Accessibility

We want everyone to be able to enjoy Beequation, including people who use a screen reader, larger text, switch or voice control, or who find bright colours, motion or reading hard. This statement covers the Beequation Pro and Beequation Kids apps and this website.

The standard we follow

We aim to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 at level AA, and Apple's and Google's accessibility guidelines for apps. We check our work as we build new features and fix problems as soon as we find them.

In both apps

• Screen readers: works with VoiceOver on iPhone and iPad and TalkBack on Android. Each new question is announced, every hexagon says its number and where it is (for example "15, middle row, left"), and right and wrong answers are announced.
• Larger text: text follows your device's text size, and buttons grow rather than cutting words off.
• Easy-read font: an option to use your device's own font with wider letter spacing, which some people with dyslexia find easier.
• Voice Control and Switch Control: buttons are named the same as their visible text, and every button is at least 44 by 44 points.
• Not colour alone: right and wrong answers, and results, are shown with ticks, crosses, numbers and shapes as well as colour.
• Contrast: text meets WCAG contrast levels in light and dark mode, and a high-contrast setting adds stronger colours and outlines for each player.
• Larger hexagons: a setting that makes the puzzle board bigger.
• Dark mode: light, dark or the same as your device.
• Reduce motion: calmer animations, switched on automatically when Reduce Motion is on in your device's settings.
• No sound needed: sounds and music are optional, and nothing depends on hearing them.
• Gentle feedback: a light vibration on taps, and hints when a puzzle is hard.

In Beequation Pro

• No timer: an option that hides the clock in levels and the daily puzzle, so you can play for accuracy instead of speed. The 60-second Blitz is always timed and says so.

In Beequation Kids

• No timers or countdowns, so children can take as long as they need.
• Indie can read the questions and her messages aloud, using your device's own voice, for children who are still learning to read.
• A short "How to play" walkthrough shows the rule with pictures before the first game.

On this website

• Pages work with a keyboard, with a visible focus outline and a "Skip to content" link.
• Text meets WCAG contrast levels in light and dark mode, and pages follow your device's light or dark setting.
• Images and pictures have text alternatives.
• The flying bee is decoration only: it is hidden from screen readers, never stays on screen for more than five seconds, and doesn't appear at all if Reduce Motion is on.
• The browser game has the same labels and settings as the apps.

Known limitations

• The apps work in portrait (upright) only for now. We plan to support landscape, especially on iPad.
• The translated versions of this website and the apps have not all been reviewed by native speakers yet.

Tell us about a problem

If something is hard to use, or you need information in a different format, please let us know through our support page. We aim to reply within two working days and will tell you how and when we'll fix it.

This statement was last reviewed on 9 October 2026.