# Jewels of Rome・Match 3 Gems — user reviews > 652 indexed App Store user reviews of Jewels of Rome・Match 3 Gems by G5 Entertainment AB, rated 4.50/5 from 46,126 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/jewels-of-romematch-3-gems/id1436038639/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/jewels-of-romematch-3-gems/id1436038639.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 31,633 · 4★ 9,461 · 3★ 3,692 · 2★ 726 · 1★ 614 ## What do users think of Jewels of Rome・Match 3 Gems? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 👍 Enjoyable gameplay - 🎨 Gorgeous graphics - 🕹️ Challenging puzzles - 🏰 Interesting Roman theme - 💰 Free-to-play with optional purchases **Cons** - 💰 Progression becomes difficult without purchases - 🕰️ Slow progress without spending money - 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs - 🤔 Confusing mechanics and lack of guidance - 🔍 Small text and UI elements **Commonly reported bugs** - Game freezing or crashing after updates - Video ads not working or not providing rewards - Inventory and progress issues after updates - Inability to join or participate in union events **Most requested features** - Ability to use earned coins to purchase helpful items - More generous rewards and progression without spending - Clearer explanations and tutorials - Customizable UI and text size options - Improved stability and fewer crashes ## Newest reviews (11 of 652) ### 4/5 — App isn’t working *2026-08-15, version 1.86.8601* I enjoy the game very much. But can’t open the app for last two days. It doesn’t open and says no internet access while other apps are working fine and internet is alright. Then what’s the issue?! ### 3/5 — Fun Game, but… *2026-08-14, version 1.86.8601* I have played this game for many years and have always enjoyed it, until now. The ads! I hate when they come up and interrupt my enjoyment. ### 4/5 — Oh Dear… *Was* a brilliant game… *2026-06-28, version 1.84.8403* I have played this game for years, spent a lot of money on ‘extras’ because I enjoyed it so much and, apart from a few niggles with delayed updates for Apple users, it’s been an excellent game playing experience. Until the last update…. A game known for its stunning graphics, beautiful characters, scenery and narrative has been utterly ruined. G5 have changed the beautifully crafted game pieces into horrible, blocky, cheap looking blobs that look as if they belong in a kiddie game. They’ve made the game ugly, difficult to navigate, made completion of the levels harder and less rewarding. To add insult to injury they’ve also removed the daily bonus. It’s made the game borderline unplayable. Every other player I’ve cone across agrees. A beautiful game ruined. No more purchases from me. Update: All credit to G5, following what I suspect were numerous complaints from regular players, they issued an update and removed the hideous graphics. They are now back to the original game pieces and the game looks exactly as it did before. A developer that pays attention to the players and actually responds is rare and appreciated. Well done G5! ### 4/5 — New graphics fall short *2026-06-23, version 1.84.8402* I wish you hadn’t changed the game graphics. Everything else in the game is beautiful and then you change to these chunky prime color graphics. Feels meh. I’m still playing though. ### 4/5 — Thank you! *2026-06-22, version 1.84.8402* Love this game - and love the developers, who listen, and respond, to fan feedback. It's hard, but fair, with plenty of power-ups to help you through the more difficult levels. It looks lovely, and it has a fun story. My favourite mobile game. ### 3/5 — Thank You!! *2026-06-22, version 1.84.8402* Thank you for returning the game to the original graphics! Thank you thank you! ### 2/5 — Poor graphics *2026-06-21, version 1.84.8402* The new changes are blah. The images in the games are blocky looking and have no definition. The colouring is poor and makes it difficult to see what still has to be matched. Have played this from the beginning but won’t anymore. Ruined a good game ### 3/5 — Disappointing Updates *2026-06-20, version 1.84.8402* I’ve loved playing this game daily for many years, developed the town, spent money, and over the last month or so my usage has plummeted. So many changes and nothing for the better. No more stories to tell me why I’m searching for things. Nothing specific to find in new buildings anymore. Coins are pretty much useless. I don’t like the “tasks” layout. Luckily the childish graphics were pulled back out. But really, unless the developers unwind all the changes done this year, my time on this app will have been for naught cuz I’ll be done with it. Stop trying to “fix” something that wasn’t broken to begin with. All that was needed were small tweaks to the monthly events since they just repeated the exact same over and over. ### 1/5 — Hideous Updated Graphics *2026-06-15, version 1.84.8401* The latest change to the match 3 items is so garishly childish and hideously designed that it totally ruins what WAS a truly beautiful game. I used to LOVE the game’s unique details and found the Rome version the BEST in the Jewel series…but no more! I can’t even play the puzzles, due to the appallingly simplified and downright ugly graphic changes. I won’t be playing or spending any $$$ on this destroyed game. UGH. ### 4/5 — Oh Dear… *Was* a brilliant game… *2026-06-14, version 1.84.8401* I have played this game for years, spent a lot of money on ‘extras’ because I enjoyed it so much and, apart from a few niggles with delayed updates for Apple users, it’s been an excellent game playing experience. Until the last update…. A game known for its stunning graphics, beautiful characters, scenery and narrative has been utterly ruined. G5 have changed the beautifully crafted game pieces into horrible, blocky, cheap looking blobs that look as if they belong in a kiddie game. They’ve made the game ugly, difficult to navigate, made completion of the levels harder and less rewarding. To add insult to injury they’ve also removed the daily bonus. It’s made the game borderline unplayable. Every other player I’ve cone across agrees. A beautiful game ruined. No more purchases from me. ### 4/5 — Recent Update Has Ruined Game *2026-06-14, version 1.84.8401* The most recent graphics update is awful. Looks horrible and destroys all that was interesting about the match3 play. I’ve been playing quite a while but will not continue as things are now. