Jigsaw Puzzle is a casual puzzle game for iOS and Android that offers thousands of HD jigsaw images in various difficulty modes.
Product velocity
Maintenance
Daily rank 🇺🇸
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Puzzle
Sentiment
4.7
1.1M reviews
Nemesis
Jigsaw Puzzles
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
Users hire the app for low-friction relaxation and short-term memory exercise, using the daily puzzle loop to structure their downtime.
For Casual puzzle enthusiasts seeking daily relaxation and short-term memory exercise.
What does it look like?
Key features
Provides a new, unique jigsaw puzzle every day for users to complete
Allows users to toggle piece rotation for increased difficulty
Hidden image puzzles that reveal the final picture upon completion
Provides automated assistance to match the next puzzle piece
Allows users to change the appearance of the game interface
How much does it cost?
Ad-supported model with in-app purchases for content expansion and utility.
Velocity
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The app currently ships at a maintenance cadence of approximately 0.18 releases per week, based on the two releases observed over the last 38 days. Development is focused exclusively on performance and stability, with no evidence of new features or live-ops content. The release notes are generic and opaque, indicating a lack of significant feature-driven updates. The development trend is stable at a low-frequency maintenance level.
Who built it?
Paul Manson
13+ apps tracked · Puzzle
User Sentiment
What do users think recently?
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
Not enough recent reviews to extract reliable themes yet.
Read the full review analysisCompetition
Competitive landscape for Jigsaw Puzzle
How's the Puzzle market?
The app maintains a 4.73 rating on iOS with over 1 million ratings, but the lack of an Android footprint (0 ratings) indicates a significant distribution gap.
Read the market outlookThe rivals identified
By Big Cake
This app mirrors this app's exact niche and scale, with over 1 million ratings and a near-identical update cadence.
- Maintains a massive, high-frequency content library that dwarfs standard puzzle app offerings.
- Optimized for long-term retention through daily puzzle challenges that drive consistent user engagement.
- Focuses on a minimalist, distraction-free interface that directly competes with our 'no gimmicks' value proposition.
Unlock the head-to-head verdict: where this rival wins, and where it loses.
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Key takeaways for Jigsaw Puzzle
Where is it heading?
The casual puzzle market is consolidating around 3D physics and social-competitive features, leaving static 2D apps exposed to churn. The subject app must pivot to social or physics-based mechanics to remain relevant against high-velocity competitors.
- The lack of Android traction (0 ratings) limits the total addressable market, forcing reliance on a single platform.
- Recent updates focused on stability, suggesting the product is currently in a maintenance phase rather than active expansion.
The SWOT
- Daily content gallery sustains organic install velocity
- Mystery Puzzle mechanic creates a recurring retention loop
- Implement 3D physics-based mechanics
- Introduce social leaderboards
Next best moves
Ship cloud-save functionality because it is a standard retention expectation → reduce user churn.
+ 1 more prioritized moveThe counter-intuitive read
The app's reliance on static 2D images is a liability…
Read the full takeFeature gaps
Social leaderboards (available in Magic Jigsaw Puzzles but absent here) +1
Since the last report: The app shifted to a freemium monetization model and entered a maintenance-only development cycle while facing new competitive pressure from 3D physics-based puzzle games.
Bottom line
Jigsaw Puzzle holds its category lead through a deep content library but bleeds potential users to modern 3D-physics competitors, so revenue growth hinges on shipping cloud-save and optimizing the new Android footprint.
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