Setting Up a Tablet for Puzzles: A Simple Guide

Do I need an app to play puzzles on a tablet?

No — everything on Puzzle Pastime runs in the tablet's web browser: Safari on an iPad, Chrome on most others. There is nothing to install, no app store password to remember, no updates to approve, and no account to create. If the tablet can show a website, it can play the puzzles.

How do I set up a tablet for daily puzzles?

Open puzzlepastime.com in the browser, press the largest 'A' to set the text size (it's remembered forever), and add the site to the home screen so one big icon opens straight to today's puzzles. Five minutes, once, usually by whichever family member is visiting.

• Open the browser and go to puzzlepastime.com
• Press the largest 'A' in the header — the size choice is remembered for every future visit
• Add the site to the home screen (Share button → 'Add to Home Screen' on iPad; menu → 'Add to Home screen' on Android) so one big icon opens straight to today's puzzles
• Prop the tablet on a stand or a cookbook rest — flat-and-propped is the most comfortable way to tap

Why is a tablet good for puzzles?

The screen is bigger than a phone's so grids are naturally generous, progress saves itself when it's put down, and every control on our site is sized for fingers rather than mouse pointers. Propped on a stand, it's the most comfortable puzzle surface after paper itself.

• The screen is bigger than a phone's, so grids are naturally generous
• Progress saves itself — put it down mid-puzzle and it waits patiently
• The daily email arrives on the same device: one tap from 'good morning' to today's word search
• No small print anywhere: every control on the site is sized for fingers, not mouse pointers