Games Like Hidden Folks
Hand-drawn search games for Hidden Folks fans, with listing facts.
Read more →Games Like Where's Waldo for iPhone and iPad
Crowd-searching games you can still download, with the facts parents ask about: price, ads, age rating, and when each one was last updated.
Checked on the US App Store: October 16, 2026
Most answers to this search are from 2010 to 2016, and many of the apps they list are gone. We found no official Where's Waldo app on the US App Store on October 16, 2026. These are the games that are still there.
Short answer: closest to the books, Where's the Meerkat and Where's the Unicorn?. Biggest hand-drawn scenes, Hidden Folks. Free with no ads and no in-app purchases, Oopsies.
All the games at a glance
| Game | Price | In-app purchases | Ads | Age rating | Runs on | Last update | Privacy label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Oopsies
Our game | Free | None | No ads | 4+ | iPhone, iPad, Mac (M1+), Vision Pro | Oct 7, 2026 | Data Not Collected |
| Where's the Meerkat | Free | Pack of extra Meerkat games: $2.99 | No ads label | 4+ | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro | Apr 21, 2020 | Data Not Collected |
| Where's the Unicorn? | Free | Unicorn Scenes Unlock: $2.99 | No ads label | 4+ | iPhone, iPad, Mac (M1+), Vision Pro | Aug 31, 2022 | Data Not Collected |
| Hidden Folks | $4.99 | None listed | No ads label | 4+ | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro, Apple TV | Nov 19, 2025 | Data Not Collected |
| Hidden Folks+ | Included with Apple Arcade | None listed | No ads label | 4+ | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro, Apple TV | Nov 7, 2023 | Data Not Linked to You (usage data) |
| Hidden Through Time | $2.99 | $1.99 per expansion | No ads label | 4+ | iPhone, iPad, Mac (M1+), Vision Pro, Apple TV | Apr 22, 2024 | Data Used to Track You (identifiers, usage data; third-party advertising) |
| Little Things Forever | $4.99 | None listed | No ads label | 4+ | iPhone, iPad, Mac | Sep 26, 2026 | Data Not Collected |
| Hidden Pictures Puzzle Play (Highlights) | Free, with a subscription | Subscriptions: $3.99/month, $23.99–$29.99/year | No ads label | 4+ | iPhone, iPad, Mac (M1+), Vision Pro | Mar 25, 2022 | Data Linked to You (contact info, identifiers, usage data) |
| Please, Touch The Artwork 2 | Free | None listed | No ads label | 13+ | iPhone, iPad, Mac (M1+), Vision Pro | Feb 28, 2024 | Data Not Linked to You (usage data) |
We haven't played these games for this page. Everything we say about them comes from their App Store listings, and the dates are the listing's latest version. Tap a game's name to check its listing yourself: prices change.
What makes a game feel like Where's Waldo
The books work because of three things: a big, busy picture, one character you know by sight, and lots of small jokes to notice on the way. The games below each keep some of that. None has Waldo himself.
Oopsies
Oopsies is our game, so read this part with that in mind. It isn't one giant picture. Each level is a crowd of little square characters on one screen, and the top of the screen shows the one to find. Tap it to bring it home. Every world then changes the rule: in Lights Out you search the dark with a flashlight, in Tiny Titans some Oopsies are huge and some are tiny, in Shadow Show you only get a shadow.
🥰 Frosti Floops
Oopsies are feeling cuddly.
🐘 Tiny Titans
Some Oopsies are huge, some are teeny-tiny.
🔦 Lights Out
Oopsies are hiding in the dark.
There are over 100 levels and many Oopsies to collect, each with a collector card. After 30 seconds without a find, the game gives a hint (in most worlds, the Oopsie giggles and glows). It plays offline too: progress syncs when you're back online. Where it falls short of the books: no big hand-drawn scenes, no places to recognize, and the characters are simple faces rather than tiny people doing funny things.
Where's the Meerkat
Its listing pitches it straight at Where's Waldo fans. It's based on the Where's the Meerkat? picture books from Michael O'Mara Books: in each crowded scene you look for a family of 10 meerkats, across 24 levels set in famous places, then for a checklist of five "star find" items. The listing also mentions a setting to turn the animations off. Privacy label: Data Not Collected.
Where it beats Oopsies: it's one big illustrated scene at a time, like a page of the book, with real places to recognize.
