Jewel Coloring

I rarely write reviews for apps, but this one is excellent and truly deserves the 5-star rating. I’ll keep the review short and sweet; there are many levels of varying difficulties available for free, the gameplay in the app is exactly the same as what you see in the ads for it, and while there are ads in the game, they are few and do not interrupt you in the middle of a level. This last point is what I think really separates this app from most mobile games. Other games would spam the user with ads every time they place a gem just to make a quick buck, but this developer understands the value of retaining players with a genuinely fun and free game that is supported by reasonably placed and appropriately timed ads. My only complaint is that with recent updates, the gems don’t move the same way when you remove them from the board as when you place them on the board. When you place gems, they have to be connected (next to each other or diagonally) within the same area or path, otherwise the gems stop moving. However, when you take gems off the board, the AI just chooses whichever gems are near each other even if they are not connected at all. The seemingly random selection of which gems get moved is not an added level of challenge to the game, but rather an annoying change that makes gameplay more frustrating and less relaxing. Fixing this issue and making gem removal follow the same logic as placing gems on the board would really elevate this game and cement its 5-star status.

This is game is a perfect way to relax or take a quick break. The ui is very intuitive and it’s basically impossible to get stuck as long as you are willing to keep playing. I love that ads don’t interrupt my gameplay. There are ads in between levels but I find them to relatively reasonably placed and timed. I will say that I have run into a glitch where my extra items suddenly disappear but I wasn’t planning on using them much anyway so it’s not a big deal. The battery drain is mid to low for modern mobile games and it doesn’t make my phone hot. Gotta appreciate a modern day app developer that prioritizes user experience and functionality To the developers: I want to say both thank you and please stay true to the minimalistic nature of the app currently. So many games start out great but get overrun by buyable add ons and useless expansions that slow down processing speed and overwhelm the relaxing nature of this game.

I’m near levels 180+ so my experience with the game is quite good if not decent compared to new players. Playing the game first, in my experience if memory serves right, once you reach about level 26 or 27 that is when the ads keeps coming in after each level is finish. After a bit, either after level 40 or level 50 the ads stops a bit, allowing the player a break from constant ads. But it does come back again. Reasoning I’m now writing a review is because I got a popup about allowing the game to track my device to have more personalized ads. In tiny font, barely able to read it clearly, there is a No Thanks button below the bright large button saying next in continuing agreement of allowing the game to track your device. If memory serves right again, the game already asked me this question near the beginning of the game but in more of the default apple popup instead of the custom looking one. The game is good and relaxing. Some of the pictures have me wondering if it is ai generated. But other then that, relaxing game. Ads are annoying and the last straw in making me write this ads was the custom popup about asking to track my device for more personalized ads and making it hard to reject it by hiding it in tiny gray font while the agreement button was large, bright, and colorful.