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Rules! Screenshots

iPad

iPhone

About Rules!

• Includes a daily brain workout mini-game for Apple Watch
• Includes animated sticker pack

• App Store – Best Apple Watch Game of 2015
• App Store – Best of 2014
• German Developer Award 2014 – Best mobile Game
• German Video Game Award 2015 – Best mobile Game
• Pocket Gamer Awards 2015 Finalist Best Casual/Puzzle Game & Most Innovative Game

RULES! is a cute puzzle game that's challenging, fast-paced and fun.

• Choose your preferred type of game: Beginner, Expert or Timeless •

“What’s presented here is a stylish, original, clever puzzle game that I’m having trouble putting down long enough to write this review.” ~ Gamezebo

“A delightfully constructed memory test that grows in complexity and appeal the deeper in you go.” ~ Pocket Gamer

“The Coding Monkeys have never released anything that wasn’t utterly brilliant, therefore Rules shall almost certainly be brilliant.” ~ Pocket Tactics

Follow RULES! into a hundred level-deep maze of cuteness and order:

• Multi-touch interface at its finest
• Color perception assistance mode
• Whales, Unicorns, Robots and Squirrels!
• A plethora of surprising new game mechanics

What's New in the Latest Version 5.0

Last updated on Mar 29, 2024

Old Versions

Change Log:

• Playful mode
• Haptic feedback

• Improved support for newer devices and os versions
• Improved Watch app and complications
• Cleaned up and shrunk app, assets, settings

• Bug fixes
• sharing results would at times generate wonky images
• night time did not always show up for everyone at the same time
• some of the links were not quite going where they where expected to go
• the chameleons were just a tiny bit too eager to start
• some letters where added and some where removed to make better words and sentences
• words where not always in the right language
• sometimes not everything that was visible should have been

• supports iOS 15.2 and up
• supports watchOS 8.3 and up

Version History

5.0

Mar 29, 2024

4.1.2

Nov 28, 2017

This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.

• Fixed a bug with statistics on Apple Watch
• Fixed a bug with share sheets on high density screens

4.1.1

Oct 23, 2017

Improved high score synchronization on Apple Watch

4.1

Oct 20, 2017

• Added share sheet to share your scores

4.0.4

Sep 14, 2016

• Adds haptic feedback for iPhone 7 (Plus)
• Fixes migration issue from versions earlier than 3.5
• Fixes issue were animations stopped on Apple Watch

4.0.3

Sep 12, 2016

• Animated sticker pack
• New character Chameleon on iPhone and Apple Watch
• New complications
• Apple Watch: Enhanced animations

3.5.1

Aug 10, 2016

• New Character: Chameleon

3.0.9

Feb 3, 2016

• Fixed bat animations
• Fixed rules including fish on Apple Watch
• Added icons to quick actions

3.0.5

Oct 7, 2015

[FIX] Fixed bug that prevented the game from running on devices with older OS versions
[Recently added] 3D touch for quick starting new games

3.0.4

Oct 6, 2015

• New: 3D touch
• Fix: Correct level is shown when continuing game
• Fix: Added missing graphics for older devices

3.0.3

Sep 21, 2015

Apple Watch:
• Now compatible to WatchOS 2
• Added Complication
• Speed improvements
• Added haptic feedback
• Added more levels

iPhone/iPad:
• Possibility to start new game from last reached level step

3.0.2

Jun 10, 2015

• Layout improvements
• Fixed Watch statistics for more then 7 data points

3.0.1

Apr 10, 2015

Small fixes and improvements:
• Fixed typos
• Improved persistancy
• Fixed rare issue with game mode selection
• Added version number to settings

3.0

Mar 26, 2015

Rules! for Apple Watch:

Brain workout mini game with daily goals for Apple Watch with leaderboards and statistics on your iPhone

2.1.4

Dec 18, 2014

• Fixed a bug in Rule 40
• More responsive shake button on iPad and iPhone 6 Plus

2.1.3

Nov 5, 2014

• Improved French translation
• Added option in settings app to switch to English

2.1.2

Oct 27, 2014

• Fix: Game could freeze in the last level if the player won two games in a row.
• Minor bug fixes

2.1.1

Oct 17, 2014

Bug fixes:
• Fixed issue that tapping anywhere automatically tapped the nearest card
• Next rule was not always showing correctly
• Fixed issue with some cards getting untappable in levels 81 and up
• Fixed incorrect rule behavior in levels 91 and up

2.1

Oct 13, 2014

• Native iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus support
• New localizations: Spanish & French

• Bug fixes

2.0.1

Oct 3, 2014

• Stats are recorded properly again
• Start button touch area on iPad is bigger now
• Time ticking stops after explosion
• Fixed issue where cards became unresponsive
• Several other bug fixes

2.0

Sep 17, 2014

• 2 additional MODES: Beginner & Timeless

• Leaderboards for Flawless and Fast
• More visible flash when rules change
• Improved shake detection
• Faster screen transitions
• Faster transition to bats
• Game pauses after interruption
• Many small bug fixes

1.1

Aug 20, 2014

• Universal version, includes native iPad support
• Reduced energy consumption
• Additional sound effects in higher levels
• Solved issue on Game Center login
• Many small bug fixes

1.0.1

Aug 4, 2014

New in the App Store

1.0

Jul 22, 2014

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