Jigsaw Puzzles Cities vs Map Puzzles
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Jigsaw Puzzles Cities
Enjoy a realistic jigsaw puzzle experience on your device with over 1000 pieces. Customize your game by adding your own images and share your creations with friends. Offers multiple difficulty levels and zoom functionality for a convenient and engaging gameplay.
- Add your own images
- Share images and packages
- Updated pictures gallery
- 8 levels of complexity (20-1110 pieces)
- Zoom in/out function
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Puzzle+ is just like a real jigsaw on your iPad! Just the way you like it. More than 1000 pieces game. Ability to add your own images. We've created this app for you to make it possible to play your favorite game anywhere and anytime. It fully simulates the real puzzles and, at same time, the app uses all advantages of iPad to make the playing of your favorite game as convinient as it has ever been possible. Features: - ability to add your own images; - ability to share the images and packages (email, Facebook, Twitter); - Constantly updated pictures gallery; - 8 levels of complexity: from 20 pieces up to 1110 pieces, available for any puzzle; - Zoom in/out function;
Map Puzzles
Reconstruct historical and contemporary maps by placing jigsaw-like pieces. Offers a peaceful, educational, and family-friendly experience with adjustable difficulty and helpful tools. Save progress and sync across devices.
- Map jigsaw puzzles
- Drag and drop interface
- Adjustable difficulty guides
- Auto-save progress
- Educational map content
- Cross-device syncing
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Can you rebuild these maps from the past and present? Like a jigsaw puzzle but each piece is a cut-out section of the map which needs to be put back into the right place. Now with 126 available map puzzles ready to play immediately! EASY TO LEARN Simple drag and drop interface that works for adults and children. A simple tutorial on "How To Play" is included. Puzzles in each pack start easy and get harder the more you do. HARD TO MASTER Puzzles range from easy (solve in minutes) through to very hard (may take an hour). But don't worry, your placed pieces are automatically saved so you can do the puzzle over several sessions. You can also turn on and off useful guides like outlines or a ghost image depending on how hard you want it to be. And if some pieces are too small, just turn on the Auto-Zoom feature. Can you earn all the Game Center achievements? EDUCATIONAL The maps span time from ancient eras to the modern day. A range of map types are also represented including world, country, city, story, constellations, geological and weather. Once a puzzle is completed you can explore a zoomed in version to read the fascinating details on the map. FAMILY FRIENDLY All puzzles are family friendly with the easier puzzles well suited to your younger puzzlers. PEACEFUL An uncluttered puzzle solving space lets you be in the moment as you work your way through the puzzle at your own pace. HELPFUL Some of the puzzles are hard. If you get stuck, use the Shuffle button to get new pieces, the Auto Fill feature to put those difficult pieces into their correct places or a Ghost image to help you find the right place. CONNECTED Works on your iPads and Macs. In-App purchases of puzzle packs are shared between your devices and you can easily enable synching of Puzzle completion progress between them. Start a puzzle on one device and finish it on another.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Map Puzzles at none against Jigsaw Puzzles Cities's shown. Map Puzzles also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.4). Jigsaw Puzzles Cities's advantage is review sentiment (77% vs 67%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and in-app purchases 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 Puzzles Cities sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Map Puzzles sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Map Puzzles holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 49 and 135 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 77% of Jigsaw Puzzles Cities's written reviews are positive against 67% of Map Puzzles's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Jigsaw Puzzles Cities ships an update every 2 months, Map Puzzles every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Jigsaw Puzzles Cities | Map Puzzles |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (49 ratings) | 4.7 (135 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 76.8% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 49 | 135 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 651 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | OOO Rhyboo | CleverInfo |
Customer experience
Jigsaw Puzzles Cities
Map Puzzles
In-app purchases
Jigsaw Puzzles Cities
- No Ads$1.99
Map Puzzles
- Puzzle Pack 1 : 14 x Mixed$0.99
- Puzzle Pack 2 : 14 x Mixed$0.99
- Puzzle Pack 3 : 14 x Mixed$0.99
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- Puzzle Pack 4 : 14 x Artistic$0.99
- Puzzle Pack 5 : 14 Illustrated$0.99
- Puzzle Pack 6 - Diverse Maps$0.99
- Puzzle Pack 7 - Caricatures$0.99
- Puzzle Pack 8 - Hard$0.99
- Unlock all Map Puzzles$6.99
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