Jigsaw Puzzles - Puzzle Games Reviews

by M.short1016

I’ve used JigsawPuzzles for a long time and always loved it - definitely the best puzzle app on JigsawPuzzles Store. Tons to choose from and lots of options for difficulty. Love the option for segmented play as well, which can be easier to manage when playing on a phone. I would work on puzzles every night before bed to wind down. The ads used to be well spaced out and completely tolerable. However, I don’t know what happened, but all of the sudden I’m getting ads after every 5 puzzle pieces I place. Literally. They are skippable after 5 seconds, but it’s incredibly annoying to be taken out of the game so frequently, and it’s no longer a nice relaxing puzzle experience. I would rather watch a long ad less often than being constantly bombarded with short ones. I would really love to keep using JigsawPuzzles, but the frequency of the ads has become a dealbreaker for me. Really disappointed.

Edit: I’ve just learned that there is an option to disable ads for a small fee. I think this is pretty reasonable given all the content in JigsawPuzzles , so I appreciate that. However, it’s still unfortunate that the free version of JigsawPuzzles is still practically unplayable now due to the frequency of ads.

by JRasmo

First the positive, beautiful puzzles to choose from and the pictures are very sharp and beautiful. The developer did top of the line work on the pictures. Now the problems. First no place to organize the pieces. You have to work the puzzle out underneath any lose pieces on the board. Only one tray and you don’t have the option to move all the pieces out at once or return them to the tray. You manually take one piece out and have to return them one by one to clean up the board. On the side of the puzzle is a white box containing settings background etc. very distracting and can get in the way of your progress because it blocks your view of the puzzle at times, example working on the border or near it. I think the box should be able to disappear from view. Finally towards the end almost couldn’t finish because I could not locate the last two pieces. I toggled the button for edge piece view on and off to locate my missing inner pieces and was able to finally finish. Lastly, no option to use your own pictures to use as puzzles. I am going to delete JigsawPuzzles because it is to much of a struggle and not an enjoyable puzzle to work on.

by Cowboisgirl

I wanted to love JigsawPuzzles. And when it works correctly, it's pretty great. But I've had trouble completing all but one of my puzzles I've tried. When I get down to the last two or three pieces, they don't fit anywhere - they're the right color/pattern to fit, but they are the wrong shape. You can tell that's where they are supposed to go - and even when you hit the button for a hint, the hint tries to place them there and can't. Another time it allowed me to join two pieces that actually went in separate spots and weren't connected at all. In the end (they were the last two pieces), I had to figure out how to break them apart so that I could complete the puzzle.

And then there are the ads. I understand that this is a free game/app, but it would be great if they could find a less obnoxious way to run ads, rather than interrupting you over and over again during the course of a single puzzle. Other apps, for example, give you the option to watch an ad in exchange for something (such as in game currency to keep "playing"). Or heck, just even playing the ads a little less frequently so that there is less interruption would be an improvement.

by UntakenNicknameHere...

I started really enjoying the relaxation of these puzzles until my phone started overheating. And not just like a “oh, it’s getting a little warm” but like “I can feel the heat through my case and I need to take it off so that I don’t break my phone.” It’s just a little disconcerting to be shaken from your therapeutic relaxation state to come to the shock of “suddenly my very VERY expensive device could just break if I don’t close JigsawPuzzles for a while.”

Another issue I have is that I can’t have ANY other apps running (music, iMessage, etc.) while I’m doing a puzzle or the movement of pieces will SERIOUSLY lag. I find putting together the puzzles so satisfying that I kind of just completely close JigsawPuzzles for a few seconds and then reopen it and it’ll fix itself for a while so it’s mostly just annoying.

