Number Match
Number Match is an addictive puzzle game that many users enjoy, but recent updates have introduced severe freezing and crashing issues that make it unplayable for a significant number of players, often locking up entire phones.
Number Match is a popular and engaging puzzle game that users find relaxing and mentally stimulating. However, recent updates have led to widespread reports of the app freezing, crashing, and even locking up entire phones, significantly impacting the user experience.
What users like
What users complain about
- Game frequently freezes and crashes, often locking up the entire phoneR1R3R7R9
- Excessive and intrusive ads, including pop-ups during gameplayR9R15R28R42
- In-app purchases (like ad removal) do not prevent freezing issuesR9R122R170
- Loss of game progress or high scores due to crashesR5R48R61R97
- Inability to use or cash in accumulated in-game coinsR11R73
- Support tickets and contact attempts often go unansweredR5R11R32R34
- Game board sometimes fails to load or appears blankR46R97R123
- Inconsistent starting numbers for new rounds at high scoresR14
- Issues with in-app purchase payment methodsR83
- Concerns about adult content in adsR104
Latest update · v572
What the developer says changed (the verdict above weighs this against what reviewers report):
- New improvements
Recurring themes
Who it's for
This game is for puzzle enthusiasts who enjoy number-matching games and find them relaxing or mentally stimulating R39R65R76. It is not for users who are easily frustrated by frequent app crashes, intrusive ads, or unresponsive customer support R1R15R32R43.
Evidence note: The recent reviews are overwhelmingly focused on the severe freezing and crashing issues, making it difficult to find positive points beyond the core gameplay enjoyment. The developer's update notes are vague and do not address the specific, widespread issues reported by users.
Frequently asked
Does Number Match freeze or crash frequently?
Are there many ads in Number Match?
Does paying to remove ads fix the freezing issues?
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.
- [R8] Súper glitchy: It’s a really addictive game at first and all of a sudden it’s super glitchy.
- [R9] Fun but very buggy: For a simple and very fun game it is super buggy. Add pop while merging tiles, game freezes, game lockup phone, etc. Paid for no adds, still freezes phone and game requiring restarts. But, I still play it. So it would get a 5 star if ads were not popping up while in middle of moves and stop the freezes.
- [R14] Fun, addictive game - but…: Love this game, but I have a minor quibble. As you achieve higher and higher “top block” numbers, it starts you at that number in future rounds, EXCEPT that it tops out at 524k. I’ve hit both 1M and 2M, but new games still starts at 524k. Why the inconsistency?
- [R19] Fun, but glitchy: I loved this game, but I can barely play anymore because it freezes so often. Within minutes I have to restart the game 5+ times before giving up. I hope there’s a fix coming, because it was a really fun game before this recent issue.
- [R30] Please fix the glitch: This is my favorite game and I’m almost the top player, and have been playing the same game for almost a year. But it’s glitching so bad I can make 3 matches and then it almost shuts my entire phone down. This is the only thing that helped me through post partum and severe depression. Please fix the glitch.
- [R39] The Real Puzzle Is When It’ll Freeze Next: I absolutely love this game and play it all the time. It’s fun, relaxing, and one of the best number puzzle games I’ve found. Lately though, it keeps freezing randomly, and when it happens my whole phone becomes unresponsive, I can’t even lock the screen. It’s really frustrating because the game itself is so good. Hoping this gets fixed soon!
- [R65] Great game, very buggy: Love the flow of this game. Very relaxing. Unfortunately it locks up my phone constantly.
- [R136] Relaxing Game: Pretty easy and relaxing.
- [R76] Good for brain: This game is really good cos ir helps you thing fast and help with math
- [R81] Excellent: Enjoy the game to pass time while waiting for fir Dr visits
- [R78] When close to being #1 it glitches: I’ve played this game for months, and I love it. Great time killer and way to keep my brain sharp. I’m now at the point where only 100 people have a higher score than me but I only get to play for about 5 turns before it glitches out and freezes my phone completely. This would be 5 star if it could get resolved.
- [R1] Fun: Love this game but it freezes up a lot. I thought it was my phone just got a new iPhone 17 and it still freezes up
- [R3] Game Crashes.: Every 5 minutes my phone freezes up while I’m on this app.
- [R7] App freezes: App keeps freezing my phone up completely. I do like playing it. May have to find another similar game.
- [R15] Ads: I love this game and I played for almost a year. Recently, I’ve noticed the ads have gotten out of hand. I get an ad about every 1:30 minutes. This means I can maybe make like five moves before I get the next ad. It’s making the game unplayable. I’m honestly about to quit playing…. Two months later. Still unplayable.
- [R28] Too many breaks: I love the game but in the middle of a game it takes a beak which disrupts flow. I have deleted the game for this reason.
