# Riddle Stones - Cross Numbers — user reviews > 518 indexed App Store user reviews of Riddle Stones by SMACH S.A.S., rated 4.20/5 from 1,239 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/riddle-stones-cross-numbers/id960708632/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/riddle-stones-cross-numbers/id960708632.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 727 · 4★ 258 · 3★ 129 · 2★ 65 · 1★ 60 ## What do users think of Riddle Stones? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 👍 Great thinking game - 👍 Keeps brain active - 👍 Fun and challenging **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezes - 🔋 Slow health regeneration - 🔋 Inconsistent health deduction - 🤑 Too many ads - 🤑 Forced to purchase items to progress **Commonly reported bugs** - Game freezes and crashes frequently - Losing progress after reinstalling the app - Incorrect ad purchases and lost in-app purchases - Inability to sync progress across devices **Most requested features** - Option to mark/cross out known empty squares - More varied and less repetitive puzzles - Consistent health deduction system - Ability to earn in-game currency/boosters - Sync progress across devices ## Newest reviews (15 of 518) ### 2/5 — Gute Spielidee mit frustrierenden technischen Mängeln *2025-06-26* Das Spiel an sich ist unterhaltsam und hat definitiv Potenzial. Die Mechanik macht Spaß, auch wenn sich die Gitter mit der Zeit etwas wiederholen. Leider trüben gravierende technische Probleme das Spielerlebnis erheblich. Ich spiele auf einem neuen iPad Air (11 Zoll, M3-Chip) – also leistungsfähige Hardware – und dennoch friert das Spiel regelmäßig, gerne im letzten Gitter ein. Es reagiert dann nicht mehr, was weiteren Fortschritt unmöglich macht. Besonders ärgerlich: Ich habe die Vollversion gekauft, um die Werbung zu entfernen, aber nun komme ich wegen technischer Fehler gar nicht weiter. Das stellt den Mehrwert des Kaufs leider in Frage. Zusätzlich wurde mein Spielstand von einem Moment auf den nächsten vollständig gelöscht, obwohl ich bereits deutlichen Fortschritt gemacht hatte. Das ist extrem frustrierend. Liebe Entwickler, bitte behebt diese technischen Probleme dringend. Das Spiel hätte es wirklich verdient, stabil und zuverlässig zu laufen. ### 4/5 — Me encanta pero… *2024-12-27, version 4.8.4* Un clásico que me acompaña hace muchísimos años, pero del que cada vez que cambio de teléfono pierdo el progreso y tengo que comenzar desde cero, porque no tiene forma de conectarlo a una Red social o con una cuenta con la que se pueda retomar donde dejó. Una lástima. ### 3/5 — Best without sound *2024-07-01, version 4.8.4* This game is quite ‘morish’, and gets more and more challenging, making it more attractive, however the sounds are most unpleasant and I have to turn them off to be able to play the game. ### 2/5 — Getting to be an aggravating game *2024-06-25, version 4.8.4* As you progress you will find that it gets to be a bit aggravating to play. Too many ads, (every minute or two), it almost never gives you the amount of time that it tells you you will have to complete the level…it will tell you perhaps 1 min 18 seconds and you might get only a few seconds…I have timed it…. it repeats a lot of the same challenges in the levels. ### 3/5 — Fun but….. *2024-06-23* I do enjoy playing this game however, it does get frustrating as it gets into the higher levels. It appears to repeat a lot on some of the challenges and the timing is off. It may tell you you have 30 seconds or 1 minute to do the challenge but it closes almost immediately after you begin. I don’t know whether it’s counting the ad times in that 30/seconds or 1 minute or not however, the timing is almost always shorter then what they tell you it is. Makes it very hard to complete unless you ‘buy’ extra time, which I don’t do. ### 3/5 — Beware of ads phishing scams *2023-09-13, version 4.8.4* I’ve been playing for years and I’ve passed level 1600. Today there was an ad for a coloring app and when I clicked on it to buy, it popped up to enter my Apple password like normal for purchases, but nothing downloaded. No record of the app in my history. I had to resent my Apple password since who knows who I ended up giving it to. There was no way to report it in the app. DO NOT CLICK ON ADS IN THIS GAME. ### 3/5 — Not bad *2023-07-14, version 4.8.4* I’ve played this game nearly every day for several years. It’s been great when I was on deployments. After playing for so long, I have figured some things that aren’t quite ideal. 