Why I built this

When I was a kid I used to take the blank maps of Canada my teachers handed out, bring home a stack of photocopies, and spend hours filling in every city and town and lake I could think of. I just loved maps. Later, in Cégep, I took a world geography course where the entire grade was one exam - name every country on a map.

It still pays off in small ways. You meet someone, you know where they're from. You hear something in the news, you can actually picture it. It's one of those things that sounds like useless trivia until it isn't.

My son started learning world geography a couple years ago. I looked at the apps out there and honestly, I thought I could do better. So here we are.

Five ways to play

Start with the Daily. It's the one that actually builds the habit.

📅THE HABIT

DAILY CHALLENGE

10 countries, the same 10 for everyone, changes each day. Keep the streak alive. You will find you care about this more than you expect to.

⚡SPEED RUN

SPRINT · 1 MIN

One minute. How many can you get? Scores go on the high score board.

🎯THE TEST

STRICT

All 195, named on sight, three strikes. There's a hint button when you're genuinely stuck, and the recap tells you which ones you needed it for.

◎THE FLEX

NAME ALL

No timer, no highlights, no order. Just you and 195 blanks. You can race a replay of your own best run.

🎮START HERE

EASY MODE

Multiple choice with continent hints, for when naming from memory is too hard. Which is most of us, honestly.

What it's actually like

Knowing where a place is turns out to matter more than being able to rattle off a list, so most modes point at one country and ask you to name it. Name All is the exception, and it's the trophy.

Spelling is forgiven within reason. "Liechtenstien" and "Madagasgar" both count. Drop a letter entirely and it won't save you.
Old and common names work - Burma, Holland, Swaziland, Czechia, England.
The globe flies to each country as you name it, so you see where it actually sits.
The daily recap splits your 10 into the ones you knew cold, the ones that needed a hint, and the ones you missed.
Installs to your home screen like an app and works with no signal.

Coming to your phone

iOS and Android builds are in the works. Until they land, the web version installs straight to your home screen and plays offline, which is most of what an app gives you anyway.

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COMING SOON

App Store

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COMING SOON

Google Play

So, how many can you name?

Takes about a minute to find out. Nothing to install and nothing to sign up for, though I should warn you the number is usually lower than people expect :)

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