On a positive note, I LOVE how many puzzles there are available! And how there are what feels like new ones every day! It’s just the factors overheating and lag that I find really off-putting and prevent me from using JigsawPuzzles as much as I would like/pushing me to search out other puzzle apps that easy my nerves a bit more. Kind of a bummer

by Happy Taco3000

This is a great puzzle game that I love! It's was super confusing to me at first, because when I started the puzzle the pieces where all upside down and sideways, so I was really frustrated then about a month later I decided to try again and I found a "help" button so I clicked on and boom! There was all the information I needed! I played again it it was super fun and awesome! I have a couple suggestions the first one I'm just going to go out and say, MORE PUZZLES!!!!!!!! Second I was really bummed to when I first started because I was looking through the pets category (my favorite one) and I immediately thought "Ooh that one looks cute, fun and awesome!" Then I realized you had to pay for it! All of the super cute, cool ones you have to pay for! 😡 Last, I really think it would be great if there was a search bar in the discover section, that way you can search for what puzzle you want to do! That would really effect and change my review in a good way. I am also very impressed, that you guys respond to, like all the reviews I think that's super cool 😎

by Nshellab

I really want to love JigsawPuzzles. It is by far the best puzzle app I’ve found. Terrific and changing puzzles available, an elegant interface, and I’m addicted to the audible and almost tactile “snick” when a piece connects to another. After using it for a while, I paid to eliminate ads, which streamlines it significantly. But I won’t pay for new cool puzzles unless the problems are fixed.

Sadly, there are several bugs that interfere with enjoyment. No longer can I resume a puzzle started in another session. The partial puzzle is saved, but when I try to resume instead JigsawPuzzles automatically completes the whole thing. So now I try to finish a puzzle in one sitting, which can’t always happen. Even more annoying is when puzzle pieces randomly jump around the screen, enlarge themselves to no longer fit, or freeze in place and refuse to be moved.

In frustration, I keep trying other apps. But I don’t like the basic game play of other apps, this one is the best design and has the best puzzles to choose from. If only they would fix the bugs.

by J79S

2nd update...the developer responded that the changes will be permanent. That’s disappointing. Time to find a new puzzle app that allows me to use the space around the puzzle.
Update...After I wrote the below review, JigsawPuzzles was updated to correct the issues I had. But now after having JigsawPuzzles for 11 months I’m having issues again. JigsawPuzzles stopped working on my iPad, I deleted JigsawPuzzles and re installed it, and the issues are back. Again, is this a new permanent thing? It really makes it not enjoyable when I can’t use the space around the outside of the puzzle. Without the space to work and place pieces I can’t do puzzles with very many pieces.
I’ve had JigsawPuzzles for about 6 months and have been perfectly happy with it, then all of a sudden something changed with it. It no longer has the “move out” and “move in” buttons. I also can no longer place pieces around the outside of the puzzle. I like to use that space to sort and work on things without using the space inside. I really don’t want to find a different app, but I guess the search is on is this a permanent thing.

by Yo-3812

Forced update, no longer able to use area around puzzle. The new themes don’t include the previous neutral gray so it is much more difficult to compare colors of puzzle pieces. That’s really the worst part. And all the previously downloaded puzzles are gone. Then I found that if I struggle through the forced download, the repeated opening of JigsawPuzzles Store, JigsawPuzzles Store pages for other programs, eventually I can get back to the old version of the program. It’s a lot of trouble but worth it to avoid this new version. Plus the old puzzles are still there. So the old version is really good. The new version probably wasn’t written by people that actually do the jigsaw puzzles or they’d know it’s important to see the color differences in the pieces. I don’t know how often I’ll struggle through to the old version. But I can say I won’t be playing the new version at all.
Vendor responded to my review and pointed out how to change to their other color themes. As my review said, I’d looked at the themes but those themes don’t include gray. So the vendor is responsive but didn’t quite read the review.

by Puzzle Do-er

I love this game. I love the pictures and the options. I especially love how you can change the difficulty of your puzzle. But, there are some things I don’t love. For example, whenever I try to see the full picture of the puzzle I’m doing, I always end up pushing the hint button (the lightbulb), and I am then trapped into watching a video. This is very annoying for the users of JigsawPuzzles . Maybe it could be placed on a different part of the screen, away from the other buttons. Another thing is that I frequently want to do a puzzle that is not on JigsawPuzzles . Such as a picture of a famous actor I see on tv, or a flower in my backyard. I suggest giving us an “Import” option, such as JigsawPuzzles “Color By Number” does. To do this, JigsawPuzzles would need to access our camera role, to see the pictures we’ve taken. This way, we can do puzzles of things that we think are interesting. I think these changes will make JigsawPuzzles much more fun and interesting for the user of JigsawPuzzles , such as myself. Thank you!

