# Gradient Sort — user reviews > 118 indexed App Store user reviews of Gradient Sort by Popcore GmbH, rated 4.50/5 from 4,592 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/gradient-sort/id1644068469/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/gradient-sort/id1644068469.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 3,382 · 4★ 625 · 3★ 282 · 2★ 110 · 1★ 193 ## What do users think of Gradient Sort? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 🎨 Relaxing color sorting - 👍 Enjoyable gameplay - 💡 Unique puzzle concept **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent glitches and bugs - 📺 Excessive ads - 🔍 Small puzzle pieces difficult to interact with **Commonly reported bugs** - Puzzle screen becomes zoomed in and unresponsive - Hints not working as expected - Puzzle pieces not registering correctly **Most requested features** - Zoom in/out functionality - Option to remove ads - Ability to save progress and resume levels ## Newest reviews (18 of 118) ### 4/5 — Love this beautiful game *2026-04-08, version 46.2.2* I love this game. I truly love figuring out the color gradient fractals. It’s mesmerizing. If I had to mention a negative, I’d say the ads are really disruptive. I’ve paid for the full, ad-free version and still have to view ads when I do the daily puzzles. It also freezes on the main daily page. Other than those issues, this app is great! ### 4/5 — great game but needs fixes *2025-12-29, version 46.2.2* i love this game, i may have beaten it (level counter stuck at 954 but levels still generate) but there are some issues. another review mentioned the races which can be annoying. the other annoying thing is the “lucky tile” that generates every level. it’s really bothersome in that if you touch it it loads the stupid screen and if it spawns on a small enough tile it gets hard to see its color well. also, the back arrow from the hard level menu is busted, the hard levels no longer generate, and this isn’t a big deal but i really miss the color shuffle power up. i love this game tho! ### 3/5 — Need some improvement. *2025-08-21, version 46.2.2* Game is perfect and all, I even paid for the no ads, but it needs lot of UI fixes. The races are unavoidable, when it asks you to join another race there is no option to cancel it. I just want to play it for myself in my spare time casually. When the race starts, it shows a progress bar at the bottom which covers few tiles if the puzzle is vertically long. The back button on the normal / hard selection screen is not working. UI is just not responsive. Buttons face and look like they are un-selectable. ### 4/5 — Great game *2025-05-16, version 46.2.2* Love this game but I do not like being constantly interrupted by the special tiles ### 2/5 — Hard level *2025-03-01, version 46.2.2* Anyone know how to unlock the hard levels? It says to complete normal challenges to unlock the hard levels but I am level 2,218 and I am still unable to unlock the hard levels. Please help! ### 3/5 — Love this game *2025-02-13, version 46.2.2* I love this game! I have completed over 700 levels. However, I notice that there are “challenge levels” to earn coins. I have no idea how to complete those challenge levels. I complete the daily challenge and the quests but it never says I complete the challenges. ### 4/5 — Challenge Levels *2025-02-09, version 46.2.2* Can’t play the challenge levels; glitches; then freezes and you got to restart the app. Wished they would fix it because it’s a great puzzle game and I love it! ### 3/5 — Days are not correct *2024-12-01, version 46.2.2* The clock/day for this app is always off by a half day. I like to play in the evenings to relax and I get to the end of the month on the daily puzzles and it already flips for the next month before the end of my day, so I regularly miss the last reward after 29 or 30 days playing. So irritating! Fix your app time to match the player’s location!!! ### 3/5 — Stuck *2024-09-27, version 46.2.2* There’s no way to end a puzzle if you’re stuck. I’ve been staring at this this for 15 minutes and I can’t see a tile out of place. I just want to end that one and go to the next one. I’m playing this game to relax but it’s just making me feel annoyed. ### 3/5 — Fun but hard to see *2024-08-18, version 45.0.2* I really enjoy this game but as the puzzles get harder i wish more and more that there was a feature to zoom in a bit so I can more accurately tap the piece i want to move. The tiny triangles especially are so frustrating. I’ve tried using a stylus also to no effect, and then its more frustrating when theres so much empty room around the puzzle doing nothing. I recommend this game only to about level 200, especially if you have a smaller screen. ### 4/5 — My dad had this *2024-08-07, version 45.0.2* He told me about this app before I even had it. The app had no ads, but now there are ads. I want you to change it. Please tell all