Two ways
to play.
Play Daily Cut with everyone, every day. Or start a private club and run a season of battles with your friends.
One theme.
Everyone plays.
A few minutes a day. Daily winners, weekly and monthly leaderboards, and no friends or club membership required.
Free to play.
- 01
Same theme for everyone
A new theme goes live every day at the same moment worldwide.
- 02
Vote, then submit your cut
Call other players' songs Great Cut or Not Quite, and submit the one song you think fits best. Do them in any order.
- 03
Come back for the results
Vote on five a day to keep your streak. The winner and your placement land after the reset.
Your crew.
A whole season.
If you've played Daily Cut, you already know the basics: pick a song, vote on other cuts, and see who wins. Private clubs take that same competition and turn it into an ongoing game with your friends. Every battle runs the same rhythm.
- 01
Theme drops
A theme goes live and everyone gets notified.
- 02
Submit a cut
Each player picks one song and defends it.
- 03
Listen & vote
Listen to every cut, then vote.
- 04
Reveal & recap
Winner, standings, and receipts for the group chat.
Host or join.
Someone has to start the club — that's the host. Everyone else just joins and plays. Not sure? If a friend sent you a link, you're a player.
Get your first
battle going.
A club is your group's home; a season is a run of matchups inside it. You only set these up once — don't overthink them.
- 01
Sign up and create your club
Make a free account, then create a club and give it a name. Pick your club's timezone so every deadline is clear for the whole group.
- 02
Start with the free trial season
The fastest first game is the free trial: 2 matchups, blind mode, unlimited players, no payment. Want a full run instead? The season wizard sets up 8–12 matchups.
- 03
Pick a source and set your themes
Each season uses one music source — YouTube or Spotify. Write your own themes or generate ideas with the built-in suggestions.
- 04
Invite your friends
Send email invites or share your club link. Anyone who joins the club can join the season.
- 05
Drop battle one
Publish, and the first matchup opens on schedule. Everyone — you included — submits a song and the season is live.
Your first game is free. No credit card required.
How to play
a battle.
Got an invite? You're in the right place. Here's the whole loop, start to finish.
Join the game.
Open the invite a friend sent you, then sign in or make a free account. Once you're in, wait for the matchup to start to see the theme.
Submit one song.
Paste one link from the season's source (YouTube or Spotify) and add an optional note to defend your pick. One cut per matchup — make it count.
Listen, then vote.
Once submissions close, listen to every cut in the feed and spend your ballot — points pool by default. One rule: in a private club you have to submit a cut to vote in that matchup.
See who won.
Voting closes and results reveal: the winning cut, the points, full standings, and who submitted what. Points add up across the season and the leader at the end takes the title.
Themes that
start fights.
The theme is the whole game. The weirder the theme, the better the picks — the obvious banger rarely wins. A few to get you going:
Easy wins
Great for round one.
- Your guilty pleasure anthem
- A song you'd never play at a wedding
- The greatest opening 10 seconds
Discovery
Reward the deep cut.
- A song under 100k plays
- Best track in a language you don't speak
- A cover better than the original
Chaos
For clubs that argue.
- Something your parents would hate
- A track that sounds like the color blue
- The most unhinged key change
Personal
Vulnerability is a power move.
- The song that made you who you are
- Your 2 a.m. song
- A track tied to a specific memory
Get the app.
The Cut Club app for iOS and Android is the fastest way to play. Get push notifications when today's Daily Cut or a battle opens, swipe through cuts to vote, and submit, react, and comment in a few taps.
Push alerts
Never miss a deadline or result.
Fast play
Submit, listen, and vote in taps.
Also playable at playcutclub.com
Ready in minutes.
Your first private-club season is a free trial. After that the host buys a Season Pass for the club (unlimited players) or pays per seat. Daily Cut is always free.
- Start a club and invite your friends
- Submit one song when the theme drops
- Listen to every cut, then cast your ballot
- Watch the winner get revealed and the season standings move
Your first season is free. No credit card required. See pricing