Puzzle games have been a popular category, going from simple picture-swapping games to games with a solid story and eye-catching visuals. In addition, they are fun and instructive as they test the cognitive abilities and develop the intellectual abilities of children. However, finding the best puzzle games is never easy. Therefore, I have compiled a list of the best puzzle games for iPhone and iPad.
- Puzzles EasyBrains
- Puzzles for adults
- Magic Puzzles
- Critical hit puzzle
- Puzzle wow
- Puzzles Plus
- Puzzle Epic
- Puzzle
- Puzzles
- Artistic puzzle
1. EasyBrain Puzzles – Editors’ Choice
- Requirements: iOS 11.0 or later
You will have an immersive experience with over 13,000 stunning HD graphics. Thus, you can relieve stress and have fun while training your short-term memory and attention. It offers many free high quality images. You can choose from several categories: colors, flowers, nature, animals, art, landmarks, etc.
Plus, you’ll never get bored as a new free puzzle game is released daily. When you solve a puzzle, you will earn coins and spend them on specialized collections and puzzles. I enjoyed the in-game events and the exclusive postcard rewards. If you get stuck, use the hint to pick up the next piece of the puzzle.
Selecting 400 puzzle mode and turning on rotation can make your game more challenging. In addition, individual backgrounds allow you to choose your preferred look.
pros
- Personalize difficulty levels
- Get hints
Minuses
- Noisy advertising
Price: Free (In-app purchases start at $3.99)
2. Jigsaw puzzles for adults – use your own photos
- Requirements: iOS 12.0 or later
This puzzle game for iPhone and iPad offers over 10,000 free puzzles with more added daily. You can upload your photos to create puzzles. I liked their 12 different difficulty levels. So, at your discretion, you can choose from 12 to 440 puzzle pieces. Plus, huge collections of 17+ categories have all the images you want.
The app allows you to set the background color and the shape of the puzzle piece to get a more personalized atmosphere. For each puzzle independently, you can enable or disable the rotation of the pieces. In addition, before holidays such as Christmas, Halloween and Easter, they come up with special sets of puzzles.
On Wednesday, the game will receive a significant update, including several large sets of puzzles. Personally, I work on a lot of puzzles at the same time, and the autosave feature helps save progress. But it needs some updates to run smoothly.
pros
- Weekly Big Puzzle Packs
- 17+ categories
Minuses
- Problems with saving progress
Price: Free (In-app purchases start at $0.99)
3. Magic Jigsaw Puzzles – Music library in the game.
- Requirements: iOS 13.0 or later
Magic Puzzle is a widely popular game that has been downloaded 100 million times worldwide. There are over 30,000 HD puzzle galleries with special collections from Disney, Pixar and Nickelodeon. In addition, you can use your photos as puzzles. I liked its in-game music library, which lets you choose your favorite song to accompany your stress-relieving puzzle sessions.
Out of 6 difficulty levels, you can choose 1200 pieces as the highest. In addition, it allows you to solve many puzzles at the same time to keep track of your progress. Also, you can solve the problem by looking at the final image. To make the game more difficult, turn on the rotation mode and move the pieces in groups. Magic Jigsaw Puzzles has the largest online community where you can participate in weekly contests.
pros
- Weekly competitions
- Community Great Magic Jigsaw Puzzles
Minuses
- App sometimes freezes
Price: Free (In-app purchases start at $0.99)
4. Critical Hit Jigsaw Puzzle – For Disney Lovers
- Requirements: iOS 11.0 or later
This puzzle game is made in collaboration with Disney to offer fantastic puzzles about Mickey and his friends, Snow White and the seven dwarfs, Beauty and the Beast, etc. Over 25,000 HD images with daily free puzzles. If you’re playing on an iPad, you can choose from 9 to 1024 iPad shapes. And for the iPhone allows from 9 to 400 pieces.
