# Pencil Puzzles — user reviews > 86 indexed App Store user reviews of Pencil Puzzles by Calvin Nutter, rated 4.60/5 from 261 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pencil-puzzles/id548959444/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pencil-puzzles/id548959444.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 202 · 4★ 36 · 3★ 9 · 2★ 3 · 1★ 11 ## What do users think of Pencil Puzzles? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🧩 Engaging and challenging puzzle gameplay - 😌 Relaxing and stress-relieving experience - 🎮 Fun and addictive mechanics - 🧠 Mentally stimulating and brain-sharpening - ✏️ Great stylus/Apple Pencil support - ⏱️ Quick and easy to pick up and play - 📱 Minimal and non-intrusive ads - 🎨 Creative and well-designed puzzles - 💯 Simple and intuitive user interface **Cons** - 🐛 Overly sensitive line detection - 😤 Frustrating false error messages - 💰 Paywall at level 50-51 - 📺 Ads interrupt gameplay - ⏳ Limited lasting appeal and replayability - 🎯 Requires high precision with finger/stylus - 🔄 Frequent need to restart due to detection errors - 📊 Difficulty progression inconsistent **Commonly reported bugs** - Line detection too strict - rejects valid traces - False positives for line overlap detection - Inconsistent error messages about line proximity - App stuck on permission/ad preference screen - Finger wavering causes unintended restarts - Specific level bugs (e.g., Level 89 detection issue) - Inconsistent validation of completed puzzles **Most requested features** - More puzzle levels (most frequent request) - Line snapping or guided tracing to reduce sensitivity issues - Option to remove ads with one-time payment - Increased difficulty progression - Finger guidance or stabilization feature - More complex puzzles for advanced players ## Newest reviews (14 of 86) ### 4/5 — Pencil Game *2025-11-08, version 3.2.1* I really like the puzzles and would rate 5 stars but it seems a little too picky on tracing the lines. Not much room for errors. ### 4/5 — Play with my pencil! *2025-01-17, version 3.2.1* It's a nice way to play with my my new apple Pencil, but I don’t imagine it will have lasting appeal. ### 4/5 — Nice *2024-12-29, version 3.2.1* Enjoyed playing wish it had less ads ### 4/5 — Why i love this game *2024-08-13, version 3.2.1* I love this game because its challenging and fun it get really hard tho but its kinda annoying when you don’t get of the lines and it says you did and when you get it and it says you didn’t but eventually you get the proses i love this game i suggest it ether way i love it a bunch when you finish the whole game you will say aww i wish there was more levels ### 5/5 — Nicely done *2024-02-14, version 3.2.1* Simple. Precise. Quick ads. Fast. Love it. ### 4/5 — Great game, makes you really think *2024-01-15, version 3.2.1* This game is tough to keep your finger on the Drawing, but it is fun and challenging ### 5/5 — The best game *2024-01-13, version 3.2.1* The game game is changing each levels but some of the levels are easy ### 5/5 — Tracing *2024-01-08, version 3.2.1* Fun and engaging ### 5/5 — Love to play *2023-12-29, version 3.2.1* My grandson and I enjoy playing these Pencil Puzzles we do not like so much the ads that interrupt the game as we accidentally touch on the ad and then there’s more ads to be seen. Please remove ads with a one time reasonable charge. Thank you very much. ### 4/5 — Great game *2023-12-17, version 3.2.1* These were a lot of fun. ### 5/5 — Anxiety outlet. *2023-11-11, version 3.2.1* When stuck on a quiet area with minimal movement allowed, this helps to simply reduce anxiety and bring me to an simpler state of mind. Puts me at easy and redirects my focus. Used for deer hunting. ### 5/5 — Really enjoyed, wish there were more puzzles. *2023-10-31, version 3.2.1* Really enjoyed, wish there were more puzzles. ### 4/5 — Simple fun! *2023-10-14, version 3.2.1* I wish the lines would snap to the puzzle instead of being free hand as it gets buggy about retracing. But I like the puzzles and the ads aren’t too terrible. ### 5/5 — Fun little line puzzles *2023-10-12, version 3.2.1* Great game if you enjoy puzzles ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Ridiculous *2024-04-22, version 3.2.1* It’s impossible to play, either you make one line and not even move to a different angle, and you get buzzed for retracting, or you’re not