Comparison

The Window vs Hiku Puzzle

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

Head to head
About

The Window

Experience a unique narrative adventure where your choices directly influence the unfolding story and lead to various endings. This game offers immersive, text-based gameplay with branching paths.

Highlights
  • Text-based adventure gameplay
  • Choice-driven narrative
  • Multiple story branches
  • Unique outcomes
  • Immersive storytelling
Features
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The Window is an innovative text-based adventure game where every decision you make shapes your unique story. Immerse yourself in carefully crafted narratives where your choices matter, leading to different outcomes and multiple story branches.

About

Hiku Puzzle

Features
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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 • Daily Hiku on Apple Watch too, with your stars and streak synced with your iPhone • 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.

Screenshots

The Window4 screens
Hiku Puzzle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Hiku Puzzle at every 3 days against The Window's every 6 months. The Window's advantage is iOS requirement (12.2 vs 17.0). On price, ads, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The Window ships an update every 6 months, Hiku Puzzle every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
The Window versus Hiku Puzzle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe WindowHiku Puzzle
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS12.2 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size82 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNeffico LLCEspen Schulstad

In-app purchases

None

The Window

No in-app purchases

None

Hiku Puzzle

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is The Window free?
The Window is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hiku Puzzle free?
Hiku Puzzle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do The Window or Hiku Puzzle have ads?
Neither The Window nor Hiku Puzzle shows ads.
Which is updated more often, The Window or Hiku Puzzle?
The Window ships an update every 6 months, and Hiku Puzzle every 3 days. Most recently, The Window was updated on October 30, 2026 and Hiku Puzzle on November 6, 2026.

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