button

Share your score

Prove it, don't just say it

Every round ends with a scorecard built for sending: your score, your best streak, your Daily Challenge result if that's what you were playing.

One tap and it's off to whichever app you actually use to argue with your friends.

Track every game

Your accuracy, your streaks, your badges

Every round folds into a running record: lifetime accuracy split by city, band, and both, your best-ever streak, how many perfect rounds you've pulled off.

A shelf of badges levels up the more you play, some without limit. 100 cities right and you're a Level 1 City Slicker. 200, and you're Level 2.

Bandston badge grid showing unlockable, levelable badges

The only three answers

City, Band, or Both

City Band
Both!

Is "Envy" a city? Is "Nile" a band? You're about to find out you know less than you thought.

Bandston's reveal screen for a Both answer, with a gold glow and the real fact

Some band facts are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.