Wordle clones yanked from Apple’s App Store

The various Wordle copycats that have been flooding Apple’s App Retailer appear to have disappeared. The apps seem to have been eliminated by Apple shortly after their existence triggered a stir on social media.

Wordle itself doesn’t have an official iOS app so different builders regarded to hop on the coattails of the sport’s success. However when one particularly began bragging on Twitter in regards to the consideration his model of the app was getting, he rapidly caught warmth, drawing consideration to each his app and the numerous different Wordle clones on the App Retailer.

Whereas there are nonetheless just a few five-letter phrase video games on the shop, they don’t have the identify Wordle hooked up like essentially the most egregious ripoffs from the previous couple of days have. As a substitute these video games have named like PuzzWord. There are nonetheless just a few video games left on the App Retailer which are truly referred to as Wordle, however one was launched three years in the past and the opposite was launched 5 years in the past with very totally different ideas from the shock hit developed by Josh Wardle.

Whereas the apps at the moment are gone from the shop, the query of why they’re gone stays open. There’s been no official phrase from Apple on whether or not or not the apps have been eliminated as a result of they violated a retailer rule, or just because Apple now not needed them on the App Retailer. Both means, for now the one technique to play actual Worlde in your cellphone continues to be to navigate to the web site on a browser.