Apple-Zebra

Notification Games Studio

About this game

Apple-Zebra is the game you play while another app makes you wait.

A rewarded ad, an unskippable video, a 30-second timer before you can claim a reward: other apps make you wait all the time. Apple-Zebra turns that dead time into a game.

It lives in the notification shade. You guess words using Android's inline-reply field — the same way you'd reply to a message — without ever leaving the app you're in or even opening Apple-Zebra. The game narrows an alphabetical range with each guess, until you find the secret word. A whole round can happen in the notification while a video plays behind it.

HOW TO PLAY
• A notification arrives with a word to guess.
• Type your guess in the reply field, without opening the app.
• The game tells you whether the secret word comes before or after yours, in alphabetical order, and narrows the range.
• Keep guessing, closing in until you land on the right word.

WHY IT'S DIFFERENT
• A game built for the moments you spend waiting, not one that demands your whole screen.
• It respects your attention: no endless feed, no full-screen takeover just to play.
• Because the whole idea is "play during everyone else's ads," Apple-Zebra will never contain ads of its own. That's a promise, not just a default.

FEATURES
• Played entirely from the notification shade.
• English and Italian.
• Three difficulty levels, with word lists curated by frequency.
• Track games played, wins, and win streaks.
• Light and dark themes.

Make the wait count. Guess the word.

What’s new

• UI Updates: Refreshed the guessing area with a new visual ring for your attempts and a stylish new send button.
• New: Added a sleek, native progress bar optimized for the latest Android versions to perfectly match the in-game style.
• Bug Fixes: Improved full-screen (edge-to-edge) display on modern devices and enhanced the reliability of background notifications.