Comparison

Puzzle Photo App vs Puzzly

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Puzzle Photo App

Transform your photos into engaging jigsaw puzzles. Save your progress and compete for high scores by completing puzzles quickly. Enjoy a personalized puzzle experience with your own images.

Highlights
  • Create puzzles from gallery images
  • Take photos to create puzzles
  • High score tracking
  • Save puzzle progress
  • Enjoy photos while puzzling
Features
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PUZZLE PHOTO APP With Puzzle Photo App you can puzzle your own gallery images or take a photo and puzzle it. You have a puzzle highscore to see who takes less time to puzzle a picture.You can puzzle the hole day and enjoy your photos at the same time :-)! And you never lose a puzzle piece. Enjoy PUZZLE PHOTO APP!

About

Puzzly

Transform beautiful photos into engaging puzzles for solo play or friendly competition. Share custom puzzles with friends through messaging apps and challenge them to solve your creations.

Highlights
  • Thousands of beautiful photo puzzles
  • Puzzles up to 10x10 size
  • Random puzzle generation
  • iMessage app integration
  • Create puzzles from your own photos
  • Share puzzles via messaging apps
Features
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Puzzly has beed featured by Apple as on one of the best iMessage apps in the US, UK and 100+ other countries. ***** Puzzly is now available on an iPad! Finally you an have everything you had on an iPhone and even more! Thousands of beautiful photos turned into puzzles just for you, now be as big as 10x10! Each puzzle is unique and looks gorgeous on a large display. You can even feel the breeze of the ocean or hear the music from a wild party in the picture. Or just take a moment to appreciate the sunset. Whichever is right for you - Puzzly got you covered! ***** Solve hundreds of RANDOM PUZZLES assembled just for you from photos of gorgeous sunsets, wild parties, amazing travel destinations or anything else. ***** Puzzly is an iMessage app as well! Create puzzles from your photos right from any iMessage chat, see results without going anywhere else. Ain't that cool? This is private photo sharing taken to a whole new level! Nothing beats seeing your friends assembling a 25-piece puzzle for 5 long minutes! 1. Take a photo. 2. Create a puzzle with a single tap. 3. Send it to your friends via Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, Telegram or many other services. See how fast your friends solve your puzzles, so that you can make fun of them later!

Screenshots

Puzzle Photo App2 screens
Puzzly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Puzzly at 4.4 against Puzzle Photo App's 3.0. Puzzly also leads on ratings volume (566 vs 2). Puzzle Photo App's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Puzzly sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Puzzle Photo App asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Puzzly holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Puzzly has 566 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Puzzle Photo App ships an update every 2 weeks, Puzzly every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Puzzle Photo App versus Puzzly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPuzzle Photo AppPuzzly
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings)4.4 (566 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—41.4% of reviews
Number of ratings2566 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS8.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJochen FalckTwice

Customer experience

Puzzle Photo App

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Puzzly

All ratings561 ratings
Positive82.9%
Neutral7.0%
Negative10.2%
Written reviews70 reviews
Positive41.4%
Neutral4.3%
Negative54.3%

Bugs and requests

Puzzle Photo App

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Puzzly

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes and freezes
  • Issues with uploading/processing photos
  • Compatibility problems on older devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to create larger puzzles
  • More customization options
  • Web interface for sharing
  • Compatibility improvements

In-app purchases

None

Puzzle Photo App

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Puzzly

One-time1
  • Unlimited random puzzles$0.99

Questions

Is Puzzle Photo App free?
Puzzle Photo App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Puzzly free?
Puzzly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Puzzle Photo App or Puzzly?
Puzzly is rated higher. Puzzle Photo App averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Puzzly averages 4.4 from 566 ratings.
Do Puzzle Photo App or Puzzly have ads?
Neither Puzzle Photo App nor Puzzly shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Puzzle Photo App or Puzzly?
Puzzle Photo App ships an update every 2 weeks, and Puzzly every 10 days. Most recently, Puzzle Photo App was updated on October 14, 2026 and Puzzly on October 23, 2026.

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