# Perfect Paths — user reviews

> 144 indexed App Store user reviews of Perfect Paths by Jan Ilavsky, rated 4.80/5 from 52 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/perfect-paths/id856029362/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/perfect-paths/id856029362.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 45 · 4★ 5 · 3★ 1 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 1

## What do users think of Perfect Paths?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 🧠 Excellent brain teaser and mental challenge
- 💡 Innovative and original gameplay mechanics
- 🎮 Highly addictive and engaging puzzle design
- 📈 Progressive difficulty curve that builds naturally
- 🎨 Clean, simple, and polished graphics
- 🔊 Satisfying sound effects and audio design
- ⏱️ Perfect for short breaks or extended play sessions
- 🎯 Multiple solution paths for same puzzle
- 🧩 Excellent for problem-solving and spatial reasoning
- 🚀 No luck or timing required, pure logic-based
- 👨‍💻 Appeals to programmers and strategic thinkers
- 📱 Well-suited for mobile/touchscreen gameplay
- 🏆 Scoring system rewards optimal solutions
- 🎓 Educational value for children and adults

**Cons**

- 📚 Minimal and unclear tutorial instructions
- 🎮 Steep learning curve with trial-and-error gameplay
- 🧩 Some rules and mechanics are unintuitive
- 🎯 UI could better clarify visual mechanics
- ❌ Limited content/puzzles available
- 🔄 No cross-device synchronization of progress
- 🎵 Audio interference with other apps like Spotify
- ⚙️ Tedious eraser tool for clearing directions

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Game does not play as outlined in tutorial
- Audio system conflicts with other applications
- Possible incompatibility issues on some devices

**Most requested features**

- More puzzles and additional content
- Better and more demonstrative tutorials
- Reset button for quick puzzle clearing
- Cross-device progress synchronization
- Competitive scoring/leaderboard system
- Clearer visual indicators for game mechanics

## Newest reviews (18 of 144)

### 5/5 — Great puzzler

*2017-06-20, version 1.19*

Hard as nails. And even harder to get perfect scores!  Highly recommended!

### 5/5 — Perfect Paths

*2017-05-02, version 1.19*

A FUN and interesting puzzle game that gets you thinking. Well done!

### 5/5 — Best game to make your brain going!!

*2017-03-02, version 1.19*

This is the only game that i keep on my phone!! Best way to refresh your brain on the mind bending solutions!! This should be the Editor's Choice!!

Buy it you won't regret!!

### 5/5 — Fun game

*2017-02-21, version 1.19*

Great concept. Kept my attention pretty long.

### 5/5 — Amazing puzzle game

*2016-12-31, version 1.19*

This is probably the best puzzler I've played so far. The puzzles are challenging but get you to think. Any fan of Spacechem would definitely like this game.

### 5/5 — Clever

*2016-11-14, version 1.19*

Very clever game!

### 5/5 — Superb game. Great for mental gymnastics. Problem solving excellence.

*2016-08-22, version 1.19*

This game forces you to break down the problem into small solvable pieces. Excellent educational benefits and lots of fun.

### 5/5 — Perfect game ^^

*2016-07-14*

Très bon puzzle game, bien pensé, bien programmé, intéressant et intelligent.
Allez-y sans crainte ;)

### 5/5 — Geniales Puzzle

*2016-06-07*

Garantierte Herausforderung ohne Zeitdruck, macht einfach Spaß

### 5/5 — Great educational game

*2016-03-31, version 1.19*

I really enjoy watching my kids play this game. I feel it is a very good game to teach children how to problem solve. I would recommend this game to grades 6 plus.

### 5/5 — Absolute Spieleempfehlung🌟

*2016-03-06*

Ist knifflig und hat suchtpotenzial

### 5/5 — Great puzzle game

*2015-12-06, version 1.17*

It takes a lot for a game to hold my attention beyond playing a half-dozen times or so, and many puzzle games fizzle out or just don't have a lot of imagination.

Perfect paths is simple at its core, but the pieces can be arranged in a huge array of possibilities, creating a fun & engaging challenge that gets progressively harder as you get better. 

Try it! You'll love it.

### 5/5 — Great game, very challenging

*2015-11-26, version 1.17*

One of the few iPhone games I've found that's consistently challenging.

### 5/5 — Excellent

*2015-10-27, version 1.17*

A truly great game. Absolutely no luck involved at all.

### 5/5 — 最適化に燃える

*2015-10-21*

かなり難しいけどコードゴルフみたいなものが好きな人はハマると思う。

### 5/5 — Cool game

*2015-08-12, version 1.17*

Nice premise with some challenging puzzles. Some are easy to complete but difficult to find the optimal solution.

