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Snapshots

iOS

Three pictures.
One word.

Snapshots is a word puzzle game for iPhone that hides one word behind three AI-generated pictures. Each round starts with 60 seconds. No ads, no energy meter.

10 free puzzles · No ads · One-time unlock for unlimited play.

Memorise phase: three AI-generated hint images of gloves above the prompt “Remember the images!”, with 60 seconds on the timer

The pitch

Most word games punish you for not paying. Snapshots respects your minute.

Snapshots shows no ads and has no energy meter, so you can play one round or twenty without a cooldown. A fresh puzzle arrives every hour.

How it plays

READY. GO. Sixty seconds on the clock.

Each round starts with 60 seconds on the clock, and every correct answer adds 10 seconds. Memorise the three images during the show phase, then assemble the word from twelve letter tiles. Streaks multiply your score up to six times.

  1. 01

    See three hints

    Three AI-generated images hint at one English (or German, Spanish, French, …) noun. The show phase lasts 7 seconds, 6.5 seconds after 5 solved puzzles and 6 seconds from 10 — tap Express Play to skip it and bank the leftover as a time bonus.

  2. 02

    Tap twelve letters

    Twelve tiles drop. The solution is hidden among them. Tap to build the word, tap a slot to send a letter back. Hint: spend 50 points to fill the next slot for you.

  3. 03

    Stack the streak

    Three in a row = 1.5×. Five = 2×. A hundred = 6×. Wrong answer breaks the streak. Clutch saves under three seconds get their own sound.

Built for the minute

Small details, repeated thousands of times.

Snapshots has six features built around the 60-second round: a ten-tier streak multiplier ladder up to 6×, an Express Play time bonus, a clutch save under three seconds, a global leaderboard, an opt-in Sunday reminder and offline play with the next ten puzzles preloaded.

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Streak multiplier ladder

A ten-tier ladder from 1.0× to 6.0×. The jump from 75 to 100 is the longest in the game — and the loudest celebration when you hit it.

Puzzle screen after a correct answer: 3× streak badge, ×1.5 multiplier next to the score and a new-record celebration

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Express Play time bonus

Confident you saw enough? Tap Express Play after one second of the show phase. The remaining memorise time gets credited as a time bonus.

Show phase: three hint images with a countdown bar and the prompt “Remember the images!”

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Clutch save under three seconds

A correct answer at the buzzer triggers a separate sound, a separate particle burst, and a separate score line. Designed to make the timer feel like a partner, not a punisher.

Success animation after a correct answer: +10 seconds on the clock and 50 points credited

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Global leaderboard

One name per player, globally unique. Submit a score after every round; pending uploads sync automatically once you are back online.

Global highscore list with ranks, points, player names and dates

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Sunday reminder

One personal nudge between 13:00 and 17:00 on Sundays. Opt-in only after you have played three rounds. One toggle in the app settings turns it off forever.

Instructions screen with four steps: look at the images, choose letters, beat the clock, collect points

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Offline-first by design

Puzzles, scores and your name live in a local SQLite database. The next ten puzzles are always preloaded with their images. Bad signal? Keep playing.

Guess phase: hidden images, five empty answer slots and twelve letter tiles with Clear and Hint buttons

Scoring, in plain English

Time on the clock, multiplied by your streak. That is your score.

Streak multiplier

1×
1.0×
3×
1.5×
5×
2.0×
10×
2.5×
15×
3.0×
20×
3.5×
25×
4.0×
50×
4.5×
75×
5.0×
100×
6.0×
  1. 01 Base score for a correct word = remaining seconds on the timer.
  2. 02 Multiplier × base score = the points credited for that round.
  3. 03 Correct answer adds 10 seconds to the clock.
  4. 04 Random bonus from streak 2 upward: 30 % chance of +5 points.
  5. 05 Milestones at 50 / 150 / 300 / 500 score: fanfare, particles, no points.
  6. 06 Hint costs 50 points and fills the next slot. Use sparingly.
  7. 07 Wrong answer breaks the streak and shakes the row.

Ten languages

Play in your language. Compete on the same board.

Snapshots is available in ten languages, and every player competes on the same global leaderboard. Puzzles are generated in English first, then translated and validated for each target language. If a translation is too long or not a real noun, that puzzle is skipped for that language.

Japanese and Korean play the English word set — the letter-tile mechanic doesn't translate to non-Latin scripts. The rest of the app interface is fully localized.

Pricing

Free to play. One unlock when you want unlimited.

Snapshots is free for the first 10 puzzles. A one-time in-app purchase (Lifetime) unlocks unlimited puzzles, with no subscription.

Free

€0

forever

  • ● 10 free puzzles in total
  • ● Global leaderboard and personal best
  • ● All ten languages
  • ● No ads, ever

Lifetime

one-time

no subscription

  • ● Unlimited puzzles after the first 10
  • ● Restore on any device with the same Apple ID
  • ● All future puzzles included
  • ● Support a small two-person studio

Unlocks via in-app purchase

No tracking

No third-party analytics inside the app. The website uses Google Analytics 4 with Consent Mode v2 — denied until you accept.

Your name, your data

Our server stores your player name and your score records: score, puzzles solved, time. Solved puzzles and settings stay on your device. No email, no profile, no friends graph.

One studio, one stack

Published by DigitalFreedom Global LLC, Sheridan, Wyoming. The app, the backend, the website — same hand.

Built in the open

Flutter app, Quarkus backend, PostgreSQL, GraalVM native images. The stack is documented in our public engineering wiki.

FAQ

Common questions

  • Do I need an account to play?

    You pick a player name on first launch. That name is globally unique so it shows up on the leaderboard, but there's no email, no password, no social login.

  • Is Snapshots free?

    Yes, the first 10 puzzles are free. A one-time in-app purchase unlocks unlimited puzzles — no subscription, no ads.

  • What does "AI-generated" mean here?

    The puzzle words, their translations and the three hint images are generated with AI on our servers before any player sees them. Each puzzle is checked for correctness and only goes live after that check. No player data is sent to the AI provider.

  • Can I play offline?

    Yes. The next ten puzzles plus all their images are preloaded on launch. The app keeps filling the pool to one hundred in the background. If you run out and have no connection, the game ends with a clear offline message instead of a stuck spinner.

  • How is the score calculated?

    Remaining seconds on the timer when you submit the word, multiplied by your current streak multiplier. A correct answer also adds 10 seconds to the clock. The show phase lasts 7 seconds per puzzle, 6.5 seconds once you have solved 5 puzzles in a round and 6 seconds from 10 solved puzzles.

  • Is there an Android version?

    Snapshots ships on iOS first. The codebase is Flutter, so Android is on the roadmap — not a promise of when.

  • What data do you collect?

    The app sends our backend your player name, your score records (score, number of puzzles solved, time) and the language you play in. Solved puzzles stay on your device. No location, no contacts, no advertising identifiers. Read the privacy policy for the full list.

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Sixty seconds. Three pictures. One word.

Download Snapshots and find out how high you can take the streak.