Mafia Helper

The moderator's companion for Mafia & Werewolf

Everyone closes their eyes. You open the app.

Mafia Helper is the secret notebook for whoever runs the game: it deals the roles, walks you through the night in the right order, and does the kills-versus-saves math the moment you tap Resolve Night. You keep the phone. You take the credit.

5–20 players one phone runs it all no cards needed works offline video calls too
Night 10/2 recorded

This is how a night goes. Tap it — it works.

🔫 Mafia

"Mafia, wake up. Choose your target."

⚕️ Doctor

"Doctor, wake up. Choose someone to protect."

🔍 Detective

"Detective, wake up. Who do you suspect?"

Investigations answer instantly — whisper the result.

How a game runs

One phone. The whole night.

No deck of cards, no crumpled notepad, no "wait — who did the Doctor save?" Four screens carry a full game from lobby to last vote.

Pass-and-play role dealing: a hidden Mafia role card revealed mid-deal, with a Hide and Pass Back button
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Deal roles on the phone

Players pass the phone, tap their name, see their role, pass it back. A two-step reveal means nobody glimpses a neighbour's card.

The night tracker: Mafia, Doctor and Bodyguard sections with tappable player chips and narration lines
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Track the night in taps

Every waking role gets a card, in the right order, with the narration line to read aloud. Recording an action is one tap on a name.

Night Results: Dev was killed by the Vigilante, Priya was attacked but saved
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Resolve with one tap

Kills against saves, bodyguard sacrifices, witch potions, a Godfather who reads innocent — the app announces who died and who got lucky.

Voting screen: every player with plus and minus vote counters, an Execute Vote button and an eliminated list
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Tally the day's votes

Plus/minus counters per player, one-tap elimination, and a win check after every death — Town, Mafia, Jester or Serial Killer.

The part you stop doing in your head

The night math is the whole trick.

Every experienced moderator has botched a night: a save forgotten, a bodyguard's sacrifice missed, an investigation whispered wrong. Mafia Helper resolves the entire night the way the rules say it should go — every time.

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Protection cancels killsDoctor or Bodyguard on the target? The victim wakes up fine — and the table hears "attacked but saved".
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Bodyguards die for their chargeIf the player they guarded was attacked, the Bodyguard falls instead. Tracked automatically.
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The Godfather lies to the DetectiveInvestigate him and the app shows GOOD — you just whisper what it says, poker face intact.
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Single-use powers stay single-useWitch potions and Vigilante shots are counted for you, across the whole game.
Investigation Result modal: Dev reads GOOD — whisper this to the Detective
Game Setup: eight named players in seating order, ready to start or deal roles on the phone

The cast

17 roles built in. Yours on top.

Classic Mafia, Werewolf-flavoured, or fully custom — presets auto-balance the lineup for your player count, a balance checker flags broken setups, and the in-app Role Guide carries moderator tips for every card.

Evil

🔫 Mafia 👔 Godfather · reads innocent 🐺 Werewolf 🔪 Serial Killer · wins alone

Town

⚕️ Doctor 🔍 Detective 🔮 Seer 🛡️ Bodyguard 🎯 Vigilante · 2 shots 🧪 Witch · heal & poison 🏹 Hunter · takes one down 🌾 Miller · reads guilty 🧱 Mason · know each other 👤 Civilian 👨 Villager

Neutral

🃏 Jester · wins if voted out 🏕️ Survivor · wins if alive ✨ Your custom role — name, icon, alignment, night action

Built for the person holding the phone

Designed for moderators, not screens-up play.

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Narration on cue

Wake and sleep lines for every role, right where you need them — and an optional voice narrator can read phase changes and role calls aloud.

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Nothing gets lost

Every action auto-saves. A phone call mid-game, a dead battery, an accidental swipe home — reopen and the night resumes where it stopped.

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Receipts for the table

A full game log of every action, death and save; history with the complete role roster; and a share button for the group chat post-mortem.

Questions

The short answers.

Do the players need the app too?

No. One phone runs the whole game — the moderator's. Players only touch it if you use pass-and-play role dealing, and a two-step reveal makes sure they only ever see their own card. Playing remotely? Each player can get their role as a private link that opens in any browser.

How many players does it support?

5 to 20. Presets auto-balance the roles for your group size, and a balance checker warns you before you start a broken setup.

Do we still need a deck of cards?

No — the app can deal roles by passing the phone around. If your group likes physical cards, keep using them: start with cards and tap in who drew what, and the app keeps the role counts straight.

Can we play over a video call?

Yes. While dealing, tap a player and send them a private link instead of passing the phone. Their role opens in their own browser — no app needed — and evil players see who is on their team. The role lives in the link itself and never reaches our server.

Does it work offline?

Yes. No account, no sign-up, no connection needed to run a game — everything is saved on your device, and an interrupted game resumes exactly where it stopped.

Is it free?

Yes. Mafia Helper is free with a small banner ad and an occasional full-screen ad after a game ends — never in the middle of a night. A one-time Pro purchase removes every ad.

Can I add my own roles?

Yes. Beyond the 17 built-in roles you can create custom ones — name, icon, alignment and night action — and they slot into setup, dealing and the night tracker like any other role.

Your friends bring the lying.
You bring the app.

Free on iOS and Android. Five minutes before game night is plenty.