Shikaku — Logic Puzzle
Divide the grid. One answer.
Only for iPhone
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
Divide the grid into rectangles. Every rectangle holds exactly one number,
and that number is how many squares it covers. Cover the whole grid and the
puzzle is solved.
That is the entire rulebook. There is no tutorial to sit through — the first
boards are small enough that the answer is nearly visible, and by level ten
you are genuinely working.
ONE ANSWER, ALWAYS
Every board is checked for a unique solution before you ever see it. There
is never a moment where you have to guess and hope. Anything you can work
out, you can prove.
IT CATCHES THE MOVE THAT BROKE IT
A rectangle can obey every rule and still make the rest of the puzzle
impossible — leaving a number with nowhere to go, or a square nothing can
reach. Shikaku tells you at the move that caused it, instead of letting you
discover it twenty moves later with no idea where it went wrong.
MISTAKES COST SOMETHING. FUMBLES DO NOT.
Dragging across a rectangle you already placed is a mis-swipe, not an error,
and costs nothing. Change your mind mid-drag, come back to where you started
and let go — that cancels, free. Only real reasoning errors count against
you. Three per puzzle.
SEVEN DIFFICULTIES
Gentle, Easy, Medium, Hard, Expert, Master and Grandmaster. The hard tiers
are not simply bigger boards — a Grandmaster puzzle has fewer, larger
rectangles and far less that can be read off at a glance. It is close to
pure deduction.
A NEW PUZZLE EVERY DAY
The Daily Challenge is free forever, with or without the full game. Keep it
up for seven days running and you earn hints.
THREE THEMES
Midnight, Slate & Teal, and Forest & Brass. Switch whenever you like.
GAME CENTER
This week's score, longest daily streak, fastest Grandmaster solve, and furthest level reached.
YOUR PROGRESS IS YOURS
Put it down mid-puzzle and it is exactly where you left it. Everything lives
on your device. Nothing is collected, nothing is sent anywhere, and there is
no account to make.
WHAT IS FREE AND WHAT IS NOT
Forty levels are free, along with the Daily Challenge forever. One payment
unlocks the rest: levels that never run out, the Expert, Master and
Grandmaster tiers, and every theme.
No subscription. No adverts. No lives, no timers, and nothing to wait for.
Ratings & Reviews
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Scoring now rewards a clean solve, not a fast one, finish with pencils in
hand and it shows. There's a weekly leaderboard that resets every Sunday,
so it's a fresh contest each week. Grandmaster puzzles turn up more often
the further you get.
The developer, MATTHEW DAVID BREMNER, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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Information
- Seller
- MATTHEW DAVID BREMNER
- Size
- 1 MB
- Category
- Puzzle
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- 3 Hints $0.49
- Full Game $2.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Patmos Software

