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World 1
Grüezi
Greetings and basics: the first words you hear when you walk in.
Grüezi Schwiizerli · iPhone game
Hear the word. Tap the Munggi!
Munggi the Alpine marmot and his friends pop out of their burrows holding signs. You hear a word in Zürich German and tap the marmot holding its meaning before they duck.
- 60levels in six worlds
- ≈390words and phrases with audio
- 15things to build
- 6languages for the signs
- 0ads or trackers
Six worlds, sixty levels
From Grüezi to Fäscht
Each world is a slice of everyday life in Zürich German, ten levels long, with a boss round at the end.
World 2
Znüni
Food and drink, named for the mid-morning snack.
World 3
Mit em Zug
Transport and town, for getting around by train and tram.
World 4
Uf de Alp
Nature and weather, up on the alp.
World 5
Dihei
Home and family: the words for at home.
World 6
Fäscht
Celebrations and everyday expressions.
By ear, not by flashcard
Easy to learn, hard to put down
After a few rounds you start to understand what people are actually saying at the Bäckerei, on the Tram and at the Apéro.
Learn by ear
Every word is heard first and spelled after, just like real life. The music falls silent whenever a word is spoken, so you catch every syllable.
Eight kinds of rounds
Marmots that hop between holes, Blitz rounds, sound-alike words, whole phrases, “who said it?” rounds, fill-the-gap sentences and a boss round at the end of every world.
Missed words come back
Miss one and the right marmot glows, the word plays again, and it comes back a little later. Invisible spaced repetition brings back the words you are about to forget.
Even the buttons speak Swiss German
“Gömmer spile!”, “Zrugg”, “Witer”: the whole interface is in Zürich German with a small translation underneath, and many buttons can be tapped to hear them.
Streaks and golden words
Five right in a row and Munggi is im Schuss. A Goldwort pays triple, the Pfiff sends half of the wrong marmots back down, and a streak of seven wins a lost heart back.
Your Wörterbüechli
The word album is your sticker book: every word you have met, with audio (also slowed down), spelling, meaning, an example sentence and how well you know it.
Mis Dörfli
Build your own Swiss village
Every right answer earns Rappen. Spend them on fifteen things to build, and each one comes alive once it stands: the fountain sprays, the chimney smokes, the steamer and the little red train set off. The first five are there from the start; the tinted ones come with The Whole Village.
Every level can also earn up to three edelweiss:
- 1Finish the level
- 2Lose no hearts
- 3Answer with a quick ear
De BrunneVillage fountain
S ChaletWooden chalet
S GärtliFlower garden
D ChüeCows with bells
D FahneFlag on the hill
De BeckBakery
D ChilcheLittle church
D ChäsiCheese dairy
S DampfschiffLake steamer
S BänkliBench under the linden
De MärtMarket stall
D SeilbahnCable car
S BähnliStation & red train
D HütteMountain hut
S Füürwerk1st of August fireworks
A look inside
An Alpine meadow, drawn in code
Every marmot, mountain and chalet in Grüezi Schwiizerli is drawn in code, and the music and sound effects are synthesized. The spoken words are the Zürich German audio of the Grüezi app, by the same developer.
Private by design
Nothing leaves your phone
- No account. You never sign in or create a profile.
- No ads, analytics or tracking. The game contains no third-party SDKs.
- On-device only. Your level progress, edelweiss, Rappen, your village, the words you have met and your settings stay on your iPhone and are deleted with the app.
- No microphone. The game only plays sound; it never records.
- Offline. The only network use is asking the App Store whether you have unlocked The Whole Village.
For everyone
Signs in six languages
The marmots’ signs and all instructions come in English, Deutsch, Français, Italiano, Español or Português.
A captions option shows each word while it plays, for players who are hard of hearing. The game respects Reduce Motion, follows Dynamic Type in its menus, and has switches for haptics, sound and music.
Swear words and alcohol are left out of the word list, and nobody is harmed when a marmot ducks.
The Whole Village
Start with five levels, then unlock the rest
One in-app purchase, The Whole Village, opens everything else. No subscription and no ads, ever.
| Feature | Start | Whole Village |
|---|---|---|
| Levels 1–5 | Included | Included |
| Levels 6–60 in all six worlds | Not included | Included |
| Daily Mix | Not included | Included |
| Mis Dörfli | Five things to build | All fifteen |
The Whole Village is a one-time, non-consumable unlock through the App Store, restorable at any time from the paywall or Settings, and it supports Family Sharing.
Gömmer spile!
Download Grüezi Schwiizerli for iPhone, turn the sound on and tap your first Munggi.