Warming up…
Warming up…
Squish. Scan. See.
Our story
Two UK dads built SquishID after too many stall squishies and not enough calm answers.
Two dads. Two daughters. A house slowly filling with soft things that squeak when you squeeze them.
At some point you stop asking why and start asking what you are supposed to do about it. That was us.
Nee-Doh balls and gel fidgets felt manageable. Dumpling squishies seemed harmless. Labubus looked like the annoying one, the expensive one, the one you would have to negotiate over.
Yeah. We were wrong about that.
School dramas followed. Squishy wars. Swap deals negotiated with the confidence of a junior barrister and the maths of a Year 3 tuck shop.
One afternoon we watched a £12 shop squishy lose out to a sticky stall dumpling that cost three quid. The stall version won. Our daughter was delighted. We were not.
Then came the hunt. Where do you even get the right one? Crazes change like the wind. Smyths shelves empty. TikTok full of copies that look identical until they arrive in a jiffy bag smelling faintly of a petrol station forecourt.
A favourite splits open within a day. Gel everywhere. That sharp smell. Takes you back to jelly aliens from the 90s, except your kid is holding this one and asking if it is still okay.
We are not chemists. We read GOV.UK product safety alerts and stick to copy tells any parent can spot.
SquishID is a parent helper, not a lab, not OPSS, and not medical advice. A photo cannot detect benzene, phthalates, or VOCs. Smell is a risk flag, not a test result.
Certified Softies is an in-app label when no known notice matches, not CE, UKCA, or a lab pass.
Rogue Squishies are parent-facing nicknames for suspected fakes, not chemical conclusions.
Three different “Rainbow Mystery” hazards are kept separate: UK Squeezy Dumplings (benzene), UK Pipihome (VOCs), and US OKK D08004 (water beads, US only).
We built SquishID for parents and carers: browse the Squishy Dex, check listings for copy tells on Check a squish, spot Rogue Squishies in the Rogue Gallery, and tell us you saw one at a shop or stall. We never name shopkeepers. No DMs, no trades.
It is the app we wished we had when the stall dumpling won the playground swap.
Browse recalls, safety facts, and the Dex without an account. Photo checks, I saw one, and uploads need a parent sign-in.
Check a squishQuestions or appeals: [email protected]
Not medical advice. Not a chemical lab. Check official UK recall sources for the latest alerts.