Illustrated
Every Picture Tells a Story
Free
1.9.3for iPhone, iPad and more
Age Rating
Illustrated Screenshots
About Illustrated
What if a puzzle offered more than just beautiful artwork?
What if you also pieced together the words of the artist's story behind their masterpiece?
And... what if you could experience this together with family and friends?
We designed Illustrated to engage your mind and provide relaxation as you solve puzzles that contain both image and words together.
As each puzzle begins, you are given an illustration along with words of the artist’s story behind their masterpiece. Your objective is to solve the puzzle, strategically using both illustration and story. With every placed piece, colors build, music plays, and clues are revealed...
Thousands of players attest to Illustrated's relaxing, meditative gameplay... we encourage you to give it a try :)
Features...
- Hundreds of beautiful illustrations by famous artists from around the world!
- Van Gogh puzzles by the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam! Learn about Van Gogh and his paintings and experience these masterpieces in a way never experienced before.
- Experience gameplay together with family and friends anywhere around the world with real-time multiplayer!
- Engaging puzzling for all ages. Hundreds of beautiful illustrations created by artists worldwide feature a wide variety of artistic mediums and genres.
- Puzzle illustrations are paired with stories written by each artist - each giving you a glimpse into what inspired them to create their masterpiece.
- Over 5 hours of custom-composed music and beautiful sound effects provide an even deeper dimension to gameplay.
What if you also pieced together the words of the artist's story behind their masterpiece?
And... what if you could experience this together with family and friends?
We designed Illustrated to engage your mind and provide relaxation as you solve puzzles that contain both image and words together.
As each puzzle begins, you are given an illustration along with words of the artist’s story behind their masterpiece. Your objective is to solve the puzzle, strategically using both illustration and story. With every placed piece, colors build, music plays, and clues are revealed...
Thousands of players attest to Illustrated's relaxing, meditative gameplay... we encourage you to give it a try :)
Features...
- Hundreds of beautiful illustrations by famous artists from around the world!
- Van Gogh puzzles by the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam! Learn about Van Gogh and his paintings and experience these masterpieces in a way never experienced before.
- Experience gameplay together with family and friends anywhere around the world with real-time multiplayer!
- Engaging puzzling for all ages. Hundreds of beautiful illustrations created by artists worldwide feature a wide variety of artistic mediums and genres.
- Puzzle illustrations are paired with stories written by each artist - each giving you a glimpse into what inspired them to create their masterpiece.
- Over 5 hours of custom-composed music and beautiful sound effects provide an even deeper dimension to gameplay.
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What's New in the Latest Version 1.9.3
Last updated on Mar 26, 2024
Old Versions
This update provides syncing of progress between all of your Apple devices and Vision Pro!
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Version History
1.9.3
Mar 26, 2024
This update provides syncing of progress between all of your Apple devices and Vision Pro!
1.9.2
Feb 7, 2024
Thank you to all of our players for your amazing feedback, and for playing our game! We know that many of you have written to us requesting new puzzles. Thank you for your patience, and you will be very pleased to know that this update contains 5 absolutely stunning new galleries...
1. Immerse your eyes, ears and mind in warm feelings of nostalgia, and beautiful memories of yesteryear in Chuck Pinson's, "Light, Love and Life".
2.. Escape to "Idyllic Escapes", a new gallery by painter Chuck Pinson that is full of enchanting landscapes, seascapes and everything in between.
3... Explore a myriad of colorful details in Demelsa Haughton's new "Friendship Matters" gallery! These beautiful illustrations reflect the magical truth of our own friendships in the real world.
4.... Climb aboard artist Julia Vaihicheva's new "Fairy Express" gallery, where each imaginative stop is chock full of the tiniest of details!
5..... Embark on a creative journey through the endless poetry of imagination in Noelle T's "Celestial Odyssey".
And some other performance improvements and fixes behind the scenes. Enjoy the new puzzles and stories :)
1. Immerse your eyes, ears and mind in warm feelings of nostalgia, and beautiful memories of yesteryear in Chuck Pinson's, "Light, Love and Life".
2.. Escape to "Idyllic Escapes", a new gallery by painter Chuck Pinson that is full of enchanting landscapes, seascapes and everything in between.
3... Explore a myriad of colorful details in Demelsa Haughton's new "Friendship Matters" gallery! These beautiful illustrations reflect the magical truth of our own friendships in the real world.
4.... Climb aboard artist Julia Vaihicheva's new "Fairy Express" gallery, where each imaginative stop is chock full of the tiniest of details!
