Find Differences
A free spot the difference game. Two pictures that look the same, with a few small things changed between them. No clock, no penalty for a wrong touch, and no way to get stuck.
- Free
- No ads
- No account
- No download
- Works offline
- Single player
How do you play?
- Look at both pictures - They are nearly identical. Nearly.
- Find a difference - A changed colour, a missing item, something moved. 3 or 4 per scene.
- Touch it - Touching the right spot marks it. Touching anywhere else costs nothing.
- Clear the scene - Find them all and the next scene arrives automatically.
About this game
Two pictures side by side. Something is different. Touch it.
Here is our admission, and you should have it up front rather than discover it in week two. There are currently 4 scenes with 15 differences between them. A child playing regularly will see the garden and the underwater scene again, and a difference they already found will come faster the second time. This is a content game, and the amount of content is exactly what it is. We add scenes, and a new one reaches everybody already playing without them doing anything.
In the meantime it still works, for two reasons. The differences sit in different places each round, and four-year-olds do not remember from one day to the next where the butterfly was. Seven-year-olds do, which is why this game suits younger children better.
There is no clock at all and no penalty for touching the wrong spot. You can search for a full minute, give up on one difference and come back to it, and try again later. Levels continue without end and what gets kept is how many scenes you cleared in total.
That number counts scenes rather than levels, deliberately. The screen shows a level, but the level only goes up after a full pass through all 4 scenes. Storing that as the record would leave most players on 1 forever, which is a number that says nothing.
What does it teach?
Visual comparison
Holding two pictures in mind and cross-checking them is a real skill, and it is exactly what trains here.
Systematic scanning
Scanning in order finds more. Children work that out themselves within two scenes.
Attention to detail
The whole game is noticing the small thing rather than the big picture.
Persistence
The last difference always takes a while. With no clock and no penalty, children keep looking instead of giving up.
Tips
Scan by quarters
Divide the picture into four in your head and work through them in order. Systematic beats jumping around.
Compare item against item
Not the whole picture at once. Sun against sun, cloud against cloud. The difference jumps straight out.
Hunt for what is missing
Missing things are harder than changed things, because there is nothing to catch the eye. Worth looking for specifically.
Leave it and come back
No clock, so look at something else and return. Eyes find things on the second pass.
What age is it for?
3 to 4
Together at first. One difference found unaided is an achievement at this age.
5 to 6
Alone, and this is the age the game suits best.
7 and up
Still fun, but 15 differences get memorised quickly. Better in occasional visits.
Parents
A good two-person game, because whoever finds one first takes nothing away from whoever is still looking.
Accessibility
One tap, no dragging and no holding. The touch areas are larger than the items themselves, so being close is enough and precision is not required. Some differences are colour and others are shape or presence, so a child who does not separate hues still finds most of them. No clock, no countdown and nothing flashing, and you can search for as long as you like. There is not one word to read to play.
Playing together
Who finds it first
Both of you on one screen. Finding one first takes nothing away from the other.
Describe instead of pointing
Found something? Describe it in words rather than touching. It becomes a language exercise.
Count first
Guess how many differences the scene holds before you start, then check.
One hint only
When a child is stuck, tell them only which half of the picture it is in. That is almost always enough.
Common questions
Is the game free?
Completely. Nothing to pay and no purchases inside the game. Every game on the site is open from the first second.
Do I need to download or sign up?
No to both. It runs in the browser with no download and no account, and we do not ask for an email.
How many scenes are there?
4 scenes with 15 differences in total. This is a content game, so a child playing regularly will see them again. We add more, and a new scene reaches you without you doing anything.
What happens on a wrong touch?
Nothing. No score drops, no lives, and no clock running. Touch as often as you like.
Are there ads?
None. No banners and no video between levels.
Does it work offline?
Yes. After one visit the game is stored on the device and runs on a plane.
Is there a timer or time pressure?
None at all. You can spend five minutes on one difference, which is exactly what four-year-olds do.
How is the record measured?
By how many scenes you cleared in total, where higher is better. The screen also shows a level, but that only goes up after a full pass through all 4 scenes, which is why it is not the number stored.
What age is this for?
From about three with an adult, and alone from five. There is no reading anywhere in the game.
Does it collect data about my child?
No. There is no signup and no name. No session recording and no behavioural advertising. We count how many times a game was opened, with nothing attached that identifies who opened it.