the producers to stop making ads please fix this ### 3/5 — Nice game, annoying app *2024-08-05, version 45.0.2* SPECIAL TILE FOUND! SPECIAL TILE FOUND! SPECIAL TILE FOUND! SPECIAL TILE FOUND! SPECIAL TILE FOUND! SPECIAL TILE FOUND! If the tile has a stupidly obvious symbol on it flashing at you the entire round with no time limit on every level, IT ISN’T FREAKING SPECIAL! Just turn off this stupid “feature” and the game will actually be playable. Please, developers! No more “special tiles”! ### 2/5 — Game Glitch *2024-05-30, version 45.0.2* Your daily race covers my puzzle! I’m stuck, seemingly forever because I cannot tap the pieces behind the Daily Race bar! Please fix this. Ugh! ### 2/5 — Gradient Sort *2024-03-27, version 43.0.2* First, after paying $2.99 for supposedly no ads, one ad for a game popped up after another. While the game might be fun, it is constantly interrupted by other games popping up. Too disruptive. I couldn’t get to the next level. I may or may not keep this game. ### 4/5 — Hang ups due to ads freezing or not loading. *2024-01-05, version 40.1.2* I really enjoy this game until it stops responding, moves made are not recognized and can leave you without any other option than to get hints (hints you had tried but that now are correct), ads freeze the screen and many times even closing and reopening the game doesn’t work. I really hope these will be fixed, this is the only game I have on my phone right now, because that is how much I enjoy it. ### 4/5 — Doesn’t Sync Between Devices *2023-12-11, version 40.1.2* First off, this game is fantastic. It is by far one of my favorite games I’ve ever downloaded. The only complaint I have is the fact that the game doesn’t sync between connected devices. I can’t play a level on my iPhone and pick up the next one on my iPad, which are connected under the same account. I am currently about 300 levels behind on my iPad than I am on my phone. ### 4/5 — Freezing on a regular basis *2023-12-06, version 40.1.2* First, I really like this game. Second, I came here looking to contact app support. I selected the App Support button which took me to the company webpage with no way to access support. So I am here to ask for support. In different places during the game I get a screen freeze. The only fix is to close the window and start the game again. If I was in the middle of a game it takes me back to the beginning of the game. I use a Apple iPad Model A2197 iOS 17.1.2. This has happened to me in previous versions on the operating system. ### 4/5 — Fun but… *2023-11-28, version 40.1.2* The “special tile” pop ups are annoying and distract from the game. Leave rewards for when the puzzle is complete ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — App does not load *2025-11-19, version 46.2.2* redownloaded this app after not having it for a while, and it’s just a black screen. restarted my phone and everything, it just doesn’t work ### 1/5 — Was 5 ⭑ until it kept deleting my progress 😒 *2025-10-21, version 46.2.2* Great game, a lot of fun; however it DOES NOT SAVE YOUR PROGRESS!!! Which is extremely frustrating - getting to lvl 75 and starting over, again getting in the 70’s and then being forced to start over…not to mention losing all the backgrounds and extra customizations that you have accumulated 😒😒😒 For some reason with this 3rd restart I’m currently in, all I’m getting are hints from the gumball machine 😑 my game prior I actually got the cool backgrounds that I wanted and the tap customizations that I wanted…now nothing. Absolutely frustrating. This needs to be fixed. And for people that have had to start over multiple times, they should be credited back the backgrounds and customizations they lost. I’ve had >10k coins and of those coins, only 2 were actual prizes - the rest were hints. What algorithm are you using to determine what a person is given??? And yes, you can keep track bc of the way the prizes are categorized (specific category for “gumball” prizes - which I only have 2 unlocked for…) absolutely ridiculous. Please fix these issues. The game use to be great, but I can’t say it’s a top game anymore. Chromatic is much better - much more enjoyable, many more customization options to increase/decrease the difficulty - HIGHLY RECOMMEND CHROMATIC OVER THIS GAME! Especially since chromatic unlocks everything for $1.99 - totally worth it imho. If the devs fix these issues: saving progress, crediting users back lost customizations and the gumball machines algorithm for over giving hints, then I would say this game is comparable to chromatic. Without those features, it pretty much makes the game worthless as you are playing on a hope and a prayer that you don’t have to restart the game and redo EVERYTHING all over again - which is just a waste of time. ### 1/5 — Paid for no ads *2025-08-24, version 46.2.2* Even tho I purchased no ads I’m still seeing ads which isn’t making sense to me. ### 1/5 — Taken my money multiple times *2025-05-10, version 46.2.2* This app has taken my multiple purchases and erased them the moment you do the gum ball machine and it gives you more hints. On multiple occasions I’ve had 200 hints and used the gum ball machine and it erased them all. There is no way to contact their support either? ### 1/5 — 詐欺 *2024-02-11* 広告を見てもネットワークエラーで進めない。