Press Kit
Updated October 10, 2026 · buildasquishy.com
Build A Squishy is a free 3D squishy maker for iPhone, iPad and the web browser: pick a shape, color, finish, filling and sparkles from 46+ million combinations, watch your squishy form, then squeeze, stretch, poke and cut it open with material-aware ASMR sound.
No accounts, no chat, no ads — creations live on your own device, and a share link rebuilds any squishy on a friend's screen without anything touching a server.
Fact sheet
| What | A calm 3D squishy maker, collector and sandbox for iPhone, iPad and the web browser |
|---|---|
| Who it's for | Kids ~8–11 at its core, playable from 5 up — and styled so anyone who likes satisfying things never feels it's "for kids" |
| Price | Free on the web. No ads, no upsells, nothing to buy in the browser. The iOS app offers a single optional one-time unlock (Squishy Deluxe) — no ads, no subscriptions, no purchasable currency |
| Platform | Any modern browser — desktop, tablet, phone, school Chromebook. Nothing to install. Also a native iOS app for iPhone and iPad — free on the App Store |
| Privacy | No accounts, no chat, no data collection; creations never leave the device. Built to COPPA's standard — plain-English privacy policy |
| Launched | August 2026 |
| Made by | Arden and her dad, in Georgia — an independent family project (Gladio LLC) |
| Technology | React Three Fiber / WebGL 2, real-time soft-body deformation, layered ASMR audio. No backend: share links encode the entire squishy recipe in the URL itself |
What players do
- Design a squishy from 16 shapes, 74 colors, 29 finishes, 42 fillings and 32 sparkle add-ins — over 46 million combinations — and watch it magically form.
- Play with it: squeeze, poke, stretch and jiggle with material-aware sound, plus 16 tricks from Big Drop to Slow-Mo.
- Cut it open and play with the insides — taffy pulls, slime, and a "Keep the Insides" remix mechanic.
- Collect and trade: 23 challenges, rare and legendary parts, a display shelf, and a trading floor of computer-run collector characters (never other people).
- Send a squishy to a friend — the link carries only the recipe, so the recipient gets a copy and nothing personal is shared.
Video & GIFs
Sound on — every material squishes differently. Files are free to reuse in coverage; right-click → save, or grab them from this page's clips folder.
Music in the clips: "Fluffing a Duck" and "Monkeys Spinning Monkeys" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed CC BY 4.0. Squish sounds are the app's own.
Screenshots
Logo
Download: logo.png ·
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app icon
Please don't stretch, recolor, or add effects. All branding, names
and designs are original.
The privacy story (why it matters)
Build A Squishy is built for an audience that includes kids under 13, so it takes the strictest possible posture: there is no backend at all. Creations are stored in the browser; sharing works through a link that encodes the squishy's "recipe" in the link itself, so nothing a player makes is ever uploaded. No accounts, no chat, no ads, no tracking for advertising — the full details are in the privacy policy.
About the maker
Build A Squishy is made by Arden and her dad, in Georgia. It started as a toy for Arden and grew into a full creator-collector sandbox. Arden plays every version before anyone else does, and a lot of what's in it started as something she asked for. It is tuned by hand and kept deliberately free of the things that make parents nervous.
Contact
Press questions, interview requests, creator collabs: [email protected] — it reaches Matt directly.