Pixel Path vs Home Cross
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pixel Path
Engage in a beautiful pixel art puzzle game where you paint paths to reveal hidden pictures. With hundreds of puzzles and themed packs, it offers a relaxing yet challenging experience for all ages. Hints are available to assist you.
- Over 500 puzzles
- Themed puzzle packs
- Reveal animated scenes
- Hint system
- Stunning pixel art
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Paint the paths to reveal the picture! A beautiful pixel puzzle that anyone can play. An all-new challenge from the creators of PICTURE CROSS and PUZZLE PAGE. ■ Over 500 puzzles with many more to come ■ Unlock puzzle packs themed around exotic locations and adventures ■ Reveal beautiful animated scenes ■ Use hints to easily find and correct mistakes ■ Stunning pixel art brings the world of Pixel Path to life! SUPPORT Access the Help Center at any time from the pause menu (in the top right corner of the game screen). We've included full game instructions and lots of helpful information. Pixel Path is free to play, but contains optional paid items to unlock content more quickly. www.pixelpathgame.com Twitter: @bigpuzzles
Home Cross
Solve logic puzzles to reveal hidden home-themed pictures. This Sudoku-like game offers thousands of levels and a relaxing experience. Play with friends and unlock new challenges.
- Thousands of manually designed levels
- Unlock hidden home-themed pictures
- Easy to learn, hard to master
- Play with friends
- Daily rewards (tokens and coins)
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Home Cross (also known as Nonograms, Picross, Hanjie or Griddlers) is a brand new Sudoku-like puzzle game. You just solve each logic puzzle to unlock the amazing home-themed pictures.What are you waiting for? Make yourself at home! Features • Tons of manually designed levels Over 2000 free, funny and brain training levels inside • Easy to learn, Hard to master • Tons of hidden pictures to unlock • Playing the game with your FRIENDS Home Cross UNLIMITED SUBSCRIPTION: - The subscriptions are $1.99 weekly with 3 days FREE trial, $6.99 monthly, $49.99 annually. - During your subscriptions, you can get ads free, 30 tokens and 500 coins per day. - You can get 100 tokens at once. - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at leat 24-hours before the end of the current period. - Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period at the cost of the chosen subscription. - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. - No cancelation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period. - You can read privacy policy at http://www.metajoy.io/privacy.html and terms of use at http://www.metajoy.io/tos.html - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that content. *Prices are equal to the value that "Apple's App Store Matrix" determines is the equivalent of the subscription price in$USD. Terms of Service http://www.metajoy.io/tos.html Privacy Policy http://www.metajoy.io/privacy.html Questions? Ask: help@metajoy.io
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pixel Path at 62% against Home Cross's 32%. Pixel Path also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.4) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Home Cross's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (2.8K vs 876). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Pixel Path sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Home Cross sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Pixel Path holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 876 and 2.8K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of Pixel Path's written reviews are positive against 32% of Home Cross's.
Pixel Path ships an update every 2 months, Home Cross monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pixel Path | Home Cross |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (876 ratings) — better | 4.4 (2.8K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 61.8% of reviews — better | 31.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 876 | 2.8K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — 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 | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 139 MB | 352 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | AppyNation Ltd. | Metajoy |
Customer experience
Pixel Path
Home Cross
User reviews
Pixel Path
From 876 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun and relaxing game
- 🎨 Great pixel art design
- 💤 Calming gameplay
- 🧠 Challenging puzzles
- 🕹️ Enjoyable gameplay
Room to improve
- 🔑 Limited tokens/keys to play
- 🕹️ Clunky/frustrating controls
- 🔋 Battery draining
- 🚫 Lack of updates/new puzzles
- 💰 Aggressive monetization
Home Cross
From 2.8K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great game concept
- 💡 Challenging puzzles
- 🚀 Smooth gameplay
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezes
- 🔋 High battery consumption
- 💰 Excessive ads and in-app purchases
- 🕰️ Lack of new content/updates
Bugs and requests
Pixel Path
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashes on startup
- Puzzle progress resets unexpectedly
- Ads freeze the app
Requested features
5 requests- More puzzles and levels
- Ability to purchase tokens/keys with coins
- Smoother controls and less screen movement
- Gallery mode to view completed puzzles
- Option to disable ads
Home Cross
Reported bugs
3 issues- Ads that won't close or crash the app
- Inconsistent performance across devices
- Puzzles not loading or getting stuck at 85%
Requested features
4 requests- More puzzle packs and difficulty levels
- Option to disable ads or pay a one-time fee
- Undo/redo functionality
- Improved progress tracking and stats
In-app purchases
Pixel Path
- Tokens Starter Pack$2.99
- Coins Starter Pack$2.99
- Tokens Value Pack$4.99
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- Coins Value Pack$4.99
- Tokens Super Pack$9.99
- Coins Super Pack$9.99
Home Cross
- Weekly VIP$1.997 Days
- Monthly VIP$6.991 Month
- 1000 Coins$0.99
- Bonus Gift Step 1$0.99
- Daily Gift$0.99
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- 4000 Coins$2.99
- 200 Tokens$2.99
- Daily Gift$2.99
- 400 Tokens$4.99
- 1000 Tokens$9.99








