Last updated on November 29th, 2025 at 06:01 pm
Bold Moves – Lifestyle Game Review
Bold Moves is a Lifestyle/Puzzle/Word game from RED GAMES CO, LLC, first launched in 2nd November 2016.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 13,033+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Bold Moves Stand Out
What do you get when you combine match 3, word puzzles, and inspirational quotes? A match 3 made in heaven! Get your daily dose of positivity with Bold Moves; the positively relaxing (and challenging) match 3 word puzzle game.
Match 3 colors to collect letter tiles, break through obstacles, and solve the phrase to find inspiration from motivational quotes and positive affirmations. Earn rewards and boosters, progress through chapters of puzzles, and win limited-time events.
CHALLENGE YOUR BRAIN AND YOUR MINDSET
Easy to play but tough to master! Triumph over hundreds of fun match 3 puzzle games set in calming, nature-inspired levels.
Earn rewards and achievements with weekly events centered around messages of inner strength, self-reflection, mindfulness, self-care, personal well-being, and life adventures
Put your strategy skills to the test to match, swap, and collect letter tiles
Make matches of three in a row or more to clear colors, remove blocks, and form words
Solve the phrase to reveal celebrity quotes, win games, reach milestones, and move on to the next level of your journey
RECHARGE YOUR SOUL EVERY DAY
Match 3 games CAN be self-care, for sure! Enjoy encouragement and relaxation with daily rewards and inspiring affirmations to set you on a path of personal growth and empowerment.
Immerse yourself in tranquil, zen-like landscapes and peaceful environments, perfect for a meditative escape
Casual gameplay with dazzling combos and power-ups provides a much-needed mental escape, whether for 5 minutes or 5 hours
A refreshing spin on a classic game, Bold Moves’ quote cards can even serve as a journal or diary full of inspiration for a rainy day!
SPREAD JOY
Share your favorite quotes with friends and spark joy, hope, and happiness
“Soooo many people have told me how much they love a good game. And, if you didn’t already know, I LOVE a great quote! So we mixed the two together! OWN presents Bold Moves, a brand-new game that challenges you to solve captivating puzzles and unlock hundreds of quotes that you can share with your friends. It’s already one of my Favorite Things… I hope it becomes one of yours, too!” – Oprah Winfrey
Download Bold Moves now and start on your path to a happier, more positive you.
This Lifestyle game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Bold Moves is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 28th February 2025
Recent improvements include:
General bug fixes and experience improvements.
“We can’t become what we need to be by remaining what we are.” – Oprah Winfrey
Download & Availability
Bold Moves is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
We paid over $6. To remove ADs. What Ive discovered is that when we start to play Im faced with an Ad, and its LONG! When we get to the 3 more tries option you still have to watch an Ad but its very Long again. We wrote to support but it didnt go far! Plus the kicker is Ive played this game for years. When there were zero Ads! Except the 3 try at the end, but it was quick. NOT WORTH IT to pay for no Ads.
So positive it relaxes us and challenges.
Love to play when we have a minute, the quotes are so cute.
We had to reinstall it but works great now And we love the positive quotes #Encouraged.
We would rate it a perfect 10 out of 10.
The problem as just as the title implies. Its rather disruptive every time you lose a heart and youre back onto the main page. Not even a restart button at all in the years this game has been out.
So far so good-it gets harder quickly though.
A match 3 we just keep coming back to! The levels are challenging yet rewarding. We always enjoy the new puzzle each day and appreciate the new events they add every couple days.
The new version added automatic ads and we have to pay to remove them. They were not there in the last version. We are very disappointed that you added all these pop up ads and are making us pay to remove them. There were enough ads before. Now its almost unplayable. Unless we pay.
Inspirational and beautiful quotes.
As much as we enjoy this game, you have to watch repeated interminable ads for other games in order to keep playing. That presents an insulting challenge: How much abuse of your time will you accept, before you draw the line? Sorry to go, but theres no alternative.
We had 160 gems yesterday and today our gems are at 60. Is this a ploy to get us to purchase more gems.
