Four in a Row

7 columns · 6 rows · 4 to win

Drop. Block.
Line up four.

The classic game of dropping discs into an upright rack, lit up in neon. Ember takes on Volt: play the machine at three levels or pass the phone to a friend.

How to play

iPhone & iPad · No ads · No in-app purchases · Works offline

Two ways to play

Take on the machine,
or a friend.

Vs Machine

Pick your level

You play Ember against a computer-controlled Volt. Start easy and work your way up.

  • Easy
  • Normal
  • Hard

Pass & Play

Two players, one device

Take turns on the same iPhone or iPad. The first move alternates every game, and a running score of wins and draws is kept for the match.

Ember Volt

How to play

Simple to learn, fun to master.

Seven columns, six rows, two sides: Ember (orange, with a flame) and Volt (blue, with a bolt).

  1. Take turns. Each turn, drop one of your discs into any column that isn’t full.
  2. Discs fall. A disc drops to the lowest empty space in its column.
  3. Line up four. Get four of your discs in a row horizontally, vertically or diagonally to win.
  4. Watch your opponent. Blocking their three in a row is often your best move.
  5. Full rack, no four? If every space fills without a winner, the game is a draw.
  6. Take turns going first. The first move alternates every game.

Tap a column to drop, or drag to aim and let go. More in Support.

Features

Simple, polished, yours.

  • Tap or drag to drop

    Tap a column, or drag to aim with a preview disc under your finger and let go. Discs fall and bounce into place.

  • Four lights up

    When someone wins, the winning four light up with a gold line.

  • Undo

    Take back a disc. Against the machine, undo takes back your disc and its reply.

  • Picks up where you left off

    Your game and the match score save automatically and resume after the app is closed.

  • Sound & haptics

    Each has its own switch in Settings, alongside the machine level and How to Play.

  • VoiceOver & Dynamic Type

    VoiceOver announces each column and every disc dropped, and text follows your preferred size.

  • Shape as well as colour

    Ember discs carry a flame and Volt discs a bolt, so the two sides are easy to tell apart.

  • iPhone & iPad

    Built for both, with a landscape layout on iPad. Requires iOS 17 or later.

  • Just the game

    Fully offline. No ads, no in-app purchases, no accounts, no tracking, and no data collected.

Screenshots

See it glow.

Your drop, Ember.

Four in a Row is coming soon to the App Store for iPhone and iPad. No ads, no in-app purchases, no accounts.