![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Shakked’s rip-off doesn’t just steal Wordle’s name, design, and mechanics, its “The App” suffix clearly was chosen to make it look like the official App Store version of Wardle’s original. ![]() “ Wordle - The App”, by Zach Shakked, a free-to-download app with a 30-fucking-dollar-per-year “Pro” unlock. “ What Word - Wordle”, by Rebecca Skinner, is a free game with a $1 IAP to remove ads that includes “Wordle” in its name, and copies Wordle’s color scheme and game mechanics.Īnd then we get to the real gem of the bunch.“ Wordle - Daily Word Games!”, by Mediaflex Games, is a free app, no IAP, that starts its name with “Wordle” and completely rips off Wordle’s design, colors, icon, and game mechanics.“ WRDL”, by Cole Dennis, is a free game (no IAP) that doesn’t exactly rip off Wordle’s name but does painstakingly copy Wordle’s design, right down to the colors.(That’s a Unicode 00B7 “middle dot” as a suffix on the app name.) ”, by Candyblocks, is utterly shameless in its design (and name), but is a free download and apparently has no in-app purchases.Ī perusal of the rogue’s gallery of Wordle rip-offs: 2 There’s also “ Wordle - Word Puzzle”, a three-year-old entirely different $2 game that is also coincidentally named.)Īpple, apparently, is just fine with this. (Worth noting that #16, “ Wordle!”, was last updated five years ago, is an entirely different timer-based word game, and is simply coincidentally named. As observed by Greg Karber, as I write this, the #3, #7, #14, and #15 word games in the iOS App Store 1 are shameless Wordle clones stealing the name “Wordle”. I mean not just the concept - there’s a long history of “guess the word” games, including a defunct game show called “ Lingo” that was clearly an inspiration for Wordle - but literally the name “Wordle” and its design. Wordle, it’s worth noting, has no ads and is free of charge.Īs of today, Apple’s App Store is lousy with Wordle rip-offs. The App Store Is (Well, Was) Lousy With Blatant Wordle Rip-Offs, but One of Them Takes the Cake Tuesday, 11 January 2022Ī few days ago I linked to a New York Times profile of Josh Wardle, creator of the delightful and explosively popular web game Wordle. ![]()
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