Comparison

Jigsaw Puzzles Retro vs Jigsaw

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

Head to head
About

Jigsaw Puzzles Retro

Experience realistic jigsaw puzzles on your device with over 1000 pieces. Customize your gameplay by adding your own images and share your creations. Enjoy a constantly updated gallery with adjustable difficulty levels.

Highlights
  • Add own images
  • Share puzzles via email/social media
  • Constantly updated picture gallery
  • 8 complexity levels (20-1110 pieces)
  • Zoom in/out function
Features
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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;

About

Jigsaw

Engage in a detailed jigsaw puzzle experience with a vast collection of high-quality images. Challenge your skills across multiple difficulty levels and enjoy the flexibility of playing multiple puzzles simultaneously. You can even use your own photos to create custom puzzles.

Highlights
  • Over 100 high-quality puzzles
  • 4 difficulty levels
  • Play up to 10 puzzles at once
  • Resume puzzles anytime
  • Use your own pictures
  • Landscape and portrait mode
Features
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This is a great jigsaw puzzle designed with much attention to detail. It guarantees hours of fun and entertainment. Though playing the more advanced difficulty levels it can be as well really demanding and challenge your concentration and pattern-matching skills. Choose your puzzle from a large collection of pictures. Features -A large collection of over 100 high quality puzzles -4 levels of difficulty -Organize and arrange your puzzles with simple "touch-and-hold" gestures -Play up to 10 puzzles at once. A game can be interrupted and resumed at any time. - Play your own pictures - Landscape and portrait mode This is one of the best pictures puzzles for the iPad and iPhone. The default categories are: Women, Men, Sports, Oktoberfest, landmarks, wildlife, cats, dogs, cars, painting, beach, landscapes, horses, sea animals

Screenshots

Jigsaw Puzzles Retro4 screens
Jigsaw4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Jigsaw at none against Jigsaw Puzzles Retro's shown. Jigsaw also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 16.0). Jigsaw Puzzles Retro's advantage is review sentiment (91% vs 74%). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Jigsaw Puzzles Retro sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Jigsaw 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

Jigsaw holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 4 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 91% of Jigsaw Puzzles Retro's written reviews are positive against 74% of Jigsaw's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Jigsaw Puzzles Retro ships an update every 3 weeks, Jigsaw every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Jigsaw Puzzles Retro versus Jigsaw: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJigsaw Puzzles RetroJigsaw
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (7 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews91.3% of reviews — better73.8% of reviews
Number of ratings7 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB96 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOOO RhybooDevarai

Customer experience

Jigsaw Puzzles Retro

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive91.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.7%

Jigsaw

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews65 reviews
Positive73.8%
Neutral20.0%
Negative6.2%

Bugs and requests

Jigsaw Puzzles Retro

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Jigsaw

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • App crashes on startup
  • App crashes when opening
  • App crashes when picking a puzzle
  • App crashes when loading
  • App crashes sometimes
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  • App doesn't start up at times
  • App crashes before menu
  • App doesn't respond on opening page
  • App crashes and won't let user try it out
  • App crashes on iPod Touch 4th Gen

Requested features

10 requests
  • More puzzles needed
  • Improve UI for easier use
  • Make puzzles more challenging
  • Larger screen for puzzles
  • Fix scrolling puzzles
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  • Designated area for puzzle assembly
  • Fix app crashing on iPod Touch 4th gen
  • Improve stability on older devices
  • Make the area for puzzle bigger
  • More updates

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Jigsaw Puzzles Retro

One-time1
  • No Ads$1.99
1 purchases

Jigsaw

One-time1
  • Unlock Everything Forever$2.99

Questions

Is Jigsaw Puzzles Retro free?
Jigsaw Puzzles Retro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Jigsaw free?
Jigsaw is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Jigsaw Puzzles Retro or Jigsaw?
Jigsaw is rated higher. Jigsaw Puzzles Retro averages 4.6 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Jigsaw averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Jigsaw Puzzles Retro or Jigsaw have ads?
Jigsaw Puzzles Retro shows ads; Jigsaw does not.
Which is updated more often, Jigsaw Puzzles Retro or Jigsaw?
Jigsaw Puzzles Retro ships an update every 3 weeks, and Jigsaw every 6 weeks. Most recently, Jigsaw Puzzles Retro was updated on October 13, 2026 and Jigsaw on October 12, 2026.

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