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Fact Sheet

Title
Tappzi
Developer
Chris Hayes
Platforms
iPhone, iPad, Android phones and tablets
Price
Free. No ads and no subscription.
What stays free
The 130 levels and the Daily Challenge, always. Future levels and features will be a one-time unlock.
Status
Available now on the App Store. Google Play release pending.
Genre
Puzzle · Mental math
Age rating
4+ · In Google Play’s Families programme
Orientation
Portrait
Content
13 worlds · 130 levels · one Daily Challenge per day
Built with
React Native and Expo
Bundle identifier
me.chrishayes.tappzi
Press contact
support@tappzi.com
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Short
~50 words

Tappzi is a fast, tactile mental math game for iOS and Android. Each level gives you a grid of number tiles and a goal — work out in your head which tiles to tap to reach it the quickest. Thirteen worlds, 130 levels and a new puzzle daily, free with no ads.

Medium
~100 words

Tappzi is a fast, tactile mental math game for iOS and Android — a workout, not a memory test. Each level hands you a grid of number tiles and a goal; you work out in your head which tiles to tap to reach it, scored on speed and on how few taps you used. Thirteen worlds and 130 levels carry it from sums under twenty to boards that freeze, slide, and forbid the wrong kind of number. A Daily Challenge deals one board a day, the same for every player, with its own streak. It is free and stays free — no ads, no account, and nothing leaves your device.

Long
~250 words

Tappzi is a fast, tactile mental math game for iPhone, iPad and Android — phones and tablets alike — built by one person for players from about age six upward.

Each level hands you a grid of number tiles and a goal. You work out in your head which tiles to tap to land a running total exactly on it, scored on two things that deliberately do not conflict: how fast you finish, which drives your score, and how few taps you used, which earns stars and multiplies it. Every board is generated and then verified against a solver, so none is unsolvable.

Thirteen worlds and 130 levels teach one operation at a time across three number bands, then complicate it. Addition climbs to a hundred and meets tiles you can tap more than once; subtraction repeats the shape in reverse. The last worlds add mechanics on arithmetic already mastered: tiles that must not be tapped, tiles that freeze until an ember thaws them, and boards that will not hold still. The first five levels cannot be lost at all, and the safety net is announced when it lifts rather than discovered.

A Daily Challenge deals one board a day, the same board for every player, derived from the date with no server involved. It keeps its own streak, and it gets harder as the week goes on.

Tappzi is free, and the 130 levels and the Daily Challenge stay free. There are no ads, no subscription and no account. Levels added later will be a one-time unlock; nothing that ships today moves behind it. Nothing is transmitted anywhere either — your scores, stars and settings live on your device and nowhere else.

The game

Thirteen Worlds

Ten levels each, in one unlock chain. The descriptions are the game’s own.

  1. 01First NumbersNothing above twenty. Learn the basics.
  2. 02Middle NumbersUp to fifty, on the clock.
  3. 03Big NumbersUp to a hundred, on the biggest boards.
  4. 04Head StartThe total has already begun. Carry it the rest of the way.
  5. 05Tap AgainSome tiles can be tapped more than once.
  6. 06Taking AwayStart high and count back down.
  7. 07Taking MoreFurther to fall, from fifty.
  8. 08The Long Way DownFrom a hundred, all the way back.
  9. 09Leave Some BehindDo not take it all away. Stop on the number.
  10. 10Take It TwiceTiles can be tapped again on the way down.
  11. 11Odds and EvensOne rule, ten levels. Tap the right kind of number.
  12. 12Ice and EmberThe board freezes. Catch a tile alight to thaw it.
  13. 13Slide and SeekThe board does not hold still. Track the numbers, not the places.
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Straight answers

What Tappzi Does Not Do

Worth stating plainly so nobody has to discover it in a review. Tappzi has no leaderboards, no friends list and no player rating. It has no screen reader support yet. And while future levels will be a one-time unlock, no price or date has been set.

Get in touch

Contact

Press enquiries
support@tappzi.com

Tappzi is made by one person. Available now on the App Store. Google Play release pending. Review builds and answers to anything not covered above are a reply away.