Groops
Experience one of the top-rated Free games on the App Store, Groops! Developed by the innovative team at Torched Media LLC, this Education game provides a unique gaming experience like no other. With a content rating of 4+, it’s perfect for a wide range of players. Since its initial release on 6th January 2014, the game has seen numerous updates, with the latest version launched on 23rd February 2018.
Are you a fan of Education, Puzzle, or Board games? Then Groops is right up your alley! You won’t be able to resist its appeal.
User Ratings of Groops
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How Much Does Groops Cost?
Good news! You can download Groops on your iOS device absolutely free!
Groops Release Date
Eager to know when Groops first graced the App Store? It was launched on 6th January 2014.
When Was Groops Last Updated?
The latest version of Groops was updated on 23rd February 2018, ensuring a more enjoyable gaming experience for all players.
Where Can I Download Groops?
To get started with Groops, head over to the official Apple App Store.
A Glimpse into 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?
~ * 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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What’s New in the Latest Update?
Find out what’s new in the latest version of Groops updated on 23rd February 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 3×3 board layout, now available in the Levels menu!
- Removed share to Facebook for bonus pack. Now included without needing to share
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- Yoav and Jason
User Reviews on Groops
Looking for more information? Read a comprehensive review of Groops below:
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??? We’ve 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???
Hours of non repetitive play make this a mind-bending treat.
Fun, fast-paced game sure to challenge.
Groops is so simple, but so appealing and challenging! The app is aesthetically pleasing, doesn’t contain obtrusive ads, and provides a great and addictive cognitive challenge. We did not experience the bug other reviews referencenothing but a great experience for us! Kudos, devs. I’d recommend this to anyone who likes a good puzzle!
We play this game almost everyday, and it’s challenging and makes you think! It’s great if your obsessive compulsive or have ADD.
Awesome game! Kept us occupied for days. Only wish there were more boards and levels to do.
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 love this app! It has different levels, so you can adjust how challenged you would like to be. Fun way to spend some time, makes you more alert and aware.
This is our favorite game. The only problem is, we can’t stop playing!
Our 12 yr old son and we love this game! The premiss is simple and it sharpens your mind.
Challenging … Keeps you wanting to play more.
Just like the card game Set. Love 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.
We love this simple but boggling game. Everyone should get it!
Really like this puzzle game. Makes us think.
This game is tricky at first but it’s a lot of fun. Definitely broke our 2048 addiction.
This game is like the card game "Set" that we used to play. It’s a fun game that makes you think.
Like the description said, this game is easy to learn but it quickly begins to challenge you. Our son and we like solving the problems together.
We’re done with all the levels – need more! This is a great game.
Groops is such a great app it really works with ur brain and is super fun!!! 5 stars.
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.
Very challenging as game progresses!
Love the game. Help keep our hand and eye coordination sharp. Recommend for people who have had strokes or survived a coma like we have.
Great little game, at first seems too easy and as levels increase it needed more and more careful thinking. Thoroughly enjoyable.
Very addictive! We’ve always thought of myself 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 I’d finish the game in an hour. But as the levels progressed, we found myself staring at the screen for minutes, scanning for that last match. Bravo!
Easy once you get the hang of 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.
We love this game. Was challenging and we hope to see more. Cannot seem to unlock more with Facebook as no option to get to Facebook. Love it. Sad we have finished it.
Starbucks turned us onto this game-and we greatly enjoyed it…. We recommend it highly!
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 puzzle game is AMAZING. We only wish that there were more levels! We’re not usually the type to play games on our phone but we downloaded this on a whim and we’re ADDICTED. It’s the most interesting game we’ve ever had the distinct pleasure to play. We’ve collectively spent hours, days probably, playing this game and we’re almost finished with it and we’re going to miss it.
We don’t usually play games. This one has been great. Funny people complaining about hints, what do you need hints for? Read on another comment that you can earn them if you need them. Thanks again to Starbucks for the download.
Great game that keeps you thinking and interested.
Got it thru Starbucks… Great game.
We love this game, got addicted right away. This game left us thinking and feeling dumb sometimes. But we beat the game finally, we would live to see more levels added. Also we noticed a glitch on Game Center it says we haven’t finished all 4×4 puzzles but we have would like to see that fixed. Wish more people would play the multiplayer quick ones, we can never find anyone to play against.
A fantastic game. Highly addictive, challenging, but a simple concept.
We enjoy how this game is challenging without being frustrating.
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.