Addicted
Thu Jun 25 2020 🎢🚗✈🇺🇸In the month I’ve had this game, I have played all of the available daily challenges (which go back to April 2019). I’ve fully completed the three events that have been active. These events provide consistent fresh puzzles. The two problems I have with the app are the occasional mistakenly pressed box, which occurs often of the right side of my screen. It will place a box where I did not click. This has only happened about 5 times in the entire time I’ve been playing, but i see other people have commented on it so I figure I’d mention it too. The other problem is the lack of difficulty in the “new game- hard difficulty” games. While they are 15x15, they often require minimal logic, which is different from the puzzles in the dailies and events.
The only two suggestions I have are to perhaps add the ability to zoom in on one part of the board, perhaps a quadrant at a time, to ease the difficulty of accurately placing boxes. The other I have is to increase the reward for completing events. Currently, you get a picture trophy which does nothing. My solution to this, and another suggestion that I’d like to see implemented either way, is to unlock “themes” for the board. This would allow a change of sight from the normal black and white, and can add the option of something as simple as different colors or as complicated as fitting the theme of the event.
Overall, this is a phenomenal app in an environment of decreasingly quality apps.
Progress Saves
Wed Jul 03 2024 evelcerI’m absolutely addicted to this game. It’s really fun and simple. The ads aren’t too distracting, and the color palette is very plain (which isn’t a bad thing). I’ve had it for almost a year now, and I’ve been trying to make it my mission to get every single trophy for each month from now on. I’m getting a new phone soon, and I wanted to save my progress on this app before realizing there was no option to. Overall, this game is really enjoyable and I never expected to have it for this long. The only thing I’d say I don’t like would be that there is no option to make an account to save progress. I really hope that in the near future this option is available.
EDIT: I am not sure if this will be seen since it’s only an edit from an old review, but I’ve come across an issue! I’ve still continued with doing the daily puzzles, but for some reason my app has been crashing/freezing a lot more lately. At first I thought it was a problem with my phone, but it’s only this app that does it. It’s a bit frustrating since I would be in a middle of a puzzle before it completely freezes and crashes out of the game. My phone starts overheating too. Is there any solution to this?
Great Time Waster
Wed Nov 18 2020 JewGuyEliThis app is continually updated and has so much content, it’s hard to say it’s not well worth downloading if you enjoy nonograms. But, there are two main drawbacks to the game:
1) Fat fingering. This is a constant problem if you play the standard mode. I’ve never tried Classic mode, but at least you can swap between the two. This will prevent you from getting blasted with even more ads if you fat finger your way out of lives (and there are already sooo many ads).
2) Graying out numbers too soon. I’ve noticed it actually takes me longer to solve some puzzles because you’ll be working on a column/row and the game will gray out edge values before they’re sealed off with an X. For example, consider a 5x5 grid, your row is 1 1 1. You know the row is gonna look like 1X1X1. When you put down 1X1, the game will gray out the second one in the row hint before you put the X next to it, which makes you have to backtrack and recount where you actually are in the row. The example doesn’t really help highlight the problem because it’s too simple, but for large 20x20 grids (where you’re prone to fat finger like mad), there can end up being quite a bit of backtracking. Nintendo’s Picross would only gray numbers that were “sealed” by an X, if you will, so I wish that method of updating the hints was adopted by this game too.
Otherwise, neither is worth damaging the app, just some feedback! Keep up the great work!
fun game, too many ads
Sun May 12 2024 celery.stick41i keep deleting this game and coming back to it a few months later because i really enjoy the gameplay and the user interface, however they absolutely bombard you with ads constantly. when you first download the game its not so bad, one ad every few levels, which is perfect. but then after about a day of having it, you'll get an ad the second you open the app, as soon as you click on a level, as soon as you finish a level, AND if you die and choose not to watch an ad for the reward of an extra life, you still have to watch an ad to restart the level. and i feel the need to emphasize it is ALL of those, not just some of them sometimes. today i opened it and got advertised FOR THIS GAME! i literally got an advertisement for the game i had just opened before the game even loaded.
its so infuriating because i really truly love this game, it was developed well and looks good, especially compared to a lot of mobile games out there; but i cannot play it when theres more ads than gameplay.
i understand the ads are how the company produces revenue, but theres no way they NEED to absolutely bombard you constantly, especially with how many downloads it has at this point. it feels as though the company only selfishly wants to bank as much as possible rather than try to provide an enjoyable experience as a user.
i would enjoy this game significantly more if they simply reduced the amount of ads even just a little bit.
good but annoying
Mon Oct 23 2023 mad fischerwith puzzle games like nonograms, i like to have some sense of completion or progress, so this game is great bc the months of daily challenges and the tournaments/events give you goals to meet—for this reason i really like this nonogram app on a less positive note—the ‘lives’ feature in this game is one of the most irritating things ever. i wish that it could be turned on or off depending on how you want to play. the squares on the screen are small and esp if you play with one hand, it’s WAY too easy to misclick and you burn through lives which forces you to watch ads. i get it if i actually make an error and i understand it adds challenge, but i wish it was a bit different tbh bc it’s pretty annoying to watch ads over and over when you are at one life and mid clicking keeps forcing you to watch ads to finish the last 3 squares of a puzzle. otherwise decent.
another thing is that when it gives you a puzzle with some Xs already marked, i wish it didn’t allow you to write over them by accident. i feel like they should be locked.
edit: omg thanks for pointing that out devs sorry about that misinfo—can’t wait to play 10 times faster now. i’m winning this tournament 😎
Engrossing, but hard to play on smaller devices
Fri Apr 22 2022 NekoTheSpookThis game is great, and I’ve developed quite an addiction to it. You use logic, process of elimination, and the occasional hint to determine which blocks should be colored in. It does have ads, but they aren’t excessive and you can watch one to get extra lives, which is perfect for me; no coins or gems to worry about. It is difficult to play the expert levels on my phone (iPhone 6SE), because the blocks are much smaller; I’d say 9 out of 10 of my wrong moves come from not quite hitting the right square. It would definitely be worthwhile on a tablet (and this game is actually pushing me to buy one). That’s not really the developer’s fault though, but something you may wish to consider.