close enough to the line. Even if you are spot on. ### 1/5 — Falsely errors too easily *2023-12-31, version 3.2.1* It cannot accurately distinguish if you have crossed a line or not. Sometimes it errors in the first line ### 1/5 — Im enraged *2023-04-30, version 3.2.1* This game is super fun and addicting but it’s SO annoying it will make you fail when you are “to far away from the line” when your on the line or sometimes it says your overlapping a line but your not so it makes you have to restart a lot. The biggest problem was the fact that you can only play up to level 50! I finished level 50 and it asked if I wanted to unlock the next levels and apparently you have to pay for them and I am not doing all of that #thisgamesucks #imupset #dontwasteyourtime ### 1/5 — Way too easy *2022-07-20, version 3.2* Very easy to play and predictable patterns. ### 1/5 — Very finicky *2021-10-21* If you’re tracing is a little off the mark, you lose. If you pause for a second, you lose. You have to connect your lines when you finish the puzzle or it will tell you that you didn’t finish, but don’t overlap your lines or you’ll lose. With all that said, it is an addicting game. I quickly made it to level 50 for free, then it was $0.99 to unlock the next 50. I seriously considered paying the 99 cents, but I have a feeling I would still see an add every other level. ### 2/5 — . *2026-02-01, version 3.2.1* Do you want me to go mentally insane over not being able to trace something? ### 2/5 — Requires purchase to play past lvl 50 *2024-01-12, version 3.2.1* Fun until you hit level 51 and have to pay ### 2/5 — Horrible *2021-09-16* It won’t even let me play. I wanted to play so bad, but it’s stuck on the “Pencil Puzzle would like to use your app and website activity to deliver a better ad experience” page. I clicked continue about 50+ times over the span of 3+ days of trying to play this game. I even downloaded it again, and it’s the same thing. I went to my settings and I already gave the app access to everything Edit: it’s working now but the game is horrible. I would purposely retrace the lines and it would still let me move on to the next level. I would even miss tracing a part of the picture... good concept of a game though :) ### 3/5 — Stuck! *2024-06-23, version 3.2.1* I keep getting a “try staying closer to the lines” message on level 89 on the same spot every time! I am doing it exactly as I’m supposed to but can’t get past this level because of this error message!! Other than that I love the game! Pencil Puzzle Update!! I made it through to the end I had to go a little faster on the one spot and wala. We need more puzzles now!! Please🙏 ### 3/5 — Too touchy *2024-03-27, version 3.2.1* Need a stylus. Too touchy on line placement. Stops you if it’s too close to another line but has NOT retraced. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Fun ! *2026-04-14, version 3.2.1* Difficult puzzles but also super fun to try ### 5/5 — You should play it *2025-03-29, version 3.2.1* It was so much fun and so relaxing you should play ### 5/5 — Dream delivered *2024-10-19, version 3.2.1* Enables all of my idiosyncratic tendencies ### 5/5 — Great ! *2024-08-06, version 3.2.1* Love this game . Addictive! Challenging! ### 5/5 — Great, but… *2024-07-29, version 3.2.1* I wish there were a way to be guided tracing right on the line. I am often on the right track but my finger wavers and it makes me start over. Or it will tell me I over traced when I didn’t, I assume because my finger wavered. Other programs guide your finger, but I like that yours doesn’t require me to play other games before I can reach the screens with the trace games. For some reason, I don’t like match 3 games and it seems I usually have to play those, in one form or another. ### 5/5 — Great Mind Using Puzzles *2024-05-03, version 3.2.1* 1st & Foremost - Addictive game which actually sharpens your MIND! ### 5/5 — It is what it says it is. *2024-04-07, version 3.2.1* This game is exactly what it says it is. Not bait and switch. ### 5/5 — Pencil puzzles *2024-04-05, version 3.2.1* Love doing these at night when I can’t sleep. ### 5/5 — Easy to use *2024-02-22, version 3.2.1* Hard enough to be challenging when you get further into it ### 5/5 — Great spatial stimulation *2024-02-14, version 3.2.1* Fun to play for minutes at a time. --- *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 2026-08-10.*