I am a busy grandmother. If time affects scoring then we need a pause button. Game is perfect for me. Older brother introduced me to the game and l have introduced it to my children and grandchildren. I think it is weird to get a high score when all you do is make a lucky guess. I think a higher score should be given because of intellect. I am adding to my review. Why all the ads for Biden? a mastermind has trouble fitting him into the narrative. The democrats do not play fair, their motto, ’ do unto others before they do unto you’. Fair and balanced they are not! What's up with that? Your ads do not interfere with my enjoying the game, it interferes with my conservative views.

8 months ago, Gosh Darn!

I play this game all the time…

…and I have for some years now; it is exciting every time (maybe that says more about me than it does about the game). I am *not* able to activate the ACHIEVEMENTS section; each achievement is locked. If there’s something I’m missing and anyone can point me in the right direction, I’d appreciate it.

3 years ago, Mould Effect

Please lose the hints

I loved the original game, and this is exactly it except for the hints. Actually, having the hints is less bothersome than the pop-up asking me if I want to use them. I just use the hints as soon as I get them to keeps the pop-ups from occurring, but it’d be better to just be able to turn off the pop-ups. I agree with another review that the white and black pegs are the hints. If some people like them, more power to them, but for some pf us, the hints are something we’d rather do without.

5 years ago, Lil5kip

What, me forget?

Great game, just like old times. The only issue that I’ve seen so far is that, if you start a game and can’t finish it and you’d like to come back to finish it later, you can’t. The game resets itself and you have to start over with a totally NEW game. Hate wasting all that time in trying to solve, go to work and then try to finish the game when I get home, go into the game and everything that I’ve worked on is gone - it wants you to play a new game - can’t save the game you were working on.

5 years ago, WithTribbles

Perfect layout ruined with “Hints”

Perfectly laid out gameplay is constantly ruined with banners. “DO YOU WANT A HINT???” “DON’T YOU NEED A HINT???” “ARE YOU SURE YOU DON’T WANT TO CHEAT AND BUY SOME HINTS???” — The black and white pegs ARE the hints, damnit! — What would be the point at cheating at a logic puzzle? Sheesh! And at the end when you have correctly guessed the colors, instead of just revealing them they put an idiotic “YOU’RE A WINNER” banner on the screen like some ridiculous participation trophy while dimming out the actual goal of seeing the matching colors. Aaarrrhhh! I’d pay them $10 to get rid of this BS and un-ruin the game. 5, because the underlying game is great. But -4 for cluelessly ruining it.

3 years ago, Bingram580

Same game!

This is the same game I used to play with my father when I was a kid! He taught me strategy, that no matter what result you get, no matter how tempted you might be… only change 1 thing in your next guess. If you change 2 variables, you won’t know which to be true. I’m so glad this still exists in the modern world :)

8 months ago, Surfcruiser

Very Fun

I play when I wake up. It’s a great way to start the brain. Would love to see a feature where it shows consecutive solved - highest in a row and current streak.

5 years ago, Bass-Dood

Not as good as a version I used to have

This works, and I like the game a lot. I would rate it 3 1/2 stars if I could. It does not track the average number of moves you take to win. To me, that is the essence of the game. Without that, you can’t track your progress. It also tries to turn this into an action game, by assigning points based on a combination of speed and the number of moves you take. Someone who takes their time and figures out how to solve a game in very few moves gets a lower score than someone who guesses quickly and takes more moves to solve it. With that said, I haven’t found a better one that is presently available. (The one I used to have no longer works.)

1 year ago, Zulu1990-22

No Ads

Great game with no ads. Please keep it that way. Easy to use and clean interface. Very nice change of pace to the usual ad infested games. Easy 5 stars to give.

4 years ago, Slothrop49

This is the one!

Absolutely the closest to the plastic board and pegs manual game. The one with the seated man and attentively posed woman standing next to him. No double colors or empty spaces, unless you want them. No sound, unless you want it. Lovely. Thanks!

4 years ago, Igboston

Good Mastermind with flexibility

With the settings you can make the game as difficult as you want. The only thing that I did not love is the brown and black pegs- the original primary colors should be the main beginning colors.

3 months ago, Skanina2

My favorite game

This is a nice app. Works with Apple Game Center to save your stats, and it doesn't have a lot of obnoxious ads.

3 years ago, Ddsharp33

Just like original game

Great to play this game again. Like the options for blank spaces and duplicate colors.

9 months ago, Wifier

Just 1 issue

The black clue pegs are different enough from the clue peg holes 🕳. It’s visually hard to see the difference and how many black clues you got. Thanks

6 years ago, bsvenegas

Remove/move banner after game!!

Once the game is over and you haven't guessed the correct combination, it would sure be nice to review your guesses, but you can't because the 'Sorry, you've lost!' banner takes up most of the screen!!

4 years ago, The Usual Icons

Awesome game!

I've always loved this game and now in the digital version its even better! Exercise for the mind! Thanks!!

3 years ago, Njemba

Great pastime

I love mastermind and this app is amazing. It challenges me and this is fun to me. It works perfectly

4 years ago, Master mind 2012

Mastermind

Great game, I love mastermind. My only suggestion is to be able to touch the color button to save where it is correctly placed.

4 years ago, rrrrraccchhhhh

Digital Fave!

MM is a favorite board game of mine and I love being able to practice on my phone!

6 years ago, LeaLea1414

Favorite Game

This is my favorite game on the Internet and my favorite game growing up in the 80s. Still the best.

3 years ago, rlbroke

Great game

I really like this game as a quick distraction.

