Comparison

Art Scrambles vs Art Blitz

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

Art Blitz

Engage in a relaxing art puzzle experience by swiping tiles to complete over 500 famous paintings. Explore masterpieces from renowned artists like Monet and Da Vinci as you progress through numerous levels. This app offers a calming way to enjoy art and solve puzzles.

Highlights
  • Complete 500+ paintings
  • Swipe to move tiles
  • Explore works by famous artists
  • Relaxing puzzle gameplay
  • Countless levels
Features
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Move the tiles and complete 500+ paintings! Create masterpieces with a swipe: explore the renowned works of Claude Monet, Leonardo Da Vinci, Vincent Van Gogh and others as you progress through countless levels. Match the rows and columns to reveal the famous paintings. Sit back and relax as you solve the puzzles - world’s masterpieces are at your fingertips!

Screenshots

Art Scrambles4 screens
Art Blitz4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Art Blitz at 4.7 against Art Scrambles's 4.2. Art Blitz also leads on ratings volume (7.1K vs 24) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). Art Scrambles's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). On price, review sentiment, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Art Scrambles sells 38 one-off in-app purchases and Art Blitz sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Art Blitz holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Art Blitz has 7.1K ratings behind it against 24, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 79% of Art Scrambles's written reviews are positive against 73% of Art Blitz's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Art Scrambles ships an update every 2 months, Art Blitz every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Art Scrambles versus Art Blitz: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArt ScramblesArt Blitz
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (24 ratings)4.7 (7.1K ratings) — better
Positive reviews79.4% of reviews — better72.7% of reviews
Number of ratings247.1K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB215 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperJohn BlackburnKetchapp

Customer experience

Art Scrambles

All ratings24 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews34 reviews
Positive79.4%
Neutral11.8%
Negative8.8%

Art Blitz

All ratings7,093 ratings
Positive93.7%
Neutral4.5%
Negative1.8%
Written reviews187 reviews
Positive72.7%
Neutral10.2%
Negative17.1%

Bugs and requests

Art Scrambles

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Art Blitz

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes after completing puzzles
  • Ads override device sound settings
  • Inability to save progress

Requested features

4 requests
  • More art and puzzle levels
  • Ability to zoom and view completed art
  • Option to disable ads for a fee
  • More diverse art styles and artists

In-app purchases

38 purchases

Art Scrambles

One-time38
  • Expressionists$1.99
  • Renoir$1.99
  • Masterpieces I$1.99
Show 35 more
  • 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
11 purchases

Art Blitz

One-time11
  • Swedish Artists Gallery$0.99
  • Great Painters Gallery$0.99
  • Pablo Picasso Gallery$0.99
Show 8 more
  • Famous Personalities Gallery$0.99
  • Claude Monet Gallery$0.99
  • Academic Art Gallery$0.99
  • Rembrandt van Rijn Gallery$0.99
  • Vincent van Gogh Gallery$0.99
  • Johannes Vermeer Gallery$0.99
  • Remove Ads$2.99
  • 4 Galleries Bundle$2.99

Questions

Is Art Scrambles free?
Art Scrambles is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Art Blitz free?
Art Blitz is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Art Scrambles or Art Blitz?
Art Blitz is rated higher. Art Scrambles averages 4.2 out of 5 from 24 ratings, while Art Blitz averages 4.7 from 7.1K ratings.
Do Art Scrambles or Art Blitz have ads?
Art Blitz shows ads; Art Scrambles does not.
Which is updated more often, Art Scrambles or Art Blitz?
Art Scrambles ships an update every 2 months, and Art Blitz every 3 weeks. Most recently, Art Scrambles was updated on October 15, 2026 and Art Blitz on October 22, 2026.

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