# Art Story: Color Art Puzzle — user reviews

> 120 indexed App Store user reviews of Art Story by Hyper Cats Limited, rated 4.70/5 from 3,682 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/art-story-color-art-puzzle/id1587654970/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/art-story-color-art-puzzle/id1587654970.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 2,983 · 4★ 460 · 3★ 159 · 2★ 34 · 1★ 46

## What do users think of Art Story?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 🤩 Lovely relaxing game
- 🎨 Beautiful artwork and visuals
- 📚 Fun way to rediscover classic stories
- 🕹️ Enjoyable and addictive puzzles

**Cons**

- 🐛 Frequent crashes and glitches
- 🤔 Confusing UI/UX, especially login and syncing
- 📝 Poor English translations in story descriptions
- 💰 Aggressive monetization with ads and subscriptions

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Puzzles not loading or freezing
- Progress and purchases being lost after updates
- Inability to access settings or contact support

**Most requested features**

- More frequent updates with new books and puzzles
- Ability to disable music/sound
- Option to delete completed books to save storage
- Improved syncing across devices

## Newest reviews (18 of 120)

### 2/5 — Excessive advertising RUINS this game

*2025-12-08, version 1.9.16*

There’s an ad after every third or fourth move I make. It’s exhausting to play this Art Puzzle game. I downloaded 6 different Art Puzzle apps to try out; I liked the classic books and artwork on this app the best but the frequency of the ads was the worst!  I would enjoy the experience a lot more if I didn’t have to constantly close down the app/close the ad and reopen the game constantly. It’s just not worth my time and effort if I want to relax for a while playing a game but instead, I end up spending 20% of my time dealing with the ads. Why do app developers pound their audience with advertising?! Just charge a one-time fee and most people would be happier.

### 3/5 — Frustrating!

*2025-01-30, version 1.9.9*

Concept is great, but most of the puzzles are very dark, and completing them is a lot of eye strain!
  Also when placing the objects, it is way too precise.  You can hover over the spot, but if you are a tiniest bit off, it won’t ‘click’ in place.  Way too frustrating and it gives me a headache.

### 4/5 — 日本語じゃない

*2025-01-24*

日本語じゃないのでマイナス1です。

### 2/5 — 楽しみにしてましたが

*2024-12-30*

前の方も言ってる通り、序盤から画面が連続真っ白になって進行出来なくなったので、アンストしました。もっと楽しむつもりだったのに残念です。

### 3/5 — Where are they?

*2024-11-21*

I have always rated this app 5 stars, because it was my favorite puzzle game by far. As a vociferous reader, the whole concept made it truly unique and interesting. Some of my favorite novels have been included.
I have rated it 3 stars this time because I am wondering where new content may be.
I recognize you are a small company, which makes time short. However, instead of new content with each update, a new concept has been added then changed and changed again. A lot more ads have been added as well.
If there was any new content I would happily pay to have ads removed.  Instead of making different features then changing them numerous times, it would put my rating back to 5 stars to see more of the original content.
Please add more novels, and/or complete the ones that have been available for some time.
I still say this is my favorite puzzle app, but instead of putting in more features that change with each update, it would be fantastic to get to new content for the original concept, which is wonderful.
I appreciate in advance any feedback.
Have you heard the phrase “dance with the one that brung ya”?
Go back to what made this app so popular. 
Thank you for your time.

### 3/5 — Apple login

*2024-10-23, version 1.9.8*

I’m enjoying the app so far but I’m unable to login with my apple ID so I can’t do any of the cars collection things

### 3/5 — Always smthg

*2024-08-18, version 1.9.7*

Just updated and still can’t do jigsaw puzzle it keeps saying not connected

### 4/5 — Great game!! But…2 issues

*2024-07-15, version 1.9.4*

Love this game! Attractive illustration! However, I have to disable network connection, open it, then enable connection to load content. Except daily puzzle, no response if i open another event.

