Spark: Daily Learning Puzzles
Five short puzzles a day around one theme, from history and mythology to film and food.
Every day: One theme a day, such as how the potato shaped the world, explored through five puzzles (This or That, Links, Chrono, Knockout and Hindsight), new every day, with past themes kept in a library. New puzzle: One new set a day; the maker does not say at what hour.
Spark is a daily learning game from The Mind Company, the makers of Elevate and Balance. Each day brings one theme and five games built around it: pick between two options, find the link between items, put events in order, settle head-to-head comparisons and place a photo in time and space. It is free on iPhone and Android, with in-app purchases.
About Spark: Daily Learning Puzzles
Spark builds each day around a single theme. A store screenshot shows a day called Hot Potato, about how the potato shaped the world, with a gallery of pictures from paintings to a music star; other themes range across ancient history, mythology, animals, geography, language, movies and TV, nature and space.
Five games explore the theme. This or That asks you to choose between two options. Links has you find the common thread connecting people, places and ideas, placing cards such as Ireland and Peru next to clues like On the Atlantic or Had a historical potato famine. Chrono asks you to put events in order. Knockout runs a series of head-to-head comparisons, and Hindsight shows a photo and asks when and where it was taken. Each game explains the facts as you play.
The app says its puzzles are written by people rather than generated, and a library keeps past themes to play later. Spark comes from The Mind Company (Elevate Labs) and was released on the App Store in November 2025. It is free to download with in-app purchases.
How to play Spark: Daily Learning Puzzles
- Open Spark to see Today's Theme.
- Play the day's five games in turn: This or That, Links, Chrono, Knockout and Hindsight.
- Read the short explanations after each answer to learn the story behind it.
- Invite friends to the same theme, or open the library for past days.
Screenshots
Tips
- In Links, place the card you are surest of first: it narrows where the others go.
- In Chrono, anchor the oldest and newest events before sorting the middle.
Questions
Is Spark free?
It is free to download on iOS and Android and has in-app purchases.
Who makes Spark?
The Mind Company (Elevate Labs), the makers of Elevate and Balance.
Games like Spark: Daily Learning Puzzles
Chrono
Put the day's events in order, like Spark's Chrono
WhenTaken
Place a photo in time and space, as in Spark's Hindsight
TimeGuessr
Daily photos to date and locate
Connections
Find what links items, like Spark's Links game
Pinpoint
Guess the category that links the day's clues
linqed
Answer four trivia questions, then name the word that links them.
Mind the Order
Put five books, events, inventions or films in the right order, with a new subject each day.
Sorting History
Place five events from a surprise category on a timeline, the same for everyone each day.