CatchHour
A new puzzle every play
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Spot the difference in real photographs
CatchHour is a spot-the-difference game played on real photographs.
Because you are searching actual photos rather than drawn illustrations,
the scenes pull you in — and since the differences change every round,
the same photo gives you a brand-new puzzle each time you play.
■ How to play
[Solo Challenge]
Find all 5 differences between the two photos before time runs out.
Clearing a stage carries your time forward and builds your score.
There is also Hard Challenge — no items, skill only.
[Daily Challenge]
Three runs a day, 10 stages each. Clear stages to earn shard boxes.
[Co-op Play]
Up to 4 players solve the same puzzle together.
Invite friends with a room code or QR code, or get matched with someone new.
Watching who spots each difference first is half the fun.
[Rank Battle]
Go head-to-head over 10 rounds and climb the tiers.
[Lives]
You start each game with a set number of lives.
When time runs out, you lose one life for every difference you missed,
and the game ends when they are gone. Raising your stats increases your starting lives.
[Magnifier]
Stuck? Use a magnifier and it will point out where one of the differences is.
[Characters]
Collect shard boxes as you play, then combine shards to complete characters.
Each character has its own ability, so you can pick one that suits how you play.
Gather more of the same shards to upgrade them further.
■ What makes CatchHour different
• The immersion of real photographs
Real photos reward you for studying every corner of a scene.
Letters on a sign change, objects vanish, and new ones appear as if they were always there.
It feels nothing like simply recolouring or blurring a picture.
• A different puzzle every round
Each photo hides many changes, and only 5 are chosen for any given round.
Even when the same photo comes back, the answers are somewhere else.
• Start playing immediately, no sign-up
There is no registration to work through — open the app and the game begins.
Link a Kakao, Google or Apple account and your progress follows you to any device.
• Comfortable one-handed play
Photos are sized to fit the screen, so there is no pinching or scrolling.
■ Good to know
• CatchHour is free to download and free to play through, and includes ads to keep the service running.
• Starting a game costs a heart. Hearts refill over time, and you can also claim free ones daily or watch an ad for more.
• Hearts, gold and magnifiers are used only inside the game and cannot be exchanged for money.
• Optional purchases are available for those who want them — diamond packs and the Starter Pack.
You can enjoy every mode and feature without buying anything.
Diamonds can be spent on in-game items such as ad removal.
• CatchHour is an online game and requires an internet connection.
■ Contact
If anything gives you trouble, or you have an idea for us, please get in touch.
contact@themiddleman.co.kr
Ratings & Reviews
- This app hasn’t received enough ratings or reviews to display an overview.
• Scan a friend's invite QR code to join
• Fixed invite link and code copying
• Fixed rank invites saying "Co-op Play"
• Fixed the back button closing the app
• Heart Slot Machine: 2 hearts per draw
• Buy items with diamonds; shop split into Free, Gold, Diamond
• Answer pens; teammates' pens shown in co-op
• 5 diamonds for clearing 10 Challenge stages
• First free hearts reduced from 5 to 1
• Stat Upgrade: 10 per stat daily cap, gold cost x3
• Minor fixes and stability improvements
The developer, The MiddleMan, 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 Used to Track You
The following data may be used to track you across apps and websites owned by other companies:
- Identifiers
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- User Content
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- The MiddleMan
- Size
- 15.3 MB
- Category
- Puzzle
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 3 more
- English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- This app is rated 4+ with content restrictions.
Some content may be rated higher, and may therefore be restricted and managed by the developer through in-app controls. - In-App Controls
Age Assurance
Contains
Advertising
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Beginner Starter Pack $1.99
- 1200 Diamonds $6.99
- 550 Diamonds $2.99
- 100 Diamonds $0.49
- Copyright
- © 2026 The MiddleMan