Mixed-phone couples hit this wall constantly: one iPhone, one Android, and half the games in the store quietly assume you both have the same one. PK XD is not one of them. It supports cross-platform play.
What cross-platform actually means here
Cross-platform play means the version on your partner's phone and the version on yours are the same game and the same servers. You are not looking at separate iOS and Android worlds that never meet โ you install it on whatever you each already own and play together from there.
PK XD is on both the App Store and Google Play, so it does not matter which of you is on iPhone and which is on Android.
Setting it up on two different phones
- Install PK XD on each phone from whichever store you use.
- Host a world and let your partner join.
- Build, mine and explore together.
- If one of you cannot see the other, check you are both signed in to the same kind of account โ that is the usual culprit, not the phone.
If it still will not connect, have both of you close and reopen the app before troubleshooting anything more exotic.
Is PK XD worth it for two players?
Cross-platform is only useful if the game is any good with two people. PK XD is a sandbox adventure and it is easy to drop into together whenever you both have a spare moment, which is what makes it work as a couple game rather than just a game you both happen to own.
- Build, explore and survive in a shared world.
- Endless things to create and do side by side.
- Your world is truly joint โ every block counts for both of you.
Other cross-platform games for mixed-phone couples
Every game in our catalog supports cross-platform play, which is deliberate โ it is the first thing we check. If PK XD is not your genre, start with these:
- Minecraft โ Minecraft is the iconic sandbox where you mine, craft and build almost anything, from a cozy cottage to a sprawling castle.
- Terraria โ Terraria is a 2D sandbox adventure of digging, building, crafting and epic boss fights across a huge, procedurally generated world.
- Sky: Children of the Light โ Sky: Children of the Light, from the makers of Journey, is a serene social adventure about flying through beautiful realms and sharing light with others.
There is a fuller list on our category page, and our iPhone and Android couple games guide covers the mixed-phone setup in more detail.
Where to go next
If nothing here fits, start from the other end and pick the game with the lowest cost to open on a bad day. For us that is Our Flower Garden.
- How to Play PK XD With Friends
- Is PK XD Multiplayer? How to Play It Together
- Cross-Platform Couple Games: When One of You Has iPhone and the Other Android
- Is 2 Player Games: The Challenge Cross-Platform? iPhone & Android
- Our full list of the best mobile couple games
Frequently asked questions
- Is PK XD cross-platform between iPhone and Android?
- Yes. PK XD supports cross-platform play, so an iPhone player and an Android player can play together in the same session.
- Can I play PK XD with my partner if we have different phones?
- You can. Different phones are fine as long as you both install PK XD and link up in-game โ the platform difference does not separate you.
- Do we need the same store account for PK XD?
- No. Your App Store and Google Play accounts are separate from your in-game account. It is the in-game account that needs to connect you, which is why the friend step matters more than the store you downloaded from.
