# Genius Puzzles — user reviews > 100 indexed App Store user reviews of Genius Puzzles by Pirate Monkey Studios LLC, rated 4.61/5 from 461 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/genius-puzzles/id545640777/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/genius-puzzles/id545640777.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 353 · 4★ 59 · 3★ 26 · 2★ 4 · 1★ 13 ## What do users think of Genius Puzzles? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Variety of puzzle games - 🚀 Unlimited puzzles - 💰 Free with minimal ads - 🕹️ Intuitive controls - 🧠 Challenging logic puzzles **Cons** - 🐛 Bugs in specific games (Filling, Undead, Pattern) - 🔍 Unclear instructions for some puzzles - 🎨 Outdated or unappealing visual design - 🕹️ Clunky controls (pencil feature, reset button missing) - 🔄 Inability to see completed puzzle after solving **Commonly reported bugs** - Filling game numbers off by 1 - Undead game solutions not following rules - Pattern game generating unsolvable puzzles - Puzzle progress not saving/resetting unexpectedly **Most requested features** - Add reset button for puzzles - Improve pencil/notation functionality - Provide more detailed instructions for puzzles - Introduce a hint system or solution viewer - Add more advanced/larger puzzle sizes ## Newest reviews (18 of 100) ### 4/5 — Still love it! But lost data… *2026-04-16, version 2.4* This app is great! Tons of fun puzzles, I’ve been playing for years. It seems that there’s been an update that changed the color scheme of the app. If my iPhone is in Dark Mode, the app layout becomes hideous. Can we return to the standard color scheme/layout? Or make this an option in the app settings? *I lost all my progress (solved puzzle counts) Is there any way to get this back?? It is most helpful for knowing which difficulty to choose when I haven’t played a puzzle in a while! ### 2/5 — Annoying ads introduced *2026-04-15, version 2.4* I love this app so much. I spend way too much time on it tbh. But I won't be using it anymore unless they get rid of the obnoxious pop up video ads that occur after every challenge. Even when I'm on airplane mode I'm getting them - what sick caching is this! I love the puzzles here, and I'm so fine with the banner ads, but the new pop up ad videos are killing it for me. ### 4/5 — Pixelating *2026-03-05, version 2.0* Love this game. 5 star Good variation of off line games. 5 star However I have noticed a couple of my favs, guess and map, are pixeling on both my iPad and iPhone as I try to drag the colours around . There may be others. So Ive dropped it to 4star rating Is it since the update??if so can you solve it please ### 2/5 — Liked it before the glitches *2026-03-02, version 2.0* This app used to be pretty solid until they updated it. Now it doesn’t work and every puzzle is extremely glitchy to the point that you can’t even use it and looks bad especially in dark mode. Disappointed to say the least ### 3/5 — really bad update *2026-03-01, version 2.0* I really enjoyed the Map game on here and I would have given 5 stars. But the latest update completely ruined the Map game. You can no longer drag a color to a blank map without it ‘smearing’ and dragging other colors along with it. Seeing as how that is the point of the game it makes the game unplayable. This happens both on the iPad and the iMac. I haven’t been into the other games I play, so I hope the update didn’t affect them. ### 4/5 — Bug in filling *2026-01-11, version 1.60* Can’t complete these puzzles. When trying to put number 9 in to a box it fills with an 8. Other games are ok ### 3/5 — Fillings game messed up *2025-07-05, version 1.59* Trying to play the game and I can not click the 9 on the fillings game if I want 1(have to click 2), 2-3, 3-4… and so on. So I can not click 9 ### 2/5 — Please fix bug in Filling *2025-05-08, version 1.59* I love this game. Unfortunately, some update over the last year or so made ‘Filling’ unplayable. There appears to be a 9 as an option to type, but 9 actually types 8, clicking 8 types a 7, etc. so there is no way to fill in the 9s now. 1 erases instead of typing 1. The support page link takes you to a website that just says ‘Hello’. So posting a negative review in the hopes it reaches someone to fix the bug. Otherwise I love this game. Hours of simple logic filled entertainment. ### 4/5 — Please fix the dark mode issue *2025-03-17, version 1.59* The update that includes dark mode is terrible. Maybe some people want it, but everybody I know who plays this game hates it. Could we simply add a toggle to turn it on and off instead of making it follow the iPhone settings? ### 3/5 — bad upadte *2025-03-11, version 1.59* I really like this app, and have been playing the games for quite a while, but the latest update (including dark mode) really screwed up some of the games so they don’t work anymore. I hope you’ll release a corrected update soon! ### 3/5 — Great app bad update *2025-03-05, version 1.59* The app is great. In dark mode I can’t see the puzzles. Please make button to control dark/light mode separately from iPhone. Thanks!! ### 3/5 — Still love it but some games aren’t working since the latest update *2025-03-05, version 1.59* Thank you for making this enjoyable and simple app! Some of the games are unplayable since the latest update. These include Filling and Unruly: the tap areas and locations