Comparison

CRIMO vs Nonogram Life

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

Head to head
About

CRIMO

Engage in logical deduction to solve intricate murder cases. Analyze clues, cross-reference possibilities, and unmask criminals in this crime investigation puzzle game. Navigate challenging grids and uncover motives to bring justice to victims.

Highlights
  • Logical crime investigations
  • Analyze clues and evidence
  • Solve grid puzzles by deduction
  • Investigate murder cases
  • Hundreds of puzzles
  • Dynamic investigation board
Features
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Love deduction games? Use your logic to solve puzzles and investigate gruesome murder cases! Analyze clues and follow the trail to send those criminals to justice! Join the CRIMO special unit, specialized in logical crime investigations. After a short training at the Police Academy, you will be sent to lead gruesome murder cases in Miami and New York, by applying pure logic to solve puzzles. Collect clues, analyze them, confirm evidence or reject false leads: you will cross-off all possibilities until you can designate the murder weapon, find out the motive and unmask the criminal. Are you ready to use your wits and deduction skills to fight crime? Did the actress do it for revenge using a handgun as the powder on the pillow suggests? Or maybe it was the politician, but did he use the knife or the chainsaw? Was it out of sheer madness or was it for power? for love? Or simply money? The next clue might be decisive... CRIMO's puzzles offer a fascinating cross-over between games of logic like sudoku and minesweeper, crosswords and criminal investigation board games. You will decode which squares to touch in the grid by following hints giving the sizes of blocks in each row and column. It’s a real mind challenge wrapped in a fun experience where you need to think and use your brains to succeed. Avoid making mistakes or you will take a punch, suffer a scratch or even take a bullet! Thank god you can replenish your health by eating a burger, hot-dog or... how about a donut? You will learn easily, progress rapidly and quickly get hooked! It's ultra addictive! FEATURES: • Tens of criminal cases in two iconic cities: Miami and New York • Hundreds of grid puzzles to solve by logic and deduction • Dynamic investigation board where your searches spread out and interconnect like a spider web as in the most exciting detective flicks • Get acquainted with Jamie, police officer, Jim, forensic expert as well as the Chief of Police, Madam District Attorney, the firefighter... • Special challenges: burning crime scenes with clues going up in smoke, FBI-restricted access zones where your hands are tight… • Works on iPhone 5s and above and iPads Time to solve puzzling crimes by logic & deduction! PLAY NOW! Created by ooblada & CHQL Please note that CRIMO is completely free to play, but virtual currency can be purchased with real money to get some in-game items such as extra lives, health boosters or instant analyses. If you don't want to use this feature, please disable in-app purchases in your device's settings. Terms of use: https://oobld.com/tos-apps-en

About

Nonogram Life

Engage your mind with logic puzzles that reveal hidden pixel art. Solve by filling cells according to number clues, offering a relaxing and mindful experience with handcrafted designs and soothing music. Save your progress and enjoy various topics.

Highlights
  • Hand-crafted pixel art puzzles
  • Diverse topics and themes
  • Hint system for assistance
  • Intuitive drag or d-pad controls
  • Relaxing music and mindfulness
  • Automatic save/resume functionality
  • Marking (X) feature for easier solving
Features
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Nonograms, also known as Paint by Numbers, Picross, Griddlers, Pic-a-Pix, Hanjie, and various other names, are picture Logic puzzle in which cells in a grid must be colored or left blank according to numbers at the side of the grid to reveal a hidden picture. *** Rule *** In this puzzle type, the numbers are a form of discrete tomography that measures how many unbroken lines of filled-in squares there are in any given row or column. For example, a clue of "4 8 3" would mean there are sets of four, eight, and three filled squares, in that order, with at least one blank square between successive sets. *** Features *** ● Hand crafted beautiful pixel arts ● There are various topics to have fun with ● Using hint can help you in difficult time ● Easy controls, either using drag or d-pad ● Mindfulness, relaxing music ● Playing session is saved/resumed automatically ● Don’t forget to using Mark (X) to solve the puzzle easier *** Strategy *** Simpler puzzles can usually be solved by a reasoning on a single row only (or a single column) at each given time, to determine as many boxes and spaces on that row as possible. Then trying another row (or column), until there are no rows that contain undetermined cells. Some more difficult puzzles may also require several types of "what if?" reasoning that include more than one row (or column). This works on searching for contradictions: When a cell cannot be a box, because some other cell would produce an error, it will definitely be a space. And vice versa. Advanced solvers are sometimes able to search even deeper than into the first "what if?" reasoning. It takes, however, a lot of time to get some progress.

