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Monday, 13 March 2017

The Best Logic Puzzles App







About:
Logic Puzzles is one category where its so hard to get something that works, is easy on the eyes and is wholesome. No point in downloading 50 apps to get 50 types of puzzles.


Simon Tatham's Puzzles is a single app that has 41 puzzle types in a single, light and non intrusive app. Its a treasure find!


Details:
If you like logic puzzles, or want to do 5 to 10 minutes of brain training a day, this is just the perfect app for you.


https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=name.boyle.chris.sgtpuzzles&hl=en


I have used this app for over 2 years now, and still haven't explored all the puzzle types. What's more, each puzzle type in turn has difficulty levels that you can choose, and most of them also allow you to create a custom difficulty level.  This is incredible functionality that is so light on the infrastructure, its insanely good.


What's missing:
However, the one not so good thing is that the app does not store your progress, your win ratio, or any other stats of usage. There are no levels to cross and feel good. In short, the gamification of usage is missing altogether. You move up to the higher difficulty levels at will.


The app also does not provide hints or clues during game play. So once you start a puzzle, you are on y our own. You can see the solution if you'd like though.


The graphics are adequate. They are not 3D or out of this world. They are not so poor that they strain your concentration. Being largely in neutral shades, they also don't strain the eyes so much.


There is no option to multi player - online or offline. You cannot see the leaderboard, or check global average stats either. So you don't know if you are slower or faster than the global average of puzzle solvers with this difficulty.


Though the puzzles are for the family (because they are that good), one thing that sorely hurts is that I cannot set up a challenge with another person from my family, using the same device. I would so like multiple profiles on the same device, so that we could take turns trying to solve puzzles. There is so much potential in what this app has to offer.


Best For:
1. Logic puzzle lovers.
2. Brain Training folks
3. Anyone who is ok with adequate but not out of this world graphics.
4. Those who don't want the mobile resources to be locked up by an app - either in foreground or background. This app never steals background running space.


Don't use it if:
1. Check  the What's missing section above. If anything in that is absolutely vital to you, don't use this app.
2. You like to use a separate app for each puzzle type.




Privacy Rating: A


Privacy Rating Details: It asks for Near Field Communication, but we are not sure what for.


Overall Rating: Best in Class

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