Hidloo

Danny Chavez

In-app purchases

About this game

Hidloo is a game you play against one person at a time.

Take a photo of anything - your desk, the street, the inside of your fridge. Hide a small figure somewhere in it: a ladybug, a donut, a tiny ghost. Blend it into the colours underneath, turn it with two fingers to line up with an edge, and send the code to a friend.

They get thirty seconds to find it. Three taps. One hint.

Then they hide one back.

WHAT MAKES A GOOD HIDING PLACE

Not the impossible one. Hidloo pays you most when somebody finds your object with the clock almost out - a spot nobody can crack scores less than a great one. There is nothing to gain from hiding something unfindable, which is what keeps the game worth playing.

A hiding-spot meter tells you when a wall is too plain. Tips appear as you work: when your figure is the wrong shade for what it is sitting on, or when you have not tried turning it yet.

SUDDEN DEATH

Twelve seconds. One tap. No hint, no second chance.

The hider chooses it before the code goes out, and you are told before the clock starts. Landing near the figure still scores, so a close guess is always worth making - and the hider earns more from a near miss than from a hunt nobody could win.

Free for everyone. It is a way to play, not something to buy.

PLAY WITH A GROUP

Send one code to a group chat and everyone plays the same photo. A live ranking shows who found it and how fast, updating as your friends finish - and everyone who plays can see it, not just the person who made it.

Turn on race mode and the first person to find it ends it for everyone, and the rest are told who won.

THINGS TO CHASE

Six ranks, from Rookie to Legend, earned by points and nothing else.

Twelve badges: found it on the first tap, five people beaten by a single hide, ten sudden-death wins. Each one shows how close you are to the next.

Streaks counted per person you play with. Not with the app - with them. The pressure to keep it alive is not ours, it is theirs.

A miss map drawn on your photo, showing every wrong tap everybody made.

BRING A FRIEND

Invite someone new and you both get points when they finish their first round - 500 for you, 250 for them. No links to paste, no tracking, nothing to install. Whoever's challenge a new player finishes first is the person who brought them.

WHAT YOU GET, FREE

- Eight figures, enough to create and play any challenge
- Points, six ranks and twelve badges
- Sudden death, group challenges and race mode
- Streaks with everyone you play
- A profile with your country flag and your highest rank
- Notifications when it is your turn
- No ads, ever
- Play without an account if you prefer

HIDLOO PRO

One payment unlocks the other eight figure packs - 36 figures in all, across nine themes, including the ones added later. No subscription.

Pro buys variety and nothing else. Every figure is exactly the same size and worth exactly the same points, so nobody can buy their way up the scoreboard, and no part of the game is closed without it.

SAFE BY DESIGN

Hidloo has no public feed. Photos travel only to people you sent a code to, and they delete themselves after thirty days. Every photograph is checked automatically before it is stored, and anyone can report a challenge at any moment, including mid-round.

Your phone number is never shared, and never asked for. A code is the only thing that passes between players.

You can delete your account and everything in it from inside the app, in four taps.