How many hearts do you get in Meowdoku?

Three. Oakever's listings say you have 3 chances to make a mistake, and each wrong guess costs a heart.

How do you place a cat in Meowdoku?

Double-tap a tile. That is the only control Oakever describes in its App Store and Google Play listings.

Can you play Meowdoku offline?

Yes. The store listings say no internet connection is required.

What do the mouse and the pencil do in Meowdoku?

Oakever's store listings and website don't explain them as of October 19, 2026, so we don't describe them. The in-game help, or support@oakevergames.com from the App Store listing, is the official place to ask.

Is Meowdoku the same as Star Battle or Queens?

The rules Oakever describes are the rules of the classic one-star Star Battle logic puzzle, the same rule set LinkedIn uses for Queens. The boards and the app are Oakever's own.

Meowdoku Rules: How to Play and How Hearts Work

Everything on this page comes from Oakever Games’ own App Store and Google Play listings, checked on October 19, 2026. We note where those listings stop, instead of filling the gaps with guesses.

What are the rules of Meowdoku?

Oakever sums the game up as Sudoku-style reasoning mixed with Minesweeper-style deduction. The listings give three rules:

Rule	What it means on the board
One cat per section	The board is divided into colored sections, and each section must hold exactly one cat.
No shared rows or columns	Two cats can never sit in the same row or in the same column.
No touching	Cats need their own space: no two cats may be next to each other, including diagonally.

A puzzle is finished when every colored section has its cat and none of the three rules is broken.

How do you place a cat?

According to both store listings, you double-tap a tile to put a cat on it. The listings don’t describe any other controls, such as what a single tap does.

How do hearts work?

You get 3 hearts, which Oakever describes as three chances to make a mistake. Place a cat on the right tile and you keep going; place it on a wrong tile and you lose a heart. Oakever’s own advice in the listing is blunt: guessing won’t save you, so every move should be worked out first. Our Meowdoku tips show how to do that.

The listings don’t say what happens after the third mistake.

What are Daily Puzzles and leaderboards?

Oakever promises brand-new Daily Puzzles every day, and global leaderboards that rank the fastest completion times. The listings don’t give the time a new daily puzzle appears.

Can you play offline?

Yes. Both listings say no internet connection is needed. The game is free with ads; see Meowdoku Premium and ads for the paid options.

What do the mouse, the pencil and the other buttons do?

Many players search for this, but Oakever hasn’t explained these tools in its App Store listing, its Google Play listing or on its website (checked October 19, 2026). Every App Store update note since September reads only “Bug fixes and performance improvements.” Rather than guess, we’re leaving these tools out until Oakever describes them.

The official places to ask are the help screens inside the app and the support address in the App Store listing, support@oakevergames.com.

Is it the same as Star Battle or Queens?

The three rules above are the rules of the classic one-star Star Battle logic puzzle, and LinkedIn’s daily Queens puzzle uses the same set. Meowdoku’s boards, cats, hearts and daily puzzles are Oakever’s own. If you want to practice the same kind of logic in a browser, our free Cat Zones puzzle uses these rules too; it is a separate game, not Meowdoku.

What hasn’t Oakever explained yet?

Board sizes and difficulty levels: not listed.
What happens when you run out of hearts: not listed.
The mouse, pencil, hint and “pattern mode” features players ask about: not described in the listings or on Oakever’s website.

More Meowdoku guides are on the Meowdoku hub, including how to play on PC.

Meowdoku Rules: How to Play