Spark: Daily Learning Puzzles
Rate itFive short puzzles a day around one theme, from history and mythology to film and food.
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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. The daily is free on iPhone and Android with no ads; a Spark+ subscription opens the library of past themes.
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. The daily theme is free and the app shows no ads. A Spark+ subscription unlocks the library of past themes, and themed collections are added from time to time, such as the spooky Face Your Fears set added for October 2026.
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.
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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?
The daily theme and its five games are free, with no ads. Spark+ is an in-app subscription that unlocks the library of past themes.
Who makes Spark?
The Mind Company (Elevate Labs), the makers of Elevate and Balance.
Can I play Spark on a computer?
No. Spark is an app for iPhone, iPad and Android only.
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