Church Feud

A survey-says game show for youth nights and church parties, run from a Mac on the big screen. Its companion app, Feud Remote, turns an iPhone or iPad into the face-off buzzer or the host's remote.

Contact

Questions, bug reports, or question ideas? Email whyforgoodnessjake@gmail.com. I read every message.

The two apps

Church Feud for Mac is the game. It shows the board on a TV or projector, keeps score, and plays the sounds. You can run a whole game with just the Mac.

Feud Remote for iPhone and iPad is optional. Set it between the two players at the face-off and it's the buzzer. Or hold it yourself and it's the host's remote, with the answer key, scores, and controls in your hand.

Running a game

  1. Connect the Mac to the TV or projector and open Church Feud. The game shows on the TV, and the host console, your answer key, opens on the Mac's own screen.
  2. Click a round in the console to start it. A round is three questions. (On the TV's home screen, clicking a round number and then the play button does the same.) A countdown plays, then the question appears. Click it, or click Next in the console, to bring up the board.
  3. At the face-off, the first player to buzz answers. In the console, click the team that's answering if the buzzer didn't already pick it. Then click their answer to reveal it, or click Strike if it isn't on the board, which passes the question to the other team.
  4. The team that finds an answer chooses to play or pass. Click Play or Pass in the console.
  5. The playing team keeps answering until they clear the board or get three strikes. Click each correct answer as it's given, or Strike for a miss. After the third strike, the other team gets one guess to steal the points.
  6. Points go to the winning team on their own. To give a team the board's points early, click Award next to its name in the console.
  7. Click Next for the next question. After the third, the game-over screen celebrates the winning team. Click Next Round to keep going, or Return Home to pick a different one.

Made a mistake? Click Undo in the console. It takes back reveals, strikes, and awarded points, one at a time.

You can also run the game from the game window itself: click an answer tile to reveal it, the red ✕ to strike, the yellow arrow to move on, and a team's score to give it the board's points.

The host console

The console shows every answer with its points, the scores and strikes, and buttons for everything in the game. When a second display is connected, Church Feud puts the game on the TV and the console on the Mac's own screen. Set the TV to extend the desktop, not mirror it, or the audience will see the answers too. If the console is closed, choose Game › Show Host Console.

Keyboard shortcuts

If you'd rather keep your hands on the keyboard, every action has a shortcut. They're also listed in the Game menu, and the console shows each button's key. Items that don't apply right now are greyed out.

Questions and teams

Church Feud comes with rounds ready to play. To write your own, click + on the home screen. Each question needs 4 to 10 answers, and the answer points must add up to 100. The pencil button edits or deletes rounds, and the gear button renames the two teams. The same editors are in the File menu.

Updates may add new rounds. They're added after yours and never overwrite rounds you've edited or deleted.

Using Feud Remote

Open Church Feud on the Mac and Feud Remote on the iPhone or iPad. They find each other on their own and the badge on the buzzer changes to Connected. Allow local network access when Feud Remote asks; that's how it finds the Mac.

As the buzzer. Each team gets half of the screen. Church Feud arms the buzzer when the question appears, and the first player to tap wins the face-off. Their team's name shows on the TV. To let them buzz again, click Re-arm Buzzer in the console.

As the host's remote. Touch and hold the Connected badge and choose Use as Host Remote. You can reveal answers, add strikes, play or pass, undo, and pick the next round from your hand. To switch back, tap ⋯ and choose Use as Buzzer.

You can use two devices at once, one as the buzzer and one as the remote.

FAQ

Feud Remote can't find the Mac. Make sure Church Feud is open on the Mac and Wi‑Fi is turned on for both devices. They don't need to be on the same network, or on any network, because they can connect to each other directly. If you said no to local network access, turn it back on in Settings › Privacy & Security › Local Network › Feud Remote. On the Mac, check System Settings › Privacy & Security › Local Network › Church Feud.

Can I use the buzzer without a Mac? Yes. When it isn't connected, Feud Remote works as a standalone buzzer and resets itself four seconds after each buzz.

The audience can see the answers. The TV is mirroring the Mac's screen. In System Settings › Displays, set the TV to extend the desktop, then put the game window on the TV and the host console on the Mac.

My new question won't save. Every answer needs text and points above zero, and the points have to add up to exactly 100.

The keyboard shortcuts don't work. They're turned off while an editor is open so you can type. Close the editor and they'll work again. Also make sure the Church Feud window is the active one.

I made a mistake. Click Undo in the console, tap Undo on the remote, or press ⌘Z. Undo takes back reveals, strikes, and awarded points, one at a time.

Requirements

Church Feud: a Mac running macOS 26 or later. A second display, such as a TV or projector, is recommended.

Feud Remote: an iPhone or iPad running iOS or iPadOS 26 or later, and Church Feud on a nearby Mac to use it as the remote.

Privacy

Neither app collects any data. Your questions, team names, and scores stay on your Mac, and the two apps talk only to each other over your local network. Read the privacy policy.