If Wordle has started to feel like a chore, there’s a Canadian alternative worth a look. Dayzle gives everyone the same set of five short puzzles each day, drawn from more than 30 games, plus a daily Sudoku. It’s free on iPhone, iPad, Android and the web, and its Google Play listing gives the developer’s address as Toronto. MobileSyrup reviewed it Friday and called it its new addiction.

What’s in the daily set

The puzzles are a mix of numbers, words and visual logic. Some are familiar, like Sudoku, word searches and Cipher, Dayzle’s take on Wordle. Others are newer:

  • Crowns: place one crown in each coloured section of a grid, with no two crowns touching and only one per row and column.
  • Span: connect islands with bridges, where each island can only hold so many.
  • Terminus: draw a single route through every stop without breaking or doubling back.
  • Tumbler: change one word into another, a letter at a time.
  • Witness: use clues to rule out suspects and find the culprit.

Six of the games also come in “Hive” versions on hexagonal grids, which make them harder.

The competitive part

Everyone at your difficulty level gets the same daily puzzles, so each one has its own leaderboard. Rankings count games solved first, then time, with penalties for mistakes and hints. The next morning, the best daily sets win gold, silver and bronze medals. You can add friends with a six-character code to keep a head-to-head record, and a weekly leaderboard focuses on one skill at a time, such as memory or logic.

What it costs

The daily set is free with no ads inside the puzzles, the developer says. Outside the daily set, you can practise any game, with ads every few puzzles, according to MobileSyrup. Two subscriptions remove ads and add hints and lives: Plus for $14.99 a year and Unlimited for $19.99 a year, MobileSyrup reports.

Why it’s worth your time: It’s the Wordle routine with more variety, a proper competitive layer and a no-ads daily set, and it’s made in Canada. Start with the free daily set; you don’t need a subscription unless you want unlimited practice without ads.