Ages 3-7 · iPhone, iPad, Android
Somebody lost a mitten. Can you find it?
Hidden Mitten is a seek-and-find picture game. Twelve hand-drawn scenes, twelve things hidden in each, and a gentle nudge when little eyes get stuck. No reading needed - the things to find are pictures, not words.
HOW IT PLAYS
Tap what you spot. That's the whole game.
There is no timer, no score, no lives, and no way to lose. A three-year-old can start playing without a single word of explanation.
The whole list, in view
The bar shows all twelve things to look for. Found ones are ticked off and stay in their place, so the list never rearranges under a small finger. A small counter beside the picture keeps the tally.
A hint that waits
Stuck for a while? A soft ring pulses near the first thing still to find. It appears on its own after about forty quiet seconds, or on tap - never as a nag.
Made for small fingers
Every target has a generous tap area, buttons are oversized, and the game locks to landscape so the picture is never cropped.
THE SCENES
Twelve busy places, drawn by hand.
Pencil and watercolour, in the Wimmelbuch tradition - the crowded picture books children pore over for an hour without turning the page.
Zoo
Elephants, penguins, flamingos and a very busy monkey climbing frame.
FreeStation
A green steam engine under a glass roof, travellers, trolleys and pigeons.
FreeMarket
Awnings, fruit crates, a stone fountain and a street full of shoppers.
Harbour
Fishing boats, crates, nets, gulls and barrels along the quayside.
Building site
A crane, a digger, a half-built house and workers in hard hats.
Fair
A carousel, a ferris wheel, bunting, a puppet booth and a lot of balloons.
Farm
A red barn, a blue tractor, pigs in the mud and a duck pond with a little wooden bridge.
Ice rink
Skaters under strings of lights, a snowman, a horse-drawn sleigh and a cocoa stall.
Beach
Striped umbrellas, deckchairs, a sandcastle with its own moat and a donkey on the promenade.
Airfield
A control tower, a red biplane, a luggage train and a helicopter waiting on its pad.
Dinosaurs
A museum hall: a long-necked skeleton, a pterosaur overhead, a mammoth and a dig pit to kneel in.
Castle
A drawbridge, two jousting knights, striped tents, a juggler and a blacksmith at his anvil.
FOR PARENTS
Nothing in here is trying to get something from your child.
- No advertising of any kind, and no third-party analytics or attribution SDKs in the build.
- No accounts, no sign-up, no email. Progress is a small file on the device and nothing leaves it.
- The purchase and every outside link sit behind a parental gate - a multiplication with a two-digit answer, which a young child cannot pass by accident.
- One purchase unlocks everything, once. No subscription, no coins, no loot boxes, no second thing to buy later.
QUESTIONS
The short version.
What does it cost?
The app is free with two full scenes. One optional purchase unlocks the other ten, permanently, on every device signed into the same store account. There is no subscription.
What age is it for?
Three to seven. Younger children usually want a hint or two; by five or six most work through a scene alone. Nothing in the game requires reading.
Does it need internet?
No. Every scene ships inside the app. It plays on a plane, in a car, and with the device in airplane mode - which is how we'd suggest handing it over.
Quiet, unhurried, and completely ad-free.
Hidden Mitten is out now for iPhone, iPad and Android. Two scenes are free and complete - play them before deciding anything.