Brain Teaser Extreme is a sliding tile puzzle game for iOS that obscures this app image and empty square position to increase difficulty.
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
Users hire this app for a high-friction, logic-heavy challenge that deviates from standard, predictable tile puzzles, serving a need for pure, unassisted problem solving.
For Puzzle enthusiasts seeking a high-difficulty variation of traditional sliding tile games.
What does it look like?
Key features
Sliding puzzle where the target image and empty square position are obscured from the user.
Global ranking system tracking puzzle completion time and move counts.
How much does it cost?
The app operates as a free-to-play title without explicit in-app purchase or subscription gates.
Velocity
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The app has been inactive for over 8 years, with the last recorded update occurring on November 10, 2017. There is no evidence of ongoing development, feature additions, or maintenance. The project appears to be abandoned by the developer.
Who built it?
Uwe Meier
3 apps tracked · Games
Board Game Collection
Checkers and DraughtsUser Sentiment
What do users think recently?
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
Not enough recent reviews to extract reliable themes yet.
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Competitive landscape for Brain Teaser Extreme
How's the Games market?
Brain Teaser Extreme maintains a niche position in the Games category with a 3.33-star rating across 9 reviews. The lack of updates for over 3,000 days signals a stagnant market presence relative to active casual puzzle competitors.
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Key takeaways for Brain Teaser Extreme
Where is it heading?
Casual puzzle traffic is consolidating around fresh entrants with frequent live-ops, leaving static apps like Brain Teaser Extreme increasingly isolated. The lack of updates for over 100 months means the app is effectively in maintenance mode, which will accelerate its decline in store visibility.
- The 8-year update drought (last release 2017) signals a total lack of active development, which will eventually lead to app failure on modern iOS builds.
The SWOT
- High-difficulty puzzle mechanic (hidden target image) creates a distinct barrier to entry for casual players.
- GameCenter integration provides a standardized, platform-native leaderboard for competitive puzzle completion.
- Implementing a modern hint system could lower the barrier for new users without compromising the core difficulty.
- Adding daily puzzle challenges could create a retention loop to replace the current static, one-off experience.
Next best moves
Sunset the title because the 8-year update gap makes maintenance unviable → reallocate developer time to new projects.
The counter-intuitive read
The app's high-difficulty, hidden-image mechanic is a barrier…
Read the full takeSince the last report: The analysis now includes specific user sentiment metrics and a more critical strategic outlook, shifting the recommendation from testing the core mechanic to sunsetting the product.
Bottom line
Brain Teaser Extreme offers a unique, high-difficulty take on the sliding tile puzzle, but its complete lack of maintenance since 2017 makes it a high-risk download for users, so the developer should sunset the title.
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