Find Space, a color-matching grid puzzle for iPhone and iPad, is listed at no charge on the App Store, and the tip that flagged it gives the regular price as US $2.99. The full store name is Find Space - Define Boundary, and the developer is Oscar Tsang.
What is Find Space?
It is a logic puzzle in the same family as Sudoku and the N-Queens problem. The board is split into colored regions, and you place heroes and creatures on it under three rules. Each colored region holds only one character. No two characters may touch, including diagonally. Each row and each column holds exactly one character.
The developer says every puzzle is hand-crafted and can be solved by reasoning alone, so no guessing is needed. Boards start small and grow into large grids, all drawn in a classic fantasy map style. The listing shows an age rating of 4+, the Entertainment category, and three interface languages: English, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese.
How do I get Find Space for free?
The only place to get it is the App Store. The steps are short:
- Open the App Store on your iPhone or iPad.
- Search for Find Space - Define Boundary and check that the developer is Oscar Tsang.
- Look at the button next to the app name. If it says Get, the offer is running.
- Tap Get and confirm with your Apple account, as you would for any free app.
If the button shows a price instead, the offer has ended or does not apply to your App Store, and you should not pay for it expecting a free copy.
Prices
The official App Store listing shows the app as Free at the time of writing. New Mobile Life, the site that spotted the offer, says the original price is US $2.99. Apple’s page does not show an earlier price, so that figure rests on the tip alone. Neither source states an end date, so the price can change at any time.
Who it suits
Puzzle fans. Anyone who likes rule-based logic problems gets a game built entirely on deduction, with no luck involved according to the developer.
Sudoku and N-Queens players. The one-per-row and one-per-column rule will feel familiar, with the extra twist of colored regions and the no-touching rule.
Short-session players. The developer describes the game as playable in a quick break or a long sitting, at your own pace.
Readers who watch privacy settings. The listing says the app contains advertising. The developer’s own privacy answers, which Apple says it has not verified, mention location, identifiers and usage data that may be used to track you across apps and websites owned by other companies. Check the privacy section on the listing before you install.
What is not known?
No end date is given for the free price, and the sources do not say whether the offer applies in every country. The listing says the app was designed for iPad and is not verified for macOS, although it names Mac and Apple Vision compatibility. It requires iOS 16.6 or later on iPhone and iPadOS 16.6 or later on iPad. The app has too few ratings for the App Store to show a review summary, so there is no reader feedback to lean on yet.
If you want it, open the App Store listing soon and check that the button still says Get.
