Jigsawscapes®
Jigsawscapes offers a wide variety of engaging jigsaw puzzles with unique shapes and satisfying piece mechanics, but a recent surge in intrusive, loud, and sometimes fraudulent ads, along with concerns about AI-generated images and regional availability issues, is significantly detracting from the user experience.
Jigsawscapes is a popular free jigsaw puzzle app praised for its diverse puzzle selection, unique piece shapes, and relaxing gameplay. However, recent updates have introduced a high volume of long, loud, and unskippable ads, leading to widespread user frustration and a noticeable decline in satisfaction.
What users like
What users complain about
- Excessive, long, and intrusive ads frequently interrupt gameplay, often with sound, even when the device is muted.R3R9R14R15
- Some ads are difficult or impossible to close, forcing users to restart the app and lose puzzle progress.R9R35R41R117
- The app's advertising claims "no annoying ads" or "no ads" which directly contradicts the user experience.R3R23R51R66
- Increasing use of low-quality or spatially incorrect AI-generated images for puzzles.R6R11R46R59
- Some users experience issues with the app not opening, crashing, or being unavailable in their region.R26R29R33
- Ads are reported to be fraudulent or scams, and some are inappropriate.R5R97R219
- The option to pay to remove ads is expensive and reportedly does not remove all intrusive ads.R34R38R163
Latest update · v5.0.21
What the developer says changed (the verdict above weighs this against what reviewers report):
Bug fixes and performance improvements
Recurring themes
Who it's for
This app is for users who enjoy a wide variety of jigsaw puzzles, including those with unique shapes, and find the process relaxing R1R2R7R8. It is particularly appealing to those who appreciate a large selection of images and categories R10R27. However, it is NOT for users who are sensitive to frequent, long, and loud ad interruptions, or those who expect an ad-free experience as advertised R3R9R14R23. It's also not ideal for users who listen to other audio while playing, as ads often override external sound R15R36.
Evidence note: The recent reviews skew heavily negative, primarily due to the overwhelming ad experience. While the lifetime rating is very high, the recent sentiment indicates a significant decline in user satisfaction, suggesting a change in the app's monetization strategy or ad implementation. The developer's notes are generic and do not address the specific ad-related issues reported by users.
Frequently asked
Does Jigsawscapes have ads?
Can you remove ads in Jigsawscapes?
Are the puzzles in Jigsawscapes high quality?
What reviewers actually said
Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.
- [R1] Muy buenos: Ese rompecabezas si desestresa mucho gracias
- [R8] Jigsawscapess-Jigsaw Puzzles: I enjoy the challenge & its lots of fun for me!!!
- [R10] Great puzzles: These puzzles are beautiful. And there are many categories to choose from, which keeps it interesting. I don't think you should be required to watch an ad with each puzzle, however.
- [R27] Nice So Far: I just started playing. The selection is nice. Like the variety. I’ll be back with and update. 6/29/26- I have been enjoying this puzzle app for a long time. Now I’m starting to dislike this app. I enjoyed a peaceful experience with solving the puzzles even with the ads in between solving puzzles. Now they have this LOUD ad in middle of puzzle ( HOW RUDE )… it plays for about 5 secon
- [R2] Shapes: One of the few online puzzles that incorporates odd shapes. I had not ever worked a puzzle so designed.
- [R173] Updates: I have played this game for quite a while. The recent updates are very frustrating. It was annoying when they first added one weird shape, now there are multiple in each puzzle. Then there’s the ads. Not only before and after you complete a puzzle but now they also trigger in the middle. Trying to listen to some music while I relax and puzzle then the music or video suddenly stops because
- [R4] Amazing: I love this game because it is so satisfying to hear the pieces go together you don’t get that when you do a normal puzzle
- [R7] Liv6: So relaxing and fun.
- [R37] Jigsawscapes-jigsaw puzzles: Best game I ever played in my whole entire life so calming
- [R61] So relaxing: The game is so relaxing to play and the piece fit perfectly. Five stars
- [R3] Ads: Love the puzzles, leaving because of the ads. When it says no annoying ads, there should be no annoying ads
- [R9] Can’t get out of ads: I’ve enjoyed this game a lot but recently the ads have such small Xs, it impossible to close them. I’m always being taken to the website. Rebooting doesn’t work, I just lose my puzzle completion. I don’t begrudge the ads per se, but who do you think the audience is, Corporate managers? That’s all they seem to be geared to.
- [R14] Time to delete app: Everything was going so well, then the ads started popping up. Long ads where I had to wait a long time to get to the puzzle I selected. I can handle some quick ads but not these. It’s a shame I must delete this app.
- [R15] Fun puzzles: I’ve been enjoying playing this for quite awhile now, but the latest change with sound ads that interrupt and are obnoxious and turn off my music or audiobook are TERRIBLE! I now have to find a new puzzle game, I’m going to miss this app.
- [R35] Irritating ads that won’t go away: I have played for years and love this app. Suddenly now , the little box at the bottom rolls and then my music quits . Lately with Team and a new a mudisha or something like that you can’t get out of it and have to close the ap to get rid of the ad . You lose your points if you have completed a puzzle. Getting too frustrated to play much any more .