Plus, you’ll never get bored as the app provides free puzzle sets to download and releases new ones every week. When you solve puzzles, you get bonuses, and you can use these puzzle credits to buy new puzzle sets. In addition, you can save your solved puzzles and share them with others. I loved the game center leaderboard feature with over 40 different objectives.
pros
- Suitable for children
- Leaderboard Goals
Minuses
- Distracting ads
Price: Free (In-app purchases start at $0.99)
5. Jigsaw Puzzle Wow – Completely Free
- Requirements: iOS 9.0 or later
If you are looking for completely free puzzle games for iPhone and iPad, here they are. It offers 14,000 puzzles and 500 puzzle sets. Also, you can use your images to create puzzles. On your iPad, puzzles have 625 or more pieces. But there are only 100 puzzle pieces on the iPhone and iPod. Piece rotation and leaderboard have difficulty level and make your game more enjoyable.
pros
- Free 14,000 puzzles
- rating boards
Minuses
- Game interface needs improvement
Price: Free
6. Jigsaw Puzzles Plus – with soothing music
- Requirements: iOS 9.3 or later
Jigsaw Puzzle Plus is perfect for older iPhones as it runs on iOS 9.3 or later. You can enjoy HD picture puzzles in various categories. Since it is designed for iPad, you need to play in landscape mode on iPhone. You can also choose the size of the puzzle and the degree of difficulty. I liked the soothing music and other soothing sounds it offers to calm the mind and reduce mental stress.
pros
- Puzzle pieces of different shapes
- Without advertising
Minuses
- No Puzzle of the Day
Price: Free (In-app purchases start at $0.99)
7. Jigsaw Puzzles Epic – fully optimized for HD
- Requirements: iOS 11.0 or later
The Jigsaw Puzzles Epic contains over 10,000 HD puzzles in over 250 different sets. You can also use your photos to create puzzles. In addition, each puzzle is unique, as each piece has a different shape. The best part is that it offers free puzzles daily and updates puzzle sets regularly.
The app has 11 difficulty levels with over 625 parts offering different challenges to complete. In addition, you can check your ranking thanks to the integration of leaderboards and achievements with Game Center. Plus, you can work on many puzzles at the same time, keeping them all in the process.
pros
- Just play
- Ability to disable zoom and snap
Minuses
- Lack of shapes of puzzle pieces
Price: Free (In-app purchases start at $3.99)
8. Logic games – for beginners
- Requirements: iOS 10.0 or later
If you love HD nature photos, this puzzle app is perfect for you. It offers new puzzles daily and you can view them on a monthly calendar. In addition, intriguing challenges will keep you back to the game. You can also save your solved puzzles to a collection.
Personalization allows you to install over 625 items and automatically save your progress. But there is no landscape mode that is not suitable for iPad. And you have to learn how to use the controls by trial and error as there is no help in the game to explain what they do.
pros
- Special Events
- Tile Mode
Minuses
- No landscape mode
- No help in the game
Price: Free (In-app purchases start at $0.99)
9. Jigsawscapes – Play Offline
- Requirements: iOS 10.0 or later
The popular and attractive Jigsawscapes offers over 7000 puzzles to develop your brain and adds 20 new puzzles daily, available offline and online. Puzzles are designed to relax both beginners and experienced gamers. In addition, you can customize the difficulty level by adjusting the number of parts for each task.
In addition, you can create your own puzzle collection to keep all the puzzles you have collected in one place. The custom background feature allows you to use your preferred background while playing. I must say that this application has a user-friendly design, simple controls and a clear structure. So people of all ages can enjoy the game.
pros
- Internet is not needed
- User friendly design
Minuses
- Expensive subscription
Price: Free (In-app purchases start at $6.99)
10. Art Puzzle – Coloring Puzzle Game
- Requirements: iOS 12.0 or later
Art Puzzle offers puzzles and coloring books together. Here you can solve puzzles by putting together colorful animated images. Each puzzle is unique. In addition, you can enjoy thousands of images from different artists, each with their own technique and style. If you get stuck on a puzzle, look for clues to solve them quickly.
pros
- Animated puzzles
- Only one clue on iPhone
Minuses
- Tangled hint lines
Price: Free (In-app purchases start at $4.99)
So that’s all for today, friends!
Puzzle games are perfect for both kids and adults. I love making jigsaw puzzles out of my photos and sharing them with my friends. What app will you download to play? Let me know in the comments below. Also, check out other games for iPhone and iPad.