Last updated on January 4th, 2026 at 04:31 am
Gradient Sort – Puzzle Game Review
Gradient Sort is a Puzzle/Casual game from Popcore GmbH, first launched in 13th September 2022.
It’s rated 12+ and currently has 4,564+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Gradient Sort Stand Out
Welcome to Gradient Sort! It’s a new color sorting game that is so visually pleasing, it will have you coming back for more. Coloring games have been one-upped with the shade sorting puzzle mechanic.
Gradient Sort is quiet and simple. We invite you to play it while listening to your favorite music. Kick back, relax and see if you can solve the enigma that is achieving perfect color harmony with so many gradients.
Meditate over a game play so smooth and satisfying. Arrange the shades of colors in the right order, achieve harmony and relax. We are visual creatures after all.
This Puzzle game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Gradient Sort is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 5th September 2024
Recent improvements include:
Bug fixing + performance improvements!
Thank you for playing!
Download & Availability
Gradient Sort is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
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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:
Great game but our one critique would be too add a zoom in function because some of the tiles are so small.
We hardly ever right a review for a game, but this game is great and it helps us relax after a long work day. We play this when Im in bed before going to sleep. Just wish there wasnt so many ads.
This game is both stimulating and sharpening visual acuity and relaxing at the same time.
Pretty fun game! Mostly depended on the progress bar.
We love the game but on some levels the pieces are so small we cant select them. There should be a zoom In feature so these pieces are easier to move.
Some pieces are just too small to move on an iphone screen.
Super fun and a great way to pass time, but it gets frustrating when it makes you redo a couple of levels every time you close out of the app. Especially with levels that were hard to get past and theres no way around skipping them.
Some of the puzzles are just too small. A lot of the time, we cant see what Im selecting because its completely obscured by our finger (and we dont have large fingers). Its also difficult to move the pieces because we wind up selecting the wrong piece over and over. And theres really no reason for the puzzles to be this small, so thats extra frustrating.
We just started playing this a week ago and, while it is kinda fun, its not very challenging. When does it become a challenge? Im on level 30.
Ive noticed several times Ive completed an image and close the app it fails to move to the next image when we return. There should be a manual option to advance to a new image, we hate having to do the same image twice.
Im not entirely sure whats going on with Popcore games right now but really wish someone would step in and fix them. In the App Store, it clearly says an ad free version is available for $2.99, which is completely reasonable for a game of this caliber except theres nowhere to actually purchase that version. Gradient Sort has the potential to be a great game if we could just opt out of the ads.
This game is so relaxing and really fun but the amount of ads makes us lose interest. You cant click on anything without having to wait for an ad. But the worst part is that frequently the X to exit out of the ad doesnt appear and we have to restart the game in order to get rid of the ad. If we have to restart it twice in ten minutes Im just going to play another game.
Our biggest issue with the game is that they offer the option of watching an ad to get extra coinsbut if you choose the option that just gives you the set amount of coinsyou STILL have to watch an ad! Smh.
We really wanna like this game but the fact that it shows you the solution to the puzzle before you even start takes away any challenge.
Great game super fun and stimulating, but theres no button to pay for no ads, even when its advertised. Im happy to pay 2$ for no ads, but theres no button to pay for it. Kinda a buzzkill.
Like the game, but when apps automatically have sound on for their ads and nothing else we get frustrated.
An ad after every level, makes it so frustrating to play. We love the game but theres no way to get rid of the ads and its so infuriating.
Literally only downloaded this to rate it one star and redirect people to the original games by Zut: we Love Hue and we Love Hue Too. Do NOT waste your time or money on this game and support the original creators.
We usually never write reviews but we absolutely love this game! We swear we could play for hours but theres just one problem that makes this game really frustrating to play sometimes. Most of the levels have these really small squares and even worse small triangles that are SUPER hard to click on and when youre trying to switch them around it makes it really difficult and frustrating to do so. If that could somehow be fixed then this game would be perfect.
We love this game! It's everything we could want but we want to remove the ads. There doesn't appear to be any way to do so even though on the app overview in the app store it says it should be an option for $2.99 in-app. Please fix this so we can give you money and enjoy your wonderful game with no ads.
Great game. Cool concept. Needs a save feature. When we close the app in the middle of game play we dont want to have to start over later. Let us save our progress. Fix this or we wont be playing for long.
Idk why many people complain about ads anymore, almost every single game has them now. This game is great, but the issue we have is that every time we complete a level, if we dont immediately start the new level and we just get out of the app, when we try to play again hours later we have to redo the same level we had already completed. Theres no way to skip to the next level and its really frustrating especially when its a hard level that you had to use hints for. It gives you more than enough coins to buy more hints which is really good but we personally will be deleting this game because of how frustrated we are that its happened so many times now. We have adhd and am forgetful so we cant remember to just move pieces before we get out of the app. If you guys fix this issue Ill definitely reinstall the app.
Title says it all, really. Just play that instead.
Ive only had this game for about a month but already Im getting repeat puzzles. Havent had anything new for quite a while.
We think the title speaks for itself.
It is an okay game but there isn't an option to get rid of ads plus Ive had a lot of issues with Popcore and paying $$ for ad removal and they still forced ads on us despite paying for ad removal.
We dont usually write reviews but we love this game so much! Its super fun and theres always different shades and shapes we dont think theres too many ads like other reviews might say, just about the amount any free mobile app would. So if youre looking for a nice game to play, this is definitely a good one.