Would give 5 if we could get an ad free version for one payment instead of Apple Arcade monthly paid service. Love this game.
We like the game because it is challenging mentally But at each level there is an ad thats so annoying in between each level comes the ad. It takes away from you really enjoying the game.
Fun game and the quotes are very inspirational.
The game is more fun then before and it gives you challenges but lots of rewards. Last time we quit playing because we couldnt achieve any winnings. Glad they upgraded the game.
Love the fun mix between match 3 and puzzle solving, something relaxing about it.
Love this game! And the quotes!! Only Oprah.
We love this game, especially how it makes us think of all the possible phrases and quotes that can be the puzzle of the day.
The positive message MAKE this game. Its no longer a developer throwing in new worlds for a false sense of accomplishment we LOVE this game! The power of words in a game is everything.
This game is a must have. It is challenging but fun at the same time.
This game is fun to play & always lifts our spirits.
Ive been playing th App for years before and after Oprah recommended it. It has become expensive. Its almost impossible to solve anything without spending $$$$. In the past we could play for days, enjoy and occasionally spend a little. We actually thinking about quitting because we dont like to fail so often without paying for success.
Gorgeous graphics and really an unusual game, we do like the mix of finding the letters in the match 3. We know Ill be in the minority here but the positive affirmations make us want to gag and really turn us off, its really cheesy. How about mixing in some normal crostic quotes for those of us who are already mentally stable? Really, the love yourself message for EVERY puzzle? Just…why??? We dont get how anyone can play this for more than 2-3 levels at a time unless they REALLY need to hear how to love themselves. Seriously, beautiful game but premise of self help definitely not for everyone. If you need to hear things like, Admit your dreams Embrace your talents etc. Hundreds of times in a row, this game is for you. And if you need to hear these kind of things on this level, might we suggest a visit to a therapist? If you really want to cater to more people, the puzzles need updating. There are nice, positive thoughts in this world other than focusing on how one feels about themselves, just saying.
Ive played since its launch but in the past several months its no longer fun. For many games, level 4 is almost impossible to get past. If we do spend the money for a lot of moves and boosts to make it to 7, then level 8 is virtually impossible. Im abandoning many games now and will find ourselves playing less.
We like this game but for the past 2 days Ive been getting ads while playing even though it is an Apple Arcade game and we have a subscription. We contacted both Apple and the game developers about this but havent been able to get it resolved.
We are constantly annoyed by the crappy controls on this game. It misreads finger swipes all the time. It makes us want to throw our phone across the room! Fix this.
Since the beginning of 2024, this game has not operated properly. After every ad plays, the game locks up and the next level can not be played until we close the game out completely! Ive sent multiple emails and the advice given is that it is the problem of the ad company and we must deal with them. They conceded to give us 30 chips and the game worked properly for one week. NOW ITS BACK TO LOCKING UP AFTER each ad runs. Ive had it.
They added a LOT more ads in this game. Of course, if you want to pay 6.99 a month, you avoid the ads and the annoyance. Its so unfortunate.
Since the last update where you said you made several changes the game gets to 90% and it stops downloading. Message comes up and says to contact you. Please fix Im sure we have lost our daily long in which was at 1063. Update This issue was fixed after doing an update for the newest version (3.4.1). This update came out after our review and we wanted to give it 5 stars now. Also we did not loose any booster or our daily login. Thank you.
We love playing the game everyday! However, lately there is not a day that the screen does not freeze on an ad! We have to keep rebooting our iPad to get rid of the ad and back to the game. It happens everyday!! This does not happen on all our other games. After you watch an ad, it should let you get back to the game and not freeze on the screen. Please improved this so we can get back to enjoying the game.
Love this game but 2 days and will only load to 90%.
We have played this game for a long time. It seems like a lot of the time when a big update comes out, the game quits working, like is the case with this latest update. The previous update we lost all of our data, had to start at the beginning and re-earn all our items. It was frustrating. And now we cant play the game for the last 2 days because the update isnt letting us in to the game at all. We have sent an email to the developers; waiting a response.
The app loads to 90% and then gives an error message.
