PuzzleManiak

This is a great app with 24 different puzzles. There is a ‘local mode’ for just playing puzzles without competing with other players, but I use the online mode most (I guess I’m more competitive than I realize). The leagues let you play particular puzzles at your choice of difficulty and compete with other players that have completed the same puzzle. I’ll use that feature for learning and improving or zoning out with my favorite puzzles. I play the daily challenges every day, which has one of each puzzle, to compete with other players (though I only usually play 15/24). It can be buggy on occasion, but the developer is very kind and works quickly to resolve any issues.

After literally years of using this app as my go-to time killer at airports, doctors offices, and such, this last update has killed it on my iPhone 11. The game boards and icons are all much smaller, sudoku seems to be pretty much unplayable. I certainly can’t see the small numbers, and the row of buttons along the bottom is under the “sweep up” bar and very hard to hit. The other games all seem to have the same size issues, and the touch screen precision it takes to play is just frustrating. I will miss you so much, PuzzleManiak!

The app just crashes when I try to go online for anything within this app. Games, online rankings… I have tried on iPad, iPhone and uninstalled and reinstalled the app. Cannot play any online games now, and my subscription is good until February 2022. Sent developer email and no response yet.