- [R41] Weird: During ad break it takes you to a totally different game and I couldn’t get out of it. It irritated me so I am deleting this game. I would give it zero stars if I could.
- [R117] Had to delete: I really liked this game but with the last update the ads made it impossible to play the game! Every time I tried to select a puzzle the dang thing would go straight into an ad and never allowed me to get to the puzzle. Surely not a good way to get people to either watch the ads or buy the game.
- [R23] Yet another lying company: Their ads claimed that their app had no annoying ads so I download3d it. Immediately, there were annoying ads. DELETED THE APP.
- [R51] Advertising Ads: Hmmmmm I just about downloaded this (I love puzzles) since it states NO Ads…. But then I read a review that stated Too Many Ads…. I understand developers and other staff need to get paid, but there should be no deceiving advertising. Care to explain???
- [R66] Deleting: I love puzzles, I love this puzzle game, I will be deleting. It’s funny the ad I saw said this game was ad free, that’s why I downloaded it. It’s way too many ads and not worth it for me. Maybe after sometime I will revisit, as of now I will look for another one.
- [R6] Good app, but…: The pictures are so BORING.
- [R11] Creative images decreasing, puzzles beginning to look poorly designed by AI: I play this app a lot…find it calming; however, lately i am noticing the same images being used over and over and with the wrong context…eg purple flowering vines with a lot of snow around …these are the same flowers and colors used in meadow or garden scenes. Also i see an increasing lack of spatial correctness in the p
- [R46] Too May ads and too many AI slop puzzles: You have to watch a long ad before AND after you complete a puzzle! after months of playing Im finding it hard to pick a puzzle that wasn’t made with generative AI :/. How hard is it to take a photo of a sunset or a puppy and turn that into a puzzle? Disappointing
- [R59] It could’ve been great: The game itself is very good, the lack of ads is also good but unfortunately a lot of the content consists of AI slop which makes finding actually good puzzles difficult and obviously the unfortunate fact that real artists are being stolen from. It could be such a good game if they used real art.
- [R26] Can’t Open Anymore: I absolutely love this game! HOWEVER, the last couple of weeks I’ve only been able to open the app sporadically, and NOW I CAN’T OPEN IT AT ALL! I have no problem opening ANY of my other games, but this one is MY FAVORITE! I even got my granddaughter to use this app as well. Please, please, PLEASE fix this issue so I can do puzzles again!
- [R29] Game not available in my region: I’ve been playing this game for a year and have really enjoyed it, but suddenly I received a warning saying that this game is no longer available in my region. Now I can’t access the game anymore
- [R33] New update today and still not available: I’m from Iran and I’ve been playing this fun game for a long time. Now after the recent update I get the message “it’s not available in your region”.why?
- [R5] Fraudulent Ads: Recent ads that are appearing in your app are AI generated and are total scams and fraudulent. Fox News, Today Show and most other ads that relate to the baking soda diet are scams. Look up the reviews for these ads and see who you are supporting
- [R97] Ad: I had an add on the game. It was disgustingly. Deleting game due to inappropriate ad.
- [R219] Ads that lead to being ripped off: But you don’t always award points late at night. Would have rated higher if not for this. I have brain damage and the points mean a lot to me. I have just deleted because your reading apps have just ripped me off twice by not giving me the coins I paid for? £24.99 is lot to pay for nothing. You are just as responsible as the rogues who stole my money by not check
- [R34] Pop-up Ads: So even if you pay the $6.99 a week to remove the ads, the only ones removed are the ones that don’t bother anybody, you’re leaving the ones that pop up take over the sound and interrupt gameplay. That sounds like a perfect plan for disaster, keep making those decisions and you’re just gonna keep losing more and more players cause I don’t know if you’ve noticed but it seems to me that
- [R38] Endless Ads: This is hands on the best online puzzle game I have come across. But, THE ADS HAVE GOTTEN RIDICULOUSLY INTRUSIVE!! And it is much too expensive to opt out. It ruins the enjoyment and takes much too long to make the daily goals. I’m right on the verge of deleting this game. This would have been a 5 star review but for the frustration of waiting through all of the ads and then trying
- [R163] Really too bad: These are some great puzzles. Unfortunately the ads are very intrusive and ruin the experience. It isn’t worth it. If they had an option to just pay for the game I would do that.
- [R60] TRACKING IS ON: I liked the game. I was going to use a sign in until I saw the app tracking is set to on. 50 gems to turn it off, nope. Or maybe on? Neither I still had my gems. Uninstalled. There really is no need for all these apps to be tracking everybody. It’s not for the reasons they say.
- [R36] DON’T DO IT. Loved Until Pop Up Ads Ruined It Entirely.: As others mention over and over, this puzzle app was the best one until these annoying ads started popping up on the screen. I listen to podcasts or videos while I do the puzzles, and it’s entirely infuriating to have to keep having my podcast pause to play these stupid ads over and over and over again. And it automatically lowers the volume
Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store