### 5/5 — 頭の体操

*2015-08-07*

ちょうど良い

### 5/5 — Отзыв о игре

*2015-04-16*

Игра отличная. Хочется более сложные уровни

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — ダメゲー

*2019-12-14*

ルールが曖昧。くろすを使うと何故タイミングがズレるのか説明が無い

### 1/5 — Can't get it to work

*2014-06-05, version 1.01*

Maybe it's me but the game does. Ot play as outlined in the tutorial, if fact it doesn't seem to play at all!

### 2/5 — Meh

*2014-11-07, version 1.16*

Meh

### 2/5 — Needs some work. Feels like beta version.

*2014-06-03*

I'm not an idiot but I feel like one when I play this game. It seemed a simple concept at first, but once they threw in 3 colors, I got it wrong over and over again, unless I took the long and annoying route (maybe that is the right answer, but it's so miserable I'm hoping not) There's quite a few things that would help. I'm not rating it based on not getting it, but on the lack of basic functions that would make it worthwhile to figure it out. For example- to delete your directions, you have to use the eraser and erase each direction. That is a neat idea if you want to delete part of the the directions, but when you want to delete all your directions, it gets old QUICK! 
There should definitely be a reset button. The tutorial could certainly be more straight forward. 
It just feels unfinished. Not well developed. 
Needs polish.

### 3/5 — Might be good if the instructions were helpful

*2014-11-07*

This looks like a good game. However, I personally hate games where the instructions are so minimal that a crucial part of solving the puzzles is deducing the rules by playing. 

If you like the survivor model (they drop you in the wilderness & you find your way out) for iPad puzzles, this is a game for you. If you want someone to actually explain the rules for moving pieces on the board, so you can solve the puzzles, this one is immediately frustrating.

### 3/5 — Nice but becomes quickly too complex

*2014-06-09, version 1.13*

This is a nice puzzle, original and well thought out, but there are too many unintuitive and visually difficult rules and controls that render the game too complex. I think a bit of UI design to help makes these clearer would help, turnstiles that turn for example.

### 4/5 — 楽しい！音楽も素敵！

*2016-03-01*

ロジックを考えて、うまく動いた時の気持ち良さ。
それに加えて自動再生した時のピタゴラスイッチ的な音が気持ちいい！
ちょっと難易度高いステージもあって爽快感が書ける時があるので、星4つ。

### 4/5 — 참신하고 할만해요

*2015-04-14*

참신하고 할만해요 ㅋㅋ

### 4/5 — Good Stuff

*2015-02-15, version 1.17*

Good combo of rhythm solving and thought provoking serious challenges.

### 4/5 — Fun game

*2014-12-27, version 1.17*

Tricky and addictive. Fun when you discover the solution.

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — Great brain teaser

*2026-03-06, version 1.20*

Great on the bus or waiting for a cup of tea to brew.  Nice sounds and graphics. Clever little mechanics to challenge your mind.

### 5/5 — Great puzzle!

*2026-02-04*

I find it it perfectly challenging with “average” levels required to unlock next stage and “hard” levels for more challenge. Really nice concept of order how moves are processed.

### 5/5 — Tolles Puzzle Game

*2025-12-12*

Macht richtig Laune und man kann darin super abtauchen.

### 5/5 — Amazing

*2025-05-03*

Amazing game, 100% worth its price ❤️

### 5/5 — Get this!

*2019-09-25, version 1.19*

It’s just fun. This game has captivated me. I can play for a minute or an hour. This is different, not easy but not so hard so far that I have put it down and moved on. 

As someone with ADD, I think it is good for focus and helps me reorient when I am overwhelmed.

### 5/5 — Days worth of frustrating, almost there, fun

*2019-08-30*

This is one of my favorite games after Cosmic Express and The Sequence].

### 5/5 — One of my favorite games, ever.

*2019-01-21, version 1.19*

Recently reinstalled it, and it’s as good as I remember. Thanks for such a great game.

### 5/5 — Love this game!!!

*2018-09-16, version 1.19*

Would love some more puzzles to solve!! 
Great game! Wish more people played to challenge my score

### 5/5 — Great puzzles

*2017-09-27, version 1.19*

Clever and satisfying.

### 5/5 — Just plain fun!

*2017-07-31, version 1.19*

It took me a few puzzles to get into it, but it quickly became one of my very favorite puzzle games. Dynamic! Original! Nice to be able to create other solutions to levels already solved one way.

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