The Window vs Hiku Puzzle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Text-based adventure gameplay
- Choice-driven narrative
- Multiple story branches
- Unique outcomes
- Immersive storytelling
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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.
Hiku Puzzle
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
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.
| Parameter | The Window | Hiku Puzzle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 12.2 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 82 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Neffico LLC | Espen Schulstad |
In-app purchases
The Window
No in-app purchases
Hiku Puzzle
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is The Window free?
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Do The Window or Hiku Puzzle have ads?
Which is updated more often, The Window or Hiku Puzzle?
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