The Magic Brush vs NemOZ
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Magic Brush
Engage your brain with over 5,000 custom logic puzzles. This pixel art game challenges you to deduce numbers and paint squares to reveal hidden pictograms. Enjoy a fun and addictive experience with various play modes and difficulty levels.
- Over 5,000 custom optimized levels
- Hidden picture reveal
- Brain training logic puzzles
- Easy to learn gameplay
- Multiple play modes
- Create pixel art
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Logic puzzle game is always tricky? No way! Here comes pixel logic over 5,000 custom optimized level. Have you ever heard picross,hanjie,nonogram, pic a pix or griddlers? The Magic Brush is the funniest and most addictive pixel logic picross game ever. Picross(also called hanjie,nonogram or griddlers)is a deductive logic puzzle using numbers like sudoku,riddle or minesweeper. You will enjoy this joyful brain training with an amazing picture puzzle you've done. It is easy to learn and play this pixel logic in The Magic Brush! Paint some of the square(grid) depending on logic numbers. Complete and find a hidden pictogram(picture) you painting. Joyce the fairy of brush will do magic to make your picture looks great like an artwork. What are you waiting for? Download now and paint the pixel art puzzle NOW! Gameplay Features - The smartest logic game ever! - All stages have a hidden picture! - Over 1,000 stages to play! - Create your own artwork by completing stage and episode - Three modes of level selection in a stage for personalized play - With a choice of two play types (Home, Studio) by picture size for standard and hard play The Magic Brush is free to play but in-game currency and some items will require payment.
NemOZ
Embark on a journey through OZ by solving nonogram puzzles. Uncover the original shapes of objects that flew with Dorothy and follow the beloved story with iconic characters. Offers two distinct gameplay modes to suit your puzzle-solving style.
- OZ themed nonogram puzzles
- Follows The Wonderful Wizard of OZ story
- Two gameplay modes (Normal and Focus)
- Hundreds of puzzles
- Incorrect answer check and hint function (Normal mode)
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Travel through OZ and solve nonogram puzzles. Everyone's favorite [The Wonderful Wizard of OZ] story Follow the story by solving nonogram puzzles. Many objects flew to OZ with Dorothy. Solve nonogram puzzles to find the original shape of objects. A fantastic journey to meet the Wizard of OZ with the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman and the Cowardly Lion. Let's go with nonogram puzzle. *You can play in 2 modes. -Normal mode: Normal mode that provides incorrect answer check and hint function -Focus mode: Classic mode without incorrect answer check and hint function *Hundreds of puzzles of varying difficulty are available.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: NemOZ at 100% against The Magic Brush's 71%. NemOZ also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6). The Magic Brush's advantage is ratings volume (119 vs 4) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, 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. The Magic Brush sells 11 one-off in-app purchases and NemOZ sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
NemOZ holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Magic Brush has 119 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of The Magic Brush's written reviews are positive against 100% of NemOZ's.
The Magic Brush ships an update every 5 weeks, NemOZ every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | The Magic Brush | NemOZ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (119 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 119 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 95 MB | 465 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | The JoyPlus Soft, Inc. | dong young chang |
Customer experience
The Magic Brush
NemOZ
In-app purchases
The Magic Brush
- 1 Hour Unlimited$0.99
- 100 Gold$0.99
- 3 Golden Keys$0.99
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- One More Chance$0.99
- 3 Hour Unlimited$1.99
- 1 Day Unlimited$4.99
- 510 Gold$4.99
- 1,130 Gold$9.99
- 5 Day Unlimited$11.99
- 2,400 Gold$19.99
- 4,900 Gold$39.99
NemOZ
- Remove banner and screen ads$2.99
Questions
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