10 months ago, wisocfk

Is fun, works well

Works well, is fun

10 months ago, Ipaz Music

Used to work

Used to work fine now all i get is a black screen on my phone

5 years ago, Mimrod66

Nurse Betty

Love this game!!

6 years ago, OldSaraBee

Easy and fun

Simple patterns, but quick and fun

2 months ago, Brogs757

No achievement board

The achievements board doesn’t work and can’t connect to Facebook or Twitter

5 years ago, AlishalaS

Mastermind

I like this game

4 years ago, quiet player 8675309

Fun!

Lots of fun.

6 years ago, Persephone of the Hill

yippie!!

i love this!

9 years ago, Rules Nazi

Scoring rules

Excellent game, only 3 ? First, I'm not sure if a higher score is better or worse than a low one. 2nd, who's high score is it comparing me too. What about a ranking for my best times & my best scores, & difficulty levels? What is the highest score possible if you get it right in one try?

10 years ago, ClassicGMR

Unplayable

First thing that you'll notice is it seems to load twice. The splash screen comes up, flashes then comes up again. When you press play you're presented with a blank wooden board. No color pegs to choose from. If you press the Mastermind button the game happily tells you you've lost and asks you to try again. Try again and now you get color pegs to choose from. Hurray! I can play now! The controls are very clunky and hard to hit on an iPhone. You press which spot you want the peg in then press the color. You can't drag them. You can press a spot again to remove a color though if you make an error. But here's the funny part... You'll never know if you made an error! The game rules state that after you choose your four colors you then hit the check mark button to submit your guess. It's not even on the playfield! There is no check mark button anywhere. I even tried a few times to press where the rules said it was supposed to be. Nada. I can see the potential here but this is an Alpha build at best! How this got onto the iTunes Store is beyond me.

10 years ago, Bob1110

Great electronic version

I loved the original box version, so finding this electronic version is great. Now when I can't get anyone to play with me, I can use this and challenge my mind.

10 years ago, TruMem

Mastermind

I agree that this needs a way to place the pegs in any order you want to, not just left to right in order. My biggest peeve is that there is no way to pause or freeze the game if you have to stop or leave it in the middle. If something interrupts you, you lose! I would love this game if those two problems were addressed.

10 years ago, goldbergs1

Not flexible

Disappointed that you can only fill in the pegs from left to right. In the real hands on game you can put down pegs in any order. Sometimes I know for sure that pegs 2 & 4 are correct and I want to put them down first and then play around with pegs 1 & 3. This game I have to fill in all the pegs and then go back and remove the ones I want to mull over. I found other apps that let me do this so I will delete this one.

10 years ago, JESUS MUSICK

Great game

It makes you think things through to get the answer. No problems with app.

10 years ago, SJWonder

Love it

I grew up playing this game and so happy to find it here and perfect to kill any boring time :) the interface looks like a real one !

10 years ago, Alika masiaka.

i prefer this game better than Candy Crush!

More exciting game than Candy Crush

10 years ago, CCastillo82

1.1 Update

The 1.1 update was major, it should have been 2.0. Anyways, this update helped a lot and I wish multiplayer support would be add once we get more players.

10 years ago, Redping

Mastermind for one

I enjoy this game. It appeals to my love of logic and it is great for a quick thing to do while waiting

10 years ago, Hjarnman

Bug fixed

Great game, both on the iPad and iPhone, just like the old classic board game.

10 years ago, Dddawn13

Not working

I downloaded, the first time it's blank so u have to lose to move on. Then you finally get color to show up and no check mark. You have to force close to start all over again, try to get it right before putting on market.

10 years ago, TVL21

Just like playing the real game!

Plays very close to the original game that I loved as a kid!

10 years ago, Dave Robin

Fantastic

A really enjoyable game with a simple but nice interface. Gives the mind a great workout in a fun way. Thank you for this fine contribution.

10 years ago, KnittaSox

Just like...except

There is no explanation as to the correlation between which tiles match the black or white dots. It's making it more than difficult to play

9 years ago, Raydal7

Paid for upgrade but still see ads

After paying for upgrade still seeing ads.

10 years ago, SpeedOfNight

Simply great!

Designer very loyal to classic board game and great to play. Thank you. World appriciate multiplayer action made possible

10 years ago, Not a fan 200

Doesn't keep track of my score or register my rating when I beat friends...

Doesn't keep track of my score or register my rating when I beat friends

10 years ago, Marcie315

Great!

Just like the game I played as a child. I am so glad I found this!

10 years ago, Klosnoopy

Great game

I do not play a lot of games, but I do play and love this one!

10 years ago, Word loverpobox

No check button

I was looking forward to playing this game.. However, you can't see the "check" button. Would like to play if you get this bug fixed...

Description

If you like the classic Mastermind™ game from the Seventies, then you will love this digital version. The game play is easy to adopt, and more addictive than ever in this great looking code breaking game, designed to reflesct the classic design from the Seventies. You play against the computer and have ten tries to guess a hidden color code. After each try, you get a hint to see how many colors you have correct. • Can you find the code? • How fast can you crush the code? • Are you a code crusher? Beware. You can play it for hours on end, trying to crush the code. ----------------------------------------------------------- Mastermind for iOS is a classic puzzle game. The goal is to guess the hidden color combinations / code. Your opponent (iPhone, iPad or iPod) creates a combination of up to four colors and hides them at the top of the game board. Your task is to try out different color combinations until you match the hidden code. The challenge is to pick the correct color code as quickly as possible — in other words, to see how fast you can guess the hidden color combination, become a code crusher and get on the high score list!