# Hiku Puzzle — Logic puzzle, no guessing

> Logic puzzle, no guessing (iPhone/iPad app by Espen Schulstad.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/hiku-puzzle/id6816387508 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Espen Schulstad](https://appshunter.io/developer/1519282542)
- Category: Games, Puzzle
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 2 MB
- Languages: American English, Danish, Finnish, German (Germany), Norwegian Bokmål, Swedish
- Released: 2026-09-27
- Data updated: 2026-10-06

## What is Hiku Puzzle?

Hiku is a calm number puzzle for people who love sudoku: pure logic, no guessing.

The number says how far it jumps. Land on another and they subtract. Make all the numbers disappear.

• Daily Hiku: four new boards every day, from easy to expert – the same for everyone
• 50 levels, all free, with three lessons that teach you the tricks
• Easy, Medium, Hard and Expert
• Every board can be solved – you just have to find the order
• Three stars if you manage without undoing
• Settings for a hint, a reminder, colors, and light or dark
• No ads, no timers, no account. Works offline.

How to jump
A number jumps as many squares as it says, across or up and down. A 1 reaches its neighbour, a 3 reaches three squares away. It jumps over anything in between, but must land on another number.

The smaller is taken from the larger, and the rest stays where it landed. Equal numbers both vanish. When a number gets smaller, its jump gets shorter.

Every level can be solved. The wrong order can leave numbers that cannot reach each other. Undo freely and try another way.

Clear a level without undoing to earn three stars. One or two undos earn two, more earn one. Starting over counts as one undo.

About the name
Hiku (引く) is Japanese for “to pull”. It is also the word for minus: 5 引く 2 は 3 means “five minus two is three”.

The character 引 is made of 弓, a bow, and 丨, a line: a bowstring being drawn. It is the same arc you see when a number jumps.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.4 — 2026-10-02

New in 1.4:
• Levels come first on the home screen, with the level you are on and how far you have come
• Small fixes

### 1.3 — 2026-09-30

New in 1.3:
• Settings, from the home screen
• “A good place to start” marks a number to begin with
• A clear message when the board can no longer be cleared – undo to go on
• A daily reminder for Daily Hiku
• Colored numbers, and a choice of light or dark
• The sum shows when you tap to move, too
• Faster moves on big boards
• VoiceOver keeps better track of the board

### 1.2 — 2026-09-29

New in 1.2:
• Clean Jump is now called Hiku – Japanese for “subtract”
• Daily Hiku: four new boards every day, from easy to expert
• A Daily Hiku widget with a tick for each board you have solved
• Better VoiceOver: square names, moves to choose from, and each move read out
• A difficulty on every level
• A new home screen
• New, harder levels from easy to expert, and three lessons with tricks

### 1.1 — 2026-09-27

New in 1.1:
• Clean Jump in English, Swedish, Danish, Finnish and German
• The text at the top explains the whole rule: jump, subtract, clear the board
• Clearer colours in dark mode
• Everything fits on smaller screens such as the iPhone SE
• VoiceOver tells you when a board is cleared or can no longer be solved
• Calmer sparkles when Reduce Motion is on
• No white flash at launch, and new dark and tinted app icons

### 1.0 — 2026-09-27

No release notes.

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