# Osmo Tangram Classic

> A timeless game remastered

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id876510541](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id876510541)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id876510541`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Tangible Play
- **Category:** Puzzle
- **Rating:** 3.80 / 5 (314 ratings)
- **Version:** 4.0.3
- **Last updated:** 2023-11-21
- **First published:** 2014-05-31
- **Size:** 172 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-05
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/osmo-tangram-classic/id876510541)
- **Website:** [https://www.playosmo.com](https://www.playosmo.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.playosmo.com/policies/privacy-policy](https://www.playosmo.com/policies/privacy-policy)

## Description

Osmo Tangram Classic is a remastered timeless puzzle game that blends physical tangram pieces with on-screen shapes. Solve 500+ visual and spatial puzzles solo or with a friend, journeying through forests, deserts, and castles to find treasure and rescue people. The experience fuses hands-on blocks with digital play, a setup praised by Forbes as magical and Wired as a family revolution.

Awards and credentials include Best Design (Good Design, 2016), Finalist spots from Fast Company (2016) and TOTY (2015), and TIME's Best Inventions (2014). It requires the Osmo Base and Tangram blocks, and supports device compatibility. Osmo's reflective AI technology powers a healthy, hands-on learning experience that blends screen time with real-world problem solving.

## Rankings

- #94,766 — Overall

## Review summary

Users largely praise Osmo Tangram Classic for being a fun, calming, and educational puzzle game for kids, with positive experiences when it works and occasional helpful support from Osmo. However, recurring issues across multiple reviews center on detection problems where tiles are not recognized or counted, frequent loading freezes and bugs, compatibility problems with newer devices and hardware, and the requirement to buy extra hardware to enable play. Some players also want more challenging levels. These reliability and hardware hurdles overshadow the otherwise engaging design.

### Pros

- Fun and engaging puzzle game for kids.
- Calming, relaxing levels.
- Generally enjoyable when software and hardware work.
- Helpful support from Osmo (e.g., Owla).
- Educational value and age-appropriate puzzle solving.

### Cons

- Shape detection and tile placement often not recognized or counted.
- Frequent loading freezes, glitches, and other bugs.
- Device/OS compatibility issues (iPhone/iPad, iOS versions, store compatibility).
- Hardware dependency requiring an Osmo base and reflector to function (extra cost).
- Lack of advanced/difficult modes and limited challenge for older kids.

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