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لمّة
Questions that bring the whole family together
A conversation-card game for family gatherings. One phone goes around the room, and warm questions in Arabic and English get kids, parents and grandparents talking, laughing and telling the stories nobody wrote down.
iPhone and iPad · iOS 17 or later · Free · No account
Version 1.0 · Out now
Open Lamma once everyone is sitting down, pick a deck, and the phone becomes the centre of the table. Read a card out loud and let whoever wants to answer, or pass the phone so everyone gets a turn by name. Every question is written in both Arabic and English, so grandparents and grandchildren can play together.
Free · iPhone & iPad · iOS 17.0 or later
View on the App Store (opens in a new tab)What is Lamma?
لمّة is the everyday Arabic word for the family get-together: the evening when everyone ends up in the same room. Lamma is a card game made for that evening. There are no rules to learn and no scores to keep. Pick a deck, read a question out loud, and let the room take it from there.
Family gatherings have a way of splitting up: the grown-ups at one end, the kids on their phones at the other. Lamma puts one phone in the middle instead. The questions are written so a seven-year-old and a grandmother can both answer them, and many of them are the ones families never think to ask: what song your mother sang to you, what the old house was like, how your grandparents met.
Every card is written in both Arabic and English. The whole app can run in either language, fully right to left in Arabic, and any single card flips to the other language with one tap, so a grandparent can read it in Arabic while the grandchildren follow in English.
The app remembers which questions your family has already seen, so next week's gathering starts with fresh ones.
The App Store set is one continuous picture, so keep swiping.
Swipe or scroll sideways: each panel picks up where the last one ends.
One card at a time, read out loud, and anyone can answer. Tap for the next card, swipe up to skip one.
Pass the phone around: five questions each, then it moves on. Add first names and Lamma hands the phone to each person by name.
From quick icebreakers and this-or-that votes to memory lane, deep questions and heritage stories for when the grandparents are in the room.
The whole app in either language, fully right to left in Arabic, with Eastern Arabic numerals if you like. Flip any card to the other language in one tap.
Holds back the cards that need grown-up memories, so a child's turn never lands on a question they can't answer.
Questions come in three depths: icebreaker, medium and deep. Turn levels on or off and see straight away how many cards are left.
Tap the heart to keep a question for later. Saved questions show both languages together and can be shared as a picture or as text.
No accounts, no servers, no analytics, and no internet needed. Names, saved questions and history never leave the device.
332 questions in all, every one in Arabic and English.
The warm-up deck to open a gathering: quick, zero-pressure questions anyone from the youngest cousin to grandma can answer straight away.
Quick pick-a-side questions the whole room votes on, for instant laughs and friendly debates with zero setup.
For when the room needs a laugh: silly what-ifs, who's-most-likely votes and playful hot-seat questions.
For when grandparents and parents are in the room and you want the stories flowing: childhood homes, old neighbourhoods and the moments the family still laughs about.
For the quieter part of the evening, when the family wants to slow down, share gratitude and really hear each other.
For capturing the family's story before it's lost: how they met, the old house, the recipes, the proverbs they grew up with.
Quick facts about Lamma for iOS
Effective date: October 3, 2026Last updated: October 8, 2026
Everything stays on your phone. Lamma has no accounts, no servers and no analytics, and it never connects to the internet. The names you add, the questions you save and your history live only on your device. We collect nothing, so there is nothing to sell, share or delete.
CS42.org ("we", "us", "our") built Lamma as a game for family gatherings. This policy explains what the app keeps and where it goes. The short version: it stays on your device. Lamma has no accounts, no servers and no analytics, and it contains no code that sends your data anywhere.
Nothing. We operate no servers for the app and receive no data from it. We cannot see the names you add, the questions you play or save, or how often you play.
None of it is transmitted. It is not included in any account, because there is no account. Like any app's data, it can be part of your own device backup (iCloud Backup or a computer backup) if you have backups turned on.
Lamma does not ask for access to your camera, microphone, photos, contacts or location, and it does not send notifications.
