Comparison

Puzzle Scout vs Hidloo

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Puzzle Scout

Embark on a word-finding adventure to uncover scattered stories. Solve puzzles to unlock parts of narratives and collect books. Navigate through levels and watch out for special characters along your journey.

Highlights
  • Word finding puzzles
  • Story progression
  • Book collection
  • Level-based gameplay
  • Unlockable content
Features
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Join Kobby and Ayesha in scouting for scattered stories across the land. You are tasked with finding words to form parts of a story in every level. After each level, you unlock a part of the story and after each chapter, you unlock a book, which is added to your collections. One last thing, watch Out for Kojo along the way!!... Have fun scouting. Find the terms of use here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Gddd_VZPl8AsJuOiNVv6T9JKPJbxop7K/edit

About

Hidloo

Features
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Hide a tiny figure in a photo of your own. Share a six-character code. Your friend gets thirty seconds and three taps to find it. That is the whole game, and it fits in a coffee break. HIDE IT Take a photo of anything — your street, your desk, your dog asleep on the sofa. Drop in a ladybug, a paperclip, a rubber duck. Turn it, shrink it, blend it into the colours underneath until it belongs there. Hidloo shows you exactly what your friend will see before you send it. SHARE IT You get a six-character code and a link. Send it anywhere — a message, a group chat, a story. Whoever opens it plays straight away. They do not need an account, and they do not need to have played before. FIND IT Thirty seconds. Three taps. One hint that tells you how warm you are but never which way to go. Every wrong tap is one you do not get back. THE PART THAT KEEPS IT GOING A good hide is not one nobody can find — it is one that is *barely* found. You score most when somebody finds your figure with the clock nearly out, so hiding a two-pixel sliver behind a curtain wins you nothing. Miss it and your friend can throw something at you: a water balloon, a tomato, a volley of eggs, a cake, a bucket of slime. Then it is your turn to hide one back. ALSO IN HERE - Ranks from Rookie to Legend, and badges you did not know you were chasing - A leaderboard you can search, so you can find anyone without scrolling - Daily streaks, and a nudge before you lose one - A miss map showing every wrong tap everyone made on your photo - A result card built to be shared with people who have never heard of Hidloo - Full Spanish and English HIDLOO PRO Eight figures are free forever. Pro unlocks the rest — twenty-eight more across eight themed packs — as a single purchase. No subscription, no consumables, no timers, no ads. Hidloo has no advertising, no advertising identifiers, and does not sell anything about you. Challenges delete themselves after thirty days.

Screenshots

Puzzle Scout4 screens
Hidloo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Hidloo at none against Puzzle Scout's shown. Hidloo also leads on update cadence (every 11 days vs monthly). Puzzle Scout's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Puzzle Scout sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per year and Hidloo sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Puzzle Scout ships an update monthly, Hidloo every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Puzzle Scout versus Hidloo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPuzzle ScoutHidloo
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 11 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size154 MB62 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLeti GamesDanny Chavez

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Puzzle Scout

Subscriptions1
  • annual subscription$0.991 Year
One-time9
  • 500 Coins$0.99
  • Remove Ads$0.99
  • Energy Small$0.99
Show 6 more
  • Energy Max$1.99
  • Geek Pack$1.99
  • 3000 Coins$2.99
  • 5000 Coins$3.99
  • Bosu Pack$6.99
  • Top Chairman$7.99
1 purchases

Hidloo

One-time1
  • Hidloo Pro$3.99

Questions

Is Puzzle Scout free?
Puzzle Scout is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hidloo free?
Hidloo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Puzzle Scout or Hidloo have ads?
Puzzle Scout shows ads; Hidloo does not.
Which is updated more often, Puzzle Scout or Hidloo?
Puzzle Scout ships an update monthly, and Hidloo every 11 days. Most recently, Puzzle Scout was updated on October 11, 2026 and Hidloo on October 29, 2026.

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