Where's the Unicorn?
From the same publisher and the same idea, based on the Where's the Unicorn? books: 20 illustrated scenes, seven unicorns to spot in each, then ten "star find" items. Its listing describes a calm classical soundtrack. Privacy label: Data Not Collected.
Hidden Folks
Hand-drawn, interactive miniature landscapes that you poke at: tent flaps open, bushes get cut, doors slam. A strip of targets shows what to find, and tapping a target gives a hint. The listing counts 32 areas and 300+ targets, plus normal, sepia and night color modes, and Apple's Editors' Choice note says there's no time limit. It's also on Apple Arcade as Hidden Folks+ (Apple Arcade is $6.99/month).
Where it beats Oopsies: the scenes are hand-drawn and bigger than the screen (its update notes mention scrolling and zooming the camera), and almost everything in them reacts when you tap it.
Hidden Through Time
Hand-drawn levels through history, with cryptic hints for each object, and a level editor to make and share your own. Two follow-ups are on the store too: Hidden Through Time 2: Magic and Hidden Through Time: Discovery, $2.99 each. One thing to know: the original's privacy label lists "Data Used to Track You (identifiers, usage data; third-party advertising)", while the two follow-ups list "Data Not Linked to You".
Little Things Forever
Not characters but objects: you search colorful mosaics made of thousands of little things, and the listing says the objects to find are picked at random, so a puzzle plays differently each time. It's a remaster of a 2012 game. Privacy label: Data Not Collected.
Hidden Pictures Puzzle Play (Highlights)
The Hidden Pictures puzzles from Highlights magazine, with daily puzzles and puzzle races. The listing offers the subscription with a 14-day free trial. More in Oopsies vs Highlights Hidden Pictures.
Please, Touch The Artwork 2 (for teens and adults)
Its App Store subtitle is literally "Where's Waldo meets Modern Art". You search the paintings of the Belgian painter James Ensor for hidden items, and the description says there are no ads and no in-app purchases. It's rated 13+, so it's one for grown-ups.
What about the free "hidden objects" games at the top of the App Store?
Many of the most popular free search games carry the "Contains Ads" label, sell ad removal, and some are rated 13+ or 18+. That's fine for adults, but check the age rating and the ads label before you hand one to a child. We compared three of them in I Spy Apps for Kids.
The real thing: the books
Martin Handford's Where's Waldo? books are still the best version of this game, and they need no battery. Your library very likely has them, and a book on a lap is easier to share between two kids than a phone.
Questions about games like Where's Waldo
Is there an official Where's Waldo app for iPhone?
Not that we could find. A search of the US App Store on October 16, 2026 turned up no official Where's Waldo app: the older ones, like Where's Waldo? The Fantastic Journey, no longer show up. The games on this page are the closest alternatives still available.
Which game is closest to the Where's Waldo books?
Where's the Meerkat and Where's the Unicorn? are both based on picture books of the same kind, with one big illustrated scene per level and a set of characters to spot in it. For the most detailed scenes, Hidden Folks ($4.99) has large hand-drawn landscapes you can pan around and tap.
Is there a free game like Where's Waldo with no ads?
Oopsies is free, with no ads and no in-app purchases. Where's the Meerkat and Where's the Unicorn? are free to download with no ads label, but each sells an unlock (Pack of extra Meerkat games: $2.99; Unicorn Scenes Unlock: $2.99). Please, Touch The Artwork 2 is free too, with no ads or purchases per its description, but it's rated 13+.
Which of these games are fine for young kids?
All of them are rated 4+ on the App Store except Please, Touch The Artwork 2 (13+). Oopsies is rated 4+ too: it shows a picture of the Oopsie to find, so kids don't need to read.
Do these games work on iPad and Mac?
Every game here runs on iPhone and iPad, and every listing also includes Mac (several only Macs with an M1 chip or later). Some list Apple Vision Pro or Apple TV too: the table above shows the devices from each listing's Compatibility section.
Try Oopsies: free, no ads
Find the silly Oopsies in worlds that each bend the rules. Free on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Vision Pro, with no ads and no in-app purchases.
Sources: the US App Store listing of each game, opened on October 16, 2026. "Last updated" is the date of the listing's latest version. Oopsies facts come from the game itself. Last edited October 16, 2026.