Nothing is shared automatically. When you share a saved question as a picture or as text, the picture is made on your device and iOS hands it to whichever app you pick. From that point that app's privacy policy applies.
The app contains no advertising, no analytics, no crash-reporting services and no tracking identifiers. It does not use the Advertising Identifier and does not "track" you as defined by Apple's App Tracking Transparency framework.
Lamma is free, with no in-app purchases: every deck is included in full. The app handles no payment information of any kind.
Lamma is made to be played by whole families, children included. Because we collect no data at all, we hold no personal information about anyone, including children.
There is no request to make of us under GDPR, CCPA or similar laws, because we hold nothing to disclose, correct or erase.
We retain nothing, for any period. The app keeps the items above on your device until you clear them or delete the app.
What the app stores is protected by your device's own security: your passcode, Face ID or Touch ID, and iOS app sandboxing.
No data is transferred anywhere, so no international data transfer takes place.
If this policy changes, the dates at the top change with it, and material changes will be described in the app's release notes.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, contact us at hello@cs42.org.
Effective date: October 3, 2026Last updated: October 8, 2026
Lamma is a conversation game. The questions are prompts, not tests, and nobody ever has to answer one. Use your judgement about which decks suit the people in the room, especially children.
By downloading, installing or using the Lamma application ("the App"), published by CS42.org ("we", "us", "our"), you agree to these Terms and Conditions. If you do not agree, please do not use the App.
Lamma is a conversation-card game for family gatherings. It shows question cards in Arabic and English from a set of decks, lets you play by reading cards to the room or by passing the phone between players, and lets you save questions and share them.
We grant you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to use the App on Apple devices you own or control, in line with the Apple Media Services Terms and Conditions. We retain all rights not expressly granted, including in the questions and the App's design.
The questions are conversation prompts. Some invite personal memories, family history or feelings. Nobody is ever obliged to answer, and players can skip any card. Decks carry age guidance and a kid-friendly mode is available, but you are best placed to judge what suits the people in the room, especially children.
The first names you add and the questions you save stay on your device. They are yours and we have no access to them. When you share a question, you choose where it goes.
The App is free, with no in-app purchases. Every deck is included in full.
Sharing to other apps is handled by Apple and by whichever app you choose. Those services have their own terms and privacy policies.
We may add, change or remove features, decks or questions at any time, and we may stop supporting the App.
The App is provided "as is", without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including fitness for a particular purpose and uninterrupted or error-free operation.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, CS42.org is not liable for indirect or consequential loss arising from your use of the App. Nothing here limits liability that cannot lawfully be limited.
You may stop using the App at any time by deleting it. This licence ends automatically if you breach these terms.
These terms are governed by the laws applicable at the developer's place of establishment, without regard to conflict-of-law principles.
We may update these terms. The dates at the top change when we do, and continued use after an update means you accept the revised terms.
If you have any questions about these terms, contact us at hello@cs42.org.
Questions about Lamma?
Lamma is free on the App Store. For anything at all, including question ideas for your own family's favourite topics, write to us:
On the App Store, free for iPhone and iPad with iOS 17 or later. Every deck is included, and there is nothing to buy inside the app.
As many as fit in the room. Table Talk needs no setup at all. For Your Turn, add up to 24 first names and the phone goes round by name.
That is what it is made for. The questions are written so all ages can answer, the Memory Lane and Heritage & Elders decks are built around the grandparents' stories, and any card flips between Arabic and English in one tap.
Kids are playing is on from the start: Lamma holds back the cards that need grown-up memories, so a child's turn never lands on a question they can't answer. You can turn it off in Settings. Each deck also shows who it suits best.
No. Everything is in the app and on your phone, so it works anywhere, including at a family house with no Wi-Fi.
Not until you've been through them. Lamma remembers which questions your family has seen, and you can reset that history in Settings.
Please do. Send it in Arabic, English or both to hello@cs42.org.
We typically respond within 48 hours.
