# Jigsaw Puzzle 500+ — user reviews > 122 indexed App Store user reviews of Jigsaw Puzzle 500+ by Magnin & Associates, rated 3.00/5 from 2 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/jigsaw-puzzle-500-plus/id521510254/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/jigsaw-puzzle-500-plus/id521510254.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1 · 4★ 0 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 1 ## What do users think of Jigsaw Puzzle 500+? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🎨 Unique puzzle piece shapes and designs - 📸 Photo library integration capability - 🧩 High piece count puzzles available - 🎮 Addictive and fun gameplay - 🔄 Pieces can be rotated freely - ⚡ Challenging gameplay experience **Cons** - 🐛 Pieces extremely difficult to move and control - 🐛 Unresponsive touch controls - 🐛 Pieces snap back to original position unexpectedly - 🐛 Pieces difficult to select and grab - 🐛 Screen movement too sensitive and jerky - 🐛 Crashes and freezing issues - 🎵 Music cannot be muted or turned off - 📱 Poor performance on older devices - 🔄 Rotation only works when pieces are far apart - 👁️ Blurry and difficult to see piece details - 💰 Requires payment to use personal photos - 📋 Only one sample puzzle included - 🎯 Unintuitive and confusing interface - 📐 Angled 3D view adds to difficulty - 🔀 Limited landscape orientation only **Commonly reported bugs** - Pieces won't move or are non-responsive - App crashes when selecting piece count - App freezes during gameplay - Screen locks in landscape and won't rotate - Pieces appear out of proportion to board - Pieces don't stay on playing field - Inconsistent tap response for rotation - Zoom function too sensitive and difficult to control - Dragging pieces covers them completely - App won't open or load properly - Game cuts off mid-puzzle without saving - Performance lag and slow responsiveness **Most requested features** - Settings menu to mute music and control volume - More built-in puzzles included - Free access to personal photo puzzles - Portrait orientation support - Ability to group and move multiple pieces together - Auto-align button to bring pieces closer to board - Improved zoom controls with less sensitivity - Flat puzzle view option instead of angled 3D - Adjustable viewing angle setting - On-screen instructions and tutorials - Piece realignment feature - Game progress saving functionality ## Newest reviews (14 of 122) ### 2/5 — Almost good *2018-01-21* While it is different to a regular puzzle app but still fun there are still problems: 1. Include a settings to do things like muting the music 2. More puzzles please rather than only one sample puzzle and then a $2 fee to make our own puzzles 3. When you move a piece to be close to another piece that it doesn’t match with it would be nice if it isn’t sent automatically back to its original place. ### 2/5 — Good idea, but needs improvement *2013-12-26* Did one puzzle of 83 pieces on my Iphone. Very difficult to control the movement and placement of the pieces. I mean to aim a piece to its designated position can drive you nuts: you drag it with your finger, which coves the piece completely and you cannot see it, if you zoom in then the slightest movement of your finger sends it so far up and down that it takes huge amount of micro movements and concentration to move it. If you remove your finger, the piece springs back to its position somewhere in the chaos. You can rotate pieces only off the board and drag it to the board to place it exactly as you set it while it was off the board. Too time consuming, to the point that it kills the fun of the idea. ### 1/5 — No control or logic *2013-12-07* Forced to purchase the use of my own pictures for $1.99, the there is no way to choose portrait, only landscape. No directions so I was unable to even start the puzzle. Huge waste of my time and puzzle app $'s. ### 1/5 — Waste of time *2013-12-03* Incredibly hard to use and a waste of time because it's unresponsive and the pieces are all turned random ways. ### 1/5 — Puzzles 500 *2013-11-22, version 1.5* I just wasted $1.99 of my hard earned cash for access to play my photos as a puzzle. Would've been better off sending it to uncle sam. What piece of crap this app is! ### 2/5 — Athiekay *2013-08-31* Definitely needs improvement, a few 'buttons would help. One to realign the pieces to bring them closer to the puzzle board. One for the zoom in & out as the current way is frustratingly too sensitive and difficult to control. It took me an hour to do the puzzle and most of that time was trying to control the pieces Currently it takes too long and is too frustrating to keep me coming back ### 1/5 — Baaaaad......VERY bad! *2013-08-27, version 1.4* Trying to do this jigsaw is like trying to thread a needle in the dark after a six day binge. I get seasick just trying to look at the darned blurry pieces that will not move in a coordinated manner. And everything is on tilt!! What a boo boo of a mess. The joke's on us!!!!! ### 2/5 — Poor *2013-08-19* The puzzles are