5..... Embark on a creative journey through the endless poetry of imagination in Noelle T's "Celestial Odyssey".
And some other performance improvements and fixes behind the scenes. Enjoy the new puzzles and stories :)
1.9.1
Nov 9, 2023
Introducing "Woodland Adventures", a new storybook style gallery by artist Simone Grunewald! Also to note, we will be adding more storybook galleries like this in the near future!
New gallery auto-open! When exiting a puzzle, you'll now return directly to the gallery open and ready to select the next puzzle.
Other performance improvements and fixes.
Thank you for playing! We hope you're enjoying the game :)
New gallery auto-open! When exiting a puzzle, you'll now return directly to the gallery open and ready to select the next puzzle.
Other performance improvements and fixes.
Thank you for playing! We hope you're enjoying the game :)
1.9
Sep 7, 2023
Introducing a brand-new puzzle exploration experience! Now you can view all galleries and navigate between them much easier and much quicker! Give it a try we're confident you'll enjoy it!
New gallery sort... Completed galleries can now be sorted to appear at the bottom of the gallery menu. Now you can easily continue puzzles within galleries that you are currently working through.
Other performance improvements and fixes.
Thank you for playing! We hope you're enjoying the game :)
New gallery sort... Completed galleries can now be sorted to appear at the bottom of the gallery menu. Now you can easily continue puzzles within galleries that you are currently working through.
Other performance improvements and fixes.
Thank you for playing! We hope you're enjoying the game :)
1.8
Jul 10, 2023
New galleries... Introducing the adventurous "Camp Sights" by artist Laura Moyer and "Journeys and Destinations" by Francisco Fonseca!
iCloud sync improvements... Now full galleries and level progress is updated more frequently and more thoroughly.
Settings menu improvements... Now when accessing the settings menu while playing a level, you can adjust any and all settings with only restarting once upon closing the settings menu. Before this improvement any setting that required a level restart would initiate the restart immediately.
Minor design improvements to gallery quick menu.
Other performance improvements and fixes.
iCloud sync improvements... Now full galleries and level progress is updated more frequently and more thoroughly.
Settings menu improvements... Now when accessing the settings menu while playing a level, you can adjust any and all settings with only restarting once upon closing the settings menu. Before this improvement any setting that required a level restart would initiate the restart immediately.
Minor design improvements to gallery quick menu.
Other performance improvements and fixes.
1.7.1
Jun 17, 2023
Hello puzzle builders! This update is chock full of improvements to make your gameplay experience even better and allow you to customize it too!
New settings quick access button... Now in the level menu you can simply open it up and quickly access the settings menu.
Here are the new settings and accessibility options you can now use to fully customize your gameplay experience...
- Control music and sound effects separately, or disable both.
- Control music progression and allow for incremental music clips to play with initial pieces, or opt to have music continuously playing.
- Change background story text color to be light or dark.
- Control background sketch brightness to make it lighter or darker.
- Control how far pieces are spaced out in the pieces tray.
- Enable or disable orientation alerts when a puzzle loads (iOS only)
- Enable or disable haptic feedback on iOS devices
Adjust the background white fade overlay so it shows through slightly. We think this helps!
Fix issue where the background story text layer was hidden when using the "merged" background mode.
New puzzle size guide... Simply tap on any of the puzzle sizes (S-XL) to reference the approximate number of pieces per size.
Fix issue in a multiplayer game when two auto-matched players are start from the same puzzle.
Fix issue in settings where the "hide all" background mode would freeze up the game.
New settings quick access button... Now in the level menu you can simply open it up and quickly access the settings menu.
Here are the new settings and accessibility options you can now use to fully customize your gameplay experience...
- Control music and sound effects separately, or disable both.
- Control music progression and allow for incremental music clips to play with initial pieces, or opt to have music continuously playing.
- Change background story text color to be light or dark.
- Control background sketch brightness to make it lighter or darker.
- Control how far pieces are spaced out in the pieces tray.
- Enable or disable orientation alerts when a puzzle loads (iOS only)
- Enable or disable haptic feedback on iOS devices
Adjust the background white fade overlay so it shows through slightly. We think this helps!
Fix issue where the background story text layer was hidden when using the "merged" background mode.
New puzzle size guide... Simply tap on any of the puzzle sizes (S-XL) to reference the approximate number of pieces per size.
Fix issue in a multiplayer game when two auto-matched players are start from the same puzzle.
