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Groops – Education Game Review
Groops is a Education/Puzzle/Board game from Torched Media LLC, first launched in 6th January 2014.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 670+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Groops Stand Out
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?
~ 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
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.
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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This Education game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Groops is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 23rd February 2018
Recent improvements include:
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 3×3 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
Download & Availability
Groops 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:
Really great game, it makes us calm every time we play it.
Love this game. Make more levels!! 2018-feb 19 Level 4 on new pack brainz needed is needing fixed. Or we cant find it even using our hints.
Twice we've used hints and no hints are given!!! And it took 3 years for the developer to respond to comments. We have long since removed this app from our phone.
Lost interest. Found a better game To spend our time with.
UPDATE 2/16/2018: Did it really just take you THREE years to respond to our review??? Ive already deleted the app when we got rid of our iPhone 4 we've mastered all levels and now there's nothing left to do but continuously play the timed version. UNSAT. We feel like we've reached the end of the internet here. Do we keep the app or delete it.
Love this game. At first it seems almost child's play. Trust us it gets more challenging as you progress. We do recommend this game. We decided to review it again today because it still is fun and continues to challenge us.
Easy once you get the hang of it.
This is a fabulously simple game with endless complexity. We find that we do better on certain types of patterns than others. It's a great little mind booster.
We enjoy how this game is challenging without being frustrating.
We love all of the fun levels and the way it opens your mind. The game forces you to look at things from different perspectives, perspectives you normally wouldn't think about.
We usually don't like very many puzzle games, but this one is challenging and really gets you thinking! The time levels are still a pain in the a**.
We just wish there were more puzzles. We like the 'levels' much better than the speed matching portion. Maybe a 'Groops2' sometime soon…? Pretty please? :).
Great game that keeps you thinking and interested.
Fun with levels for both our kid and us.
Needs more levels… We've finished the entire game over 50+ times.
Awesome game! Kept us occupied for days. Only wish there were more boards and levels to do.
Very challenging as game progresses.
It only took five minutes for this game to become our latest addiction. If you are seeking a game that really challenges you, this is it.
A shameless ripoff of the card game 'set', but it's done extremely well. Can't get enough of this in the random 45 second waiting moments.
Challenge yourself. We enjoy this a lot.
We don't write many reviews, but this game deserves one. If you are the puzzle/brain teaser type, this game is definitely for you. Hope to see more games developed like this one! Kudos.
Wish there were move levels to purchase. We've completed them all so we play the time mode over and over. More levels besides on Facebook please.
Hours of non repetitive play make this a mind-bending treat.
We love this game. We just really hope there are new levels soon.
Love this game. One of our absolute favorites.
This has turned into our go-to game for chilling out and de-stressing, as there's enough to focus us without being overwhelming. The challenge of the harder levels never feels unfair or frustrating. Highly recommended.
We very much enjoy this puzzle game!!! Thank you.
We play this game almost everyday, and it's challenging and makes you think! It's great if your obsessive compulsive or have ADD.
We truly love this game but we have completed all the levels and am hoping for more.
We love this game, it takes a little practice and learning but once you get the idea, it's a mind teaser all the way. We enjoy this game very much.
Love this game and want more levels. We are signed onto Facebook, but can't get more levels.
This game really helped us a lot. Everyone should do this before they go to bed.
We haven't come across any bugs yet, but we just started playing.
Great little game, at first seems too easy and as levels increase it needed more and more careful thinking. Thoroughly enjoyable.
Love this game!!! It's easy at first but then it took a turn and became difficult.
Fun, fast-paced game sure to challenge.
This game is like the card game "Set" that we used to play. It's a fun game that makes you think.
We are always looking for brain teaser puzzles that aren't just about getter faster. This one always you to do the levels based on the difficulty in finding the related objects.
We feel like it is making us smarter :-).
We're done with all the levels – need more! This is a great game.
Just like the card game Set. Love it.
This is perfect for getting a mental workout. It's equally fun whether you have just a few minutes or a big block of time to play.
Love this new game. Thanks to Starbucks for the fun.
It's surprising how challenging it is to teach your brain to recognize and difference after years of sorting by similarity. Great fun and a good puzzle game.
This is a great mind focus puzzle that gets more challenging in every level. Fun to play and challenge yourself to higher scores. We play regularly and feel like it is helping keep our mind sharp. Thanks for a great interesting fun game.
Fantastic game. Great to play when waiting or have a few minutes to pass. Would love more levels though.
Great way to sharpen your mind.
We love that we can jump in, play a couple rounds to take our mind off of one thing and yet be challenged in another way. A minute to learn and a bit longer to master.
Very addictive! We've always thought of ourselves as a good puzzle-solver – especially with these types of puzzles. Let us tell you that we were very pleasantly surprised. It started out nice and simple at first. We thought we'd finish the game in an hour. But as the levels progressed, we found ourselves staring at the screen for minutes, scanning for that last match. Bravo.
A fantastic game. Highly addictive, challenging, but a simple concept.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.3.6
- Size: 11.65 MB
- iOS: 8.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: Torched Media LLC
Last updated: 23rd February 2018 | Genre: Education, Puzzle | Developer: Torched Media LLC