# Where's the Needle? — Dig the haystack. Automate it.

> Dig the haystack. Automate it. (iPhone/iPad app by Faisal Aljuwaisri.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/wheres-the-needle/id6818874109 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Faisal Aljuwaisri](https://appshunter.io/developer/6789067907)
- Category: Games, Simulation, Strategy
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 16.4 · 2 MB
- Languages: American English, Arabic
- Released: 2026-10-22
- Data updated: 2026-10-24

## What is Where's the Needle??

You wake up locked in a warehouse with an open roof. In front of you stands a mountain of hay: millions of strands, and somewhere inside, six buried needles.

All you have are your hands. So you start.

ONE STRAND AT A TIME
Pick hay strand by strand and toss it into the HAY IN intake at the SELL HAY stand. Every strand earns you cents. Cents become dollars, and dollars unlock tool licenses and machine plans in Yard Research. Then buy your gear at Supply Co.

BUILD YOUR OWN HAY FACTORY
Place every machine wherever you like: conveyor belts, a Dump Hatch, a Steam Rake that needs no power, robot arms in three sizes, Hay Generators wired up with power poles, a Hay Compressor that presses bales, and a Splitter that divides a belt in two. Each extra copy of a machine costs more, so plan your layout.

LET THE SCANNER HUNT
Mount a scanner arch over a belt. It holds the passing hay, checks it, and sounds a siren when it spots a needle.
Careful: sell a needle with the hay or burn it in a generator, and it slips back into the pile.

SIX NEEDLES
A sewing needle, a desk pin, a safety pin, a bent pin, a hat pin and a darning needle. Each is buried at a different depth, and the deepest hide in the heart of the pile. Every needle you recover goes into your wooden Needle Cabinet until all six slots are full.

FEATURES
• A first-person 3D haystack you can dig into
• Three pile sizes: Small (4.8 million strands), Standard (13.8 million) and Big (34 million), with a peak above the warehouse walls
• Yard Research: 8 branches and 48 unlocks and upgrades, from tools, belts and power to your own stamina
• Supply Co.: toy shovel, spade, pitchfork, Yard Vac, a metal detector that beeps near a needle, bucket and wheelbarrow
• 13 machines and structures to place and connect
• Uncover a needle by hand and it glints
• A 15-step task card to get you started (you can switch it off)
• Game Center leaderboards for the fastest finish on each pile size
• Three save slots with autosave
• Quality settings from "Potato" for older iPhones up to "High", plus adjustable interface size
• Plays fully offline
• No ads, no in-app purchases
• Landscape only

Languages: English and Arabic (Kuwaiti dialect). The game follows your iPhone's language, and you can switch it any time in Settings.

Made by a solo indie developer in Kuwait.

## Is Where's the Needle? safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Where's the Needle?.

## Is Where's the Needle? legit?

Where's the Needle? has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Where's the Needle? is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 1 release)

### 1.0 — 2026-10-23

No release notes.

## More apps by Faisal Aljuwaisri

- [تحديات - ألعاب جماعية](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/id6789067905)
- [جمعية سلوى التعاونية](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/id6804653705)

All apps by Faisal Aljuwaisri: https://appshunter.io/developer/6789067907

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