Fix issue in settings where the "hide all" background mode would freeze up the game.
1.7
Jun 1, 2023
Introducing SharePlay! Now you can assemble a puzzle together with a friend in real-time, all while chatting over FaceTime!
New Van Gogh puzzles... Introducing the "Van Gogh's Latter Years" gallery, featuring over 30 challenging puzzles, including Van Gogh's infamous "Almond Blossom" painting!
New galleries... Introducing "Precious Feathered Friends" by artist Letícia Kumiara and many delightful children's puzzles in "Wonders and Discoveries" by artist Barbara Denef!
Smaller download size... We've chopped the size of the app download in half, and puzzles are now much smaller and quicker to download!
Puzzle sizes... Now in the gallery menu, each puzzle contains a label with XS, S, M, L or XL to indicate the general size of each puzzle.
Other performance improvements and fixes.
New Van Gogh puzzles... Introducing the "Van Gogh's Latter Years" gallery, featuring over 30 challenging puzzles, including Van Gogh's infamous "Almond Blossom" painting!
New galleries... Introducing "Precious Feathered Friends" by artist Letícia Kumiara and many delightful children's puzzles in "Wonders and Discoveries" by artist Barbara Denef!
Smaller download size... We've chopped the size of the app download in half, and puzzles are now much smaller and quicker to download!
Puzzle sizes... Now in the gallery menu, each puzzle contains a label with XS, S, M, L or XL to indicate the general size of each puzzle.
Other performance improvements and fixes.
1.6
Apr 20, 2023
Over 70 new puzzles across 4 new galleries! Introducing "Surreal Imaginations" by artist Francisco Fonseca, "The Search" by Mattia Lau, "Journeys and Destinations" by Dom Lay and the detailed "Mysteries of the Deep" by Zoe Sadler!
Other performance improvements and fixes.
Other performance improvements and fixes.
1.5.1
Mar 16, 2023
This update fixes the broken "Farmhouse in a Wheatfield" puzzle. Sorry for this issue! This update will enable you to continue playing these new Van Gogh puzzles!
1.5
Mar 9, 2023
New Van Gogh puzzles... Introducing "Van Gogh in Arles" gallery, featuring 24 challenging puzzles, including some of Van Gogh's most famous works such as "Sunflowers" and "The Bedroom"!
New galleries... Introducing "Spotlight" by artist Francisco Fonseca and "Whimsical Wanderings" by artist Gaia Marfurt!
Continual music... No more looping forever :) Now, when music is fully playing, once one track finishes the music will progress on to a new track.
New settings... Now you can control the visibility of the red error overlay on incorrectly-placed pieces! Also, for newer iPhones and iPads, you can turn on shadows beneath each piece.
New Game Center leaderboards... Now you can see how you rank in daily streak and multiplayer games completed!
Continue last puzzle played... Now, you can stop playing any puzzle at any time and as long as you don't leave that puzzle, the game will open right back up to that puzzle! This works great if you get a phone call or have to stop playing, and the app fully closes down on its own.
Fixing bug that prevented progress from being synced with iCloud for puzzles within Maja Lindberg's "At the Circus" gallery.
Improved stories... We've improved a number of minor punctuation errors in a few of the puzzles, and improved visual appearance of text in the story layers.
Even more tangible pieces... We've continued to improve the responsiveness of tapping and grabbing pieces from the pieces tray. Now the surface area to grab each piece is even larger!
Other performance improvements and fixes.
Thank you for playing! We hope you're enjoying the game :)
New galleries... Introducing "Spotlight" by artist Francisco Fonseca and "Whimsical Wanderings" by artist Gaia Marfurt!
Continual music... No more looping forever :) Now, when music is fully playing, once one track finishes the music will progress on to a new track.
New settings... Now you can control the visibility of the red error overlay on incorrectly-placed pieces! Also, for newer iPhones and iPads, you can turn on shadows beneath each piece.
New Game Center leaderboards... Now you can see how you rank in daily streak and multiplayer games completed!
Continue last puzzle played... Now, you can stop playing any puzzle at any time and as long as you don't leave that puzzle, the game will open right back up to that puzzle! This works great if you get a phone call or have to stop playing, and the app fully closes down on its own.
Fixing bug that prevented progress from being synced with iCloud for puzzles within Maja Lindberg's "At the Circus" gallery.
Improved stories... We've improved a number of minor punctuation errors in a few of the puzzles, and improved visual appearance of text in the story layers.
