Apple News+ introduced Quartiles, a new original spelling game where players form words by selecting tiles containing 2-4 letters from a 4x5 grid. It is available with iOS 17.5 or later for News+ subscribers.
Seemed inevitable that even Apple would need to adopt engagement tactics to get people to keep using (and paying for) the Apple News+ subscription.
If the New York Times was willing to pay $1M for Wordle, then Apple had to follow suit.
About Quartiles on Product Hunt
“Apple News+'s answer to Wordle”
Quartiles launched on Product Hunt on May 14th, 2024 and earned 117 upvotes and 3 comments, placing #25 on the daily leaderboard. Apple News+ introduced Quartiles, a new original spelling game where players form words by selecting tiles containing 2-4 letters from a 4x5 grid. It is available with iOS 17.5 or later for News+ subscribers.
On the analytics side, Quartiles competes within Word Games, Games and Apple — topics that collectively have 116.2k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how Quartiles performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted Quartiles?
Quartiles was hunted by Chris Messina. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
For a complete overview of Quartiles including community comment highlights and product details, visit the product overview.
Chris Messina