1. I understand there are limitations, but after getting through over 4,000 levels, there are hundreds of pattern repeats. So many, in fact, that I have them memorized. I play them anyway, but it’s not quite as fun. 2. Any time you hit a trap, 99% of the time it completely drains your health. One single trap. Which is incredibly annoying because now you’re out a life. I know it could be a way for us to want to buy more coins for lives, but it’s becomes frustrating when a single mistake ends the entire attempt. 3. It would be cool to win a medal/award/achievement after you get so many stars. For example, if you get all 48 for an overall level. Something just to make you want to redo levels other than just getting the stars to says 48/48. Overall though, I do like how simple and fun the game is. I appreciate that there aren’t requirements for internet connection and you can’t keep playing until you run out of lives! Another thing that could be cool to have it a way to replay levels with time limits. Some puzzles I finish incredibly fast, and other times they take me forever. Would be interesting to have a timer option to either track your time (and maybe have an average time for that set of levels?) or race against the timer! ### 4/5 — Good game *2023-07-08, version 4.8.4* Game is challenging, but they need to upgrade new levels. ### 3/5 — Where are the updates *2022-01-27, version 4.8.4* I love this game, but I have been waiting for months for updates. When are they coming? ### 3/5 — Fun…but… *2021-10-07, version 4.8.4* I do enjoy this game and find it a good way to pass the time. But seriously, make just one mistake, sometimes 2 and it just drops your life to nothing and ends the turn. The food to boost your life does teeny little boosts. Mistakes should be more equal to the affect of the food. It’s frustrating to burn through lives and have to wait 30min for another life. I know I can buy more with coins, but I don’t choose to spend money like that on games. ### 3/5 — Spijtig *2021-07-08, version 4.8.4* Het is spijtig dat men het niet meer op pc/!of tablet kan spelen Want daar kon je het toch op groter scherm zetten en was veel leuker ### 5/5 — Practice and it will click *2021-04-09, version 4.8.4* When I first started playing, I too thought that some of the levels were I possible without buying help. But it turns out that the more I played the more my brain just “got it.” Now there are some levels that are definitely a challenge but none of the levels are impossible. I also appreciate the lack of 30 second ads that interrupt game play on many “free” games. ### 5/5 — Update please *2021-02-24, version 4.8.4* Like this game a lot but isn't updated often if ever ### 5/5 — Better than I can even write *2021-02-13, version 4.8.4* This game has kept me entertained and challenged for months. I have it on my iPhone and iPad and love trying to figure the boards out. The ONLY thing I do not like is you do not get rewarded the helpful items to help get out of a jam so you have to buy if you are that intent on figuring it out. Please figure out a way to award instead of charging. ### 5/5 — Love this game! *2020-10-25, version 4.6.9* Past 300 and never tire of this game. Gets the brain working! Only issue I have is the blatant misogynistic advertising for other games! They ALL have a female hand making ridiculous decisions and failing every time! She has a very low IQ. Not ALL women are stupid! I’m a very intelligent woman! Smarter than MOST men I know! In fact most women I know are clever. Not impressed! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Loved the game until I got a charge for $35 I didn’t know about *2025-09-15, version 4.8.4* When I downloaded this game a long time ago I loved it. Reached the end of the levels. I saw they added some levels and was excited. Paid the $0.99 for no ads. Was happy to. I went in to the app a day later to play and got a notification from my bank that I was charged $34.99 by apple. I immediately checked my app acct and saw that it was for this game “time limited offer 500”. I didn’t get an offer to click on, I didn’t get the apple confirm to buy double click. I tried finding what this offer was and couldn’t find it. I reported it immediately and my request was declined by apple. I submitted an appeal explaining the details and was denied the appeal. I wouldn’t have made this purchase as I didn’t have the funds in that account AND I don’t spend that much on a game. I just checked the App Store for the game and in the list of in-app purchases there is no listing