Quick games · a minute or two
Quick games for five spare minutes.
Waiting for the kettle or for a call to start is long enough for one of these. Three of each day’s puzzles are Easy. Every puzzle shows about how long it takes before you start. Three more are Medium.
Open Rather instead of a feed, solve one and put your phone down. On iPhone you can block the apps you reach for until you’ve solved one of today’s puzzles.
Four levels, easy to expert.
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Easy
three a day
A gentle start
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Medium
three a day
More to think about
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Hard
two a day
Longer and harder
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Expert
two a day
For when you want to dig in
Each puzzle shows about how long it takes. The clock only counts up.
Small boards to start with.
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Five rounds, one rule per grid.
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Six pairs on a 3 × 4 board.
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A 6 × 6 grid, one line.
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A small picture in about a minute.
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A 5 × 5 grid, one loop.
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Five letters, six tries.
App blocker · iPhone
Your apps open when you solve today's puzzle.
Pick the apps you reach for. They stay blocked until you solve one of today's puzzles, then open until midnight.
Rather do a puzzle?
Solve today's puzzle and it opens until midnight.
Free with an account. Rather More adds up to four more blockers, each with its own apps, hours, weekdays and what opens it: any daily, a Medium daily, a Hard daily, an Expert daily or nothing until its hours end. Stats shows how long they kept apps closed, day by day.
Questions
How long does a quick game take?
Easy puzzles are the gentlest. Every puzzle shows about how long it takes before you start. Those are typical lengths; the clock only counts up.
What should I play when I’m bored?
One of today’s three Easy puzzles. Each shows about how long it takes before you start.
Do I need to download anything?
Not to play in your browser at play.playrather.app. The iPhone and Android apps add reminders, widgets and, on iPhone, the app blocker.
Does it work offline?
Once today’s puzzles have loaded, yes.
Can I keep going after the Easy ones?
Yes: three Medium, two Hard and two Expert follow. Seven of the ten are free with an account.
Is it free?
Yes. Rather Free plays seven of each day’s ten puzzles with an account. Rather More, a subscription in the iPhone and Android apps, adds the other three, every past daily and more hints. It isn’t sold on the web.
More ways to play
- Daily puzzlesTen new ones at midnight, your time.
- Logic puzzlesGrids to solve by reasoning, new every day.
- Calm gamesPuzzles you can take slowly.
- Daily gamesTen games, one list, new at midnight.
- All gamesAll fourteen games and how each one works.