広告を見せるためだけのアプリ ### 1/5 — Too many ads. *2023-12-20, version 40.1.2* Decently boring game and ads every 30secs. Pass. ### 1/5 — pain *2023-11-30, version 40.1.2* used to love this game, it was relaxing. but now it’s just another game curated to an ipad kid:/ there’s ads everywhere and there’s a stupid race thing that blocks the bottom of the screen. it also “doesn’t work” without internet connection anymore which is stupid but whatever. just sad:( ### 1/5 — no longer works off wifi :( *2023-09-21, version 37.0.2* i’ll start off by saying this is a fun game! I enjoy the calm nature of sorting the gradient tiles. however when I downloaded this it was specifically to play on an airplane trip, because it didnt need wifi to run. now, whenever I play in a low signal area (or if I just want to avoid ads) it blocks me from playing :( if it worked on wifi still I’d give it a 5/5 but alas :( ### 1/5 — Losing hints! *2023-08-25, version 37.0.2* After purchasing hints they disappear after using the gum ball machine. I have lost over $40 ! Fix this please! ### 1/5 — Ads, ads, and more ads *2023-08-19, version 37.0.2* I really don’t think an ad after every single level is completed is absolutely necessary. As much as I love solving the puzzles, it isn’t worth spending more time watching ads than playing the game. I will be uninstalling. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — completed over 5000 levels *2024-12-18, version 46.2.2* - i have never written an app review before but this is my favorite game in the world and i need the people to know. - the ads can be annoying, but i paid for no ads around 2 years ago and haven’t seen an ad since so that is something to consider. - at a certain point the levels do repeat but im pretty sure that is mainly because ive played 5,000 levels - (if a developer is reading this bychance, could you please remove the special tile feature i really do not like it, ty love u) ### 5/5 — Game inside this one?,,??? *2024-06-15, version 45.0.2* I like it, it’s soothing, but for some reason there’s an entirely separate game within it. There’s an icon that takes you to a different game. It’s one of those little mergers and I am addicted to it. You’d think because it’s inside another game, you’d have to do the sorting to get the things to progress the merging game, but you don’t. Idk why, lol, but it’s fun. V enjoyable ### 5/5 — Actually *2024-02-28, version 42.1.2* Honestly I much prefer the mini game in this game and would appreciate an expansion because I am two levels away and I WILL need more ### 5/5 — Glitches *2024-02-19, version 42.1.2* I’m absolutely obsessed with this game. I use it to fall asleep most nights. However, there are some small glitches and features that I don’t have access to and I’m not sure why. I see that there is a customization option for the “tap” feature. However, no matter which one I choose, nothing shows up when I tap anywhere in any level. Another thing I’ve noticed recently is that (after reading some other reviews) I’ve learned that I should have a feature that lets me zoom in. I thought that it was just something the game hadn’t implemented yet; I had really wished there was a way to zoom in. Apparently there is, and I just don’t have it. I’ve tried to update the game to no avail. The only other issue I have are glitches with the ads, but I’m not sure that’s at the fault of the app devs. Otherwise, the glitches and missing features are mostly cosmetic, so I’m still very happy with this game. ### 5/5 — Age *2023-12-27, version 40.1.2* Can you please set the age below 7 I used to love this game when I had an iPhone 13 I know upgraded to an iPhone 15 and my granny set my age to 7 now I can’t download the app because it’s not below 7 !! ### 5/5 — Incredibly Entertaining *2023-07-10, version 33.0.2* Games is very entertaining. It can look very complex to solve but patience and thought solves it. It is soothing colors and pretty and very satisfying ### 5/5 — Why it is good to me *2023-06-10, version 25.1.2* The game is just awesome I have nothing to say about it just awesome ### 5/5 — Help *2023-05-17, version 24.2.2* Im colour blind ### 5/5 — Love it, but can’t seem to take out the ads *2023-05-09, version 23.1.2* I would gladly pay a couple bucks to take the ads off, but there doesn’t seem to be a way to do that, so I’m not sure how long I’ll play. ### 5/5 — SO GOOD *2023-04-30, version 22.0.2* I love your game its SO GOOD plz make more games like this. --- *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 2026-08-27.*