by 2luvjustice

The response shows my review wasn't read and understood clearly. It's not a particular ad. it's all sound! Also, there were no ad sounds ever when I downloaded this game and months later a sudden change. This is your app, if you can mute game sounds the ads should be muted with a choice to unmute not the opposite. What's the point of muting sounds if sounds aren't muted? Regardless I can just turn my phone down except I like to listen to music when I play. Perfect app otherwise. No bugs. Fun. I only do the 400. Play it daily as a puzzle lover So I added a star ................ I imagine people will stop playing this due to the loud and sudden ad sounds that you can’t control until after the startling sound. I have sounds off and played this for months until they just added ads with sounds about a week or two ago. I don’t like sudden sounds or game sounds. I work from home but imagine anyone who plays this on break or outside of the home will no longer do so due to this new issue. While you can turn the sound off after the sudden jolt of sound that’s too late. It should be the opposite where you turn the sound on if you have a headset on in public or want to hear it. Not sure why the change. PS Developers you probably should watch the ads you show as there is one that you probably wouldn’t want showing on this game.

by Dutchgirl73

I’ve done more than a dozen puzzles, as well as the Valentine’s challenge, which was 27 puzzles. I got tired of the advertising, so paid to remove the ads, and have found that to be money well spent. There are a few things that would improve JigsawPuzzles for me: I’d love to be able to search for specific puzzle themes, ie Dutch scenery. There are some categories, but there needs to be more! It would be nice to know more about some of the images, such as the scenery ones. A bit of information, such as where that beach is, or what mountain that is. It would be nice if one could move the pieces from the bottom, to the side of the screen. I like to use my iPad in landscape mode, so it would be easier to keep the puzzle a bit larger, if the pieces were not on the bottom. Lastly, it would be very nice if it would be possible to quick sort the pieces according to their shapes. I often do it, after getting the edge pieces placed, but it would be nice if that could be done automatically.

I don’t purchase very many apps, but I’m happy to have paid for this one, and feel like I’m getting my money’s worth!

by Giesila

I have multiple health issues and I’m in constant pain. Whenever I’m able to hold my iphone and headache isn’t too severe, I work as many puzzles as I can to distract my mind from the pain. — THAT is greatly appreciated!! Thank you for your great job of providing such beautiful puzzles! And I’m glad that it’s possible to adjust the number of pieces you want the puzzle to be each time because it depends on how I feel as to how much of a challenge I am up to.
It also helps keep my mind at least a little more active. I cannot concentrate a lot at one time so if I have picked a harder challenge format than I thought it would be , I can stop or slow down and complete at my timing.
I’d sure be disappointed if I didn’t have this to help me get through some of my days that are filled with stress, this helps me relax and get my mind off of problems.
There’s a large variety of pictures to pick from! And I love it that I’m not limited to just one a day !

by Designdiva77

Are you an uber organized (read: “OCD-type”) person and love the relaxation of a jigsaw puzzle? This is the best app that I have found that allows you to play as many puzzles as you want and not have to clean up (and alphabetize your puzzle boxes) afterward! It is very satisfying, in that it helps the compulsion to see “everything in its’ place and a place for everything”.
I would like to see the ability to use pictures from my own photo album? Or how about the ability to submit photos and if mine is chosen as the daily puzzle, you could give a photo credit or maybe a game $ credit? ($1.00/photo chosen to be used on another in app purchase?) Release waiver for the photo (etc.) would have to be included upon submission, maybe with some photo requirements as well? [photo resolution, size, category, requirement of no people, etc.)
All in all, JigsawPuzzles has been a lifesaver for those of us either in isolation or in family overload “corona-tine” time!

