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Three titles our editors kept returning to after testing finished. The grade is the rating published on the game’s Google Play listing for Australia on the day we checked.
Pick of the issue
One line, drawn through matching gummies, and the board empties. It reads instantly, plays with a single thumb and rewards pattern-spotting rather than speed. The calmest title we tested this month, and the highest graded.
Best boards
The clearest board layout in the shortlist. Jelly layers and crates arrive in a sensible order, so you always understand why a level was lost.
Longest catalogue
A large, unhurried level catalogue with special pieces explained on screen. Comfortable rather than surprising — which is exactly what a commute asks for.
The register
Each entry lists the developer, the Google Play rating for Australia, the number of ratings behind it and a typical session length measured during testing. Every title is free to download.
Bigcool Games
A match-three board that also lets you merge identical pieces into stronger ones, wrapped in a light diary story. Goals arrive as fruit quotas and blocked tiles, and an on-board hint points out a workable move when the grid stalls. The pace stays gentle throughout.
Open on Google Play
Bubblescapes
Straight-down-the-line confectionery match-three with tidy artwork and boards you can read at a glance. Jelly layers, crates and drop-down goals appear in a steady order, so the difficulty curve is easy to follow. The most legible board design in the register.
Open on Google Play
CrazyLabs LTD
Less a puzzle than a kitchen sandbox: you pipe, pour, slice and decorate desserts through a run of tactile mini-games. Progress is counted in finished plates rather than levels, which suits very short sittings. The tone is playful and the controls are forgiving.
Open on Google Play
FIOGONIA LIMITED
A pour-and-fill block puzzle where juice flows into the grid from whichever side you tap. There is no countdown, so you can sit on a board and plan the whole sequence. Bright fruit colours, unhurried animation and a genuinely testing middle stretch.
Open on Google Play
LolTap
Draw a single line through matching gummies and clear them before the grid fills up. It reads instantly, plays with one thumb and favours pattern-spotting over reaction speed. The highest-graded entry in this issue and the easiest to recommend to a newcomer.
Open on Google Play
NeoPOP
Pastry-counter match-three built around macarons, cakes and layered pastel boards. Objectives rotate between collecting items and clearing icing, and the grid rarely feels crowded. A quiet, low-pressure option with the softest colour palette of the nine.
Open on Google Play
Puzzle1Studio
The third instalment of a long-running lollipop series, with a large level catalogue and a familiar swap-and-clear rhythm. Special pieces are introduced slowly and explained on screen. Comfortable rather than surprising, which is precisely its appeal.
Open on Google Play
RED INFINITY LIMITED — STORY
Tap groups of matching fruit blocks to clear them and let the stack collapse into bigger chains. It is the most-rated title in the register and the most casual, with levels that finish inside a minute. Board readability dips a little on smaller handsets.
Open on Google Play
RV AppStudios
A cube-blast board with crisp artwork that also runs without a connection. Levels mix collection goals with obstacles, and the pacing suits players who like to think a move through. Our testers singled out the unusually restrained sound design for the genre.
Open on Google PlayLetters column
We do not commission testimonials. The notes below were published by players on the Google Play listings of the games in this issue; spelling is theirs.
I really like playing Fruit Diary -Merge & Match, because it’s fun and exciting. I also appreciate the help in selecting what moves that are suggested.
Gwenda Powell · Fruit Diary - Merge & Match 3
Excellent new variation of match 3 and merge together! I’m really enjoying it!
Jan Lopreste · Fruit Diary - Merge & Match 3
I think the print could be bigger but all in all it’s a great game
Joan Garvey · Sweet Candy Match: Puzzle Game
I love this game so far thank u just play it found another game I enjoy playing
Derrick Manning · Sweet Candy Match: Puzzle Game
So good game means it’s really incredible we can make different types of dessert in it and it also have funny scene that make me roll out I recommend to install it
Manju Sharma · Dessert DIY
this game is very interesting and fun and one changes in our life and entertainment all this part of the James I love it I like it
Ranjit Kumar · Dessert DIY
Fun game. A bit tough for me. Thank goodness there is no timer. I wouldn’t have made it past Level 5. Great theme and good graphics and animations
Diana Folsom · Juice Up
The best type of these games I have ever played. You can fill up from any position on the block. They took a good game and made it better. Well done team
Kurt B · Juice Up
These are player reviews published on the Google Play pages of the games featured in this issue. SunnyGrade does not edit their meaning and has no relationship with the people who wrote them.
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The testing sheet for issue 34: nine titles, installed and played in the order shown.
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SunnyGrade began as a shared spreadsheet between three friends who kept recommending the same handful of puzzle games to their families and kept forgetting which ones had aged badly. Turning it into a public sheet was mostly an act of tidiness: one page, one grade per title, written so that a parent, a commuter or a night-shift nurse can decide in under a minute.
We cover a narrow field on purpose — fruit, confectionery and dessert puzzles, the sort of board you can pick up between two train stops. Anything faster, louder or built around pressure is out of scope, and so is anything that asks a player to hurry. The register is rebuilt for each issue rather than left to grow stale, and titles drop out when they stop being pleasant to play.
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