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Everyone has thousands of photos in their iPhone’s photo library, but you might not necessarily go back and rediscover them often. In recent iOS versions, the Photos app has gotten better at surfacing old memories – but Phozzle has a unique approach to photo rediscovery.
About the app
Phozzle gamifies looking at your old photos. It creates unique new puzzles based on your photos, has Game Center integration, and daily challenges for you to complete.
With the standard gameplay mode, you can select an album, then select easy, medium, or hard. Easy creates a 3×3 grid, medium 4×4, and hard 5×5. Then, it’ll just fetch a random photo from the album you choose – and you’re off to the races.
Daily challenges don’t let you select a photo, its completely random. With daily challenges, you can build up your streak and see how fast you can complete the puzzle.
There’s also achievements and leaderboards, powered by Game Center. You can compare yourself against your friends and globally. You’ll also earn achievements for generally playing the game, or hitting a long daily challenge streak.
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All in all, Phozzle is actually a rather fun puzzle game. It’s certainly fun to see random photos get highlighted and remember said memory, and the puzzles really do tap into the strategic side of your brain. It’s really a two birds one stone experience.
Phozzle is available for free on the App Store for devices running iOS 17.6 and later. You’ll only get 10 puzzles for free, but if you want the full unlimited experience, you can pay just $1.99 for a one time in-app purchase.
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