Bobbles

Simple. Warm. Fun.

Something to enjoy every day, with no catches.

Bobbles on a tablet: the Home screen with a family message, a photo and four big buttons, and behind it the Games page with tiles for Five Dice, Codeword, Bridge and more.

Bobbles is for iPads and Android tablets only. It doesn't work on phones.

Bobbles is a free app for iPads and Android tablets, for older people and those getting to know the internet. Free games, including five fresh puzzles every day from the UK's largest puzzle maker, carefully-curated videos, radio and loads more to enjoy each day; and, if you like, photos from your family and close friends.

The easiest way: on your tablet, open the App Store (iPad) or Google Play (Android) and search for Bobbles. Look for this picture:

Or tap a button below, or point your phone's camera at a code.

Get it for iPad

Or copy this link: www.bobblesapp.com/ipad

Get it for Android tablet

Or copy this link: www.bobblesapp.com/android

Already on your tablet? Just tap the button for your iPad or Android tablet.

Looking at this on a phone or computer? Open the camera on your tablet and hold it up to the square code for your tablet. There is no need to take a photo: just tap the link that appears on the screen.

What's inside

Big buttons, clear words, and something new every day.

The Bobbles Home screen: a large picture, today's diary, and four big buttons for Games, Smile, Spotlight and More.

Everything on one screen

Four big buttons, a beautiful picture and today's diary. Nothing hidden away, nothing to click by mistake.

The Games screen in Bobbles, with large tiles for each game.

Games and puzzles

Five fresh puzzles every day from the UK's largest puzzle maker, plus crosswords, sudoku, patience, chess, jigsaws and more. They work just like the puzzles in the paper.

The Smile screen in Bobbles, showing Susan Boyle's first audition on Britain's Got Talent.

Something to make you smile

Short films hand-picked and watched by us: wonderful performers, beautiful places and people doing brilliantly. Advert-free wherever we can, and a new one every day.

The Radio screen in Bobbles, with big buttons for each station and Louder and Quieter buttons.

Your favourite radio, one tap away

BBC Radio 2, Radio 4, Classic FM and more, with big Louder and Quieter buttons. No hunting about.

Iain's father, who is 96, holding an iPad with Bobbles open on its Home screen.

Photos from your family, if you like

Your children, grandchildren and close friends can send photos straight to your tablet from their phones, with a few words. One tap sends a heart back, so they know you've seen it.

Want to brighten someone's day?

Put Bobbles on their iPad or Android tablet with them, and add yourself, on their tablet, as someone who can send photos. Then send them pictures from your phone whenever you like, and get a heart back when they've seen it. It's all free.

About us

Back in lockdown, my son Guy and I started Web of the Week: a free weekly round-up of lovely things online, to keep spirits up at home. It was a joy to do, but it took a lot of time, and when lockdown lifted we went back to our normal working lives.

The idea stuck with me, not least because my father, now 96, spends two or three hours a day on his iPad: watching films over breakfast, playing games and looking things up.

But I know many other people are wary of even trying the internet, because of the scams and tricks that are sadly now part of life online.

So this time, with my younger son James, we built Bobbles: a simple, friendly app of good games, hand-picked films, radio and family photos, with nothing that whisks you off somewhere you didn't mean to go. Run by a family rather than a big company, and something we hope people can trust.

We have paid for everything ourselves and given our own time. You have my word: everything in Bobbles today stays free, always.

We hope you enjoy it, and we would love to hear your thoughts at admin@silverseekers.co.uk.

Iain

Ready when you are