### 4/5 — Updates

*2024-04-13, version 1.9.1*

I love this game, but will there be any updates? Jane Eyre hasn’t been updated for ages.

### 3/5 — New glitches

*2023-11-14, version 1.7.1*

I luv this game and I really don’t play games. I enjoy the classics and the beautiful pictures that they provide to go along with them. After this last update I started to notice that while trying to place new cards in their appropriate decks they would show other decks to place them in. Either way the new cards would not be delivered to any of the decks. I’ve completed all my puzzles and stories. The app either has no additional books or puzzles or something is wrong. I can’t access my own data to verify if there is an issue with my account. I’m not able to find easy ways through my app to contact anyone or to see about updates. I’m also unable to get to store to shop for any items. 
I have always rated a strong 5***** for this app but unless I can get my problems fixed I can not rate higher than 3***. I currently feel that may be generous at this point. 
I’ve never been able to locate any descriptive rules for the game either. This may be an oversight on my part but would like to see some either way.

### 2/5 — Great concept but some issues

*2023-10-10, version 1.6.4*

I love this game! I’ve had it for a while now. But they don’t update puzzles for such long periods of time.. it’s making it very disappointing. Also there’s an issue with the Jekyll and Hyde story being placed over other photo albums. Like it’ll tell me the J&H story when I start a new Secret Garden puzzle.

### 2/5 — Puzzles have gone months and months with no updates

*2023-08-15, version 1.6.3*

Why hasn’t there been any updated puzzles for Jane eyre or pride and prejudice?! It’s been months and months!

### 3/5 — 少し重い

*2023-06-12*

絵が小さくて、色彩も薄いので楽しくない。
もう少し難度を下げてみては？

### 4/5 — Отзыв

*2023-04-29*

На русский можео перевод? И есть ли возможность убрать рекламу?

### 4/5 — J’aime 👍🏼

*2023-04-01*

Bonjour, Problème ne pas ouvrir car bloqué pour jeux donc j’aime tant tjs continuer… svp 🙏🏼 Merci. Vs me tiens au courant ! Patty

Re-bonjour… alors svp votre réponse, problème wifi donc je ne comprends pas … avant tjs marche jeux comme d’habitude ! 
Svp svp … vite merci.

### 5/5 — Good job

*2023-02-17, version 1.5.14*

Thank you

### 3/5 — Download issue

*2023-01-26, version 1.5.13*

I love this app but for a couple of weeks now, nothing will open.  I know it’s not my phone or my service provider.  What’s going on??

### 5/5 — FUN!!

*2023-01-06, version 1.5.11*

This game is fun and very relaxing! I really like the way the puzzles come alive. I can’t put this game down

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Jeu

*2025-12-24*

On est obligés de jouer toutes les parties ? C’est dommage un excellent jeu mais après ça devient moins bien surtout avec celui de la mythologie et Dracula aucun goût et on est obligé de tout passer ? On n’a pas le droit de choisir ! Et pourquoi toujours le même thème y’a tellement de contes intéressants

### 1/5 — Update

*2023-10-16, version 1.7.0*

This update says there are new puzzles but there’s not one single new puzzle on here. THANKS!!

### 1/5 — 😒

*2022-12-23, version 1.5.11*

I am so sick of all the ads. I paid to make them disappear but they keep sneaking them in.

### 1/5 — Can’t play on airplane mode/without internet !!

*2022-11-06, version 1.5.7*

It’s just a ridiculous amount of ads and app won’t work in airplane mode.
FAIL- deleting !!

### 1/5 — Disappointed

*2022-08-26, version 1.5.0*

I liked this game a lot but completed all the puzzles and then waited WEEKS for any updates. Very frustrating. Right now, no new puzzles in over a month!!!

