# Kavel — user reviews > 22 indexed App Store user reviews of Kavel by Jerry Verhoeven, rated 4.90/5 from 24 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/kavel/id1508131791/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/kavel/id1508131791.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 21 · 4★ 3 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 0 ## Newest reviews (7 of 22) ### 5/5 — Delightful matching game *2020-08-28, version 1.0.13* This is the perfect game to pick up when you’ve only got a few minutes to play. It’s relaxing (except for Frenzy, which is intense in a good way), extremely customizable, and fun. It’s really nice to find a matching game without all the in-app purchases that the others have, too. ### 5/5 — Surprisingly Strategic *2020-08-26* It’s really chill. Turn based matching really adds depth beyond most I’ve played. Each time I play, I find my strategy is improving along with my score. Rewarding for those who like to ponder their next perfect move, and see all the things go pop. ### 5/5 — My go-to puzzler! *2020-08-22, version 1.0.12* This game is fantastic and well worth your time. Tons of customization options and a nice twist on the matching game genre. Familiar yet fresh! If I’m in the mood for color-matching, combo-building, score-chasing goodness this is my first and final stop. ### 5/5 — Pretty. Fun. Relaxing. *2020-08-21, version 1.0.12* Great game. It’s super well made. A really clean visual design with lots of beautiful effects. A great contribution to the match genre. I enjoy the frenzy mode the most. ### 5/5 — Sublime *2020-08-19, version 1.0.12* Deadly simple idea, elegantly solutioned and pristinely implemented. Hell yeah. ### 5/5 — おもしろい *2020-08-19* プレイするたびに、自分ならもっと点数を稼げるはず…と思ってしまい、ついハマってしまいました。 他の似たゲームは、広告や課金があるのが嫌だなあと思っていたのですが、それがないのもいいですね。シンプルなデザインも美しいと思いますし、落ち着いたBGMも個人的には好きです。 **Developer response:** どうもありがとうございました。 ### 5/5 — 👍🏻 *2020-08-18, version 1.0.12* 👍🏻👍🏻 ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 4/5 — Enjoyable! *2026-07-19, version 1.0.35* This is a great little game, especially with the price! It also has the best game tutorial that I have come across. I really recommend it! ### 4/5 — Suprizingly deep high-score puzzler *2021-06-14, version 1.0.16* A lot of fun figuring out the mechanics and what makes it tick — and then using those to get higher and higher scores. I’d love to see something like a daily challenge! That would be a great way to test my skill compared to other players, and would keep me coming back regularly. ### 4/5 — Awesome, but how does score work?? *2021-02-03, version 1.0.16* I love the game, it’s right up my alley but for the life of me I can’t figure out how scoring works other than the more bombs in a single match the more of the board is removed and score is higher. But when I make a match the game shows a brief message about % + PieceShape(s). I ‘think’ the % refers to percent of board that will be removed/cleared by the match but I have no idea what the pieceshape marks refer to... frustrating just because I have no idea what it means and didn’t see anything about it in the tutorial and there is no info on the dev website. Devs pls explain if you can. Thx. ### 4/5 — Score Chaser *2020-09-24, version 1.0.14* Nice idea and good to play. However, as a score chasing game it really needs a high score table and maybe some game playing stats. The whole thing seems pointless without knowing what your last score was! ### 4/5 — Fun Game...High Score saving please *2020-09-04, version 1.0.13* Love the game. Please program high score saving without the need for game center. Thank you. ### 5/5 — My name on an app! *2022-11-04, version 1.0.16* My name on an app 😄 I had to download it ! Fun app guys! ### 5/5 — Best match game I’ve ever played *2022-02-05, version 1.0.16* So glad I found this game! It’s just the right kind of challenge, you have to think, but it’s not stressful. And I love that it saves progress so you can go back any time when you have a short break. The design is gorgeous, the play is smooth, and I love the different play options, it can be as zen or as challenging as you want it to be. I also appreciate the fair premium price with no ads or IAP. Also it’s good on battery and storage, and it doesn’t collect data. This developer did it all right, we need more developers like this. Great job developers, thank you for an excellent game that’s super engaging to play! I highly recommend this game! ### 5/5 — Amazing Puzzler! *2021-04-15, version 1.0.16* Saw this on a Twitch stream and decided to get the app and I’m glad I did! Such a delightful game! Love it! Highly recommended. ### 5/5 — Combining ideas from Tetris & Bejeweled? Yeaaaahhh! *2020-12-28, version 1.0.16* Plaing briefly only yet, with over 25 years of Tetris experience and 10+ of Bejeweled? This easily beats them both for me! Well done Jerry! Easily worth the $2.79 Canadian! Ryk 🇨🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ### 5/5 — Fun and addictive game *2020-11-07, version 1.0.15* Very fun and fast little game ## Most praised reviews (5 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Review *2020-09-07, version 1.0.13* I love this game but I can’t see my high scores. I click on leaderboard and achievements but the links don’t work. Please fix! Thanks! ### 5/5 — Love it. Figuring out the secret rules is fun *2020-09-06, version 1.0.13* 2 needs: 1, have a page that shows the “secret” plays you can make when you discover them, and a list of what is left undiscovered. 2, implement slide-over for iPad: this is exactly a game I want to multitask with! (QoL #3) for those of us who don’t want to sign into a global score ...thing- perhaps a local best score list? ### 5/5 — Missing scores? *2020-09-03, version 1.0.13* I really like the game but it doesn’t seem to keep my previous scores so I don’t know what I’m going against. Update: looks like I had a Game Center issue. Works good now. ### 5/5 — Fun, polished game. *2020-09-01* Great game! Humble requests: the menu button should function as pause for game, where you can return to the current board. I often hit that to adjust a setting or take a break but you can only return to main menu, not your current game. There are so many themes! Previewing just the 5 tiles it's hard to tell the difference. Theme select should show you a whole randomized board of the selected theme, or, if invoked from a live game, allow you to return to the current game with the new theme. Would be nice if some sound effects would change pitch slightly the faster or higher match count you go, especially in frenzy. Tiny Nitpicks: The text during tutorial is very slow. Tapping the screen should advance to a state where all text is visible without needing it to be "typed out". Small bug: the "next up" text appears on the home screen. Loving the game! **Developer response:** Thank you for this elaborate feedback JT_Smooth. The saving of the game state has been requested by multiple people and is indeed something that I'm working on at the moment. The "next up" text indeed sounds like a bug, I will investigate this immediately. Your other feedback sounds good and will be taken into consideration. Thank you very much and have fun! ### 5/5 — Hhhh *2020-08-30, version 1.0.13* Good --- *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 2026-08-19.*