Window Puzzles vs Nonogram Ultra
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Window Puzzles
Rebuild intricate stained glass windows by placing glass shards in their correct positions. Offers a peaceful, educational, and family-friendly puzzle experience with adjustable difficulty and helpful tools.
- 126 unique stained glass window puzzles
- Drag and drop interface
- Adjustable difficulty levels
- Automatic saving of progress
- Optional guides (outlines, ghost image)
- Auto-Zoom for small pieces
- Game Center achievements
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Can you rebuild these beautiful stained glass windows? Like a jigsaw puzzle but each piece is a shard of glass which needs to be put back into the right place. 126 window puzzles available to play immediately! EASY TO LEARN Simple drag and drop interface that works for adults and children. A simple tutorial on "How To Play" is included. Puzzles in each pack start easy and get harder the more you do. HARD TO MASTER Puzzles range from easy (solve in minutes) through to very hard (an hour or more). But don't worry, your placed pieces are automatically saved so you can do the puzzle over several sessions. You can also turn on and off useful guides like outlines or a ghost image depending on how hard you want it to be. And if some pieces are too small, just turn on the Auto-Zoom feature. Can you earn all the Game Center achievements? EDUCATIONAL As you concentrate on each piece in the puzzle you see details of the window that aren't immediately obvious when looking at the completed window. See the window as the original artist did - an element at a time. Once a puzzle is completed you can explore a zoomed in version to see all the detail. FAMILY FRIENDLY All puzzles are family friendly with the easier puzzles well suited to your younger puzzlers. PEACEFUL An uncluttered puzzle solving space lets you be in the moment as you work your way through the puzzle at your own pace. BEAUTIFUL Work with some of the most glorious stained glass windows from around the world. HELPFUL Some of the puzzles are hard. If you get stuck, use the Shuffle button to get new pieces, the Auto Fill feature to put those difficult pieces into their correct places or a Ghost image to help you find the right place. CONNECTED Works on your iPads and Macs. In-App purchases of puzzle packs are shared between your devices and you can easily enable synching up Puzzle completion progress between them. Start of one device and finish it on another.
Nonogram Ultra
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Nonogram Ultra is Nonogram puzzles the way it should be — clean, calm, and quietly addictive. Reveal the hidden picture by using the number clues along each row and column. Every puzzle has one logical solution, so there's no guessing — just you, the grid, and that satisfying click when it all falls into place. No third-party ads. No pop-ups. No clutter. Just tasteful, well-crafted puzzles. THREE WAYS TO MARK THE BOARD • Fill the cells that make up the picture • Cross Out the cells you know are empty • Maybe — drop a tentative "?" pencil mark when you're not sure yet; it never counts as a mistake Drag to paint several cells at once, undo any step, or spend a hint to reveal one correct cell. FOUR WAYS TO PLAY • Quick (5×5) — a perfect coffee-break solve • Casual (5×10) — a taller board that's still bite-sized • Standard (10×10) — the classic sweet spot • Expert (10×15) — for when you want a real challenge A NEW PUZZLE EVERY DAY Take on the Daily Challenge and keep your streak alive. The same puzzle for everyone, every day — come back daily to reach 7, 30 and 100-day milestones. 5 SPACE-INSPIRED THEMES Set the mood with Midnight, Nebula, Aurora, Galaxy or Eclipse — each with its own colour palette and a gently animated cosmic backdrop. Light, Dark and System appearance supported throughout. PLAY YOUR WAY • Live scoring rewards speed and precision • Chase Perfect Solves with zero mistakes and no hints • Subtle sound and haptics you can turn off anytime COMPETE & COLLECT • Game Center leaderboards for every mode and the Daily Challenge • Achievements for perfect runs, expert clears, speed solves, daily streaks and night-owl sessions BUILT WITH CARE • Super clean, minimal interface — designed to disappear so the puzzle can shine • Plays fully offline • No third-party ads Whether you've got two minutes or twenty, Nonogram is a tasteful, relaxing little corner of logic to come back to.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Window Puzzles at Free against Nonogram Ultra's $1.99. Window Puzzles also leads on ratings volume (116 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). Nonogram Ultra's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 9) and update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly). On rating, ads and device support 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
Window Puzzles is free to download; Nonogram Ultra costs $1.99 up front. Window Puzzles sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Nonogram Ultra asks for nothing beyond the download.
Nonogram Ultra holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Window Puzzles has 116 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Window Puzzles ships an update monthly, Nonogram Ultra every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Window Puzzles | Nonogram Ultra |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (116 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 116 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 613 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CleverInfo | Jonathan Clarke |
Customer experience
Window Puzzles
Nonogram Ultra
In-app purchases
Window Puzzles
- Puzzle Pack 1 : 14 x MixedFree
- Puzzle Pack 2 : 14 x ChurchFree
- Puzzle Pack 3 : 14 Non-Relig.Free
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- Puzzle Pack 4 : 14xTiffanyFree
- Puzzle Pack 5 : 14 Tall WindowFree
- Unlock all Window PuzzlesFree
- Puzzle Pack 6 : 14 x USAFree
- Puzzle Pack 7 : 14 x ColourfulFree
- Puzzle Pack 8 : 14 InterestingFree
Nonogram Ultra
No in-app purchases
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