# PukuPaku — Feed, puff, merge into a whale

> Feed, puff, merge into a whale (iPhone/iPad app by Mitsuaki Goto.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pukupaku/id6813086575 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Mitsuaki Goto](https://appshunter.io/developer/6804220817)
- Category: Games, Casual, Puzzle
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 49 MB
- Languages: American English, Japanese
- Released: 2026-09-21
- Data updated: 2026-10-13

## What is PukuPaku?

Feed the fish, watch them puff, merge them into bigger fish. The goal: a whale.

◆ Tap = feed

Tap a fish in the tank and it eats, then puffs up once, pushing everything around it.
Choosing which fish to feed is your one move.

◆ Same kind touching = merge

When a puffed fish touches another of the same kind, they merge into the next fish up.
Puffer → Porcupine → Bream → Octopus → Turtle → Sunfish → Dolphin → Orca → Whale Shark → Whale. Ten species.
A merge that triggers another merge is a chain, and chains multiply your score.

◆ Whale fusion, then a whale feast

When two whale sharks merge, a whale is born. How many whales you can make in one game is the real measure of skill.
Merge two whales and a giant whale appears, gulps every puffer, porcupine and bream in the tank, and swims back to the sea.

◆ Watch out for urchins

Every 12 taps an urchin comes down the pipe instead of a fish. It just sits there taking up space, but tap it and it bursts, blasting the fish around it.
Two urchins touching set off a double blast. Danger or opportunity, depending on where they land.

◆ Game over when the tank is full

Every tap sends a new fish down one of the pipes. When a fish settles above the water line, the game is over.
Keep merging to make room, and aim for the big ones.

◆ Look back and share

When a game ends, "See the tank" lets you look over your final tank, and "Share" posts your score with a picture of the tank to X, LINE or anywhere else.

◆ Records and rankings

Your top 10 scores are kept on the device. Pick a name to join the online ranking and your best score appears on the Today, This week and All time boards (Today resets at midnight JST, This week on Monday at midnight JST).
No account is needed. Joining is optional and the game is the same either way.

◆ Pick up where you left off

A game in progress is saved automatically. Next time you open the app, choose Continue to go back to your tank.

◆ Quiet by default

Sound effects and music respect the silent switch, and they never interrupt music or podcasts playing from another app.

◆ Everything is free from the start

The whole game, the rankings, the records. There is one in-app purchase, a one-time "Remove ads". It changes nothing about the game; it only removes the ads.

For you if:
・you like merge puzzles
・you'd rather choose where to push than where to drop
・you want to see a puffer fish puff

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Remove ads | $1.99 | one-time |


## Is PukuPaku safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess PukuPaku.

## Is PukuPaku legit?

PukuPaku has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for PukuPaku is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.0.5 — 2026-10-03

- Rankings: in "Today" and "This week", the player who keeps the top spot now shows a streak, like "Top 3 days straight".
- Fixed player names being cut off in the rankings.

### 1.0.4 — 2026-09-28

- Fixed the score being cut off on smaller screens.
- Fixed the fish lineup at the top being cut off at both ends on smaller screens.

### 1.0.3 — 2026-09-26

- A new title screen: a bigger logo, with fish swimming around the tank.
- The background now looks like the sea.
- Updated App Store screenshots.
- Fixed the tank shifting up and down when the banner ad changed.
- On smaller screens such as iPhone SE, the top banner ad is no longer shown, so the tank stays larger.

### 1.0.2 — 2026-09-25

- Tap "Share" on the results to post your score and final tank to X, LINE and more.
- The ranking now has "This week" (resets Monday 0:00 JST).
- The Ranking button on the title screen is easier to spot.

### 1.0.1 — 2026-09-23

- After a game ends, tap "See the tank" on the results to look back at your final tank.
- Fixed a game over that could happen before any fish reached the waterline.
- Updated App Store screenshots.

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