As someone who enjoys gradient art and learning about color theory, we love the concept of this game. It is fun and rewarding to sort the colors. Its a unique idea for a puzzle game that we havent seen before and we like it quite a bit. However, the game doesnt have any music which is a little disappointing, and while the ads are mostly optional its still annoying. We would rather have this game cost a few dollars and have no ads than be free with ads in it.
Way too many ads! Other than that, love this game. Great for anyone who loves puzzles.
We really enjoy this game and would pay to remove ads but there is no option. And there are SO many ads.
There are skippable ads. But several times a not skippable one will come up. It would be nice if we could be told when thats going to happen because its very random and if we have to watch an ad, Id like to get a reward for it. Just started this game and REALLY love it but we havent even done 15 levels and the non-skippable ads are almost too much. Will update review if they do become too much.
Is there a paid version? We really like the game but honestly spend more time having to watch the ads than to play. We would be happy to pay a reasonable amount to play as free.
Okay we love this game but theres ads between every level. Way too many! Let us do a t least 3 levels between ads please! Plus, it says in the game specs that there are in-app purchases in which you can pay to remove ads but we cannot find that option anywhere, nor does it ever prompt or ask if we would like to pay for ad removal (which we would!). Disappointed. Ads get in the way of an enjoyable game and actually keep us from playing it because its too many.
Fun game but levels keep repressing themselves after youve completed that level, makes you not want to play.
We are obsessed with this game!! Its so fun and satisfying we are playing it non stop.
If you like a game that is a challenging brain teaser but is also fun, this is it. We love the concept and finishing each level brings a smile to our face.
We wish we can buy a version with no ads.
You completely copied we Love Hue Too. Their game was out 2 years ago and yours is much more recent, so you have no excuse. All the levels are the same. It's not even as good as that game, it's a low-budget stolen game that doesn't even TRY to be anywhere near as good as the original. It's terrible. We would put zero stars if we could.
After paying for ad free – which says it removes banner and interstitial – there are still 30 second+ ads between each game. Just ridiculous, want our money back.
Just another game in the modern style of knock off another games, add ads, ads, ads, and make the levels so easy that it takes less time to solve than to wait for everything that goes in between them. Just get the original(s) (theres a sequel now). Your cortisol levels will thank you.
We would happily pay for a version of this game without ads but that isnt an option. Its too much. The game would be so much more pleasant without an ad in between every game, banner ads at the bottom of the games, and all of the incentivized ads.
- we have never written an app review before but this is our favorite game in the world and we need the people to know. – the ads can be annoying, but we paid for no ads around 2 years ago and havent seen an ad since so that is something to consider. – at a certain point the levels do repeat but im pretty sure that is mainly because ive played 5,000 levels – (if a developer is reading this bychance, could you please remove the special tile feature we really do not like it, ty love u).
We love this game, we may have beaten it (level counter stuck at 954 but levels still generate) but there are some issues. Another review mentioned the races which can be annoying. The other annoying thing is the lucky tile that generates every level. Its really bothersome in that if you touch it it loads the stupid screen and if it spawns on a small enough tile it gets hard to see its color well. Also, the back arrow from the hard level menu is busted, the hard levels no longer generate, and this isnt a big deal but we really miss the color shuffle power up. We love this game tho.
Love this game but we do not like being constantly interrupted by the special tiles.
Cant play the challenge levels; glitches; then freezes and you got to restart the app. Wished they would fix it because its a great puzzle game and we love it.
Game is perfect and all, we even paid for the no ads, but it needs lot of UI fixes. The races are unavoidable, when it asks you to join another race there is no option to cancel it. We just want to play it for ourselves in our spare time casually. When the race starts, it shows a progress bar at the bottom which covers few tiles if the puzzle is vertically long. The back button on the normal / hard selection screen is not working. UI is just not responsive. Buttons face and look like they are un-selectable.
We love this game! We have completed over 700 levels. However, we notice that there are challenge levels to earn coins. We have no idea how to complete those challenge levels. We complete the daily challenge and the quests but it never says we complete the challenges.
The clock/day for this app is always off by a half day. We like to play in the evenings to relax and we get to the end of the month on the daily puzzles and it already flips for the next month before the end of our day, so we regularly miss the last reward after 29 or 30 days playing. So irritating! Fix your app time to match the players location.
Theres no way to end a puzzle if youre stuck. Ive been staring at this this for 15 minutes and we cant see a tile out of place. We just want to end that one and go to the next one. Im playing this game to relax but its just making us feel annoyed.
Anyone know how to unlock the hard levels? It says to complete normal challenges to unlock the hard levels but we are level 2,218 and we are still unable to unlock the hard levels. Please help.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 46.2.2
- Size: 349.94 MB
- iOS: 15.2 or later
- Languages: AR, NL, EN, FR, DE, ID, IT, JA, KO, PL, PT, RU, ZH, ES, TH, TR, VI
- Content Advisory: Infrequent/Mild Medical/Treatment Information, Infrequent/Mild Horror/Fear Themes, Infrequent/Mild Alcohol, Tobacco, or Drug Use or References, Infrequent/Mild Sexual Content and Nudity, Infrequent/Mild Contests, Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence, Infrequent/Mild Realistic Violence, Infrequent/Mild Mature/Suggestive Themes
- Developer: Popcore GmbH
Last updated: 5th September 2024 | Genre: Puzzle, Casual | Developer: Popcore GmbH