by Melo5462

I have been playing this for a long time and just love it. I’m the one that’s lying bed as my husband sleeps while I’m on the other side of the bed with my phone sounds off playing puzzles at 1, 2, 3 or 4am in the morning. But I have recently noticed that when I go to daily puzzle tab I can no longer see the months at a glance they are all in expanded view. You use to have to expand the month to view. I thought I may have done something wrong and tried to fix it to no avail. There should at least be an option to play in expanded view or not. Now I have to close all the months just to get to the month I wish to work. Also when I finish that puzzle and want to do another, I have to go through that process all over again. I do love working all the beautiful puzzles, but this change has caused me not to work the puzzles as much anymore. I was aiming to work all the months and years available. My aim now is now to open JigsawPuzzles for days or weeks now. Please fix it back.

by Mushy Poatato

Ok so, I went into this game thinking it would be like a lot of other games. But after solving 2 100pc puzzles with NO ADS, I was very impressed. That’s not it, but there is A LOT, and when I say A LOT I mean it.. of different puzzles. The frog ones are my favorite. Check them out they are VERY cute! Anyways.. if your a beginner or this is your first puzzle, then you can change the number of pieces you can use in the puzzle- and to make it harder add MORE pieces and turn on rotation. I prefer NOT to turn on rotation because that would be VERY hard but- that’s just my opinion. I haven’t found anything wrong with the game yet, so I put it as 5 stars because of the reasons I put on the review. But I think that this is a very good game, and if you haven’t downloaded it yet- you should. But I just downloaded this game so I don’t know everything about it, but it’s amazing so far. Thank you for reading this, hope I don’t waste your time!

by Jlstx

**update: now JigsawPuzzles is all messed up. It doesn’t save progress, moves pieces after they’re locked, and the problems ho on and on. It used to be a cool app but not any more. They need to go back to the original coding. These updates are horrible. I started out loving JigsawPuzzles; the puzzles are great and there’s a ton of selections. I liked that you could shrink or expand the puzzle and could use the outside area around the puzzle to assemble images or stack pieces I order to see them better since the bar along the bottom is pretty small. Now my puzzle doesn’t move, I can only make it larger or smaller but can’t move it at all and I can’t use the area around the puzzle for anything which makes it hard to assemble the puzzle. There should be options available for being able to shrink or expand it, move it around so I can work on a specific section, etc. at first I thought it was a glitch so I re-downloaded JigsawPuzzles and all my saved puzzles disappeared so I had to start all over. Please either go back to the previous version or add it as an option. It was better.

by KaylaMae715

First of all, I want to send a huge THANK YOU to JigsawPuzzles developers about the ads! JigsawPuzzles is the ONLY app out there that actually does ads the way they should be!! Very short 2 second ads every so often, with an easy way to close out of them and they don’t take too much away from the game play. I know that doesn’t give much incentive for players to buy the game to get rid of the ads, but I’m definitely more willing to make in-app purchases just because I’m so glad the ads aren’t ridiculous like every. other. app. out. there.

SO since I’m writing a review, might as well tell you about the game play too, huh? LOVE IT. So easy to use, TONS of designs to choose from, not too many that require payment and they’re only $.99 if they do, and this is just about as satisfying as putting a real puzzle together!! My favorite feature is the ability to really personalize the difficulty levels of the puzzles by choosing the amount of pieces and being able to rotate them!

In other words, if you’re thinking about getting JigsawPuzzles, do yourself a favor and just download it. You won’t regret it!

by PA2323

It doesn’t matter if you’ve never had the patience for jigsaw puzzles or you’re a jigsaw puzzle aficionado this is the BEST puzzle app you’ll ever find!
You decide the level of difficulty from 9 pieces to 400 pieces. This has been ideal for me since I was concerned I’d get discouraged, but thankfully I was able to start easy and increase the number of pieces at my pace.
Plus, if you’re a “south-paw” not to worry as lefty’s haven’t been forgotten with JigsawPuzzles. :)
There’s a plethora of beautiful puzzles to choose from: adorable puzzles that children will love, nature puzzles, landmarks from around the world, wildlife galore in their natural habitats. As well as abstracts, flowers, birds, patriotic, oils & watercolor paintings, themed collections, pets, and anything & everything else you can possibly imagine. Oh, I almost forgot to mention - there’s the “Puzzle of the Day” for those of us who sometimes enjoy being surprised and/or challenged with puzzles we may normally not have chosen ourselves.
Last, but certainly not least, did I mention how wonderful the customer service is? Well, let me tell you if you have a question, a suggestion, or a request (which is what I had since I love puzzles of cars) you’ll be sure to receive a reply faster than you can say, “Wow, this is seriously an awesome app!”

