Comparison

Puzzly vs Pico Hero

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

Head to head
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!

About

Pico Hero

Embark on an action-packed adventure to rescue kidnapped friends in this retro pixel puzzle-shooter. Master over 100 challenging levels, collect weapons, and even create and share your own levels.

Highlights
  • Puzzle-shooter gameplay
  • Over 100 challenging levels
  • Retro pixel graphics
  • Weapon and item collection
  • Level editor
  • Share custom levels
Features
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The friends of Pico has been kidnapped! Do you have what it takes to rescue them in this action packed Puzzle-Pixel-Shooter? Show your skills in adventure and training mode! Tackle exciting challenges, solve tricky puzzles, plant trees and master the boss battles! More than 100 challenging level cards with nice retro pixel graphics are waiting for you. Collect crucial weapons and items. Create your own level cards with the level editor and share them with your friends. Get more level cards by importing them from your gallery or scanning them with your camera.

Screenshots

Puzzly4 screens
Pico Hero4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pico Hero at 89% against Puzzly's 41%. Pico Hero also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.4) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). Puzzly's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99) and ads (none vs shown). On update cadence, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

Puzzly is free to download; Pico Hero costs $0.99 up front. Puzzly sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Pico Hero sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pico Hero holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Puzzly has 566 ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 41% of Puzzly's written reviews are positive against 89% of Pico Hero's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Puzzly ships an update every 10 days, Pico Hero weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Puzzly versus Pico Hero: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPuzzlyPico Hero
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.4 (566 ratings)4.9 (16 ratings) — better
Positive reviews41.4% of reviews89.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings566 — better16
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB113 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperTwiceJan Jaschke

Customer experience

Puzzly

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

Pico Hero

All ratings16 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews56 reviews
Positive89.3%
Neutral3.6%
Negative7.1%

Bugs and 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

Pico Hero

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Puzzly

One-time1
  • Unlimited random puzzles$0.99
1 purchases

Pico Hero

One-time1
  • Unlimited lives$0.99

Questions

Is Puzzly free?
Puzzly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pico Hero free?
Pico Hero costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Puzzly or Pico Hero?
Pico Hero is rated higher. Puzzly averages 4.4 out of 5 from 566 ratings, while Pico Hero averages 4.9 from 16 ratings.
Do Puzzly or Pico Hero have ads?
Pico Hero shows ads; Puzzly does not.
Which is updated more often, Puzzly or Pico Hero?
Puzzly ships an update every 10 days, and Pico Hero weekly. Most recently, Puzzly was updated on November 2, 2026 and Pico Hero on November 3, 2026.

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