Nonogram vs Colour Nonograms
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Nonogram
Engage your logic with picture-based puzzles. Fill in cells based on number clues to reveal hidden images, from simple black and white to vibrant color designs. Enjoy endless challenges and satisfying problem-solving.
- Black and white puzzles
- Color puzzles
- Multiple difficulty levels
- New content regularly
- In-game hints
- Extra lives system
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Challenge your logic skills and try solving the popular Nonogram puzzles to see what’s hidden in the pictures. The game is very addictive and satisfying. We promise you’ll enjoy every minute of your screen time! Nonograms are also known as griddlers, Japanese crosswords, and cryptopics. Figure out which boxes to fill to reveal black & white or color pics. It’s easy to understand how to solve the puzzles, but hard to stop solving them. Features: - Black and white or color griddlers; - 3 difficulty levels; - Never-ending new content; - Hints and extra lives. Try now!
Colour Nonograms
Solve picture logic puzzles by coloring cells according to number clues. Uncover hidden images with over 25,000 puzzles of various sizes. Optimized for battery saving with zoom and orientation support.
- Over 25,000 nonogram puzzles
- Various grid sizes
- Single solution puzzles
- Battery optimized
- Zoom mode
- Portrait and landscape support
- Undo/redo functionality
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Nonograms, also known as Hanjie, Griddlers, are picture logic puzzles 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. App features: – More than 25000 of nonograms of various width and height sizes (10x10, 15x15, 20x20, 25x25, 30x30 etc); – All nonograms have their own single solution; – Highly optimized app that saves your battery; – Zoom mode allows you to solve even large nonograms; – Portrait and landscape orientation support; – Undo/redo support; – Light and dark color schemes; Please visit our web site to find detailed instructions on solving nonograms: http://popapp.org/Apps/Details?id=16#tutorial">http://popapp.org/Apps/Details?id=16#tutorial
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Colour Nonograms at 79% against Nonogram's 56%. Colour Nonograms also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.4). Nonogram's advantage is ratings volume (293 vs 67) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). 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. Nonogram sells 8 one-off in-app purchases and Colour Nonograms sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Colour Nonograms holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 293 and 67 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of Nonogram's written reviews are positive against 79% of Colour Nonograms's.
Nonogram ships an update every 3 weeks, Colour Nonograms every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Nonogram | Colour Nonograms |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (293 ratings) | 4.7 (67 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 56.3% of reviews | 78.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 293 — better | 67 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 5 weeks |
| 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 | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 369 MB | 74 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TapLab | Amir Kadyrov |
Customer experience
Nonogram
Colour Nonograms
Bugs and requests
Nonogram
Reported bugs
11 issues- App crashes on startup or during gameplay
- Game won't load properly
- Music from phone playlist plays unexpectedly after completing puzzles
- Challenge mode shows update error despite having latest version
- Bottom row of color puzzles not spaced correctly
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- Grid doesn't fully display on screen with no zoom option
- Daily puzzle synchronization issues (missing puzzles)
- Feedback button doesn't activate/send
- Lag during gameplay causing inaccurate taps
- Ads play with sound despite mute settings
- Unwanted weekly payments for ad-free version
Requested features
12 requests- More puzzles and levels (most frequent request)
- Option to disable auto-correct/lives system
- Ability to undo/erase mistakes freely
- Larger grid puzzles
- Auto-cross completed rows feature
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- Colorblind mode or better color differentiation
- Adjustable font sizes
- Ability to zoom in/out on puzzles
- Mute option for game sounds independent of device volume
- Timers for monthly challenge events
- More 15x15 color puzzles
- Difficulty level selection option
Colour Nonograms
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Nonogram
- Remove Ads$1.99
- Content 7x7$1.99
- Content 10x10$1.99
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- Content 15x15$1.99
- Content Big Pictures$1.99
- Hint 10$1.99
- All Content$2.99
- Hint 100$4.99
Colour Nonograms
- Large puzzle solution$0.99
- Medium puzzle solution$0.99
- XSmall puzzle solution$0.99
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- Small puzzle solution$0.99
- XLarge puzzle solution$0.99
- Turn off ads$4.99
