Comparison

PathPix Alice vs Ishido

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

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About

PathPix Alice

Solve giant, full-color puzzles based on classic illustrations from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. This challenging game includes the entire book for you to read and illustrate by completing over half a million squares across 42 unique puzzles.

Highlights
  • Giant, full-color puzzles
  • Based on classic Tenniel illustrations
  • Includes entire Alice in Wonderland book
  • 42 unique puzzles
  • Over half a million squares to solve
  • Challenging for experienced players
Features
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Discover the original Alice! Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland - all the classic Tenniel illustrations - are now giant-sized full-color PathPix puzzles. 42 puzzles - more than half a million squares to solve! This is NOT a kid's game - experienced players only! This app includes the entire book for you to read and illustrate by solving puzzles. If you've never read the original Alice you are in for a treat! New to PathPix? Not sure which PathPix to buy? Here's the lineup: There are many different PathPix apps for your iPhone and iPad. All puzzles are different.  ---PATHPIX LITE: Wondering if PathPix is for you? Start here. It's free! ---PATHPIX: Hooked? This is the next step, with 189 graduated levels, ranging from small, easy puzzles to large, advanced level puzzles. ---PATHPIX PRO: Are you an expert? Looking for a LOT of puzzles? Then PathPix Pro is for you, with 320 puzzles ranging from Medium difficulty to Extreme. ---PATHPIX ZEN: Relaxing and addictive! 99 beautiful puzzles, including an Advanced Levels section with 12 special challengers. ---PATHPIX JOY: Keep smiling! 99 puzzles = many happy hours of PathPix fun. Small to large, easy to advanced - you'll find it all here. ---PATHPIX MAGIC: Magic of all kinds! 99 puzzles, small to huge, easy to advanced.  ---PATHPIX LAUGH: Lots more puzzles to tickle your funnybone. 202 puzzles, each with a silly joke or quote related to the puzzle picture. Small to large, easy to extreme. ---PATHPIX BOO: Silly - spooky - scary - fun! 99 puzzles for Halloween and other dark nights.  ---PATHPIX XMAS: 99 puzzles with a Christmas theme to get you in the mood for the holidays. Whether you are looking for sentiment or silliness, you will find it here. ---PATHPIX LOVE: All you need is love! 99 puzzles, easy to advanced. ---PATHPIX MAX: Some of the biggest PathPix puzzles ever. 114 GIANT-sized puzzles, over a million squares total! ---PATHPIX ART: MAXimum fun - 150 HUGE puzzles based on famous paintings, including the biggest PathPix puzzles ever made. ---PATHPIX THANKS: 99 puzzles for Thanks Giving. Easy to Expert. ---PATHPIX EDGE: Live on the edge! None of these puzzles are rectangular. 180 puzzles, all different shapes, from teeny to gigantic, easy to expert. ---PATHPIX ALICE: The original Alice comes to life as you puzzle your way through 42 truly gigantic, colorful, and FUN illustrations for Lewis Carroll's masterpiece novel, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Puzzles are based on the classic Tenniel illustrations. Complete book included.  ---PATHPIX TIME: 99 forward-looking puzzles to welcome the New Year and beyond. Small to large, easy to expert. ---PATHPIX HEX: PathPix with a difference: the paths wander about on a grid of 6-sided cells (hexagons) . Warning: twisty paths make for tricky puzzles! 179 puzzles, easy to extreme. ---PATHPIX BUBBLE: Classic PathPix on special grids with squares and rectangles of different sizes. Paths can be wild and wacky. The theme is Water, oceans to raindrops. 160 puzzles, easy to expert. Simple rules - complex puzzles - hidden pictures! ******************** Draw bright, bold lines of color, connecting pairs of colored numbers. The length of each path must match the numbers on the two endpoints. Draw backwards or double tap to correct mistakes. There's only one way to do it, and all squares will contain a piece of a path when the puzzle is solved. Stuck? Use the check button and remove incorrect paths. Finish solving to see the miniature picture that you have created.  Two ways to navigate while solving: ---Tap the zoom button for an overview, then touch the screen where you want to play next. ---Pan to show another area of the board. Put your finger down any place WITHOUT A NUMBER and move it around. Simple, intuitive, fast. PathPix Alice is based on the PC game "PathPix" by Kris Pixton and KpixGames.

About

Ishido

A meditative puzzle game where players match stones based on color and symbol to clear a board. It offers both strategic point-scoring and a relaxing, mindful experience.

Highlights
  • Match stones by color and symbol
  • Strategic point scoring
  • Meditative gameplay mode
  • 72 unique stones
  • 8x12 game board
  • Next stone preview
Features
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WELCOME TO ISHIDO An ancient puzzle that will test your meditative and strategic powers. Balance the yin & yang of patience vs. the quick score. Your goal is to empty the pouch, but plan ahead to find the elusive 4-way. You must match 72 stones on a board of 96 squares. You can play for points or relax and meditate over each move. OVERVIEW Ishido is a board game where you attempt to match stones according to their colors and patterns. THE GAME BOARD * The Game Board is eight squares high by 12 squares wide. * Stones come in sets of 72 stones. Each stone has two attributes: A color and a symbol. There are six symbols and six colors in each stoneset, thus creating 36 unique stones. Each stone comes in a pair, hence 72 stones in each stoneset. * The Within consists of the interior squares. * The Beyond consists of the squares at the outer edges of the board. * The Touchstone displays the next stone to be played. * The Scoreboard shows both the number of points scored, and the number of combination matches achieved. * The Pouch shows the number of stones remaining to play.

Screenshots

PathPix Alice4 screens
Ishido1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: PathPix Alice at 90% against Ishido's 43%. PathPix Alice also leads on rating (4.9 vs 2.9) and ratings volume (81 vs 12). Ishido's advantage is price (Free vs $2.99) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 7 months). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Ishido is free to download; PathPix Alice costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PathPix Alice holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PathPix Alice has 81 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 90% of PathPix Alice's written reviews are positive against 43% of Ishido's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PathPix Alice ships an update every 7 months, Ishido every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
PathPix Alice versus Ishido: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPathPix AliceIshido
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.9 (81 ratings) — better2.9 (12 ratings)
Positive reviews90.0% of reviews — better42.9% of reviews
Number of ratings81 — better12
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS8.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKris PixtonDarin Koenig

Customer experience

PathPix Alice

All ratings80 ratings
Positive98.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative1.3%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive90.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.0%

Ishido

All ratings12 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral25.0%
Negative41.7%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive42.9%
Neutral28.6%
Negative28.6%

In-app purchases

None

PathPix Alice

No in-app purchases

None

Ishido

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PathPix Alice free?
PathPix Alice costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ishido free?
Ishido is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PathPix Alice or Ishido?
PathPix Alice is rated higher. PathPix Alice averages 4.9 out of 5 from 81 ratings, while Ishido averages 2.9 from 12 ratings.
Do PathPix Alice or Ishido have ads?
Neither PathPix Alice nor Ishido shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PathPix Alice or Ishido?
PathPix Alice ships an update every 7 months, and Ishido every 2 weeks. Most recently, PathPix Alice was updated on October 21, 2026 and Ishido on October 13, 2026.

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