The first five paintings are free to play in every piece style and difficulty, with no ads. A single one-time in-app purchase unlocks all the other paintings.

How do I unlock every painting?

Press the Unlock button on a locked painting, or open the Info screen and choose Unlock all paintings. After changing devices or reinstalling, use Restore purchases on the same screen.

How do I rotate a piece?

On Normal and Hard, double-tap a piece to turn it 90 degrees.

Can I see the finished painting?

Yes. Hold the Preview button as often as you like.

Where is my progress saved?

Only on your device. Nothing is sent to the developer.

SUPPORT — MASTERPIECE PUZZLE

Put a masterpiece back together.

A quiet puzzle game in which a famous painting is cut into pieces and you put it back together. Choose a painting from a gallery wall, then a piece style and a difficulty. No timer and no score.

Free · 124 Western paintings · 3 piece styles · 3 difficulties · No account · iPhone and iPad

THE APP

Screenshots

Putting The Dance Class by Degas back together with jigsaw pieces — Jigsaw pieces, Easy

Putting Wheat Field with Cypresses back together with triangle pieces — Triangles, Normal

The finished painting in a gold frame with its museum caption — Framed when done

No timer, no score

Open it when you have a moment and close it when you are done. Take as long as you like with each painting.

Three ways to cut a painting

Triangles, classic jigsaw pieces, or irregular shards like cracked glass. Each style has Easy, Normal and Hard.

A gallery of your own

Swipe along the gallery wall to choose a painting. The Collection screen shows every painting at a glance: the one you played last, the ones you have played and the ones you have not.

AT A GLANCE

Overview

Paintings

124 famous Western paintings, shown in gold frames

Piece styles

Triangles, Jigsaw, Shards

Difficulty

Easy: guide outlines and a faint painting on the board, no rotation. Normal: a faint painting only, pieces must be turned. Hard: a blank board, pieces must be turned, more pieces.

Pieces

About 14 to 40, depending on the painting and the difficulty

Preview

Hold the Preview button to see the finished painting, as often as you like

Progress

Saved automatically on your device; each painting, piece style and difficulty is tracked separately

Languages

English, Japanese (follows your device)

Price

Free to download. The first five paintings are free; a one-time in-app purchase unlocks all the others. No ads. See the Privacy Policy.

Account

Not required

Platform

iPhone and iPad

HOW TO PLAY

How to play

Choose a painting

Swipe along the gallery wall, or open Collection to see all paintings at once.
Choose a piece style and a difficulty

Tap a cell in the table. A red disc shows a combination you have already cleared for that painting.
Place the pieces

Drag a piece from the tray onto the board. When it is close to its place and the right way up, it locks in with a click.
Turn pieces (Normal and Hard)

Double-tap a piece to turn it 90 degrees. Stuck? Hold the Preview button to see the finished painting.

CREDITS

Credits

The paintings come from the Open Access programs of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Rijksmuseum, the Statens Museum for Kunst (SMK) and The Cleveland Museum of Art (CC0, public domain). The fonts Cormorant Garamond, Zen Old Mincho and IM Fell English are used under the SIL Open Font License.

CONTACT

Questions and feedback

Use the contact form or write to abeflutter@gmail.com.