If I were to offer the developer any feedback, I would like to see the numbers stand out more in the vertical column. Sometimes you may mistake ‘1 1’ for the number eleven when it’s just two ones. I realize space plays a part in how much spacing is available, but maybe alternating colors? Hyphens?
Anyhow, I truly love playing this, and if you enjoy using logic and don’t need a lot of eye candy or cartoon-y mascots then you will get a lot of miles out of this app.
Great Execution for a Simple Puzzle Game
Thu Feb 03 2022 Every Algebra StudentThis game caught my attention a few months back, and since then I have been playing happily pretty much every day! The general concept of the game is straightforward and easy to pick up, and the wide diversity of levels and regular events give the game a fun and challenging twist. I also love how the design of the game caters to a quick, on-the-go playstyle, while also being just as enjoyable in a more hunkered-down setting where I can easily play for long stretches of time without feeling bored. For those looking to find a fun puzzle game to waste some time, this app is definitely of the best in my eyes.
However, I would definitely strongly suggest a small patch or update to include a dark-mode/night-mode for the app, that can be toggled in the game's settings. Oftentimes I can find myself playing this game at night or in bed before I go to sleep, and the apps default bright color theme gets to be a bit harsh on my eyes. If there was an option to toggle between light and dark mode, my eyes would be a lot happier while the game could still keep its classic Nonogram feel.
Thanks for reading, and hopefully someone finds this review helpful!
Great Game! TOO MANY ADS
Sun Sep 15 2024 LoohfI love this game, however they absolutely bombard you with ads constantly. When you first download the game its not so bad, one ad every few levels, which is perfect. but then after about a day of having it, you'll get an ad the second you open the app, as soon as you click on a level, as soon as you finish a level, AND if you run out of hearts and choose not to watch an ad for the reward of an extra one, you still have to watch an ad to restart the level. And I feel the need to emphasize it is ALL of those, not just some of them sometimes. It’s so infuriating because I really truly love this game, it was developed well and looks good, especially compared to a lot of mobile games out there.
I understand the ads are how the company produces revenue, but theres no way they NEED to absolutely bombard you constantly, especially with how many downloads it has at this point. it feels as though the company only selfishly wants to bank as much as possible rather than try to provide an enjoyable experience as a user.
I would enjoy this game significantly more if they simply reduced the amount of ads even just a little bit. And no, I’m not spending $5 to remove ads. That price point is way too high, plus if I didn’t watch ads, I never would have found this game. Just please tone the amount of ads down.
Pop up ads
Fri Dec 13 2024 Peg117Dec 12, 2024: the emojis and ads continue to be awful. A large percentage of your recent reviews are about the ads/emojis and yet nothing has changed. This used to be a fun game - I loved playing. It was a nice way to relax. Now it’s so frustrating with the ads popping up continuously while playing. I’m presently playing less and at this time I’ll be playing even less. Good going on ruining a great game, receiving a lot of negative feedback and doing nothing about it!!
Aug 15, 2024: I saw the game had an update and thought you had gotten rid of the very distracting emojis, but no, they’re still there and distracting as ever. The emojis break concentration and cause more errors which does not make the game fun. Nice job - you ruined a great game and are losing people. Even those who paid for an ad free experience are getting the emojis - what a farce!! The development team must want frustrated and unhappy players. Well that’s what you’ve got!! Mid
July 2024: I used to enjoy this game and played it almost daily. This week smiley faces with the thumbs up started popping up in the middle of the game!!! This is very frustrating and breaks my concentration while planning moves. I sent a notice to support and was told these pop up emojis were meant to be supportive and encouraging, and there was no plan to remove them. No!! It’s another excuse to place an ad!! I will not be playing this game anymore. 😡👎🏼
Fix a change that was made?
Tue Nov 03 2020 13132313Hello, this one’s for the devs. This game is wonderful, it’s very calming and helps put my significant other to sleep each night, when she usually has trouble doing so. But a recent change was made to the game, where if you finished a row/column, it doesn’t automatically “x” the rest of the spots anymore. It was a big part of what made the game so nice, even if it’s a small difference. Would you please put it back? It’d mean a lot, we really miss that ease of life mechanic. It was relaxing, and helps her sleep. Thank you, we hope to see that mechanic back in the game soon :) thank you for making a calming game for before bedtime.
Edit: I realize the mechanic I was talking about was called the “auto crosses feature.” I am aware that it was under testing, and that you made the decision to remove it, but if you could make it an optional setting, that’d be incredibly wonderful. Even if it is buggy, we’d understand, we’d just like it back.
Edit#2: I put in several requests on all of the available platforms that I’ve found asking the developers and team involved with this game to add what I’ve mentioned above about 4 months ago and I’ve received pretty generic responses that felt like automated messages, and no update adding the feature. Please add the feature, I feel it’s not such a difficult thing to do, especially with the amount of time it’s been.
