Groops

Groops


A Match-Three Puzzle Game


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1.3.6for iPhone, iPad and more
8.5
676 Ratings
Torched Media
Developer
12.2 MB
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Feb 23, 2018
Update Date
Education
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4+
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About Groops

Groops is a puzzle game that will put your mind to the test. Match tiles three at a time based on either shared or completely unique attributes - the number of possibilities will tie your brain in knots! Keep your mind sharp. Play Groops!

• Hundreds of levels of increasing difficulties!
• Infinite, unlimited gameplay in “Time Attack” mode. Get to the top of the leaderboards and send your friends Challenge requests to beat your score!
• Unlock dozens of Achievements!
• Compete against friends in multiplayer mode - who can get the most Groops before time runs out?

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~ * Starbucks Pick of the Week in 2014 * ~

“This is an example of why we love games. Simple to understand, but very difficult to master.” - iPlayApps

“Groops takes match-three to a whole new level.” - Daniel Celeste, AppAdvice.com

“This game is more fun and challenging than my job! With a smooth design and intelligent matching, it is everything I look for to keep my mind stimulated during downtime” - HallelP

“Fun but challenging game. Can’t put my phone down once I open this app!” - Stefi592

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GAMEPLAY MODES

LEVELS - Relax, there’s no time pressure. Find all the possible Groops on the screen to advance. You can use Hints if you get stuck (get more by playing TIME ATTACK or from the Powerups menu).

TIME ATTACK - Find as many Groops as possible before time runs out! Make 5 Groops in a row to increase your multiplier, but be careful! If you make an invalid Groop, your multiplier gets reset. Rack up as many points as possible because your score gets added to your points bank.

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OK, HOW DO I PLAY?

Match 3 tiles to make a Groop. Tiles have 4 attributes with three options each - SHAPE (square, circle, leaf), COLOR (blue, magenta, yellow), PATTERN (solid fill, striped fill, border only), and SYMBOL (diamond, hourglass, and its 3rd option is no symbol at all). Finding identical tiles is easy, but you’ll eventually need to make Groops based on mixed attributes, and thats where we kick your brain into full-throttle.

Groops can be made by matching tiles with identical attributes, by matching all 3 options of 1 attribute, or by matching three different options across multiple attributes. For example:

• Solid blue square with no symbol, solid blue circle with no symbol, and a solid blue leaf with no symbol. (Same shape - square, same color - blue, same pattern - solid, all different symbols)
• Striped blue square with no symbol, solid magenta circle with a diamond, bordered yellow leaf with an hourglass (All different shapes, all different colors, all different patterns, all different symbols)

NOTE: To make a Groop, either all options are the same, or all different across the attributes. For example, these would be invalid:

• Solid blue square with no symbol, solid blue square with no symbol, solid blue circle with no symbol (two squares and a circle, instead of three squares, or one square, one circle, and one leaf)
• Bordered magenta circle with a diamond, solid yellow circle with a diamond, solid yellow circle with an hourglass (Invalid for two reasons: 1) two yellows and a magenta instead of three yellows or one yellow, one magenta, and one blue. 2) two diamonds and an hourglass instead of three diamonds or one diamond, one hourglass, and one without any symbol at all)

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What's New in the Latest Version 1.3.6

Last updated on Feb 23, 2018
Old Versions
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.

• Bug fixes

And from 1.3.5

• 100 new levels in the 3x3 board layout, now available in the Levels menu!
• Removed share to Facebook for bonus pack. Now included without needing to share

Feedback / Suggestions? Follow + Tweet @play_groops on Twitter :)

App Store reviews really do help us improve. If you're enjoying Groops, would you please take a minute to leave a nice review? We read them all and seriously appreciate it.

- Yoav and Jason
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Version History
1.3.6
Feb 23, 2018
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.

