# ColorFill - Puzzle Masterpiece — user reviews > 60 indexed App Store user reviews of ColorFill by Tapinator, Inc., rated 4.40/5 from 425 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/colorfill-puzzle-masterpiece/id1281998523/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/colorfill-puzzle-masterpiece/id1281998523.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 279 · 4★ 72 · 3★ 39 · 2★ 15 · 1★ 20 ## What do users think of ColorFill? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 🧩 Unique color-logic puzzle mechanics - 🎮 Addictive and engaging gameplay - 🎨 Attractive visual design and art style - 🧠 Challenging mental workout - 🎵 Good soundtrack and audio - 💡 Creative twist on Minesweeper concept **Cons** - ⏱️ Timed levels create frustration and stress - 💰 Aggressive monetization and pay-to-win mechanics - 📈 Extreme difficulty spike after level 5 - 📺 Excessive and intrusive advertisements - 🔄 Punishing checkpoint system forces level repetition - 🎲 Some puzzles require guessing rather than logic - ❌ Unclear puzzle instructions and rules - 🔊 Ads force audio even when phone is silent - 📱 Incompatibility with some devices (iPhone XR) - 🎨 No colorblind mode available **Commonly reported bugs** - Game incompatible with iPhone XR - Ads cannot be closed properly - Ads play audio despite phone being on silent - Puzzles with multiple valid solutions - Single misclick causes level restart without warning **Most requested features** - Option to disable or toggle timer - Separate non-timed and timed game modes - More content and levels beyond level 20 - Paid version without microtransactions or ads - Remove ads purchase option - Colorblind mode for accessibility - Easier difficulty progression in early levels - Unlimited attempts without coin cost - Better puzzle logic clarity to eliminate guessing - Endless level mode ## Newest reviews (14 of 60) ### 3/5 — Love the puzzling, but $$ is quickly required to advance *2019-06-06* The mechanics for this game are defined by color logic in a post apocalyptic Minesweeper world! Although solving the puzzles is a great mental workout and highly entertaining, the timed stages that appear early on cannot be completed without some guessing....unless you have the mind of a mainframe, and even then a huge dose of luck is warranted. The inevitable failure effectively remains such unless you are willing to buy your way out of the impasse, and the coins are not cheap. I would have been more willing to invest in the game if there were a decent amount of content (I.e., more than 10 stages) to complete prior to luck inserting itself as an uncontrollable factor. Uncontrollable, that is, by means other than your wallet. ### 2/5 — Timer ruins it *2019-02-18, version 1.0.2* Need an option to turn off timer. I deleted app ### 4/5 — Nett für zwischendurch *2018-11-19* Leider nicht fürs XR geeignet / not compatible with Iphone XR! ### 3/5 — not fixed with iphone xs *2018-10-23, version 1.0.2* not fixed with iphone xs ### 3/5 — I’m right?? *2018-02-22* How am I supposed to know that it wants it a certain way when it could be either way, I get so lucky when it’s like “oh yeah that’s the one” but I know what I’m doing. Like the green could go on the bottom or top empty spot and it’d have no difference other than how the picture looks in the end. It drives me insane cause I’m right but it’s like Mr. Mosby doing the little thing he does when someone’s wrong and I’m right and ughh. ### 3/5 — Good puzzle game, but... *2018-01-20* ...I very much dislike the timed levels. I got to level 12 without guessing, there is a logic to it. But the timed levels take it from relaxing and clever to tense and frustrating. Ditch the timed levels and you’ve got 5 stars ### 3/5 — TO MANY ADS *2018-01-02* There is way to many ads. Other than that it can be fun but, it can also be frustrating to. ### 4/5 — Difficult！Challenging! *2017-12-27, version 1.0* As above ### 3/5 — Major challenge for the mind , to many ads *2017-12-27* Great mind bending game that will challenge even the sharpest minds , glad I got to play it before to many adds took over . Ads between levels are annoying and distracting making it tough to play. Will admit as most I deleted the game twice due to difficulty beating puzzles but settled in and beat the ....... ( insert bad words here ) game . Most challenging puzzle game I’ve tried and did love it , but the ads are becoming to much. ### 3/5 — Dificil *2017-12-19* Dificuldade muito alta, não consigo sair dos níveis com tempo ### 2/5 — Great game ruined by in-app purchase *2017-12-18* I was loving this game until I reached the timed level and that’s when I realized that you have to spend coins to proceed. Even after beating level 12, I failed at the next level and it bumped me back to 11; starting the whole process again. It seems like the game is designed to make you spend cash, without which you will very likely be stuck at a lower level. I would have paid more money just to have access to the game without the timed element. It’s a great game but sadly ruined. ### 2/5 — Great Concept, Flawed Execution *2017-12-13, version 1.0* I like this game as a fresh take on Minesweeper, but there are some notable flaws. 