Comparison

48 Pieces vs Jigsaw Puzzles Now

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

Head to head
About

48 Pieces

Experience an elegant and authentic jigsaw puzzle game. Create your own puzzles from personal photos or choose from a vast gallery of player-shared creations. Enjoy a relaxing and rewarding puzzle-solving experience on your iPhone or iPad.

Highlights
  • Create custom puzzles from your own photos
  • Vast gallery of player-shared puzzles
  • Realistic and beautiful puzzle experience
  • Compete on leaderboards for fastest times
  • Daily puzzle challenges
  • Play on iPhone and iPad
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Relax and enjoy 48 Pieces, the most elegant and authentic jigsaw puzzle game available. Create and play your own puzzles—and share them with other players. Download 48 Pieces now to enjoy a fun, laid-back puzzle solving experience today! Playing 48 Pieces is easy. Simply pull pieces onto the table, rotate and move them until you see where they should go. Drop them into the right spot and you'll hear a satisfying "click!" as they snap into place. Create an unlimited number of puzzles using your own photos or download from a huge selection of player-shared puzzles in the Puzzle Gallery. Everything from beautiful landscapes to cute animal portraits ensure that there is always a puzzle for your every mood. • Unlimited puzzles! • Handcrafted to be the most realistic - and beautiful - jigsaw puzzle game in the App Store. • Create puzzles using your own photos. • Compete to get the fastest puzzle completion times on the Leaderboards. • Earn accolades as you become faster and more skilled. • Share your puzzle-solving triumphs with friends on Facebook or Instagram. • Puzzle of the Day to play each day. • Play on your iPhone or iPad. Download 48 Pieces right now and solve your first jigsaw puzzle today!

About

Jigsaw Puzzles Now

Engage in a captivating brain-training experience with a vast collection of digital jigsaw puzzles. Enjoy daily new puzzles, customizable difficulty, and unique piece shapes for hours of entertainment on your mobile device.

Highlights
  • Daily free jigsaw puzzles
  • Tons of high-quality puzzle images
  • Dozens of unique categories
  • Adjustable difficulty (20-400 pieces)
  • Multiple puzzle shapes
  • Rotation mode
  • Save and resume puzzles
Features
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Fall into pleasant daydreams with new amazing jigsaw puzzles! Hours of entertainment on your iPhone and iPad! Jigsaw Puzzles Now is unlike any you’ve ever seen! Entertaining and brain training puzzles will touch everyone's heart and hold attention right to the last piece! Extraordinary game for a truly fun and challenging experience. REGULAR UPDATES • Enjoy new FREE colorful jigsaw puzzles EVERY DAY! • Recommendations - HAND PICKED content based on what you like! AMAZING CONTENT • Tons of content - incredible collections and packs of high quality puzzle images will strike your imagination • Dozens of unique categories with puzzle pictures you’ll love CHALLENGES AND DIFFICULTY • Choose your challenge - from 20 to 400 unique pieces • 3 different puzzle shapes • Rotation mode for advanced players EXCELLENT GAMEPLAY • Preview the finished puzzle picture to help you solve it • Attractive design - every piece has unique shape - no two pieces are alike • Move pieces in groups • Save incomplete puzzle and finish them later • Play multiple puzzles at a time and track their progress AND MUCH MORE • Fun for all ages and skill levels • No more mess and missing pieces • No need internet for your entertainment • Friendly interface that is simple and easy to use • Share completed puzzles with friends or save them in your photo album Enjoy your time by collecting amazing jigsaw puzzles! This entrancing game is perfect for the young & young at heart! Improve your memory skills and feel fun at the same time! Finish these beautiful, inspirational puzzles is just the beginning of a wonderful adventure! Download now! SUBSCRIPTION PRICING AND TERMS Subscription Options: Weekly Premium Membership offers $2.99 weekly subscription after 7-day free trial for unlocking content, features and removing ads. Weekly Premium Membership offers $7.99 weekly subscription after 3-day free trial for unlocking content, features and removing ads. Monthly Premium Membership offers $5.99 monthly subscription for unlocking content, features and removing ads. Monthly Premium Membership offers $14.99 monthly subscription for unlocking content, features and removing ads. Yearly Premium Membership offers $29.99 yearly subscription for unlocking content, features and removing ads. Yearly Premium Membership offers $99.99 yearly subscription for unlocking content, features and removing ads. * The price is for US customers. Pricing in other countries may vary and actual charges may be converted to your local currency depending on the country of residence. * Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase * Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period * Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal * Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase * Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable * Link to Privacy Policy: http://zephyrmobile.com/privacy/ * Link to Terms of use: http://zephyrmobile.com/terms/ Requested access: Notifications - Allow notifications to receive all news about the app, new content, updates

Screenshots

48 Pieces4 screens
Jigsaw Puzzles Now4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: 48 Pieces at none against Jigsaw Puzzles Now's 6. 48 Pieces also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (67% vs 47%). Jigsaw Puzzles Now's advantage is ratings volume (2.5K vs 56) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 4 months). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Jigsaw Puzzles Now sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. 48 Pieces asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Jigsaw Puzzles Now holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Jigsaw Puzzles Now has 2.5K ratings behind it against 56, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of 48 Pieces's written reviews are positive against 47% of Jigsaw Puzzles Now's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

48 Pieces ships an update every 4 months, Jigsaw Puzzles Now every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
48 Pieces versus Jigsaw Puzzles Now: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter48 PiecesJigsaw Puzzles Now
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (56 ratings)4.6 (2.5K ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews — better46.6% of reviews
Number of ratings562.5K — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.3 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size88 MB62 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperTapestryTripledot Studios

Customer experience

48 Pieces

All ratings56 ratings
Positive83.9%
Neutral12.5%
Negative3.6%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%

Jigsaw Puzzles Now

All ratings2,544 ratings
Positive90.3%
Neutral6.1%
Negative3.6%
Written reviews103 reviews
Positive46.6%
Neutral7.8%
Negative45.6%

Bugs and requests

48 Pieces

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Jigsaw Puzzles Now

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes/freezes during gameplay
  • Puzzle progress lost after restarting app
  • Puzzle pieces not connecting properly

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to select/focus on puzzle corners
  • Option to adjust puzzle piece size
  • Improved touch sensitivity
  • Reliable progress saving

In-app purchases

None

48 Pieces

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

Jigsaw Puzzles Now

Subscriptions6
  • Jigsaw Puzzle7 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • Jigsaw Puzzle$5.991 Month
  • Jigsaw Puzzle3 Days trial$7.997 Days
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  • Jigsaw Puzzle$14.991 Month
  • Jigsaw Puzzle$29.991 Year
  • Jigsaw Puzzle$99.991 Year

Questions

Is 48 Pieces free?
48 Pieces is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Jigsaw Puzzles Now free?
Jigsaw Puzzles Now is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, 48 Pieces or Jigsaw Puzzles Now?
Jigsaw Puzzles Now is rated higher. 48 Pieces averages 4.4 out of 5 from 56 ratings, while Jigsaw Puzzles Now averages 4.6 from 2.5K ratings.
Do 48 Pieces or Jigsaw Puzzles Now have ads?
Jigsaw Puzzles Now shows ads; 48 Pieces does not.
Which is updated more often, 48 Pieces or Jigsaw Puzzles Now?
48 Pieces ships an update every 4 months, and Jigsaw Puzzles Now every 6 weeks. Most recently, 48 Pieces was updated on November 1, 2026 and Jigsaw Puzzles Now on November 6, 2026.

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