• Bug fixes

And from 1.3.5

• 100 new levels in the 3x3 board layout, now available in the Levels menu!
• Removed share to Facebook for bonus pack. Now included without needing to share

Feedback / Suggestions? Follow + Tweet @play_groops on Twitter :)

App Store reviews really do help us improve. If you're enjoying Groops, would you please take a minute to leave a nice review? We read them all and seriously appreciate it.

- Yoav and Jason
1.3.5
Feb 15, 2018
• 100 new levels in the 3x3 board layout, now available in the Levels menu!
• Removed share to Facebook for bonus pack. Now included without needing to share
• Bug fixes

Feedback / Suggestions? Follow + Tweet @play_groops on Twitter :)

App Store reviews really do help us improve. If you're enjoying Groops, would you please take a minute to leave a nice review? We read them all and seriously appreciate it.

- Yoav and Jason
1.3.4
Feb 13, 2018
• Removed share to Facebook for bonus pack. Now included without needing to share
• Bug fixes

Feedback / Suggestions? Follow + Tweet @play_groops on Twitter :)

App Store reviews really do help us improve. If you're enjoying Groops, would you please take a minute to leave a nice review? We read them all and seriously appreciate it.

- Yoav and Jason
1.2.4
Jun 13, 2014
FIXED
• Finding Groops in Levels wasn't marking them found :(

And previously, from 1.2.3:
NEW
• Groops is now Universal! Play Groops on iPad
• Time Bonus! Endless gameplay in Time Attack if you're quick enough
• Multiplayer now available on Easy and Medium Time Attack modes!
• Buy Hints and Shuffles in the Powerups Menu
• Progress within Levels now gets saved
• Playing a new time attack game now keeps track of your score and score multiplier - sorry!

FIXED
• Support for iOS 7.0+
• UI tweaks
• Bug fixes

Feedback / Suggestions? Follow + Tweet @play_groops on Twitter :)

App Store reviews really do help us improve. If you're enjoying Groops, would you please take a minute to leave a nice review? We read them all and seriously appreciate it.

- Yoav and Jason
1.2.3
Jun 3, 2014
FIXED
• Finding Groops in Levels wasn't marking them found :(

And previously, from 1.2.2:
NEW
• Groops is now Universal! Play Groops on iPad
• Time Bonus! Endless gameplay in Time Attack if you're quick enough
• Multiplayer now available on Easy and Medium Time Attack modes!
• Buy Hints and Shuffles in the Powerups Menu
• Progress within in Levels now gets saved
• Playing a new time attack game now keeps track of your score and score multiplier - sorry!

FIXED
• Support for iOS 7.0+
• UI tweaks
• Bug fixes

Feedback / Suggestions? Follow + Tweet @play_groops on Twitter :)

App Store reviews really do help us improve. If you're enjoying Groops, would you please take a minute to leave a nice review? We read them all and seriously appreciate it.

- Yoav and Jason
1.2.2
Jun 2, 2014
**Levels bug has been submitted for review. Thank you for your patience and we're truly sorry :( **

FIXED
• Playing a new time attack game now keeps track of your score and score multiplier - sorry!

And previously, from 1.2:
NEW
• Groops is now Universal! Play Groops on iPad
• Time Bonus! Endless gameplay in Time Attack if you're quick enough
• Multiplayer now available on Easy and Medium Time Attack modes!
• Buy Hints and Shuffles in the Powerups Menu
• Progress within in Levels now gets saved

FIXED
• Support for iOS 7.0+
• UI tweaks
• Bug fixes

Feedback / Suggestions? Follow + Tweet @play_groops on Twitter :)

App Store reviews really do help us improve. If you're enjoying Groops, would you please take a minute to leave a nice review? We read them all and seriously appreciate it.

