Cladle

The daily animal guessing game

Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.

Cladle is the daily guessing game for anyone who loves animals and the tree of life. Every day, one mystery creature is hidden somewhere in the animal kingdom, and your job is to figure out what it is. Guess any animal and Cladle shows you exactly how closely related it is to the mystery species, from a distant cousin sharing only a phylum to a near-match in the very same genus. HOW TO PLAY • Guess an animal! • Watch the relatedness graph branch out, connecting your guesses to the mystery animal along the real tree of life. • A red-to-green scale tells you how warm you're getting: red means only distantly related, green means you're closing in. • Use the shared branches to reason your way toward the answer • Research to narrow down your next guess! • Stuck? Spend a hint to reveal the next major branch of the mystery animal's lineage. ONE PUZZLE A DAY Everyone gets the same mystery animal each day. Compare your solve with friends and keep your streak going. Miss a day and the streak resets! PRACTICE ANYTIME Can't wait for tomorrow? Practice mode serves up endless puzzles whenever you want to play. LEARN AS YOU PLAY Cladle is built on real taxonomy; kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species. Tap any animal or branch to open its Wikipedia page and go deeper. You'll absorb how life is actually related without it ever feeling like a lesson. TRACK YOUR STREAK See your win percentage, current and best streaks, and how many guesses it usually takes you to crack the puzzle. Share a spoiler-free result grid with friends. NO ADS. NO TRACKING. NO ACCOUNT. Cladle collects nothing and needs no login. No ads, no in-app purchases. Just a satisfying daily puzzle. It even works offline! Think you know your animals? The tree of life is waiting. What's New (v1.0) The first Cladle! A brand-new mystery animal every day, a relatedness graph that maps your guesses onto the tree of life, hints, practice mode, streaks, and shareable results. No ads, no tracking. Thanks for playing & please leave feedback - I'll actively incorporate it!

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Bug fixes for charts, more animals, simplification of some animal types

Version 1.0.3

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    Information

    Seller
    Bryan VanDyke
    Size
    1.5 MB
    Category
    Trivia
    Compatibility
    Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
    • iPhone
      Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
    • iPad
      Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later.
    • Mac
      Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
    • Apple Vision
      Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
    Languages
    English
    Age Rating
    16+
    Copyright
    © 2026 Session Zero Online
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