TechCrunch praised the app's technical capabilities, saying it was intuitive and responsive. Inkoo Kang of
Slate was disappointed in the app, saying that she would likely have preferred the television cut and preferred tighter directorial vision over the freedom to accidentally miss important elements of the plot. Randall Colburn of
The Guardian felt similarly; he compared
Mosaic to large, sprawling games such as
The Elder Scrolls series that don't force the player to go any one direction, but contain tons of side material. Colburn, while not directly criticizing the app as bad, felt that a tighter narrative focused on a good story would have been an improvement over the ability to freeform explore. The television miniseries received positive reviews. On
Metacritic, the series received a score of 73 out of 100 based on 19 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". On
Rotten Tomatoes, it has an approval rating of 79% with an average rating of 8.1 out of 10 based on 42 reviews. The site's critical consensus reads, "
Mosaic has enough moving parts – and fine performances – to deliver a gratifying murder-mystery plot, though its jumbled structure and heavy-handed narrative may still leave viewers slightly wanting." Stone received critical acclaim for her performance.
Rob Sheffield of
Rolling Stone called
Mosaic "Sharon Stone's best role in ages" and praised the show for keeping the feeling of the viewer being a detective attempting to puzzle out the truth based on a multitude of accounts.
Variety praised Weller's performance as Eric and called
Mosaic a solid mystery-thriller.
The A.V. Club praised the series as one of the best of 2018 and compared it to "a particularly good
Robert Altman film" in how it covered the side characters with as much interest as the hunt for the killer.
New York magazine was more reserved in its praise, saying that while the show was intriguing, it was not until the third episode of the television series that it began to really work, and required patience on the part of the viewer. At the
23rd Satellite Awards, Sharon Stone won the award for
Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film. == Home media ==