JCross Nonogram vs Nonogram King
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
JCross Nonogram
Solve logic puzzles where numbers guide you to fill in cells and reveal a hidden picture. Offers thousands of puzzles in various sizes with helpful tools like zoom and undo.
- Thousands of free puzzles
- Multiple grid sizes
- Zoom mode for large puzzles
- Undo option
- Light and dark themes
- Portrait and landscape support
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More than 100,000 nonograms, from quick 10×10 puzzles to giant 100×100 ones. Play at your own pace, with no timers and no limits: every puzzle is a hidden picture you reveal cell by cell. Nonograms (also known as Picross, Griddlers, Hanjie, Japanese crosswords or Paint by Numbers) are logic puzzles where a picture is hidden instead of words. Every puzzle in JCross has exactly one solution, and you can reach it with pure logic, no guessing. HOW TO PLAY The numbers on the left and at the top give the lengths of the blocks of filled cells in each row and column. Blocks are separated by at least one empty cell and appear in the same order as the numbers. Fill the cells you are sure about, mark the ones that must stay empty with a cross, and the picture will appear step by step. FEATURES • More than 100,000 black-and-white nonograms grouped by size: from a two-minute warm-up to large canvases for several evenings. • Hints: stuck? The game shows your mistakes or the next cells that follow by logic. • Pinch to zoom and pan, so even 100×100 puzzles are comfortable to solve. • Undo (up to 100 moves). • Automatic crosses and clue marks: less routine, more logic. • More than 20 color themes, light and dark. • Portrait and landscape, iPhone and iPad. • Share a solved puzzle as a picture, a link or a QR code. • Game Center leaderboards and achievements. • Your progress is saved to the cloud and synced across your devices. Detailed instructions and solving techniques: https://popapp.org/Apps/Details/3#tutorial Sign in to Game Center in your device settings for leaderboards and achievements. To save your progress to the cloud and sync it across devices, sign in to Game Center and turn on iCloud Drive.
Nonogram King
Engage your brain with this logic puzzle game. Solve picture puzzles across various difficulty levels and modes, including time attack and special picture completion. Compete with friends or players worldwide.
- Logic puzzle solving
- Multiple difficulty levels
- Special picture completion mode
- Time attack challenge mode
- Multiplayer versus mode
- Leaderboards and achievements
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Brain training game that improves your power of logic [Game Features] - Various Levels (Easy, Normal, Hard) - Various stages - Special Mode: Complete a picture with pieces - Challenge Mode: Time attack mode (complete a picture faster) - Easy user interface and easy control - Multi player: versus mode - 16 languages supported - Leader Board, Achievement, friend invitation features supported - Tablet devices supported - fun game, free game, no wifi, no internet Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mobirixplayen YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/user/mobirix1
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: JCross Nonogram at monthly against Nonogram King's every 4 months. JCross Nonogram also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.5) and ratings volume (76 vs 23). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. JCross Nonogram sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Nonogram King sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
JCross Nonogram holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 76 and 23 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of JCross Nonogram's written reviews are positive against 74% of Nonogram King's.
JCross Nonogram ships an update monthly, Nonogram King every 4 months. Both last shipped on October 21, 2026.
| Parameter | JCross Nonogram | Nonogram King |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (76 ratings) — better | 4.5 (23 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 81.6% of reviews — better | 73.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 76 — better | 23 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Amir Kadyrov | MOBIRIX |
Customer experience
JCross Nonogram
Nonogram King
Bugs and requests
JCross Nonogram
Reported bugs
8 issues- App freezes and kicks users off mid-puzzle
- Crashes when selecting certain grid sizes
- Puzzle display obscured by notch on newer iPhones
- Control buttons unresponsive at screen edges
- Music continues playing after ads stop
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- Data loss when reinstalling app
- Unsolvable puzzles due to incorrect numbering
- Display issues in landscape mode on iPhone XR
Requested features
5 requests- Ruler or row/column tracker for larger boards
- Redo button for undoing undo actions
- Hint system showing completed picture
- Ad blocker in-app purchase functionality
- Fix for music playback during gameplay
Nonogram King
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
JCross Nonogram
- Turn off ads$0.99
- XSmall puzzle solution$0.99
- Small puzzle solution$0.99
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- Medium puzzle solution$0.99
- Large puzzle solution$0.99
- XLarge puzzle solution$0.99
Nonogram King
- Purchase 500 Gold$4.99
- Purchase 1,000 Gold$9.99
- Purchase 3,300 Gold$29.99
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- Purchase 7,000 Gold$49.99
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