I just changed my review back to 5 stars. I just realized all the developers did was change what the reviewers asked for, NO ads during the solving of a puzzle. Therefore, I won’t punish the developers for doing what was asked of them, even though it will now cost more to play for those of us who didn’t complain about have 5 second ads. We also lost the ability to watch a 30 second video at the end of solving each puzzle to earn 300 coins unless we pay for premium package because of it. Oh well…..Edit: this was by far the best jigsaw puzzle app available. You used to have to watch three 5 second videos while solving a puzzle, but since so many ppl complained about it, they had no choice but to changed it. Now, you no longer can watch a video after finishing each puzzle to earn 3x’s the amount of coins by watching a video (unless you purchase the premium package which isn’t cheap). Which means you’ll now have to either solve 3x’s the amount of puzzles to purchase more puzzles packs or spend cash because each pack costs thousands of coins. Oh well…..it was nice while it lasted.

NO LONGER RECOMMEND - UPDATED JUNE 2: Once again, a piece has connected but not correctly rotated to fit. I assume turning off rotation would fix this, but I enjoy the challenge of figuring out the rotation. I emailed developer but no word yet on fixing this. UPDATED JUNE 1 TO LOWER REVIEW: I had a piece in a snowy mountain scene that would not fit correctly its place. The rotation was not working. I tried rebooting and that did not fix it. I finished the rest of the puzzle, but then it crashed and lost all my progress on the puzzle. Wants me to start all over again. ORIGINAL REVIEW: What I love most about this app compared to the many others I tried, including Magic Jigsaw Puzzles, are: 1. The pieces have real variety in their shapes. It amazes me how many costing $ have identical connecting protrusions on every piece. Boring! 2. The ads are not overwhelming. 3. Because I choose to have lots of pieces, I love the dual trays that hold unconnected pieces. It means I do not have to scroll down as far to see all the pieces in one tray. 4. You can create puzzles from your own photos. The only improvements I would suggest as others already have are: 1. An option to pay more to get rid of ads. 2. Ability to change the tray background color the same as table color. Or at least make it lighter or darker. Sometimes you just can’t see certain pieces with the preset background. Overall, it is much better than the many apps I’ve tried.

Downloaded this puzzle app today, did one puzzle (108 pcs) — and I’m DONE with the app. Yes, I had read some of the reviews before downloading, and [wrongly] assumed that some of the older and repeated requests would have been addressed — especially those that should be easy to implement. As just one example, take the simple and frequent request to allow color changes to any area where pieces reside (right margin slider and trays included). The default should be "same as the chosen background color", which, btw, should have a lot more options, and should be changeable even *during* puzzle play. As many have noted, the uniformly dark color in the right margin slider makes it very difficult to see the shape of similarly dark pieces. I also found the piece-moving interface quite clunky. Having pieces snap to a grid when nowhere near their final spot means one can’t easily sort pieces into piles by color or pattern as an intermediate step toward solution. Also, having a lone pice become 'trapped' under a solved area meant that when my puzzle was completed except for that one piece (which was not visible to me), I was essentially stuck. I finally tried "hint" and that showed the piece. Ridiculous. I have several other jigsaw puzzle apps, with one that is by far my fave, but am always happy to try a new-to-me app. Yours doesn’t even go to the bottom of the list — it's going in the bit bucket after only one puzzle.

I like this puzzle app, the photos are clear and sharp, the cuts clean and varied, and they snap in readily when lined up. The double tray is helpful in sorting, and pieces overlayed on completed portions do not get swallowed as a new piece is placed,,,,but would like to have the ability to place pieces where I want them to go as I sort,,,not jump to the nearest piece on the board. It would be awesome to be able to view a completed puzzle for more than 2 seconds before it disappears and the ability to change background and tray colors would be extremely helpful.I bought the full version of the app and am enjoying the lack of frequent obnoxious zombie and war game advertisements. I have not explored the multiple little assists, nor have I used any of them, so I cannot evaluate their use at all.Overall, it’s a nice puzzle app with good quality photos, great piece choices, a decent zoom feature, and reasonably priced.