of the buttons are misplaced. The change in color scheme to match the phone’s dark/light mode is distracting - there isn’t enough contrast in dark mode. ### 2/5 — Update booo *2025-03-03, version 1.59* Great game. I’m a little OCD, so I solved the number square game over 1500 times. I loved it because it was always a quick fix and the random nature made every game new. Buuuttt. The update made the numbers larger font across the bottom so when you select them, they are one off and their is no #9 ### 4/5 — Poor appearance *2025-03-02, version 1.59* Love the games. I use this app everyday because the games are so great. But the appearance and functionality are poor. The most recent update to dark mode is the worst by far. You literally cannot see the marks. It’s making it impossible to play. Please change it back or fix the color combo!!! ### 2/5 — Appearance *2025-03-01, version 1.59* They keep making it look worse. I play it often, but it’s hard to look at now. They only changed one of the games at first and it was one of my favorites but I couldn’t play it after they cluttered up the board with the nodes at the end of the lines. Now they changed multiple games for the worse and I wish they would change it back. It is objectively worse now. ### 4/5 — The newest update has made it not work *2025-02-28, version 1.59* I have used this game app every day for a few years now. Every update until yesterday’s has gone smoothly. Yesterday’s however, has made it non-functional for me - my favourite game “filling” is now dark mode, like the rest of the app, but that makes the segment lines difficult to discern from the grid lines, and, worst of all, the touch points for the numbers are off-center: you have to touch “2” to get 1, “3” to get 2, and so on. Which means, I cannot get 9 at all. Please fix asap! ### 4/5 — Very good game but buggy *2025-02-28, version 1.59* This is one of my favourite puzzle apps but there are some bugs (e.g as of 28/02/25, the filling puzzle buttons insert the number 1 smaller, making 9 impossible to enter, and the rect puzzle moving the puzzleboard down due to the size of the rectangle being displayed when inputting). I don’t know where to report these ads since you don’t have a proper website so I’m hoping you’ll see this. Also in the singles puzzle, the pen obscures the board on the larger puzzle sizes which is really annoying. Also I’d like if the new dark mode could be changed in options so it doesn’t match the system, honestly an options menu would be really helpful. Otherwise, it’s a good app that I’ve enjoyed over the past few years (praying for larger sizes of the filling, net and train puzzles lol) ### 4/5 — Still love it! But ugly update. *2025-02-27* This app is great! Tons of fun puzzles, I’ve been playing for years. It seems that there’s been an update that changed the color scheme of the app. If my iPhone is in Dark Mode, the app layout becomes hideous. Can we return to the standard color scheme/layout? Or make this an option in the app settings? ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Not what I imagined *2026-03-01, version 2.0* I got this app because I thought it would be nice to do the puzzles but it was not so fun. When I entered the app I noticed the ADS which it does have and are inappropriate. Second is on me, but I think others may relate. The games to play are hard to understand and I don’t think it gives intructions. Overall, I did not love this app. Thank you for reading this. ### 1/5 — Filling *2025-12-26, version 1.60* How did you just do an update and filling still hasn’t been fixed? It’s been like a year already. ### 1/5 — Broken *2025-12-10, version 1.60* FILLING puzzle is broken. It’s now impossible to play! Numbers are off by 1 (shifted right). ### 1/5 — Filling has a new bug *2025-09-09, version 1.59* Best puzzle game, play it every day for more than a decade, but the latest version makes “filling” unplayable! ### 1/5 — Last update broke Filling *2025-03-28, version 1.59* I’ll come back to change my rating to 5 if they can fix Filling controls. Number buttons were increased in size which is great but now each button acts like one number lower so you can no longer enter a 9. Shame… ### 1/5 — Bug introduced in latest update *2025-03-18, version 1.59* Latest update for Filling game broke UI. Select a box and hit ‘1’ clears box instead. Hit ‘2’ enters ‘1’ instead. So on up to hit ‘9’ enters ‘8’ instead. ### 1/5 — Update *2025-02-28, version 1.59* The update is messed up. When playing filling all of the numbers are off. When u touch 1 it does nothing when u touch 2 it puts 1, when u touch 3 it puts 2 and so on. U can’t use 9 because when u press it it gives 8 and there’s nothing after 9. Please fix asap!! ### 1/5 — White is black. Black is white. *2025-02-28, version 1.59* What have you done. I love mosaic but it has changed the black and white round. Hate the puzzle now. Lost me as a user. ### 1/5 — Instructions are terrible *2022-08-16, version 1.42* The instructions given for the puzzles are very difficult to understand and they don’t always work as explained. Deleting this app - not worth the space on my device. ### 1/5 — Too many errors in games *2022-04-14, version 1.42* Logic puzzles shouldn’t have errors ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — The perfect app *2026-03-12, version 2.0* Hands down the best game app out