Even more tangible pieces... We've continued to improve the responsiveness of tapping and grabbing pieces from the pieces tray. Now the surface area to grab each piece is even larger!
Other performance improvements and fixes.
Thank you for playing! We hope you're enjoying the game :)
1.4
Feb 9, 2023
Hello Illustrated players! This is a big update focused on performance and accessibility. Here's what's new...
Major performance improvements... This should fix issue where some players were experiencing crashes on older iPads and Macs, and excessive battery consumption when playing for longer periods of time.
Background sketch merged option... Now if you prefer, you can merge the illustration and story mode sketch layers in the background together, showing the full sketch as a whole. You will still be able to toggle between illustration and story modes!
Piece placement highlights... For a purer, more challenging puzzle experience, you can now disable the highlights that show where the piece will be placed.
Left-handed mode... The pieces tray now can be moved to the left side of the screen when playing on iOS devices in landscape orientation. This setting can be enabled or disabled in the settings menu.
Puzzle piece responsiveness... We've improved touch responsiveness when picking up pieces from the tray or game board.
Puzzle piece sketch layer control... We call this "Sketch Mode" in Patterned, and it's now available here in Illustrated! Now you can disable the progressive sketch appearance within puzzle pieces, showing only the full-color image all the time.
Puzzle piece opacity... We've increased the minimum amount of color that is shown on puzzle pieces the puzzle starts. This will help piece visibility and detection for many puzzles that have backgrounds with only subtle differences in color and texture.
Other miscellaneous improvements and fixes.
Thank you for playing! We hope you're enjoying the game :)
Major performance improvements... This should fix issue where some players were experiencing crashes on older iPads and Macs, and excessive battery consumption when playing for longer periods of time.
Background sketch merged option... Now if you prefer, you can merge the illustration and story mode sketch layers in the background together, showing the full sketch as a whole. You will still be able to toggle between illustration and story modes!
Piece placement highlights... For a purer, more challenging puzzle experience, you can now disable the highlights that show where the piece will be placed.
Left-handed mode... The pieces tray now can be moved to the left side of the screen when playing on iOS devices in landscape orientation. This setting can be enabled or disabled in the settings menu.
Puzzle piece responsiveness... We've improved touch responsiveness when picking up pieces from the tray or game board.
Puzzle piece sketch layer control... We call this "Sketch Mode" in Patterned, and it's now available here in Illustrated! Now you can disable the progressive sketch appearance within puzzle pieces, showing only the full-color image all the time.
Puzzle piece opacity... We've increased the minimum amount of color that is shown on puzzle pieces the puzzle starts. This will help piece visibility and detection for many puzzles that have backgrounds with only subtle differences in color and texture.
Other miscellaneous improvements and fixes.
Thank you for playing! We hope you're enjoying the game :)
1.3
Jan 23, 2023
We hope everyone is enjoying Illustrated! This update provides some highly requested features...
Piece tray sorting... Now you can choose whether to have pieces sorted randomly, or edge pieces first.
Game board movement control... Control how much movement is allowed in the game board when fully zoomed out.
Background sketch control... Now you can choose to show the background layers, show or hide the story text, or even hide the background altogether if you like a real challenge!
Game Center leaderboard... Now you can see how you rank for total puzzles completed!
Fix issue on iOS devices where picking up an incorrectly placed piece did not activate the finger offset correctly.
Other performance improvements and fixes.
Piece tray sorting... Now you can choose whether to have pieces sorted randomly, or edge pieces first.
Game board movement control... Control how much movement is allowed in the game board when fully zoomed out.
Background sketch control... Now you can choose to show the background layers, show or hide the story text, or even hide the background altogether if you like a real challenge!
Game Center leaderboard... Now you can see how you rank for total puzzles completed!
Fix issue on iOS devices where picking up an incorrectly placed piece did not activate the finger offset correctly.
Other performance improvements and fixes.
1.2
Jan 12, 2023
Worldwide launch!
Minor edits to French and Chinese translations.
Minor edits to French and Chinese translations.
1.1
Jan 9, 2023
Worldwide launch!
1.0
Dec 20, 2022
Illustrated FAQ
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Check the following list to see the minimum requirements of Illustrated.
iPhone
Requires iOS 13.5 or later.
iPad
Requires iPadOS 13.5 or later.
Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later.
Apple TV
Requires tvOS 13.0 or later.
Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.1 or later.
iPod touch
Requires iOS 13.5 or later.
Illustrated supports English, Arabic, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese, Turkish
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