Type:Rider

Name: Type:Rider
Price: 2.99 USD
Rating: 3.8 (386 reviews)
Author: ARTE Experience

By: ARTE Experience

Puzzle

Features & Capabilities

Type:Rider is a typography-inspired puzzle adventure. Play as two dots and journey through ten eras of typographic history, solving riddles by riding iconic fonts like Garamond, Helvetica, Times New Roman, and more in a vibrant, musical world.

Key features include 10 worlds echoing typography's history, breathtaking artwork and music, an immersive atmosphere, and a rich font archive. This Chrome extension brings that education and entertainment to your browser, perfect for font lovers, designers, and puzzle fans.

User Growth & Download Statistics

App Games Education Design Art

By:

ARTE Experience

Rating:

3.80

(386)

Version:

2.0 Last updated: 2018-07-20

Version code:

841436506

Creation date:

2013-10-10

Compatible devices:

Size:

643.76MB

Price:

2.99

URLs:

Website

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-08

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 95,098 ▲ 23

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Developed by:

ARTE Experience

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/type-rider/id667443268

Website:

http://typerider.arte.tv/

User Reviews

Reviewers praise Type:Rider for its beautiful typography-inspired visuals, educational content, and engaging puzzles with a design-forward appeal, especially for graphic designers. Many also mention the game being free and offering a satisfying progression that resumes after death. However, a majority report ongoing technical problems: freezes/crashes during tutorials or early levels, non-responsive UI elements, and a lack of updates that leaves it incompatible with newer iOS devices. Puzzles can be frustratingly hard or bugged, and some features like achievements are unreliable. Overall, the concept is strong, but stability and compatibility need attention.

Pros

Gorgeous visuals and typography-focused design; educational about font history.
Entertaining, puzzle-driven gameplay with a typography/history theme that’s fun and engaging.
Strong appeal to designers/typography lovers; inspiring and informative.
Progression that resumes where you left off after death, making iteration forgiving.
Free to play and accessible to a broad audience.

Cons

Frequent freezes/crashes during tutorial or early levels preventing progression.
Outdated app with limited updates; compatibility issues with newer iOS devices (last update years ago).
Some puzzles/letters are bugged or extremely hard, leading to stuck progress or frustration.
UI glitches such as non-responsive controls (continue button dead, pages not turning) and other bugs.

Recent reviews

I was really excited to play this game, but it hangs partway through the tutorial and won’t respond at all. 🙁

by ma*****, 2024-04-02

I used to play this years ago and gave up because of a glitchy high level. My son just recently started playing and I remembered how fun it was so I downloaded it, not even imagining it would still be glitchy this many years later. Never assume. I literally cannot get past the first tutorial. I grabbed the asterisk, and got to the introduction page, and...stalled. Pages don't turn but I can *hear them move. The right touch no longer moves the periods. The continue button is dead. I've downloaded it, then uploaded it four times. Bummer that they haven't fixed the bugginess yet