Puzzlejuice
By Liz Panarelli,
Common Sense Media Reviewer
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Tetris-like word app wins with clever concept, snarky humor.
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Puzzlejuice is addictively fun! In addition to the neat game concept, the menus and graphics are smooth (particularly on the larger iPad screen), and the music and sound effects are great. The tone of the app is a tad bro-ish (when players type in their username for their first high score, the presented name is "broseph"), but not in an offensive way. The excellent tutorial, different game modes, and varying difficulty levels and objectives give this app a lot of replayability value for older kids and adults alike. This is a great app to play together (with one player finding words, the other directing falling blocks), or challenge each other on Game Center -- and be sure to look up definitions of new words after each round!
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Play a board game like Jenga or Boggle together to enjoy the strategy of building towers or finding words.
Play cooperatively, with one moving blocks and one searching for words.
App Details
- Devices: iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad
- Subjects: Hobbies: board games, Language & Reading: vocabulary
- Skills: Thinking & Reasoning: solving puzzles, strategy
- Pricing structure: Paid
- Release date: August 30, 2012
- Category: Word Games
- Publisher: Colaboratory
- Version: 1.5
- Minimum software requirements: iOS 3.1.3 or later
- Last updated: August 19, 2016
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