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — I hate the Naval Arena *2026-07-28, version 1.85.8501* I cannot win the special game without Auras special blessing with the three helpers and I cannot win any 3 games in a row to achieve the blessing. It’s gotten too hard and frustrating. I feel stupid and I’m tired of being shamed by the game for losing. so I’m done with this game. It was fun when I could win! Good luck! ### 1/5 — Terrible update *2026-06-19, version 1.84.8401* The changes in the shapes and colors makes it look like a game for babies. It’s unpleasant to look at, now, and the sounds are awful too. The game was pretty. ### 1/5 — Hate new design!!!! *2026-06-18* Por favor volte p o design antigo! O novo é confuso!! Atrapalha o jogo! **Developer response:** Olá, obrigado pela avaliação! Estivemos acompanhando o feedback sobre os gráficos atualizados do jogo de combinar 3 e restauramos o visual anterior na nova atualização 1.84.8402. Certifique-se de baixá-la. ### 1/5 — June 2026: New graphics on puzzles are AWFUL *2026-06-17, version 1.84.8401* The new simplified icons on the puzzles are AWFUL: they are impossible to recognise or identify. They are so bad I have stopped playing the game, which is a shame. ### 1/5 — newest update 👎👎👎 *2026-06-17, version 1.84.8401* Please please make an improvement to the latest update. The graphics are horrible. ### 1/5 — The Update In April Is Horrible *2026-06-17, version 1.84.8401* This new update has downgraded the game. I DO NOY like the shapes and cartoonish visuals. Please change it back. Now this game looks like the other simple Jewel games. ### 1/5 — You have ruined this game - it now looks cheap and nasty! *2026-06-16, version 1.84.8401* I have played this game for many years and spent a bit of money buying credits but l will be deleting it today. The latest update has taken one of the most fun games on,one and totally ruined it. It now looks every other cheap and nasty game online. If you’re going to play a “free” game that tracks you online that at least has some semblance of high quality graphics this game is NOT it! (Update: l have already deleted the game and won’t be using any of your games in future. You’ll have to get your data mining from someone else). ### 1/5 — Babyish graphics *2026-06-16, version 1.84.8401* Latest update is awful. The puzzle graphics have changed and not as pictured, but become babyish. I used to enjoy this game but it’s awful to look at now so will be deleting and finding something new ### 1/5 — Latest Update rolled out for jewels of Rome *2026-06-15, version 1.84.8401* I don’t often write reviews but your last update which completely changed puzzle icons it truly dreadful. It turned sophisticated and delicate images into clunky horrible bricks, making the game look cheap and nasty. I really enjoyed the game for a very long time and honestly attempted to get used to the new look but it really doesn’t work. So bad. Very disappointed. ### 1/5 — El peor cambio que hicieron *2026-06-15, version 1.84.8401* No me gusta como cambiaron las piedras . No se puede ver y apreciar el juego. Ya no voy a jugar más. Una pena. Me gustaba mucho este juego ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Thank you *2026-07-11, version 1.85.8500* Thank you for restoring the game. Making everything the same took the fun out of it. I was about to stop playing, but decided to wait for one more update. It is back to being the game that I love. ### 5/5 — ❤️ *2026-07-10* Спасибо за Последнее обновление !! Вернули всё разнообразие фишек и это очень порадовало ❤️ **Developer response:** Мы очень рады, что Вам понравилось! Приятной Вам игры. ### 5/5 — Обновление 10.06 *2026-06-23* Гааайз! Верните старый дизайн фишек, пажалста😭😭😭 сейчас все выглядит, как будто вас взял в заложники дизайнер из другой игры(( еще и не понятно ничего, когда салфетки и амфоры UPD: спасииииибо за апдейт! Шикарно! **Developer response:** Мы признательны, что Вы нашли время и оставили отзыв. Ваша обратная связь помогает нам делать игру лучше! ### 5/5 — Thanks for a nice game! *2026-06-23, version 1.84.8402* Very happy you kept the look of the game, I’m sure you made a lot of long-time players like me happy. I appreciate your work! ### 5/5 — Updated to normal *2026-06-22, version 1.84.8402* Thank you for returning the game back to what it was before the update. ### 5/5 — Thanks for rolling-back! *2026-06-20, version 1.84.8402* I can’t thank you enough for changing the match-3 items back to the original design. The new design in the last update was so wrong, it didn’t fit the style of the game and was garish and hard to look at. I played less and was ready to quit. So happy! Thank you! ### 5/5 — Jewels *2026-06-18, version 1.84.8401* Just as good as the other G5 games. It uses so much imagination as well as graded gameplay. ### 5/5 — Childish Graphics *2026-06-15, version 1.84.8401* I love this game its a challenge! But it has been spoiled by the above headline,Also makes your eyes tired with the overwhelming colour. Plz review graphics . ### 5/5 — Très divertissant *2026-06-14, version 1.84.8401* De beaux défis à relever selon les niveaux! ### 5/5 — Latest look *2026-06-12, version 1.84.8401* I’m not liking the new look. I like jewels that look like jewels, not plastic. --- *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 2026-09-05.*