- Yoav and Jason
1.2.1
May 28, 2014
**We've submitted a bug fix for the Score being set to "0" and are waiting for review. Sorry and thanks for being patient!**

NEW
• Groops is now Universal! Play Groops on iPad
• Time Bonus! Endless gameplay in Time Attack if you're quick enough
• Multiplayer now available on Easy and Medium Time Attack modes!
• Buy Hints and Shuffles in the Powerups Menu
• Progress within in Levels now gets saved

FIXED
• Support for iOS 7.0+
• UI tweaks
• Bug fixes

Feedback / Suggestions? Follow + Tweet @play_groops on Twitter :)

App Store reviews really do help us improve. If you're enjoying Groops, would you please take a minute to leave a nice review? We read them all and seriously appreciate it.

- Yoav and Jason
1.2
May 27, 2014
NEW
• Groops is now Universal! Play Groops on iPad
• Time Bonus! Endless gameplay in Time Attack if you're quick enough
• Multiplayer now available on Easy and Medium Time Attack modes!
• Buy Hints and Shuffles in the Powerups Menu
• Progress within in Levels now gets saved

FIXED
• UI tweaks
• Bug fixes

Feedback / Suggestions? Follow + Tweet @play_groops on Twitter :)

App Store reviews really do help us improve. If you're enjoying Groops, would you please take a minute to leave a nice review? We read them all and seriously appreciate it.

- Yoav and Jason
1.1.2
Mar 27, 2014
- Bug Fixes

Feedback / Suggestions? Follow + Tweet @play_groops on Twitter :)

App Store reviews really do help us improve. If you're enjoying Groops, would you please take a minute to leave a nice review? We read them all and seriously appreciate it.

- Yoav and Jason
1.1.1
Mar 8, 2014
- Bug fixes

If you're enjoying Groops, we'd really appreciate a minute of your time by leaving a review. It really does help :)
1.1
Feb 28, 2014
NEW

• 300 more levels!
• New 3x3 board size!
• Game Center Achievements!
• Quicker access to Game Center in the Pause view and at the end of Time Attack Rounds. See how you rank in the Leaderboards and track your Achievements progress!
• New countdown timer before Time Attack with a reminder of how many attributes are in play (per difficulty level)

FIXED

• More helpful "incorrect groop" messages. Instead of saying "Nope" or "Nu uh", we tell you why your selected tiles didn't constitute a valid Groop :)
• Multiplayer Matches should now work for everyone
• UI tweaks and enhancements
• Bug Fixes

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Unlock a special 5x5 Bonus Level Pack in the Levels view!
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Play Time Attack to rack up more points to use in the Powerups store to unlock more Hints and Refreshes. Use these when getting stuck on a Level.

If you're having fun, please rate & review :)
1.0.2
Jan 12, 2014
- Now you can continue listening to music in the background while making Groops
- Everyone now starts off with 5 free hints to use in Levels or Time Attack. Earn more by playing Time Attack (your score multiplier increases each time you make 5 successful Groops in a row, so rack them up!)
- Sharing scores at the end of Time Attack rounds via Facebook and Twitter is now working properly
- The Smart Banner on our website in mobile Safari was displaying the old icon. It should now display the new one
- Multiplayer bug fixes
- Other bug fixes

Time Attack leaderboards are accessible in "Extras->High Scores" - compare yourself to other players on Game Center.

If you're enjoying Groops, please take a moment to rate the game :) We added a shortcut under "Extras" from the main menu.
1.0.1
Jan 6, 2014
- Play 100 unique levels without time restraints
- Play infinite Time Attack rounds under 4 different difficulty levels
- Challenge friends over Game Center under Hard and Expert Time Attack modes
1.0
Dec 31, 2013

Groops FAQ

Click here to learn how to download Groops in restricted country or region.
Check the following list to see the minimum requirements of Groops.
iPhone
Requires iOS 8.0 or later.
iPad
Requires iPadOS 8.0 or later.
iPod touch
Requires iOS 8.0 or later.
Groops supports English
Groops contains in-app purchases. Please check the pricing plan as below:
pack of 10 Hints
$0.99
pack of 5,000 Points
$0.99
3x3 Bonus Pack 1
$0.99
pack of 20,000 Points
$2.99
pack of 100,000 Points
$12.99
pack of 50 Board Shuffles
$0.99

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