- [R42] Ads: PLEASE STOP GIVING ME ADS EVERY TWO SECONDS!! Other than that good game
- [R122] Like but keeps crashing: Have ad free version but screen locks up and blinks periodically
- [R170] Love the game, hate the ongoing glitches.: I love playing this game. The first thing I did after playing it for a little bit was to go and stop the ads, because I was so addicted to it! But..the biggest problem with this game is that it constantly locks up. The tiles start shaking, and the only way to fix it is to reboot my iPhone. This also happens on my iPad. So frustrated that I can’t continue
- [R5] Keeps crashing: The game crashed after playing awhile. I then have to write the game to come back in, losing the game I was playing. Then I tried to submit a ticket to support and the ticket wouldn’t let me mail it. I am not a happy player.
- [R48] Unstable. Freezing, progress resets: UNPLAYABLE. You can play for maybe 5-10 minutes and the game will just crash, resetting your score back down to when you started the session. It is UNBELIEVABLY unstable, causing the iPhone to completely freeze and the screen to flicker like a strobe light up to a full minute. The score resetting is ridiculous. Fix your game
- [R61] Freezes: Love this game, rating a 3 because it freezes multiple times a day and I lose my progress. App is up to date and so is my phone. Otherwise a great game
- [R97] Stuck-Blank: I love the game however this is the second time the game board hasn’t loaded completely. The board isn’t showing any numbers so I can’t actually play the game. Everything else surrounding it is there, (the hammer, switch, merge icons), but nothing shows within the box itself 🫤 I have restarted my phone several times and nothing changes. The last time the game did this and finally rele
- [R11] No longer a fan.: Game was fun and I was addicted. Made a lot of in-app purchases but now I feel ripped off. I have ≈650,000 game points and ≈1,480 coins, but I cannot cash in the coins. I contacted Number Match through their app but no response. DELETE!
- [R73] Super fun!: I’ve had such a great time on this game but the only thing I don’t like about it is the inability to use coins. I have wracked up quite a large amount of coins, but there’s no way to spend em’, so it seems pointless to collect them. I hope something comes out soon to spend coins on such as the little power ups, other color options for the numbers, etc. but for now there’s nothing to do
- [R32] Garbage Now: Enjoyed playing this for a while, but now it freezes and crashes constantly, and there is no response from “app support.” I made an in-app purchase right before the game crapped out - the game makers don’t care. Don’t download, delete it if you already did.
- [R34] Run, Don’t Walk Away from this Game - Great Fun … Until It’s Not: Update to my update: After one more huge screen glitch that caused the game to crash AGAIN, the screen came back missing SEVERAL BILLION’S worth of number tiles that I’d carefully built up through much playing time. Sent an email to the game “support team” requesting assistance and the recovery of what had been lost, and they couldn
- [R46] Doesn’t work: It will not go to main menu and go on line, so it never starts a brand new game. So the game is limited bc it is starts already with a congested board.
- [R123] Freezing and game won’t even load: I honestly love love love this game, I don’t even mind all the ads that much anymore but my phone started freezing whenever I’d play or just recently my whole game is frozen and none of the blocks show up and I really don’t want to restart from the beginning (I’ve exited out of the app, restarted my phone and even updated it and it’s been like this for over a wee
- [R83] Fun game: I could play this for hours, except the ads started popping up way too fast. I tried to pay to remove the ads, but the app’s Apple Pay option seems to work then asks me to validate or add a credit card and the one that’s shown is not mine. Pass.
- [R104] Adult content adds: Love the game, but the adult content, smut type literature in the adds is a terrible idea, especially when you have kids that love to play as well
- [R2] Please fix!!!!!: It freezes up!!!
- [R4] Update needed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!: It’s been great, but now freezes all the time.
- [R22] Sucks now: I use to play this all the time. I stopped a year and downloaded it again. This time they gave so little points and it freezes every five minutes. Bleh sucks now
- [R13] Terrible: I have a brand new phone with zero issues. This app makes my phone freeze and it takes several attempts to turn it off and get it to work again. I would give it a zero if I could.
- [R43] Ads ads ads ads: Video ads that pop up while you are playing and cause you to make wrong moves, as your finger movements are still on behind the ad. Insane.
- [R51] Fun but overkill on the ads: As the title says. This game is really fun and makes you think but having ads pop up literally every few seconds is overkill. May uninstall because it’s almost unplayable with the bombardment of ads. Again I get having ads but it’s seriously way too much
- [R63] Ads every 30 seconds: Love this game but won’t be playing anymore. All of a sudden they are playing ads every 30 seconds or so while mid move in the game screwing up the entire the entire game. I’ll be looking for a different game.
Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store