for anything that costs $35!!! I have deleted the game - I refuse to support a game that rips off its customers. Apple has always been fair when I’ve had issues with apps but for some reason not this one. So now I’m writing a review and filing a fraud complaint with my bank. ### 1/5 — Full of scam apps ads *2024-10-19, version 4.8.4* It used to be a fun game but now it’s full of ads after every single try and they are all scam ads promising you were going to win a bunch of money by playing other apps. Don’t download them they are scams. I am deleting this app. ### 1/5 — Loved it until… *2023-05-03, version 4.8.4* I was 1000s of levels into this game and I had paid for no ads. I didn’t play for awhile, and when I opened the app, I was back at level 1 and now I’m getting ads and given the opportunity to pay to remove them…again. Seems sketchy. ### 1/5 — Bought some extra lives for 89p - didn’t get anything :( *2022-08-09, version 4.8.4* Not happy! ### 1/5 — Signalement publicité *2020-11-05, version 4.6.9* Bonjour, Cela fait quelques années que j’ai cette application à laquelle je joue régulièrement. Aujourd’hui, j’ai eu 2 fois une publicité de Bigo Live qui met en scène des jeunes femmes (ou même des jeunes filles). Cela contribue à l’objectification des femmes et à la culture du viol. C’est une application de jeu, aussi bien pour adultes que pour enfants. Je ne souhaite pas voir ce genre d’images sur mon téléphone et encore moins participer à les financer en devant regarder leurs publicités. Merci de retirer ces publicités et de stopper votre partenariat avec cette application. Si tel n’est pas le cas, je supprimerai l’application (que j’utilise depuis au moins 3-4 ans). Cdlt. ### 1/5 — Riddle stones *2020-05-10, version 4.5.3* I was enjoying this game but it got to the point where I got so frustrated I decided to purchase the starter pack 150 gems for£2.99 ,so you can imagine my surprise and anger when my purchase went through and all I received was 50 gems so be warned players if you buy gems make sure you get what you paid for ### 1/5 — Used to love it *2020-05-06, version 4.6.4* I played this game all the time. Now when I try to play it just shuts down. I can’t even open it. I’ve deleted the app and reinstalled. Turned my phone off and back on. Put it on airplane mode and off. I tried them all in different orders. Ultimately, I can’t play a game if I can’t open it. ### 1/5 — Used to Love this game *2020-02-17, version 4.5.3* I don’t mind occasional ads. The developers have to make money somehow. But recently, the ads have increased so that they are after almost every single level. And they are loud and lengthy. If this continues, I will stop playing entirely. ### 1/5 — Don’t buy!! *2020-01-27, version 4.5.3* I’ve paid for this but it crashes frequently and loses your lives. Takes forever to earn lives. No app support or updates ### 1/5 — This used to be the best game *2019-12-21, version 4.5.3* I haven't played in years and finally started again after seeing a ad for nonogram and remembered how great this game was. It seems like the devs have abandoned this game as the last update was a year ago. It is buggy, freezes, just plain old shuts down and doesn’t sync to facebook anymore. Such a shame, it was a great game! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Still one of the best games around *2024-08-28, version 4.8.4* Been through it twice now. Play a game or two each day. Shame there aren’t more like this one, it challenges and makes you work for results. When you lose five lives, it’s time to go on to something else! ### 5/5 — Hi *2024-08-25, version 4.8.4* Hi ### 5/5 — Good Game *2024-08-11, version 4.8.4* No issues.. makes you think ### 5/5 — Brain exercise *2024-05-01, version 4.8.4* Keeps my mind sharp! ### 5/5 — Excellent *2023-05-01, version 4.8.4* It is very additive! ### 5/5 — Great game ! I play it quite often *2023-04-04, version 4.8.4* Great game ! I play it quite often ### 5/5 — Pleasure & fun *2023-01-20, version 4.8.4* This is a fun game with plenty concentration, appears simple but very focus, can be addictive. ### 5/5 — Jeu addictif *2022-10-19, version 4.8.4* J’adore ce jeu. Petit bémol le temps d’attente pour ravoir des vies est très long ### 5/5 — ❤️❤️ *2022-09-20, version 4.8.4* I absolutely love this game! While it sure challenges my brain I find it’s my “go to” when I need a minute to myself! ### 5/5 — Riddle stones *2022-03-17, version 4.8.4* Absolutely addictive, love this game. --- *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.*