Im really hoping this update works because we had gone on to a new envelope challenge, got 4 or 5 levels in and the game glitched and sent us back to the last word challenge of the previous envelope set of challenges. Now Im stuck having to do them all over again.
We find this game very enjoyable, except when the heavy-hand of the developers programming keep players from succeeding various levels… A REALLY good game gives the illusion that gaming success is only dependent on the player's skill level. Also tired of watching ads to then not receive bonuses.
The new update on Friday, September 7, 2023 removed all the rewards that we collected and left with 0(zero) we have no butterflies, tornados, waterfalls, flowers, or jewelry or any of the other rewards that we had collected they all went back to 0 (zero) What happened please help get our rewards back we like playing Bold Moves but now we feel this new update has robbed us of everything we had earned.
We were charged $8.47 two times yesterday for a purchase of the Gulluvers travel gem package and never received it. We would like our refund of $16.94 for both charges. This is not the first time this has happened with this app.
Took us a few years (playing everyday) but we finished the game. We beat Level 500! Now we play the Special Events and love them all. Bold Moves is a part of our daily life.
Update to our review 6/23/23. Since the update, the freezing has stopped and now we can play on our phone as it finally is coordinating via iCloud. Thanks to the developers for addressing our concerns. Oprah would be proud.
We really like solving for the inspirational quotes.
We play this game when we just want to veg out after a stressful day at work or when we can't sleep because our mind won't quiet. The music is gentle and it's fun guessing the quotes. We like that all of the quotes are positive messages.
Love playing this game for a relaxing inspirational time. Fun to see the inspirational quotes unlocked.
Love the cute tiles and lovely quotes! Always nice to sit down and relax with the beatitudes art and good vibes.
This game is great, its fun and easy to play. It gets challenging in a good way and the mechanics are not predatory. We love the look feel and style too, it gives you a feeling when playing.
Ive completed all 500 of the standard levels, so we appreciate that we can still enjoy playing the new events games. Unfortunately, the daily Quote of the Day game offering has been the same game and quote for weeks now, and it wont change to a new game even after successfully solving the stuck-game. We enjoyed getting a new daily game and quote to try when it was working properly, but the daily repeat is a glitch that needs to be corrected.
Hi, somehow we can stuck at level 62. We cant load the game to play. This happened to us 2 times. Uninstall and install, still not able to click play. :( we love this game. Please make it work again.
To start with the positives- we love that there are different tasks within the game: match 3 to get to a Hangman-style puzzle that you have to solve. It keeps the game fresh and fun, we love that the answers you are trying to solve are inspirational/motivational quotes. However– the game falls prey to the most common fault in all of these types of apps: they just cant get the balance of how easy it is vs how rewarding it is to play. People dont play match 3 games to get frustrated and overwhelmed. They play to relax while theyre on the bus or waiting in the doctors office or whenever they have a few moments and they want to kill time. The first few rounds were so easy we almost deleted it cuz it was almost pointless. Then all of a sudden it became near impossible. Especially with the daily games. Ill probably keep it but we wont play it regularly.
We have played this game since its original launch. Since Red Games took it over, its degraded in quality. In the last two weeks, it is not performing consistently. The app is now showing that we never completed all 500 levels and when we launch it, it wants to start us at game 1. WTH? There have been a string of days where we try to earn the second booster by watching an ad, but the ad wont run – we get a Bold Moves error that says sorry the ad didnt run, but youll still earn the extra booster, yet it doesnt increment. When Ive written to support, we get irrelevant answers. Its not our device, OS, or user error (Ive logged out/in). Im almost at the point of deleting it altogether and Im not a gamer, so we wont be investing in one of the others.
We like the addition of the daily game. However, Im tired of doing the SAME game 3very day Breathe and let be. Seems like it should refresh every day. Ive been doing this daily for over a week.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 4.3
- Size: 749.24 MB
- iOS: 15.2 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: RED GAMES CO, LLC
Last updated: 28th February 2025 | Genre: Lifestyle, Puzzle | Developer: RED GAMES CO, LLC