iPhone App Review: Jigsaw Wild

This instalment of the iPhone App Review features another 99Games offering going by the name of Jigsaw Wild. Available from everyone's favourite App Store for the princely sum of £1.19, Jigsaw Wild is as the name suggests a jigsaw game for your iPhone or iPod Touch. By using your delicate touch you can arrange the many pieces together locking them into the designated pattern and producing a familiar and pre-chosen picture.

Hit the read link for a run down of the features and options available in Jigsaw Wild.

The interface is simple and well put together. Moving the pieces around on your screen is as simple as touching to highlight a piece and then dragging it around. When you get two matching pieces adjoining each other they snap in place and form an large chunk that can be moved around all together. Once you've got all your pieces together they build the image and show you the full thing without the piece divisions. The piece size and number can be varied with the difficulty option slider from 4 to 24 pieces. The pieces can also be made irregular or rectangular to increase the challenge. It is however pretty easy to solve the jigsaw due to the fact that the pieces do not rotate. This means that they can only fit one way therefore it's unlikely that you'll need the hint or ghost features but they're on hand should you get stuck.

Other options include sound effects suitable for each type of picture and of course the pictures themselves. One can select either from your own photo library, directly from the camera or from a built in library of pictures including animals, birds, insects and reptiles. With more than 90 wildlife photos to choose from there's plenty of puzzles to do even if you don't have anything suitable in your own photo roll. Once you've selected your photo it's as simple as shaking your iPhone to break up the pieces and begin the timer for the puzzle. Should you get an annoying interruption, your boss calling for instance, you can rest assured that your progress in the puzzle is saved and can be resumed at any point.

Overall Jigsaw Wild is a well presented jigsaw application. How much you'll enjoy making the jigsaws will probably revolve around whether you like real jigsaw puzzles, but if jigsaws are your thing you could do much worse than check out Jigsaw Wild.