# palette: colorful puzzles — user reviews > 16 indexed App Store user reviews of palette by Thomas Lauerman, rated 4.50/5 from 601 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/palette-colorful-puzzles/id1403062573/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/palette-colorful-puzzles/id1403062573.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 468 · 4★ 56 · 3★ 42 · 2★ 8 · 1★ 27 ## 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 ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 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! ### 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 — 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! ### 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 ### 3/5 — 2 player game needed *2019-07-17* There needs to be a 2 play option ### 3/5 — You can beat this whole thing in 10 minutes *2019-01-20* I played this game for 10 minutes and beat each level. Extreme was the only one where I had a little bit of trouble but with just a few tries. Good for what it is, just needs more variety. ### 3/5 — Short *2018-07-15* I like the game I had fun but there is only 4 levels and I got through them in 5 minuets it took me 1 try to get easy and 2 try’s for all the rest it’s easy fun but takes 5 minuets you need more levels an if you do easy then medium then back to easy i gives you the same thing to do I wish it took longer ### 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 — 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. ## Most praised reviews (6 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Surprisingly fun *2023-05-03* Definitely worth a download! It’s a fun game ### 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. ### 5/5 — Fun *2021-10-13, version 1.1.2* Easy to pick up and gets quite challenging. Great for coffee breaks ### 5/5 — it’s a good game *2020-12-15* it’s pretty good ### 5/5 — Very Entertaining *2018-06-27* This game is super fun, a great way to pass time without getting too sucked in to the app. App has no problems whatsoever, runs very smooth. --- *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 2026-06-10.*