### 1/5 — Not so good

*2022-04-27, version 1.2.2*

This started well. Really enjoyed playing. Unfortunately it now freezes on a regular basis. I have to turn my iPad off and on again which is annoying. Update 27/04/22-Still freezes and now book are not updating. Looks like I’m might have to uninstall and forget it.

### 1/5 — WARNING!

*2022-04-10, version 1.2.2*

iPhone SE 2nd gen
iOS 15.4.1
51g of available storage. 

I downloaded this app this morning. I was on the second puzzle and clicked over to a text message. My screen froze there. I could not force restart it. I ended up chatting with Apple Support. She said to delete this app. I can’t believe no one else has had this issue!

### 1/5 — Update made me lose everything

*2022-04-06, version 1.2.0*

I couldn’t get into the game last night… then today it said i needed to do the update… so i did it. Then i get into the game and sign in… and all my books, all my points, all my progress and my “remove ads” thing i paid for… ARE ALL GONE!!! I love this game so much and I’m so devastated! I just want all my stuff back. I was in the middle of several books. I don’t want to do everything over and pay for no ads again.

### 1/5 — Obnoxious music

*2022-03-20, version 1.1.1*

I couldn’t stand the music! I wanted to turn it off; however, the game instantly loaded a new level each time I opened it and flash all too briefly how to silence the music. I threw this game away immediately! What a waste of my time. If I could have given it a lower rating than the one star needed to write a review, I would have given it no stars at all.

### 1/5 — Game won’t load

*2022-03-03, version 1.1*

Have just downloaded this game, but it don’t load at all; I get stuck on the title screen with half a loading bar and that’s where it stays - for ages!! I would like to play this game - hopefully the devs will fix this issue!!

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — いい

*2026-01-10*

絵が素敵！

### 5/5 — Art story colour art puzzle

*2025-10-11*

Omg I love it so much when is 2

### 5/5 — Art

*2025-01-26, version 1.9.9*

I have been playing this game for a long time now and I love it.  But it needs to add more stories.  I have finished all of the ones you have. Please let me know when you are adding new ones.  Thanks

### 5/5 — Loading  time

*2024-09-03*

I like this game especially for those books. but the game start loading time is tooooo long compared with other similar games.could you pls update it.

### 5/5 — Love the game but...

*2024-05-31, version 1.9.3*

I absolutely love the game but I wish more stories were added/updated

### 5/5 — Excelente

*2024-03-30, version 1.9.1*

Muy entretenido y muy profesional...me fascina!!!

### 5/5 — Great game, fun puzzles that get harder

*2023-11-07, version 1.7.1*

This is a great game to play that gets harder as you go along. It’s fun to see great works of literature depicted in a beautiful, visual format. I have to comment on one of the latest pieces of literature by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It has been misnamed as The Hound of Bakersville. It should be The Hound of the Baskervilles. Small criticism, wonderful game.

### 5/5 — Wow

*2023-09-04*

I’m REALLY grateful that y’all made an effort to fix the stories that go with the puzzles so that they actually make sense now there’s just one problem. Do you realize that the story with the secret garden is actually the one for doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde?? I don’t even know for sure yet if you got other stories mixed up but that one for sure needs to be fixed

### 5/5 — New Stuff

*2023-07-30*

The new stuff is okay as it gives more things to do while waiting for new books or new puzzles for the current books.
It is been a long time since there have been new puzzles for long time players. I know you’re a small company and I get the new stuff but it would be nice to not have to redo each puzzle over and over again.
I love this app - I just would love like I once did when there were new puzzles now and then. Thank you for not giving up!

### 5/5 — Wonderful addictive game

*2023-05-24, version 1.5.20*

I love this game especially the stories. Also love the events just wish you would update the stories. They haven’t been updated in a long time. I know it takes time. But I’ve accumulated over a 100,000 ink drops waiting. Have nothing to spend them on so as I play they increase. But I’m addicted so I play every day anyway. I’ve redid most puzzles twice already.  Lol This game is wonderful keep up the good work.

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