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Five capitals.One pin each.Every single day.

World Capital Cities is a geography game for iPhone and iPad. At 00:00 UTC everyone gets the same five capitals. Drop a pin on the globe, score up to 200 points per city, and see where you stand on today's leaderboard.

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195capitals
6continents
1,000points a day
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No labels. No borders. Just you and the map.

Tap where you think the capital is, then lock it in. Scoring here uses the same distance curve as the real Daily Challenge.

Round 1 of 5
—Drop a pin to start

Tap again to move your pin. Nothing counts until you lock in.

Find the capital city of…
Round 1 of 5
How scoring works

Close counts. Closer counts more.

Every guess is scored on a smooth curve from 200 down toward zero. A pin anywhere in the metro area keeps nearly full marks. A pin in the wrong country fades fast.

Sharp200–197Under 50 km
Close197–17950–300 km
Fair179–125300–1,000 km
Wide125 or lessOver 1,000 km
197points at 50 km
0501001502000503001,0002,0004,000DISTANCE FROM THE CAPITAL, KM
The Daily Challenge

One official attempt. Make it count.

00:00 UTC

Five new capitals land for everyone

Same cities, same moment, worldwide. Your home screen counts down to the reset, and a widget keeps your streak in view.

Daily Challenge home screen with a countdown to the next reset
ROUND 1 OF 5

Drop the pin and fine-tune it

The map shows coastlines, not names. Drag to adjust, then lock in. There is no undo and no second try.

Daily round asking for the capital of India on an unlabeled map
YOUR ATLAS

Watch your map fill in

Every pin you have ever dropped, coloured Sharp, Close, Fair or Wide. See your typical miss shrink week by week.

Your Atlas screen with hundreds of coloured pins and a score trend
Beyond the Daily

Practise all week. Perform at midnight.

World Tour

Six regions. Five legs each.

Map, multiple-choice and typed geography questions. Finish a route to earn its illustrated Visa stamp.

Europe Tour route screenWorld Tour globe with Europe, Africa and Asia routes
Capitals & Flags

Name it in one

Four choices, fifteen questions. Filter by continent and difficulty.

Classic question: What is the capital city of Belarus?
Survival

Three lives. Endless capitals.

One wrong answer costs a heart. How long is your streak?

Survival question with three hearts remaining
Study

Every country, on the map

Browse by continent, search any capital and jump straight to it on the map.

Study list of European countries and capitals
Passport

Keep the streak. Collect the stamps.

Complete the Daily on consecutive days to earn permanent stamps. They stay in your Passport forever.

Passport Warming Up3 days
Frequent Flyer7 days
Serious Globe-Trotting14 days
Diplomatic Immunity30 days
The Map Can’t Keep Up100 days
Atlas Final Boss365 days
The atlas

All 195 capitals, each with a fact worth keeping.

Pick a capital to see where it sits, which capitals are its nearest neighbours, and one thing most people don't know about it.

  • Abu DhabiUnited Arab Emirates24.5°N
  • AbujaNigeria9.1°N
  • AccraGhana5.6°N
  • Addis AbabaEthiopia9.0°N
  • AlgiersAlgeria36.8°N
  • AmmanJordan32.0°N
  • AmsterdamNetherlands52.4°N
  • Andorra la VellaAndorra42.5°N
  • AnkaraTurkey39.9°N
  • AntananarivoMadagascar18.9°S
  • ApiaSamoa13.8°S
  • AshgabatTurkmenistan38.0°N
  • AsmaraEritrea15.3°N
  • AstanaKazakhstan51.2°N
  • AsunciónParaguay25.3°S
  • AthensGreece38.0°N
  • BaghdadIraq33.3°N
  • BakuAzerbaijan40.4°N
  • BamakoMali12.7°N
  • Bandar Seri BegawanBrunei4.9°N
  • BangkokThailand13.8°N
  • BanguiCentral African Republic4.4°N
  • BanjulGambia13.5°N
  • BasseterreSaint Kitts and Nevis17.3°N
  • BeijingChina39.9°N
  • BeirutLebanon33.9°N
  • BelgradeSerbia44.8°N
  • BelmopanBelize17.3°N
  • BerlinGermany52.5°N
  • BernSwitzerland46.9°N
Questions

Before you drop your first pin.

When does the Daily Challenge reset?

Every day at 00:00 UTC. Everyone in the world plays the same five capitals until the next reset.

How is the Daily scored?

Each of the five rounds is worth up to 200 points, so a perfect day is 1,000. Points fall smoothly with distance: about 197 at 50 km, 179 at 300 km and 125 at 1,000 km.

Can I replay today's Daily?

No. You get one official attempt per day, which keeps the leaderboard fair. Classic, Flags, Survival, World Tour and Study are there for unlimited practice.

Is there a leaderboard?

Yes. Daily has today and weekly standings, and Classic and World Tour have their own boards.

Does it work on iPad?

Yes. World Capital Cities runs on iPhone and iPad, with layouts designed for both.

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