VowelPlay
VowelPlay is a daily five-letter word puzzle for iPhone and iPad: a tiny crossword with the vowels missing. Put A, E, I, O and U back so every word across and down is real. One new puzzle a day, free, with no ads and no account.
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Fact sheet
| Developer | Brayden Towns (independent, [CITY], Australia) |
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| Platform | iOS 26 or later · iPhone and iPad |
| Price | Free. No ads. No in-app purchases at launch. |
| Release date | |
| Languages | English |
| Age rating | 13+ |
| Website | vowelplay.app |
| Press contact | hello@vowelplay.app |
| App Store | [APP STORE URL — TBC] |
Boilerplate
Short · 50 words
VowelPlay is a daily word puzzle for iPhone and iPad. Each day brings a five-letter mini crossword with the vowels missing: drop A, E, I, O and U into the gaps so every word across and down is real. Build a streak, share your time without spoilers, and play free.
Long · 150 words
VowelPlay is a daily word puzzle for iPhone and iPad. Each day brings a new five-letter mini crossword with the vowels missing. Players drop A, E, I, O and U into the gaps until every word across and down is real. It sounds simple, until TAKEN turns out to be TOKEN. A new puzzle arrives at 3 am local time. Daily solves build a streak, protected by freezes earned every five days in a row. Results share as a time and a row of squares, never the answer. The archive of past puzzles is free to play, with a trophy for every completed month. Home Screen, Lock Screen and Control Center widgets, iCloud sync and Game Center come built in. There are no ads, no account and no trackers. VowelPlay is made by Brayden Towns, an independent developer in Australia. VowelPlay launches on the App Store on 29 October 2026.
Key features
- A new five-letter vowel puzzle every day, arriving at 3 am local time.
- Streaks with freezes: play 5 days in a row to earn one, hold up to 2.
- Spoiler-free sharing: a time and a row of squares, never the answer.
- A free archive of past puzzles, with a trophy for every completed month.
- No letter reveals. A built-in dictionary of 2,294 five-letter words helps when stuck.
- Personal stats and a daily “Top N% today” percentile.
- Home Screen (small, medium, large), Lock Screen and Control Center widgets.
- iPhone and iPad, with iCloud sync and resume-on-another-device.
- Game Center scores.
- Light and dark appearance, haptics and an optional daily reminder.
- No account, no ads, no third-party analytics or trackers.
The story
VowelPlay is a one-person project from Brayden Towns, an independent developer based in [CITY], Australia, who designed and built it. The idea is small on purpose: take the five-letter word game, fold it into a tiny crossword, and leave out only the vowels. What’s left is a puzzle about doubt. Five letters, a few possibilities, and the moment it clicks. It was made to be a calm daily habit: one puzzle a day, no ads, no account and no tracking.
What a shared result looks like
🟦🟩🟦🟦🟦 VowelPlay #270 | 00:42
Players share their time and a row of squares. The answer never appears.
Assets
Free to use in coverage of VowelPlay.
Launch films
The 31-second launch film in three crops, with music. Use these for coverage; the App Store preview above is the quieter, product-page cut.
