# Squares: A Game about Matching Colors — user reviews > 53 indexed App Store user reviews of Squares by Simple Machine, LLC, rated 4.20/5 from 109 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/squares-a-game-about-matching-colors/id1126104973/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/squares-a-game-about-matching-colors/id1126104973.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 65 · 4★ 23 · 3★ 9 · 2★ 7 · 1★ 5 ## What do users think of Squares? Overall sentiment: mostly positive **Pros** - 👍 Addictive gameplay - 🧠 Brain exercise - 🎨 Visually simple and appealing - 🧩 Challenging yet enjoyable - 🚀 Fast and easy to pick up - ✨ Elegant and fresh puzzle design - 💯 Highly recommended - 💖 Love the colors **Cons** - 📢 Too many ads - 🔇 Sound cannot be disabled - 💸 In-app purchases frustrating - 😵 Other background colors disorienting - 📉 Slow gem earning rate **Commonly reported bugs** - 🐛 Crashing when trying to get new colors/blocks/wallpapers - 🐛 Store purchases fail and lose gems - 🐛 Randomize button stops working after unlocking all skins - 🐛 Game not opening - 🐛 Ads are too much **Most requested features** - Option to disable sound - More color palettes/options - Nighttime/darker coloring option with black background - Ability to choose rewards - Option to remove ads (pay to remove) ## Newest reviews (11 of 53) ### 4/5 — Needs a Menu *2019-08-19, version 1.1.2* Game is great but there needs to be an option to mute the sound in the game - it’s very annoying. ### 4/5 — Enjoyable *2018-01-24, version 1.1.2* I enjoy the game. My Brain gets a lil exercise while I play. ### 4/5 — Fun! *2016-12-04, version 1.1.2* This is a great game- challenging, but I can go at my own pace. ### 4/5 — Me *2016-11-12, version 1.1.2* Fun addicting but redundant and repetitive as well ### 4/5 — glitch *2016-09-03, version 1.1.2* the game is really fun! the only problem is that when you unlock all the skins in a certain category (wallpaper, colour, shapes) the randomize button stops working so you can't unlock the rest, but it'll still take diamonds. still really fun to play though ### 4/5 — Fun Game *2016-08-31, version 1.1.2* This is a fun game and I've found it to be pretty addictive. Would rate 5 stars but it needs some option controls. There is no way to turn the sound down or off in-game. You have to actually turn the sound of your phone off to stop the game from making noise. This is inconvenient. ### 4/5 — Excellent Game! *2016-08-28, version 1.1.2* Not quite 5 stars for me though, I wish the grid was a little bigger so that the challenge would last longer. Otherwise, excellent concept and very entertaining. ### 3/5 — Could there be any more ads??? *2016-08-24, version 1.1.2* Fun game, but dang.... Ads are too much. How do I get rid of them? It would be helpful to have some instructions too. ### 5/5 — Highly recommended *2016-08-23, version 1.1.2* Fantastic game! Great job guys! ### 5/5 — Fun! *2016-08-23, version 1.1.1* Especially for puzzle-minded types and a bit addictive. Enjoy! ### 4/5 — Very cool *2016-08-21, version 1.1.1* This is a perfect little game for what it is. It is both relaxing and challenging--tempting but not over-the-top addictive ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Night/Darker coloring *2018-10-26, version 1.1.2* Hi, please make a nighttime version coloration option with a black background. I’ll update my star rating to 5 if you do. ### 1/5 — Good but there's a problem :/ *2016-10-08, version 1.1.2* I've played the game for a while and nothing as wrong with it but now when I try to purchase something from the store (wallpapers, blocks, and colors) a box appears and basically tells me the action can't be done so I close the app and I lose the diamonds but I don't get anything from the store 😐🙄 not sure if I'm the only one but please fix it, I'm leaving my rating one star till it's fixed. ### 1/5 — Yardım *2016-08-24, version 1.1.2* Oyun açılmıyor ### 1/5 — Doesn't work properly *2016-07-28, version 1.0.1* Fix your app something is wrong ### 2/5 — Pop ups force me to other try another game or close the app *2018-02-20, version 1.1.2* Fun game, but. the pop-up ads for other games drive me nuts. I'd gladly pay to get rid of them, but it doesn't offer that. Often I just shut down the app. One of these times, I bet you, I'm gonna delete it altogether. ### 2/5 — Ads *2016-08-20, version 1.1.1* Game was great. Until I hit the ads. :( ### 2/5 — Güzel gibi *2016-08-20, version 1.1.1* Güzel gibi gözüküyor ### 3/5 — Almost perfect *2021-06-04, version 1.1.2* Love playing this game and listening to podcasts to wind down at night but the sound issue has never changed in the past 4 years of playing it. Please add the option to turn the sound off so I don’t have to hear the SFX in the middle of my music/podcasts. ### 3/5 — Fun, but needs an update *2017-09-17, version 1.1.2* This game is super fun, I really enjoy it, but whenever I try to get a new color, blocks, or wallpaper, it gives me an error message and crashes and also takes my gems. Which I don't really care about but I would like to get some new colors, blocks, and wallpapers. ### 3/5 — Love it but... *2016-11-13, version 1.1.2* Would give it 5 stars if it had the option to turn down the volume!! Inconvenient! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — I beat your score! :) *2021-12-13, version 1.1.2* 2,989 has been my top score for quite some time. Keep hoping I can break 3,000. I love the simplicity of the visuals in this game, as well as the challenge it provides. I use it to “wake up my brain“ each day. I know this isn’t the most recent version, but I prefer it over squares2. I would love, as others mentioned, an option to disable the sound. Even more, I would love to be able to choose my rewards. When I lose my rewards on a wallpaper that has very little function, it is disappointing. It is helpful to me to have more color palettes, as I have some visual and light sensitivity. Certain color combinations are more soothing to the eyes. The only color option I can currently use is the one with the black background. The other background colors are visually disorienting. I hope you will consider updating this game. Thank you for creating it. ### 5/5 — One word: Addictive *2018-02-19, version 1.1.2* At first glance simple. Many levels to get you hooked. ### 5/5 — Free, fun, frustrating, fabulous *2017-01-14, version 1.1.2* Squares appears to be a simple game. You must arrange three of the same colored squares touching each other within a larger box. The points rack up and the goal is to beat your best score. It's much more logical and strategic than it appears. And it's a whole lot of fun and I feel like I'm actually using my brain VS just drifting off as several other apps tend to do. Get this app!! It'll become a fave, for sure. ### 5/5 — Addictive *2016-11-13, version 1.1.2* Great game. It's a simple concept that quickly gets addicting. ### 5/5 — 100 ⭐️ if I could *2016-11-13, version 1.1.2* LOVE ❤️ this game!! So satisfying and addicting and barely and ads I play it all the time ### 5/5 — Fun Puzzle Game *2016-11-12, version 1.1.2* It's a fun, easy, addicting app plain and simple. ### 5/5 — Excellent and elegant *2016-08-29, version 1.1.2* Simple Machine nails it again with an elegant but fresh puzzle game. ### 5/5 — Addicting! *2016-08-27, version 1.1.2* I love these types of games. It'll keep me entertained for a long time. ### 5/5 — A Brain Teaser 😁 *2016-08-24, version 1.1.2* Very fun game... It is very difficult on the higher levels but very fun at the same time, you should install it. I have had a great time. Not that many ads (good thing), so yeah you should totally get it!! ### 5/5 — Fun Game! *2016-08-23, version 1.1.2* Solid, fun game when you have a few minutes to spare. It's sort of addicting. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. 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