1) As others have mentioned, the difficulty spikes and then plateaus starting on level 6 which is a bit overwhelming when you have to learn how the logic works. However, after level 20 you start the cycle over again with five easy levels and fifteen harder levels. Admittedly, the second set of 20 was less painful--probably because I figured most of the logic out 2) Because all the levels are randomly generated, the whole level sequence and going back to checkpoints makes no sense in the grand scheme of things as the aforementioned difficulty curve gives no sense of progression. The game would be better off having regular and timed modes and endless levels. 3) While video ads are not spammed everywhere like most games, the fact that the ads FORCE AUDIO WHEN THE PHONE IS SET TO SILENT is unacceptable. No game with ads that I have played does this and I had to dock a star for that. tl;dr: Fun as long as you're willing to put in the time to figure out the puzzle logic, and don't play the ads if you care about your phone being quiet. ### 3/5 — great at looking good and sucking bad *2017-12-13, version 1.0* The game looks great and really caught my eye. The way it plays is also satisfying. But it is not easy - rather, it has no difficulty at all. Instead, it becomes a guessing game, and your success is based purely on whether you tap the correct square. There is often no way to determine whether a square should be colored in because of the vague instructions. Perhaps if you have luck, give it a try. It often goes as far as connecting two separate squares of the same color and/or filling in a corner or two. It then becomes a minefield, and I am certain that were the correct squares not predetermined, there would be multiple solutions to each puzzle. The game also discouraged me from replaying it by not only changing the puzzle each time I failed, but defining a fail as so much as a single misclick if you don't watch an ad or spend coins to get another chance. And unless you have more coins, your next mistake will be your last.My suggestions: don't "fail" users. Simply highlight numbers whose conditions have not been met. Unlimited guesses. Even when someone simply fills the board with a color, it won't work. They will have to actually solve to move on. Also, making the first few levels a bit easier wouldn't be a bad idea. I cleared the first five levels no problem, but immediately got stuck on the sixth and seventh ones. In short, it's great if you're lucky or if you are a mega mind who can see the future. It needs improvement before it can earn a fourth or fifth star, but I am still giving three because the idea is creative and the graphics are great. ### 2/5 — Good idea that micro-transactions ruined *2017-12-13* Like minesweeper, but with colors. Great for a quick game and a good amount of deductive reasoning. Sadly, some puzzles are unsolvable with deduction (like minesweeper). With a different level layout and structure that quirk might add to this game’s playability. As it is, though, it’s just annoying. I would pay good money for this game with no micro-transactions or timed levels. As it is, I deleted it after level 12. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Hard to understand how to play *2019-07-21, version 1.0.2* Don’t understand the intructions ### 1/5 — 教學內容不清晰 *2018-12-23, version 1.0.2* 完全不知道怎樣玩，第6關一直過不了== ### 1/5 — Not compatible with XsMax! *2018-11-13, version 1.0.2* See title ### 1/5 — REALLY HARD *2018-08-01, version 1.0.2* Yes some people might think that it is very easy, but more precise instructions would be easier to understand the game ### 1/5 — We’ll see... (we saw) *2018-03-29* Yes, at its core it’s a fun math and color puzzle. In non-timed mode, it’s fun. But you really need to have two separate modes: non-timed and timed, and why not (a third) a mixed version as it is now. So this will severely limit my play as there’s no way to advance in non-timed version only. It’s biggest flaw is how it seeks to monetize this game through the in-game coins used throughout. Developers: if you come out with a version you can buy, without all this nonsense coin stuff, let me know. Great concept. Lousy execution. ### 1/5 — Good idea ruined by timers, need to repeat levels *2018-01-31* This is a fun, interesting twist on Minesweeper, but the experience is ruined by the need to repeat multiple levels over and over, once you start failing, and you will fail as the game adds a very short timer. Too bad, as it would be fun if you had enough time to think through the puzzles. ### 1/5 — Utter horror *2018-01-06* I just downloaded the game and thought “hey this would be a cool puzzle game.” Boy was I wrong. Once past level 5 it’s already way too hard on top of that if you fail you have to go back to whatever check point was last, which