Jigsaw Box Puzzles vs Math Monsters
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Jigsaw Box Puzzles
Enjoy hours of relaxing fun with a vast collection of jigsaw puzzles. Create your own puzzles from personal photos and customize the difficulty level. This app offers a delightful experience for the whole family.
- Extensive puzzle library (100+ puzzles)
- Create custom puzzles from photos
- Adjustable difficulty levels
- Relaxing background music options
- Play multiple games simultaneously
- New puzzles added weekly
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"Your entire family will love this app!" - AppAdvice.com This intuitive and beautifully designed jigsaw puzzle game will bring many hours of relaxing fun to the whole family. Choose from a fantastic collection of puzzles, or create your own puzzles from photos. See the app on YouTube: http://youtube.com/SparkleApps Features: - Puzzle Library - with over 100 puzzles - Puzzle Store - new puzzles every Friday! - Puzzle Creator - create your own puzzles! - Choose your own level of difficulty - Choice of relaxing background music - Play several games at once Jigsaw Box is one of the most enjoyable and fun Jigsaw Puzzle games you will find for your iPad. What our customers say: "Love this game. Wonderful way to relax!" "I gave up Angry Birds to play this!" "Great Puzzle App. Provides endless hours of fun!" "My favorite puzzle app" "Best game I've found for ease, beauty & difficulty" "Awesome!" "This is one of the best jigsaw games I have played on the iPad." Puzzle Collections: Kids Jigsaws Famous Landmarks Wild Animals Castles Paintings Horses Reflections Cats and Dogs and many more... Watch our app videos on YouTube: http://youtube.com/SparkleApps For news follow @SparkleApps on Twitter For help and support visit http://sparkleapps.com/support For our privacy policy see http://sparkleapps.com/policy
Math Monsters
This game offers a fun and challenging way for children aged 6 and up to practice math skills. It uses a drag-and-drop mechanic with interactive characters and a scoring system that rewards accuracy and consecutive correct answers.
- Drag & drop math gameplay
- Cute, interactive characters
- Scoring system rewards accuracy
- Bonuses for milestones
- Challenging for ages 6+
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Math Monsters is more than just a drag & drop math game with cute, interactive characters - it’s a fun and challenging way for kids, ages 6 and up, to learn and play. The scoring system rewards accuracy by adding more time to the clock and increasing point value for each consecutive correct answer. Additional bonuses are given when certain milestones are achieved. Whether it’s to beat their high score, or just have fun, Math Monsters will keep kids coming back for more!
Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Math Monsters at none against Jigsaw Box Puzzles's 10. Math Monsters also leads on iOS requirement (9.0.0 vs 13.0). Jigsaw Box Puzzles's advantage is rating (4.3 vs 3.9) and update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). On price, 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. Jigsaw Box Puzzles sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Math Monsters asks for nothing beyond the download.
Jigsaw Box Puzzles holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Jigsaw Box Puzzles has 267 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of Jigsaw Box Puzzles's written reviews are positive against 80% of Math Monsters's.
Jigsaw Box Puzzles ships an update weekly, Math Monsters every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | Jigsaw Box Puzzles | Math Monsters |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (267 ratings) — better | 3.9 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 88.1% of reviews — better | 80.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 267 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPad | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 9.0.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 143 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sparkle Apps | Daniel Snider |
Customer experience
Jigsaw Box Puzzles
Math Monsters
Bugs and requests
Jigsaw Box Puzzles
Reported bugs
4 issues- Puzzle pieces getting stuck
- Puzzles not downloading properly
- Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions
- Puzzles disappearing from library
Requested features
6 requests- Increase maximum puzzle piece count
- Add portrait/square puzzle mode
- Customize puzzle piece shapes
- Allow creating custom puzzle bundles
- Improve puzzle tray/locking functionality
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- Expand puzzle themes (more landscapes, less food)
Math Monsters
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Jigsaw Box Puzzles
- PuzzlePack: Landmarks$0.99
- PuzzlePack: Castles 2$0.99
- PuzzlePack: London$0.99
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- PuzzlePack: Landmarks3$0.99
- PuzzlePack: Waterfalls$0.99
- PuzzlePack: Spring Flowers$0.99
- PuzzlePack: Colorful Objects2 variants$0.99
- PuzzlePack: Lighthouses$0.99
- PuzzlePack: Coral Reef$0.99
Math Monsters
No in-app purchases
Questions
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