there. Endless puzzles and the ads are unintrusive. I have spent hours using this app. My family misses me but I’m too busy doing puzzles. Whoever develops this app, I love you and I wish I could give you all the money in my bank account ### 5/5 — Perfect game *2026-01-20, version 1.60* This game is free and has ads that are easily skippable. Perfect. ### 5/5 — Please Fix the Filling Game *2025-06-08, version 1.59* Great game that I’ve been playing for years. But the filling game is broken. You can’t use the number 9 since all the numbers are offset rendering the game useless. Try it! :-( ### 5/5 — Best Logic Puzzle App *2025-02-12, version 1.58* This is an amazing collection that I seriously use every day! 1. Unlimited puzzles. When you find your favourite puzzles, they never run out. 2. No advertisements or free to play nonsense. 3. You don’t have to be online to play. 4.It is truly free…no subscription or unlocking gems. ### 5/5 — Perfect app for puzzle lovers *2024-02-19, version 1.56* I’ve had this app for years now, playing thousands of puzzles and spending idk how many hours. -The variety of games is great. -If you don’t finish a puzzle, it’s automatically saved for you -All of the puzzles have adjustable difficulties -It tracks how many of each puzzle you’ve completed -No internet required -Most importantly (for me) there are BARELY ANY ADS. ### 5/5 — Love it, but the controls make it tedious *2023-12-10, version 1.55* I’ve put more hours into this than I’d like to admit. Love the games, love the app- but if I had one request, it would be to change the controls. If I want to ‘pencil in’ 7 different possible numbers onto a square, I have to tap the square to highlight it before adding each number, for 14 taps total. It would be much easier to highlight it once, then tap whichever numbers I want to pencil in. Makes playing one-handed unreasonable, stretching my thumb from the bottom to the top of my screen over and over. That’s the most limiting issue, but a huge benefit would be to select a number to see all of places it’s penciled in. If the devs read this, the controls on the Sudoku game by PeopleFun are pretty seamless, may be worth checking out. ### 5/5 — overall great app for puzzle games *2023-07-13, version 1.53* i’ve had this app installed for a couple of years now and it’s provided countless hours of fun. there are currently 42 different games available (though it’d be cool to see more added in the future), each with a variety of difficulty levels, which helps keep it fresh and interesting. it’s got several recognizable classics including its own versions of minesweeper and sudoku, along with plenty of interesting less-familiar puzzles. my favorite aspect is that the whole app has a sort of low-tech feel to it — no unnecessary bells and whistles like the timers or three-mistakes-and-you-lose systems you find in other apps (looking at you, sudoku.com). my only complaint would be that the interface feels a bit clunky, but i’m a graphic design geek so that’s mostly me being picky; it doesn’t interfere with the functionality or enjoyability at all. ### 5/5 — Love the brain games! *2023-06-20, version 1.53* I really enjoy this app. There are a few games that I play the most. There is an issue recently where after I complete a game and try to start a new one, but it opens up my previous game partially completed. It has happened with multiple games including Tents, Towers, and Signpost. ### 5/5 — Great app for logic puzzle lovers *2023-03-17* Many of the puzzle types will be familiar, and many likely will be new. I’ve found myself drawn to some more than others but the variety of games and levels of difficulty is excellent. I also want to commend on the lack of in app ads that interrupt play which drive me away from many apps. My husband got jealous and downloaded this for himself! ### 5/5 — Perfect for logic puzzlers who run out of puzzles too fast *2022-10-10, version 1.50* Excellent platform - I would suggest spending the couple bucks to get the ad free version, worth way more than what is being charged for sure! Ideal screen size is definitely an iPad, but the only games that don't play as well on iPhone are high difficulty large grids, so there's only maybe 3-4 categories. I fly through level based puzzle apps, and sometimes get bored of the same type of puzzle after a bit, but this app's puzzles are infinite and the variety of puzzle type and difficulty of puzzle is huge. The other part I really enjoy is the cleanness of the interface - too many puzzle apps have gone the way of cute animations that kill too much battery and time between puzzles, or an excess of achievements you're supposed to work towards that take away from the puzzles themselves. This app is for every puzzler who is tired of all those features and just wants a digital version of a variety puzzle book from the drug store that never runs out of logic puzzles. I am hoping the developers could fix a bug with the sudoku (specifically 9x9 grids) on iPhone 13 where it's recently started using two pages to show the number selection at bottom instead of one (sorry to put in a review, link to app support was not working!) This app is almost entirely logic and math based puzzles, so if you are looking for any crosswords or word puzzles, this isn't the right app for you. --- *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 2026-08-09.*