Shozbot — Handmade apps for curious minds

Everyday

small efficiencies · phone-first

Better Weather

The whole forecast on one phone screen. Swipe sideways through the hours and days — including the ones that already happened.

Mogo

Press the button, land in a random country, and get recipes for what people there actually eat.

Add the Everyday, Games and Puzzling apps to your home screen — they open like an app

iPhone or iPad. Tap the Share button — the square with an arrow coming out of it — then choose Add to Home Screen. Any browser will do.

Android. Open the app in Chrome, tap the ⋮ menu, then choose Install app. Older versions call it Add to home screen.

It is still just the website — nothing is downloaded, and no app store is involved. You get the icon on your home screen, and the app opens full screen without the address bar.

Technical

deep practice, made usable

Statterbrain Best on desktop

A statistics workbench for type-well curve work: probit analysis, multivariate tools, sequential accumulation, charts you can export. Bring a CSV and a question — and your data never leaves your browser.

Supports the Type-Well Curve Fundamentals course at SAGA Wisdom

Games

a puzzle is exercise · phone-first

Word Square

Fill the grid so every row and every column spells a word. The tray holds exactly the letters you need — no spares.

Deduction · Spatial reasoning

Word Ninja

Letters fall past you. Drag a finger through them to cut out a word before the clock runs out.

Quick recall · Hand-eye timing

Letter Drop

Start with a five-letter word and drop letters down through shorter and shorter words until one is left.

Spotting patterns · Planning ahead

Fauxcabulary

Ten obscure words with straight-faced definitions. Some of them are invented. Say which.

Word roots · Judging plausibility

Acronumbskull

Ten acronyms and what they supposedly stand for. Some are genuine. Recognising the letters will not save you.

General knowledge · Resisting the obvious

Would You Rather

Press the button and get stuck between two impossible options. Neither of them is the sensible one.

Weighing trade-offs · Knowing your own mind

Puzzling

a new puzzle every day, eight ways · phone-first

Inspired by That’s Puzzling! on CBC Radio’s The Sunday Magazine, where puzzle master Peter Brown sets the games. Every clue and answer here is original, and Shozbot is not affiliated with CBC.