Clear the Strait

Shove him out, launch him far

Only for iPhone

Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.

iPhone

New: a Club Season of ten goals every month, Game Center leaderboards and achievements, and a Daily Strait widget. Shove him out and send him skipping. An enormous, extremely round, extremely pleased-with-himself cartoon politician has wedged himself sideways in a shipping channel. The cargo ships are queuing. Somebody has to move him. That somebody is you, and your only tool is shoving. Free to play. No adverts. HOW IT WORKS Tap the left of him to shove him right, the right to shove him left. Shove in time with the way he is already rocking and the combo climbs: GOOD, GREAT, PERFECT, TREMENDOUS. Mash at random and you fight your own momentum. THE PROBLEM IS HIS EGO Every few seconds he announces how tremendous he is, and the compliment floats off as a speech bubble. Then it turns around and comes back. If it reaches him, he believes it: rounder, heavier, more stuck. Pop it first and he shrinks. Shove him, or pop his ego. You cannot do both. THE PAYOFF Build enough momentum and he pops out of the channel and skips across open water like a beach ball, still talking, while the distance counter climbs. Let him inflate on purpose and he flies further, if you can still budge him. THE DAILY STRAIT A fresh challenge every day, the same for everyone: a condition (Fog Bank, Big Lunch, Hot Air, Echo Canyon...) and a goal to beat. Beat it day after day to build a streak. Turn on the daily reminder and it tells you each evening what the day's strait is. NEW: THE CLUB SEASON Ten goals every month, the same for everyone, across every channel, getting harder as the month goes on. The first three are open to all. Finish all ten for the Full Season medal and the Season Stars trail. NEW: GAME CENTER - Leaderboards: Longest Launch, Fastest Clear, and a daily board for today's strait - 14 achievements, one for every medal NEW: WIDGETS Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets with today's strait and your streak, plus a Control Center button and a Siri shortcut. MEDALS, TRAILS AND THE LOCKER - 14 medals to earn, from Cleared to Moonshot (launch him 100,000 m) - Launch trails that stream behind him in flight, earned with medals - Records for every blowhard, your best streak and a calendar of the month's dailies - Postcards of your best launches to send round THE STRAIT CLUB (OPTIONAL SUBSCRIPTION) - All four blowhards: the Windbag, the Tycoon and the Mayor, each in his own channel - All ten goals of every monthly Club Season - Unlimited Daily Strait retries and unlimited postcards - Three Streak Shields every month - Every trail and every app icon Plans: Strait Club Monthly, $2.99 a month, or Strait Club Yearly, $14.99 a year with a one-week free trial for new subscribers. Prices are in US dollars and vary by country. OTHER OPTIONAL EXTRAS - The Blowhard Pack: the three extra blowhards, yours for good with one purchase - Daily Retries, Streak Shields and Postcards, 99 cents a top-up - The Trail Pack and the Icon Pack, 99 cents each, yours for good No loot boxes, nothing random: every item says exactly what you get. Anything you buy stays yours whether or not you join the Club. If you bought Clear the Strait when it was a paid app, the Blowhard Pack is already yours. SUBSCRIPTION TERMS Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically at the same price and period unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel any time in your Apple Account settings. Any unused part of a free trial ends when you subscribe. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://tensorust.com/apps/clear-the-strait/privacy/ No accounts, no adverts, no internet connection needed to play. Nothing is collected about you. A NOTE ON THE SATIRE: original cartoon caricatures of generic types (the self-important public figure, the windbag, the tycoon, the small-town mayor) in made-up places. No real person is portrayed or quoted.

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The biggest update yet. - The Club Season: ten new goals every month across every channel, with a Full Season medal and the Season Stars trail - The Daily Strait: a new challenge every day, the same for everyone, with a streak to build and an optional evening reminder - Game Center: Longest Launch, Fastest Clear and a daily leaderboard, plus 14 achievements - Widgets for the Home Screen and Lock Screen, a Control Center button and a Siri shortcut for the Daily Strait - 14 medals, launch trails that unlock with them, and the Locker with records for every blowhard - Postcards of your launches to share - Your first rounds now show you how to play as you go - The Strait Club, an optional subscription: all four blowhards, the full season, unlimited daily retries and postcards, three Streak Shields a month, every trail and icon - Fixed: replaying an already-beaten Daily Strait no longer uses up a retry Your best launch, best time and the Blowhard Pack carry over.

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    Information

    Seller
    Matthew Busel
    Size
    1.7 MB
    Category
    Casual
    Compatibility
    Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
    • iPhone
      Requires iOS 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
    4+
    In-App Purchases
    Yes
    • Strait Club (Monthly) $2.99
    • Strait Club (Yearly) $14.99
    • Trail Pack $0.99
    • 2 Streak Shields $0.99
    • 3 Postcards $0.99
    • Icon Pack $0.99
    • 3 Daily Retries $0.99
    • The Blowhard Pack $1.99
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    Copyright
    © 2026 Matthew Busel
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