# ShapeBuilder Preschool Puzzles — user reviews > 161 indexed App Store user reviews of ShapeBuilder Preschool Puzzles by Murtha Design LLC, rated 4.10/5 from 86 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/shapebuilder-preschool-puzzles/id306572986/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/shapebuilder-preschool-puzzles/id306572986.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 58 · 4★ 4 · 3★ 9 · 2★ 7 · 1★ 8 ## What do users think of ShapeBuilder Preschool Puzzles? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Easy to use - 🎓 Educational for young kids - ⭐ Engaging and entertaining - 🎨 Vibrant graphics and visuals **Cons** - 🐛 Crashes and compatibility issues - 🔇 Missing sound or audio features - 🔁 Repetitive puzzles - 🕰️ Puzzles advance too quickly **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes on launch - No sound or audio issues - Puzzles not displaying correctly **Most requested features** - More variety and new puzzles - Ability to pause, replay, or navigate puzzles - Customization options (e.g. difficulty, categories) - Support for multiple languages ## Newest reviews (12 of 161) ### 3/5 — Please update the App to iOS 11! *2017-10-16* The app is great but doesn’t open anymore, as the developer still hasn’t updated the app to iOS 11. ### 3/5 — Good app (needs updating) and please fix the sound. Audio does not work *2017-07-09* My 3 year old loves this and plays it on another device where the audio works. When downloading this on our device there is no sound. Would like to see the app updated and the audio fixed. ### 3/5 — Sound! *2016-10-08* My 4-year-old loves it but what happened to the sound!?!?? I would have given 5 stars if the sound worked. :/ ### 5/5 — 3-Year Old Totally Wrapped! *2015-01-29* Fantastic. Appears to fit exactly the level of a just-turned 3-year old. Ours keeps going constantly for an hour each time. Learned new words too. ### 5/5 — excellent app for toddlers *2014-02-03* we love this app and it made travel with my toddler a breeze on many occasions. it teaches so many things to kids - develop focus, motor skills and the smile on my son's face when he solves a puzzle is priceless. must have for parents with pre-schoolers. Thank you and keep adding more shapes. ### 5/5 — Best dollar I've ever spent! *2014-01-20* This is the Only app that my son with autism and other special needs will sit and do for more than two minutes. It is his absolute Favorite! ### 5/5 — Great App *2014-01-02* My two year old loves the puzzles and works great! ### 5/5 — Great app *2013-12-04* My 18 month old loves it ### 5/5 — Love it! *2013-11-18* I have a 20 month old boy and he loves this app. It is easy for him to use and he really likes the sounds and pictures. It's great that he is learning the names for all the letters and has fun with it. Highly recommend this app. It's worth the 99 cents to get the full version. ### 5/5 — My 2yo absolutely loves this game *2013-10-30* Thank you for continuing to add new puzzles. ### 5/5 — Fantastic App *2013-07-19* This is a must have app of you have a toddler, my boys are 2 & 4 and they love it, very easy to use and they like seeing the picture once they have completed the puzzle. I recommend this app! ### 5/5 — BUY THIS, a review from someone who doesn't write reviews........ *2013-06-02, version 1.4* I've had this app for two or three years, our two grandsons fought over it a few years ago, "it's myyyy turn Nona, he did two", was a common plaintive cry. Now a few years down the road our granddaughter is recently two and we have yet another Darren Murtha fan. Shape builder and the Matching game are her favorites. I find D. Murtha's apps to be very educational, attention grabbing and fun 'games' for children. I wish something like this had been available when my children were young. Great app, I'd say, "BUY IT!!", if someone with children to entertain/teach asked me. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work *2024-04-26* I paid for this app but it won’t even open. It immediately crashes. I requested a refund through Apple but heard nothing back. ### 1/5 — No longer updated *2024-03-31* This was a great app for kids however it no longer opens with ios17 ### 1/5 — No sound *2019-09-22* Very poor app that doesn’t play a sound ### 1/5 — Has no sound *2015-07-06* I just spent $2.99 on this app for the sound not to work very disappointed! Needs to be fixed before taking someone else's money. ### 1/5 — No Sound *2013-11-27* I've tried this on two iPads and the sound for the game doesn't work on either. ### 1/5 — Good but.... *2012-05-16, version 1.3* Please make a menu so each topic is separate. Example group the letters together, the numbers and the animals. That way they can learn all letters or numbers at a time. ### 1/5 — Not working with OS2.2 *2009-07-31, version 0* Bought the software but can't work with OS 2.2. Watch out people ### 2/5 — Nett gemacht, *2014-02-18* aber leider ist keinerlei Menüführung möglich. Außerdem erfolgt kein "Belohnung" für die Kinder, wenn sie das Puzzle gelöst haben. Die Stimme, die die Auflösung nannte ist auch weg. ### 2/5 — Sound *2014-02-17* Good app but you need to fix the sound! ### 2/5 — No sound effects on iPhone?! *2013-07-27, version 1.4* My 2 yo daughter loves this on the iPad, with all the sounds. On both of our iPhones, the game is the same but no sounds, and she gets annoyed with it. There seems to be no way to toggle sound on/off on the phone. Is audio not included in the iPhone version? This bug prevents it from being a 5-star app for us. Fix it, and I'll review with 5-star rating. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Happy Valentine’s Day! *2026-02-03* 20 New Toon Disney puzzles! - American Dragon Jake Long, Bonkers, Brandy & Mr. Whiskers, The Buzz on Maggie, Darkwing Duck, Dave the Barbarian, Fillmore!, Gargolyes, Goof Troop, House of Mouse, Kim Possible, Lilo & Stitch The Series, Lloyd in Space, Mighty Ducks, Pepper Ann, The Proud Family, Recess, The Replacements, Teacher’s Pet, Teamo Supremo, and The Weekenders ### 5/5 — Must have for young kids *2017-12-10* Thanks for the update I was heartbroken to tell my 5 year old and 4 year old that the game that they loved to play didn’t work anymore This game is essential for people with young kids a must have I would recommend this app to anyone who has young children ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ### 5/5 — Happy to see update for ios 11 *2017-11-29* This is one of our favorite apps. It is an easy puzzle app, with pieces which snap into place, and visual and auditory reinforcement. I’m so happy to see the update for ios 11! ### 5/5 — My 2 yr olds most favorite app *2017-11-29* I’v had this shape builder app for about 3 years now. My daughter loved it and learned how to do it quickly. Now my 2 yr old son absolutely loves this app. I showed him how to do it when he was 15 months. I think it teaches him a lot of eye/hand coordination and word association. He was so upset about it not updating to IOS 11. He always grabs my phone and says “shapes mama”. I had to tell him that it needs to be updated. I emailed the developer and now it’s updated for IOS 11!! He will be so excited to be able to play shapes again.😁 Thank you so much for updating his favorite app. 👏🏼👏🏼 👍🏼 ### 5/5 — Update! *2017-11-01* You need an update! My son loves this game!!! ### 5/5 — Please update. *2017-10-31* Please update this app. My kids love it and can’t playing it now. From, A Mom that needs your help. ### 5/5 — Please update so we can keep using! *2017-10-10* We love this app!! Please update for iOS 11! ### 5/5 — Good but no sound *2017-05-29* My 3 and a half year old nephew LOVES this app. I just got a message that it needs to be updated by the developer. I hope that you update it so he can continue to play it. ### 5/5 — love it *2015-12-25* This is a great puzzle for my son with intellectual and developmental disabilities. He loves puzzles but does not have the fine motor skills to manipulate pieces and this is perfect for him. The pieces snap into place easily. He can be independent in this puzzle and it's one of his favorites. I should say that he is 21 years old but this is his skill and interest level. The only thing that we would like is more puzzles like this. ### 5/5 — Fantastic application for our little guy! *2015-05-17* We were leery of downloading an application for our 2 1/2 year old but boy were we wrong! ShapeBuilder is the perfect application for our son when we are waiting in a doctor's office or restaurant. Plus we love to sit on the couch together as a family and go through 10 or 20 puzzles, he simply loves it. The puzzles are challenging but simple enough that a child under 3 can figure them out. The graphics are vibrant and an excellent mix of animals, people, objects and more. And most importantly, the sounds are superb! The payoff for completing a puzzle correctly, the reading of the word and a fun sound that accompanies it, which our son loves. Overall, we highly recommend Shape Builder. There isn't a better $.99 you can spend on iTunes if you are a parent. Enjoy! --- *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 2026-09-29.*