Put a masterpiece back together
Tessera is a calm jigsaw game for Android, made from 40 public-domain paintings and your own photos. No timers, no pop-up ads, and every move saves itself.
Drag the pieces up onto the board. Hokusai, Under the Wave off Kanagawa, 1830/33.
Choose how many pieces. Tessera cuts the painting to match, from a gentle twelve to a long-evening three hundred.
Twelve to
What Tessera does
Every move saves itself 
, pieces stay big 
, your photos become puzzles 
, and nothing is timed.
Finished puzzles hang on your wall with their title, artist and size, so the whole painting is there whenever you want to look at it again.
Get it on Google PlayOn the wall
Five packs and forty works to start: gardens, water, streets, Japanese prints, fruit and fields. Here are twelve of them.
- Under the Wave off KanagawaUkiyo-e1830CC0Katsushika Hokusai
- Paris Street; Rainy DayStreets1877CC0Gustave Caillebotte
- Water Lily PondGardens1900CC0Claude Monet
- The BedroomStreets1889CC0Vincent van Gogh
- Woman in a GardenGardens1882CC0Berthe Morisot
Shower Below the SummitUkiyo-e1830CC0Katsushika Hokusai
IrisesGardens1914CC0Claude Monet
A Sunday on La Grande JatteStreets1884CC0Georges Seurat- BordigheraGardens1884CC0Claude Monet
OumayagashiUkiyo-e1857CC0Utagawa Hiroshige
ChrysanthemumsFruit & Fields1881CC0Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Stacks of WheatFruit & Fields1890CC0Claude Monet
All paintings and prints: Art Institute of Chicago, open access, public domain (CC0).
Questions
Is Tessera free?
Yes. Every painting, size and feature is included. Ads keep it free, and coins earned by playing open new packs early and buy hints.
Will ads interrupt my puzzle?
No. There is a small banner and optional videos you choose to watch for coins. There are no pop-up ads between puzzles.
What if I close the app halfway?
Nothing is lost. Every move is saved the moment you make it, and you can keep several puzzles going at once.
Are my photos uploaded anywhere?
No. Photos you turn into puzzles are copied into Tessera on your phone and never leave it. Remove one and it is deleted from the app.
Is there a timer?
Only if you switch one on in settings. Nothing is ever scored on time, and there are no stars to chase.
Where do the paintings come from?
The Art Institute of Chicago's open-access collection. Every work is public domain, and the full credits are in the app.
Does it work offline?
Yes. All forty paintings are in the app, so it plays anywhere. Ads simply don't show without a connection.