Screenshots

CRIMO4 screens
Nonogram Life4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Nonogram Life at 76% against CRIMO's 40%. Nonogram Life also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.6). CRIMO's advantage is ratings volume (2.9K vs 598). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. CRIMO sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and Nonogram Life sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Nonogram Life holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2.9K and 598 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of CRIMO's written reviews are positive against 76% of Nonogram Life's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CRIMO ships an update every 9 days, Nonogram Life fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
CRIMO versus Nonogram Life: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCRIMONonogram Life
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (2.9K ratings)4.8 (598 ratings) — better
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews76.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2.9K — better598
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterFortnightly
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size139 MB95 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperSMACH S.A.S.Nguyen Loc

Customer experience

CRIMO

All ratings2,890 ratings
Positive92.7%
Neutral3.1%
Negative4.2%
Written reviews315 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral22.5%
Negative37.5%

Nonogram Life

All ratings546 ratings
Positive97.1%
Neutral1.5%
Negative1.5%
Written reviews89 reviews
Positive76.4%
Neutral13.5%
Negative10.1%

User reviews

CRIMO

From 2.9K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎮 Fun and engaging gameplay
  • 🧠 Challenging logic puzzles
  • 🕵️‍♀️ Unique crime-solving premise

Room to improve

  • 💰 Excessive in-app purchases and subscriptions
  • 🚫 Limited resources (cones, energy, etc.)
  • 🔍 Unsatisfying crime-solving experience
  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs

Nonogram Life

From 598 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎨 Beautiful visuals
  • 🧠 Challenging puzzles
  • 🔍 Interesting facts
  • 🕰️ Relaxing gameplay
  • 🚫 No in-app purchases

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Bugs and glitches
  • 🔍 Unclear controls
  • 🔋 Overheating issues
  • 💰 Ads can be intrusive
  • 🔒 Lack of volume control

Bugs and requests

CRIMO

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Freezing during evidence analysis
  • Progress loss after closing the app
  • Vibration issues after updates

Requested features

4 requests
  • More customization options
  • Ability to earn coins/resources through gameplay
  • Improved crime-solving mechanics
  • Cloud save functionality

Nonogram Life

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Black screen on certain levels
  • Incorrect puzzle solutions
  • Progress reset/loss of progress
  • Crashes and freezes

Requested features

4 requests
  • More levels and categories
  • Ability to disable lives/hints
  • Support for Apple Pencil
  • Improved performance optimization

In-app purchases

9 purchases

CRIMO

Subscriptions1
  • Premium weekly subscription3 Days trial$2.997 Days
One-time8
  • Small pack of cash$0.99
  • Starter Pack2 variants$1.99
  • Medium pack of cash$2.99
Show 5 more
  • Remove ads$2.99
  • Large pack of cash$4.99
  • Remove ads$5.99
  • Extra-large pack of cash$9.99
  • Special Offer$9.99
1 purchases

Nonogram Life

One-time1
  • Remove Ads2 variants$2.99

Questions

Is CRIMO free?
CRIMO is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Nonogram Life free?
Nonogram Life is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, CRIMO or Nonogram Life?
Nonogram Life is rated higher. CRIMO averages 4.6 out of 5 from 2.9K ratings, while Nonogram Life averages 4.8 from 598 ratings.
Do CRIMO or Nonogram Life have ads?
Both CRIMO and Nonogram Life show ads.
Which is updated more often, CRIMO or Nonogram Life?
CRIMO ships an update every 9 days, and Nonogram Life fortnightly. Most recently, CRIMO was updated on November 2, 2026 and Nonogram Life on November 3, 2026.

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