difficult to maneuver. It's also difficult to pick up the puzzle pieces. Also I do not like it when you touch the puzzle pieces they do not stay on the playing field. ### 1/5 — Crap *2013-08-09* Wouldn't work properly on my iPhone 5. ### 2/5 — Still needs some major design *2013-08-06* • There is only one built in image. • The edge-approach scroll margins are way too wide. • You can't pick up a piece unless its just about in the centre of the screen. • Only uses one gesture (single tap/drag) for all of the functions. • You can't control game sounds or music, can't change the volume in app, or choose to play my own music. One saving grace: it's the only iPhone jigsaw app that has more than 200 pieces (352 on the iPhone 5) ### 1/5 — Low Rating *2013-08-03, version 1.4* I don't like the view on the iPad. Terrible view and no instructions or clarity on how to work the pieces. ### 1/5 — Love puzzles *2013-08-02, version 1.4* Way too difficult to move pieces around. ### 1/5 — Puzzle *2013-07-21, version 1.4* Difficult to manage the pieces and move them to the puzzle. I do not like this game! ### 1/5 — Terrible *2013-07-04* This puzzle game is next to impossible to use. A puzzle that should have only taken me 25 minutes to do took nearly an hour due to the difficulty I had moving the pieces. They wouldn't pick up when I wanted them, wouldn't stay where I put them, and kept showing up when I tried to pick a different piece. Trying to turn them the right direction was a whole different set of issues. It wasn't until the last 5 pieces that I realized you had to have each piece a certain distance away from anything else otherwise it won't turn. Definitely not a fan, and I will be deleting it as soon as I'm done typing. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Reversed pieces you can change *2018-10-20, version 2.11* Like the title says ### 1/5 — Horrible *2015-02-11, version 1.8* Don't waste your time. Would give zero stars if possible. ### 1/5 — I hate it *2014-08-27, version 1.7* You can't even tell how to fit the pieces together. I HATE THIS STINKING GAME ### 1/5 — Nice Picts. Bad manipulative features *2014-06-10, version 1.6* Pieces are difficult to move. Difficult to see pieces in relation to each other and to puzzle as a whole. ### 1/5 — Schlecht *2014-04-24* Furchtbar. Es ist Glückssache ob sich das Puzzleteil bewegen oder drehen lässt. Mal ja, mal nein. Aber sehr oft passiert gar nichts. Nicht zu empfehlen ### 1/5 — Jigsaw Puzzle 500+ *2014-04-13* The Worst!! Couldn't have been worse if they tried to design the most frustrating app ever. I agree with the comments about difficulty in moving the pieces. Also very difficult to see the shapes to place them. I'm dumping this loser as soon as I see this review on the site. Save yourself from having to waste your time dumping this loser. Read the reviews and avoid the frustration. ### 1/5 — Rarer *2014-02-05, version 1.6* Pretty but complete frustrating . Not even one star ### 1/5 — Pretty bad *2014-01-15, version 1.6* The controls in this game are horrible. It makes it extremely frustrating to play. ### 1/5 — Jogo péssimo. *2014-01-04* Jogo péssimo. Mobilidade das peças é horrível. Somente uma foto. ### 1/5 — Crossword 500 *2013-12-28, version 1.5* I would love to continue playing these type of puzzles but my fingers fall asleep from tapping so much and the pieces do not function! Looking forward in you fixing that so I can continue with your games ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great *2016-05-09* Fun game to play. Very addictive. ### 5/5 — G *2013-02-27, version 1.2* Fart ### 5/5 — Fun app *2012-12-01* Enjoyable little puzzle app. It looks like the comments below are from a developer of another Puzzle App in my opinion. Look at all the other good star ratings. Haters gonna hate, but this is a fun game! ### 5/5 — Great puzzle app!! *2012-06-20* This puzzle app is far better than the others that I have downloaded!! ### 5/5 — Very nice puzzle game! *2012-06-20* The photo library integration is what makes this app great as well as the very cool puzzle edge shapes! Definitely a must have app! ### 4/5 — Challenging and different *2013-09-29* I agree with what others are writing about the difficulties in maneuvering the pieces, but I like it. Like any other touchscreen app, you get used to it. I will say that the angled view and 3d effect actually subtract from the game by adding to the difficulties everyone is mentioning. Maybe a setting that can reduce the viewing angle would be the easiest fix. ### 4/5 — 500 piece puzzle *2013-08-17* So far I have only worked one puzzle but I have really enjoyed it. Lots of fun. Looking forward to many more. ### 4/5 — Nice app *2013-08-05* Great photos and pieces but can be a bit hard to move and turn pieces. Overall a nice jigsaw puzzle app! ### 3/5 — 面白いけど！ *2014-10-19* 結構凝ったピースの形で、面白いのですが、あまりにも操作性が悪すぎるので、星三つです。 これで一番多いピースを完成するのは、かなり難しそうです。 ### 3/5 — Ok *2013-06-26, version 1.4* It's hard but the screen moves to much --- *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 2026-08-25.*