Broken Brush vs Art Scrambles
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Broken Brush
Discover subtle differences within famous classical paintings. Explore over a thousand variations across 75 high-definition masterpieces, with an option to unlock more. Use intuitive controls and a hint system to find all the mismatches.
- Spot differences in classical paintings
- Explore 75 masterpieces
- Unlockable extra paintings
- Over a thousand differences
- HD images with zoom and pan
- Intuitive gameplay
- Hint system
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Spot the differences in classical paintings with Broken Brush! Explore classical masterpieces such as Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa and Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring. * 75 paintings * 25 extra paintings obtainable with ‘Unlock All’ * Over a thousand differences * HD images * Intuitive gameplay * Hint system Find the mismatching elements between two images: the one on the left is the original painting while the one on the right has minor variations. The interface is easy to use and lets you explore high definition images of classical paintings: pinch to zoom, drag to pan the image, and tap to mark the differences. You can use hints to help you narrow down and find the harder differences. Solve paintings to earn more hints. Find all the differences in Broken Brush!
Art Scrambles
Engage with classic art through a unique puzzle experience. Swap pieces to reveal famous paintings and explore works from over 100 artists. Enjoy orchestral music and helpful tools to complete challenging puzzles.
- Discover beautiful masterpieces
- Swap puzzle pieces
- 11 included paintings
- Over 100 artists featured
- Orchestral soundtrack
- Assistant and Peek tools
- Progress saving
- Replay with different piece shapes
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"If you like jigsaw puzzles you'll love Art Scrambles!" Discover beautiful masterpieces as you swap puzzles pieces to reveal the paintings. Bangkok Post: "This app is an undiscovered gem..." • Includes 11 beautiful paintings with 600 more available • Over 100 artists • Orchestral sounds created by a classically-trained composer • Use Assistant to help with hard-to-place pieces • Use Peek for sneak-peeks beneath the pieces • Progress is stored for each puzzle so pause one and start another • Replay puzzles in different piece shapes and sizes Included in Sampler collection: Leonardo da Vinci Vincent Van Gogh Hans Holbein the Younger Utagawa Hiroshige Edgar Degas Gustav Klimt Franz Hals Ilya Repin Hieronymus Bosch Pieter Brueghel the Elder Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot James McNeill Whistler Additional Collections: Alma-Tadema Art Nouveau Posters Bosch Bosch Haywain Bouguereau I & II Brueghel Brueghel Proverbs Caravaggio Cassatt Cézanne Fra Angelico I & II Eakins Expressionists Giotto I & II Hals Hiroshige Edo I & II Hiroshige Tokaido Impressionists I & II Manet I, II, & III Masterpieces I, II, III, IV, V, & VI Monet I, II, & III Neo-Impressionists I & II Realists Rembrandt I & II Renaissance I & II Renoir Rubens Seurat Stubbs Tissot Titian I & II Toulouse-Lautrec I & II Van Gogh I, II, & III Vermeer I, II, & III Artists: Altdorfer, Albrecht Angelico, Fra Audubon, John James Bellini, Giovanni Bosch, Hieronymus Botticelli, Sandro Bouguereau, William-Adolphe Brueghel the Elder, Pieter Caillebotte, Gustave Cassatt, Mary Cezanne, Paul Coolidge, Cassius Marcellus Copley, John Singleton Corot, Jean-Baptiste Camille Cossa, Francesco del Courbet, Gustav da Vinci, Leonardo Degas, Edgar Dürer, Albrecht Eakins, Thomas Eyck, Jan van Fouquet, Jean Francesca, Piero della Gainsborough, Thomas Gauguin, Paul Ghirlandaio, Domenico Goya, Francisco Gris, Juan Hals, Franz Hiroshige, Utagawa Hokusai, Katsushika Holbein the Younger, Hans Homer, Winslow Kandinsky, Wassily Klimt, Gustav Krøyer, Peder Severin Macke, August Manet, Edouard Mantegna, Andrea Marc, Franz Masaccio Michelangelo Millet, Jean-François Monet, Claude Moore, Albert Joseph Morisot, Berthe Münter, Gabriele Peal, Charles Willson Perugino, Pietro Pissarro, Camille Pryanishnikov, Illarion Raphael Remington, Frederlc Renoir, Pierre Auguste Repin, Ilya Rijn, Rembrandt van Rubens, Peter Paul Sargent, John Singer Seurat, Georges Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de Uccello, Paolo Van der Weyden, Rogier Van Gogh, Vincent Velázquez, Diego Vermeer, Johannes Waterhouse, John William Whistler, James McNeill
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Broken Brush at 5.0 against Art Scrambles's 4.2. Broken Brush also leads on review sentiment (95% vs 79%). Art Scrambles's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Broken Brush sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Art Scrambles sells 38 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Broken Brush holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 24 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 95% of Broken Brush's written reviews are positive against 79% of Art Scrambles's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Broken Brush | Art Scrambles |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (14 ratings) — better | 4.2 (24 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 95.2% of reviews — better | 79.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 14 | 24 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 94 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pyrosphere, Lda | John Blackburn |
Customer experience
Broken Brush
Art Scrambles
In-app purchases
Broken Brush
- 40 Hints$0.99
- Unlock All$1.99
Art Scrambles
- Expressionists$1.99
- Renoir$1.99
- Masterpieces I$1.99
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- Masterpieces II$1.99
- Masterpieces III$1.99
- Hiroshige - Edo I$1.99
- Vermeer I$1.99
- Vermeer II$1.99
- Renaissance I$1.99
- Bouguereau I$1.99
- Bouguereau II$1.99
- Alma-Tadema$1.99
- Masterpieces V$1.99
- Art Nouveau Posters$1.99
- Mucha$1.99
- Masterpieces VI$1.99
- Brueghel Proverbs$1.99
- Monet III$1.99
- Renaissance II$1.99
- Cézanne$1.99
- Tissot$1.99
- Rubens$1.99
- Library of Congress I$1.99
- Bierstadt$1.99
- Neo-Impressionists I$1.99
- Masterpieces IV$1.99
- Van Gogh I$1.99
- Manet II$1.99
- Monet II$1.99
- Realists$1.99
- Hiroshige - Edo II$1.99
- Impressionists II$1.99
- Vermeer III$1.99
- Manet I$1.99
- Impressionists I$1.99
- Cassatt$1.99
- Monet I$1.99
- Seurat$1.99
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