could put someone behind further than what they already completed. It was a good concept for a game but very poorly executed. It’s like a legit mission impossible meets minesweeper meets hell. ### 1/5 — Poor UI and poor gameplay design lead to a negative experience *2017-12-24* TLDR: simple design, ads that are seemingly impossible to click out of, resource hike, and puzzles where you have to guess I got to half way through the third set of 20 levels before the games issues became too much for me. Firstly the game is not complex, and as you continue to play you begin to recognize shapes that tell you that patterns you need to place reducing most of the puzzle solving to nothing more than a memory challenge. This would normally be solved by the introduction of new mechanics but that just never occurs. The game seems to be same the whole way through with the exception of timer challenges. You’re also given the puzzle screen on the timed challenges so you can solve portions of the puzzle before even playing making it almost a meaningless change. There are also chances you’ll get a puzzle where you’re forced to guess about the placement of a particular square rather than a logical way of reducing it from two possibilities. The game is also overly punishing as a single miss click will force you to restart or to watch an ad/ spend coin to keep going. That wouldn’t be an issue if they didn’t give you less than a 4th or what it takes to restart in currency every 4 hours and if the Ads were capable of being closed out of when they finished. **Developer response:** Hello, we will respond to your points above, most of which are not accurate: 1. There are indeed some patterns from level to level. However, the solution to a puzzle is based on the numbers/colors within the various squares - it is NOT based on guessing patterns. ColorFill requires critical thinking to solve each puzzle. 2. There are no instances where you would need to guess - every level has a distinct solution that you can arrive at after analyzing and solving each particular board. ### 1/5 — Not fun👾 *2017-12-16, version 1.0* *Dec. 16, 2017* Game play is not fun. It defeats the purpose of a puzzle altogether. Too difficult to get past level 5. Cash 💰 grab🤜🏻is what the app is. Deleted. ### 1/5 — Too Hardcore *2017-12-13* The game at first was great and I love the idea but you are making too hard and nobody can get past level 6 because you made it too hard make it easier. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Entretenido y adictivo *2019-09-07, version 1.0.2* Entretenido y adictivo. ### 5/5 — Super *2018-01-18, version 1.0* Super ### 5/5 — Loved it *2017-12-30, version 1.0* It may seem difficult at first but once you get the hang of it, ADDICTING. I love this game and would recommend to anyone who loves puzzles and a good challenge ### 5/5 — Thx it's great app *2017-12-29* Great logic game, thx a lot! ### 5/5 — I’m obsessed!! *2017-12-17* Once you figure this game out, it is so so fun!! I am addicted. The only thing that disappointed me was when I beat level 20 — I expected to go to level 21 where there was something new but instead I found myself back at level 1 of a new set. Come out with some more features so that the longevity of the game is increased!! Other than that, absolutely amazing ### 5/5 — This game is awesome, my type of game *2017-12-17, version 1.0* When I first started the game, I found it really challenging, but once I got the hang of the mechanics I couldn't stop playing. Sure it's not easy, but I never enjoyed playing easy games anyway. I appreciate a challenge and commend the developers for taking time to code a complex and difficult algorithm. Would def recommend giving this game a fair chance. ### 5/5 — Fun! *2017-12-14* It's a really fun game, it took me a long time to adjust to the difficulty curve but I eventually 100%'d it after figuring out patterns. I love it! Can't wait for more. Everyone who's saying it's too hard please just take some time with it. You'll figure it out! :D ### 5/5 — I really enjoy it! *2017-12-12, version 1.0* Good game! ### 5/5 — Quite Complex, Yet Highly Entertaining *2017-12-11* I did not expect to enjoy this puzzle game after reading through some of the reviews. However, after getting used to the mechanics and understanding the underlying basics of the game, I was able to devise a solid enough strategy to get through a good chunk of the game. I’m by no means an expert, but I am finding myself more and more drawn to this unique game. It’s certainly not for everyone as it will require you to think quite a bit and plan your moves. But, if you preservers, and get the hang of it, you’ll find yourself coming back, again, and again... Fantastic game! ### 5/5 — Amusant *2017-12-10* Super petit jeu de réflexion sur lequel on prend du plaisir à jouer, puzzles tous différents les uns des autres, un très bon jeu en somme pour tous les amateurs de puzzles de réflexion :) --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-22.*