The puzzle book that never runs out.
This page is about the person and the thinking behind the app: why it was built, how its puzzles are made and checked, what it costs, and what it never asks of you. To play, head to the home page or read about the iPhone and iPad app.
Winters Puzzles at a glance
| What is it? | A multi-puzzle app — many different puzzle types in one place. |
|---|---|
| Platforms | iPhone and iPad (iOS 18 or later). |
| Puzzles | 40 games to play anytime, across 7 categories. |
| Categories | Numbers, Words, Logic, Spatial, Cards, Knowledge, Arcade. |
| Daily puzzles | Pip’s dailies adds 21 fresh puzzles every day, alongside the full library, with an archive. See daily puzzles. |
| Collections | Yes — sets of ten puzzles worked through in order, including seasonal ones. |
| Create puzzles | Yes — 5 puzzle types. See create and share. |
| Share puzzles | Yes — as a link that carries the whole puzzle. No server copy is stored by Winters Puzzles. |
| Account required | No. There is no Winters Puzzles account at all. |
| Offline | Yes. Puzzles are generated on the device. |
| Price | Free to download. Supported by ads. |
| App icons | Eleven to choose from — the default plus ten unlocked by watching a video. |
| iCloud sync | Optional, and off until you turn it on. |
| Developer | Winters Puzzles, an independent developer in the UK. |
Why it exists
The idea came from the puzzle books you buy at a station: a bit of everything, no commitment, and something to do with fifteen minutes. What those books do badly is run out — and what puzzle apps usually do badly is make you install a different one for every kind of puzzle you like.
So Winters Puzzles is one app with a lot of puzzles in it, where the boards are generated rather than drawn from a finite pack. There is no last page. If you finish a Sudoku there is another Sudoku, and if you are tired of Sudoku there are 39 other things to do instead.
How it is built
Nearly every puzzle is generated on your device and checked before you see it. A Sudoku or a Nonogram is verified to have exactly one solution; Minesweeper boards are built so they can always be cleared without guessing; every Gridlock shows the genuine fewest moves for that exact board.
Those checks help keep the challenge in finding the next logical step. Hints are available when you want a nudge.
The card games are the deliberate exception. Solitaire and Spider deals are a real shuffle, so some of them cannot be won — which is also true of a physical deck, and part of the game.
What it does not do
- No account, and no email address collected to play.
- No subscription.
- No streak-shaming, and one daily reminder at most — off unless you ask for it.
- Puzzles you write travel inside the link you send. Winters Puzzles does not store a server copy.
The full detail is in the privacy policy.
Get in touch
Winters Puzzles is made by one independent developer in the UK. If you have found a bug, have an idea, or want to write about the app, email hello@winterspuzzles.com — there is a press page with assets and descriptions on it too.
Ready to turn the page?
There’s always another puzzle waiting.
