Arrow Escape questions
What is Arrow Escape?
Arrow Escape is a calm logic puzzle for Android phones, made by Sonicon Software. Each board is a grid of snake-like arrows. Tap one and it slides off the board if its way out is clear; a blocked tap bumps back and costs one of three hearts. Levels are endless, every board can be cleared, and there are no ads.
How do you play Arrow Escape?
Tap an arrow and it slides off the board the way its head points, if its exit path is clear. A blocked arrow bumps back and costs one of three hearts. Find the arrow that can leave, then the one it was holding in, until the board is empty. Stars equal the hearts left.
See the core rule.
Can every board be cleared?
Yes. Each generated board is built backwards so a clear order exists, and an independent solver must clear it before the app shows it; the hand-made boards are solved when they load. No tap ever makes another arrow blocked, so any order of free taps clears the board. There is no luck involved.
More in why every board can be cleared.
Is Arrow Escape free? Are there ads or in-app purchases?
Arrow Escape is free to download from Google Play. It has no ads and no in-app purchases, and no feature needs real money. Coins are earned by playing, can't be bought, and are spent only on hints. There is no account, no subscription and nothing to unlock with a payment.
Does Arrow Escape work offline?
Yes. The app doesn't request Android's internet permission, so it plays the same with or without a connection, including the Daily, which your phone builds from the date. It asks for no device permissions at all. Everything it needs, including its fonts and sounds, ships inside the app you install from Google Play.
What happens when I run out of hearts?
The board restarts at once, free, with no waiting and no energy system. The fail card says how far you got, such as "7 of 12 arrows out", and a lost attempt still earns a few coins. A hint is offered as a second choice, never pushed. The board is the same, and you know more now.
How do hints and coins work?
A hint points at an arrow you can tap now. Three free hints arrive each day, and you never hold more than three; after that a hint costs coins. Coins come from clearing levels, three-star runs, milestone boards, the Daily, month trophies and streak days. They can't be bought.
What are locks, ice, rotators and portals?
They are four twists on the basic rule. A locked arrow waits until its key arrow has left (from level 21). An iced arrow takes two taps, and the first costs nothing (from 61). A rotator turns a passing arrow a quarter turn (from 101). Portals link two holes in the board's edge (from 141).
Each twist in detail: locks and keys, ice, rotators, portals.
How does the Daily puzzle work?
There is one Daily per calendar date, the same board for everyone on that date. Clearing it fills that day on the month's trophy calendar. You can catch up any past day of the current month, and filling the whole month puts its trophy on your shelf. Twists build up from Wednesday to Sunday.
Will my progress move to a new phone?
Don't count on it. There is no account and no cloud save, and Arrow Escape turns off Android's cloud backup. On Android 12 and later, some phone makers' transfer tools may still copy it to a new phone. Uninstalling the app, or clearing its data in Android settings, erases your levels, stars, coins, streak and collection.
Is Arrow Escape accessible?
TalkBack reads each arrow's position, direction, length, whether it is free, and its locks or ice. Arrows differ by direction and a body mark as well as colour, and a colour-blind palette is in Settings. Reduced motion, left-handed controls and light or dark themes are there too, and the game plays fully muted.
What does Arrow Escape do with my data?
Arrow Escape doesn't request Android's internet permission, so it can't send anything from your phone to us or to anyone else. It has no account and no ads, analytics or tracking code. Your progress and settings stay in the app's private storage, Android cloud backup is off, and uninstalling the app deletes them.
Clear your first board.