by Sbarnwell

This is a great app for working jigsaw Puzzels. There are so many free ones to download and you are able to work them very quickly. The only change I would like to see is a much larger area for the Puzzels so that the pieces would not be so small. As a person with age, it is hard to see small pieces and what is printed on them. Hope the owners of JigsawPuzzles will take this in for consideration. The Puzzels in JigsawPuzzles are so beautiful that it makes you crave to match up the pieces. The most beautiful puzzles available, however, I guess it was after a recent update, i seemed to have lost some options on the tool bar which was moved from the side to the bottom which is very inconvenient. Also, my biggest complaint is after working the first puzzle and start another, the board starts freezing and you cannot get the the pieces to unlock no matter what you do. It would be wonderful if someone could address these issues and get JigsawPuzzles to work like it should. If my pieces continue to lock, I will be forced to delete JigsawPuzzles and that would be ashamed since you have the most beautiful scenes and paintings in the entire App Store.

by -nature Lover

If you haven’t already, GET JigsawPuzzles! It is amazing and a wonderful stress reliever.

1. So many puzzles.
There are so many puzzles and categories to choose from, and they are all cool&child-friendly pictures. Endless puzzles if you scroll, and lots in the categories.

2. You can choose pieces amount.
Once you click on a puzzle you like, your able to vary thee amount of pieces wanted to make the puzzle! Challenge yourself with 400, or keep it simple&quick with 36.

3. Categories
There is a section where you can pick the category you are looking forward to doing. If I want city: Landmarks. If I want dogs: Pets or Animals. If I want flowers: Nature. So many fun and wonderful themes to pick from!

4. Saving
Every puzzle you do will automatically save, and if you haven’t finished it, it will out a percentage and save as well! I have so many unfinished puzzles that I was able to finish today from LAST YEAR! You never run out of storage as well!

There was only one negative effect that I had for JigsawPuzzles, which was the adds. There were so many and they happened almost every time a clicked a puzzle. Luckily, I fixed that by buying No Adds for $5. It was worth it! Now I can do as many puzzles with no interruption.

I definitely suggest JigsawPuzzles! (and to buy no adds)

Thank you creators for making it, I play it every day and it never gets old!

Sincerely, Your #1 Fan! (I think)

by RetiredEdu

I love the volume and categories of puzzles. Fun to play. Great selections. What I hate is the platform on which game is played. First, There should be a stationary board and one that fills screen. This one floats, changes sizes, but does not fill an adequate work space; cannot set size easily. Second, puzzle pieces are located at bottom, making it more difficult to move pieces. Best location is right side panel. Third, puzzle pieces are hard to move about as if they get stuck, very small, often get lost outside of board panel and don’t always return to location banner. Fourth, ads hide the escape route. Some lead into another ad if you try to escape; some are timed and force you to watch without an exit and others have a minuscule “x” hidden in a corner but barely visible and difficult to touch. Finally, when puzzle is complete, one would like to see the finished product as a clear depiction of original scene but not presented in puzzle form. A little reward for the completion. Update: I had already tried the suggestions made by developer. I found little or no better help in using those strategies. I would like this great app to offer a board that is as functional as the one provided in the Jigsaw HD app. JigsawPuzzles offers too much opportunity not to have the best board or the greatest experience.

by Ela5678

I don’t usually play games on my phone because I get bored of them easily and then end up deleting them after a week or so. But this game is a keeper! There are no time limits, no points, no levels, just good old puzzle making! It’s great to play for when you’re bored, have nothing to do, and so on. There are so many options to choose from. You can even choose the amount of puzzles to put together. I believe the easiest is like 9 all the way up to 400 pieces.

My only complaint about this game is that I hate when the “board” moves out of place. It’s good for when you want your puzzle pieces spread out, but it gets annoying when you accidentally pull the whole board down to the bottom haha. I don’t know if I’m the only one to complain about it, but it be awesome if you could make an option to keep the board still and in place. Kind of like the rotate option you guys have. Anyway, it’s an awesome app.