Spot the Difference vs Hideaways
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Spot the Difference
A fun and challenging game where you find differences between pairs of beautiful images. Compete with friends and climb the world leaderboard. Optimized for high-quality visuals on all devices.
- 90+ wonderful images
- New images added frequently
- Challenge friends
- World leaderboard
- High-quality rendering
- Compatible with all devices
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90 wonderful images now!!! New images added frequently!!! It is an exciting new version of the 'Spot the difference' game! Spot the differences between a pair of photographs of the most beautiful images. Challenge your friends with your highscore! MAIN FEATURES: World leaderboard via Game Center and local best on your handset. This application is optimized also for iPhone Retina Display and gives you the highest quality rendering of pictures! Compatible with all devices.
Hideaways
Explore beautifully crafted worlds and discover human stories in this reimagined spot-the-difference game. Enjoy a calm challenge that exercises attention and memory while immersing yourself in atmospheric music and gentle narratives.
- Beautifully crafted worlds
- Handmade atmospheric music
- Untimed scavenger hunts
- 144 human stories
- Calming gameplay
- Attention and memory exercise
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Hideaways is an immaculate take on spot-the-difference games. It unfolds through beautifully crafted worlds, handmade atmospheric music, untimed scavengers, and 144 human stories — gently woven in, where places carry real feeling and stories are discovered, not told. Both a moment of calm and a quiet challenge, Hideaways invites you to slow your breathing, calm your mind, and wander through aesthetic and auditory pleasures — all while gently exercising attention and memory, and inviting reflection on real-life moments and stories.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Hideaways at 4.7 against Spot the Difference's 3.0. Hideaways also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 64 months) and ratings volume (2.4K vs 7). Spot the Difference's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 16.6). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Spot the Difference sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Hideaways sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Hideaways holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hideaways has 2.4K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of Spot the Difference's written reviews are positive against 44% of Hideaways's.
Spot the Difference ships an update every 64 months, Hideaways monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Spot the Difference | Hideaways |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (7 ratings) | 4.7 (2.4K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews | 44.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 2.4K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 64 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 794 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 媛 阮 | RoadRocks |
Customer experience
Spot the Difference
Hideaways
Bugs and requests
Spot the Difference
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Hideaways
Reported bugs
4 issues- Game crashes during tutorial
- Differences not registering correctly
- Levels not loading properly
- Issues with screen size and layout
Requested features
4 requests- Option to disable background music
- Ability to save progress within a level
- More level variety and increased difficulty
- Cross-device syncing of progress
In-app purchases
Spot the Difference
- 100 Magnifier Tool$2.99
Hideaways
- TRICKLE(5 hints)$0.99
- BREEZE(10 hints)$1.99
- DUET$1.99
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- FOUNT(20 hints)$2.99
- LUCID LENS$2.99
- DELUGE(50 hints)$4.99
- Grand W.$6.99
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