Italy Map Puzzle vs Canvas Run
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Italy Map Puzzle
An educational jigsaw puzzle game designed to help users memorize Italian provinces. It offers multiple difficulty levels, navigation assistance for beginners, and competitive online play with global leaderboards. Earn coins to unlock landscape images as you improve your times.
- Memorize Italian provinces
- Three difficulty levels
- Navigation assist for beginners
- Competitive online play
- Unlock landscape images
- Learn geography and regions
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An educational puzzle game producted by Digital Gene. Memorize the Italian provinces (Legione) through jigsaw puzzles in this educational game focused on enjoyment and good pacing. [Three Difficulties] Features three game modes, with the region names and/or borders hidden depending on the difficulty you select. [Navigation Assist for Beginners!] Enjoy the game to the very end, even if you're a complete beginner by asking the Navigation for help. [Competitive Online Play] Enjoy replaying the game by competing for the best completion time with players worldwide and aiming for the highest rank. Replaying the game also earns you coins used to get pictures of Italy's landscape. [What kind of people will enjoy this game?] Great for all sorts of people, such as those who love Italy, want to travel there, those planning to take the wine expert/sommelier test, soccer fans, as well as people interested in World Heritage, or are studying geography. [List of provinces included as puzzle pieces] -Piedmont -Aosta Valley -Liguria -Lombardy -Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol -Veneto -Friuli Venezia Giulia -Emilia-Romagna -Tuscany -Umbria -Marche -Lazio -Abruzzo -Molise -Campania -Apulia -Basilicata -Calabria -Sicily -Sardinia
Canvas Run
Navigate through levels by expanding your canvas. Enjoy addictive gameplay with simple, intuitive controls.
- Expand canvas to clear levels
- Easy slide controls
- Addictive gameplay mechanic
- Progress through levels
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Make your way through level by creating bigger canvas! Slide easy-to-learn controls with addictive gameplay mechanic!
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Verdict
Italy Map Puzzle and Canvas Run both sit at 4.3 stars, but that hides the real split: 80% of Italy Map Puzzle's written reviews are positive against 30% of Canvas Run's. Italy Map Puzzle also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). Canvas Run's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (35K vs 3). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Canvas Run sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Italy Map Puzzle asks for nothing beyond the download.
Canvas Run holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Canvas Run has 35K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 80% of Italy Map Puzzle's written reviews are positive against 30% of Canvas Run's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Italy Map Puzzle ships an update every 4 months, Canvas Run fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Italy Map Puzzle | Canvas Run |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (3 ratings) | 4.5 (35K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better | 29.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 35K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 70 MB | 263 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Plus Inc. (Japan) | Voodoo |
Customer experience
Italy Map Puzzle
Canvas Run
Bugs and requests
Italy Map Puzzle
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Canvas Run
Reported bugs
3 issues- Camera glitches and falls through the map
- Game freezes and crashes
- Inconsistent ball count reductions
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to spend gems on upgrades or customization
- Offline play mode
- More obstacles and challenges
- Clearer progression and scoring system
In-app purchases
Italy Map Puzzle
No in-app purchases
Canvas Run
- No Ads$2.99
Questions
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