# palette: colorful puzzles — A color palette filler game

> Color-capturing puzzle game to fill a grid with one color in limited moves. (iPhone/iPad app by Thomas Lauerman.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/palette-colorful-puzzles/id1403062573 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Thomas Lauerman](https://appshunter.io/developer/1262472603)
- Category: Games, Puzzle
- Price: Free
- Rating: 4.50/5 from 601 App Store ratings · 16 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 12.0 · 10 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2018-08-01
- Data updated: 2026-06-10
- Monetization: paid
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/palette-colorful-puzzles/id1403062573/reviews.md

## What is palette?

Palette is a unique puzzle game that revolves around capturing every different colored block on a rectangular grid until they all become one color. It's easiest to understand by watching the videos here or pressing buttons for a while, but I tried my best to explain it below!

How To Play: You are in control of a group of blocks starting in the bottom left-hand corner of the grid. By touching a color on the row of buttons at the bottom of the screen you change your group's color. This will capture adjacent blocks of that color and add them to your group. However, you can only change your groups color a limited number of times. If your group encompasses the entire grid within the number of color changes (moves) you win!

Features:
- Choose your own color palette to play with
- 4 distinct difficulties to accommodate for new and expert players
- Relaxing dark theme for late-night playing
- Beautiful minimal design
- Intuitive gesture-based interface
- Pure black theme for OLED devices like iPhone X (or anyone else who likes it :])
- Built for all iOS devices and high-resolution retina displays
- Background music support: listen to your own music library while playing
- New features coming, and always taking suggestions!

Thanks to everyone checking out my game!! :)
-Thomas

## Key features

- Capture adjacent colored blocks
- Limited color change moves
- Customizable color palettes
- Multiple difficulty levels
- Relaxing dark and pure black themes
- Intuitive gesture-based interface

## What do users think of palette?

Overall sentiment: mixed

**Pros**

- 🎮 Addictive and fun gameplay
- 🎨 Well-designed and visually appealing interface
- ⚡ Quick and easy to pick up
- 🎯 Multiple difficulty modes available
- 🌈 Various color palette options
- ☕ Great for short gaming sessions
- 🏃 Smooth performance and stability

**Cons**

- 🐛 'Moves left' indicator doesn't display on many phones
- ⏱️ Game is too short/limited content
- ❓ Lacks tutorial or onboarding guidance
- 🎲 Impossible puzzle generation on harder difficulties
- 🔧 No updates in over 5 years
- 🖥️ Display scaling issues on certain devices

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Moves left counter displays as ellipsis (...) on iPhone and other devices
- Settings button unresponsive on some phones
- Display scaling issues causing text cutoff
- Impossible puzzle generation on hard mode

**Most requested features**

- Tutorial or onboarding guide for new players
- Two-player game mode
- More levels and content variety
- Improved level generation to prevent impossible puzzles

## Recent user reviews (10 of 16)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/palette-colorful-puzzles/id1403062573/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Decent

*2025-03-01, version 1.1.3*

Overall this is a pretty good game. The interface is pretty basic with an odd set of icons at the bottom. 

There is a very shallow search strategy that seems to work for this game. It is overall fun and recommended.

### 4/5 — pretty fun game, but…

*2023-07-23*

i just downloaded this game for some quick, fast fun. and i admit, it is very addicting. however i ran into a puzzle that was impossible to beat… it was on hard mode, and it had a light blue square blocking one single red block that i could not clear even when i finished the rest of the board on the red color. kind of upsetting to know there are impossible levels that can be generated past the medium difficulty

### 5/5 — Surprisingly fun

*2023-05-03*

Definitely worth a download! It’s a fun game

### 3/5 — Decent game - Needs Update!

*2023-04-03*

It’s a simple, decent take on a simple game: make all tiles one color in a given number of moves. The problem, as many others have mentioned, is that the “Moves Left” indicator doesn’t work on many phones, like my iPhone. So this defeats a large portion of the games main purpose. 
And don’t count on a bug fix update, it’s been over five years!

### 1/5 — Can’t see number of moves left

*2023-03-06*

I cant see the number of moves left which makes it not fun to play

### 1/5 — Way to easy

*2023-02-09*

What’s up with the “moves left…” because that’s annoying I can’t see anything just like everyone else. Also there should be a short tutorial or something to show you how to play and show you what everything does, because how are you supposed to figure out that the level bar moves when it’s your first time ever downloading it there should be a tutorial or something!

### 5/5 — Super fun, original and entertaining game!

*2023-02-08*

I love this game! It’s a very pretty and well designed app. I like the many options available to pick from the color palettes, the “moves left” challenge, and the different difficulty modes. I really enjoy this, you can tell a lot of thought and love went into creating this project.

### 5/5 — Nice game

*2022-05-04*

Nice but it doesn’t show how many moves I have left.

### 1/5 — I want to love this game

*2022-04-23*

I like the game but the thing is so zoomed in I am unable to see how many moves I have left. I tried clicking the settings button but nothing happens. I checked my phone settings and it’s not that either.

### 3/5 — Bug doesn’t display moves left

*2022-02-22*

The game seems really fun but was unplayable on my phone (iPhone 7) at the top of the screen it says “moves left: …” with the ellipsis as if my screen wasn’t wide enough to display the number. Never know how many moves I have. Otherwise great game and very clean for a small production team

## Frequently asked questions about palette

### What is Palette: Colorful Puzzles?

Palette is a unique puzzle game where players capture adjacent colored blocks on a rectangular grid. The goal is to make all blocks on the grid one color by strategically changing your group's color within a limited number of moves.

### How do I play Palette: Colorful Puzzles?

You control a group of blocks starting in the bottom left. Touching a color at the bottom changes your group's color, capturing adjacent blocks of that color. You win if you encompass the entire grid within the allowed number of color changes.

### What are the key features of Palette: Colorful Puzzles?

Key features include choosing your own color palette, four distinct difficulty levels, a relaxing dark theme, a beautiful minimal design, and an intuitive gesture-based interface. It also supports background music.

### Is Palette: Colorful Puzzles free to play?

Based on the provided information, this application is a paid app. It does not appear to have in-app purchases or advertisements.

### What devices is Palette: Colorful Puzzles compatible with?

The game is built for all iOS devices and supports high-resolution retina displays. It also includes a pure black theme specifically for OLED devices like the iPhone X.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.1.3 — 2023-05-24

- Fixed "Moves left" label not showing counter

### 1.1.2 — 2018-08-01

This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.

UI Improvements - new Settings page
New palette: "Vapor"
Bug fixes

### 1.1.1 — 2018-07-15

UI and performance improvements

### 1.1 — 2018-07-11

- Add your own flair to the puzzles by choosing your own color palette! There are 3 new palettes to choose from in addition to the default color palette that's been used thus far.
- Performance improvements
- Fixed typo (I'll never tell where)

### 1.0 — 2018-06-26

No release notes.

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