Gol Ya Poch گل یا پوچ

Which hand?

The Persian table game, played face to face over live video. Hide the coin. Read their eyes. Call the hand.

Free to playNo adsOne on one18+

How to play

Four steps.
One bluff.

If you have played it around a table, you already know it. If you have not, one round teaches you.

1

Get matched

Tap Find a match and you are paired with one other player. Your cameras open and you can see and hear each other.

2

Hide the gol

Whoever holds the gol has fifteen seconds to put it in one hand, out of sight, then show both fists to the camera.

3

Wager, then call

The other player has thirty seconds to stake 1, 2 or 3 points and name a hand. Talk, stall, lie — that is the game.

4

Open both hands

The hands open. Points go to whoever was right. First to 15 wins the match.

The rules

The wager is
the whole game.

You are not guessing for one point. You choose what the round is worth before you commit, and the gol changes hands only when the caller is right.

Caller is right

The caller takes the points they wagered — and takes the gol. Now they are the one hiding.

Caller is wrong

The hider takes those same points and keeps the gol. They hide again, and the caller pays for guessing big.

Shah Gol

Once a player reaches 12 points, every wager they make is worth double. A three becomes a six. Matches do not limp to the finish.

Practice first, on your own

A full practice match against your phone is built in: no account, no camera, no opponent and no internet. First to 7, and it teaches the wager in about two minutes.

15To win
12Shah Gol
15sTo hide
30sTo call
5sReveal

Friends & ranking

Play the people
you know.

Strangers are one tap away. So are your friends — and the ranking that settles who is better.

  • Follow anyoneFind a friend by their handle and follow them. Their name, picture and record are on their profile.
  • Challenge a friendAnyone who follows you can be challenged straight to a match. If their app is closed, a notification brings them in.
  • Play againOne tap after the match offers a rematch to the same opponent.
  • Climb the rankingEvery match moves your rating. See where you stand against everyone, or just the people you follow.

Safety & privacy

Live video with a stranger,
handled carefully.

Gol Ya Poch is rated 18+ because every match is live, unfiltered video with someone you have not met.

Encrypted, never recorded

Video and audio are encrypted end to end between the two phones. Nothing is recorded, stored or replayed — we cannot see or hear a match.

Your IP stays hidden

Every call goes through an encrypted relay, so your opponent never learns your IP address, and you never learn theirs.

Report and block

From inside the match, the result screen or a profile. Report and block ends the match at once and you are never paired again.

Delete it yourself

Account deletion is in the app, under Settings. It is immediate — no email to us, no waiting. How it works

Read the Privacy Policy and the Terms of Use.

Questions

Quick answers.

Is it free?

Yes. Five live matches a day are free, practice is unlimited, and there are no ads. Read the daily verse in the app for five more matches that day.

If you want to play more, Gol Ya Poch Premium is an optional monthly or yearly subscription in the App Store and Google Play that gives you up to 100 matches a day, with a free trial for new subscribers.

Do I need an account?

To play real people, yes — a six-digit code is emailed to you and that is your sign-in. There is no password. Practice against your phone needs no account at all.

How does the daily limit work?

Every account gets five live matches a day, free. Reading the daily verse — a saying of Jesus, shown in the app — adds five more for the next 24 hours, once a day. The count resets at midnight UTC, practice is always unlimited, and Premium raises the limit to 100 a day.

What if my opponent leaves mid-match?

We hold the match for them for thirty seconds, and it carries on if they come back. If they do not, the match ends and you win it.

More answers on the support page.

Free to play.
No ads.

Five matches every day, free. Premium when you want more.

Requires iOS 16.4 or later, or Android 7.0 or later, with a front camera, a microphone and an internet connection.