PixelCross vs Gridweave
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PixelCross
A logic puzzle game where you color grid blocks based on numerical rules to reveal hidden pixel art. It offers over 700 puzzles with increasing difficulty, suitable for all ages.
- Logic-based coloring puzzles
- Reveal hidden pixel art
- Over 700 puzzles
- Suitable for children and adults
- Daily updated puzzles
- Variety of pixel art themes
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PixelCross is a simple but challenging digital logic puzzle game, as long as you can paint the color values of 0 and 1 according to certain numerical rules, you can let the puzzle picture show in front of you. Features: • Free game • Simple rules: use logic to color the grid blocks, reveal hidden pixel picture.. • 700+ logic puzzles, from easy to hard, keep updating. • Amazing pixel art: discovering beautiful pixel art illustrations of different themes, including daily objects, plants, characters and cute animals, etc. • Different logic puzzle levels, suitable for children and adults. • Simple and intimate game design, logic puzzle game can also be beautiful. Privacy Policy: https://penzu.com/p/b55b1871 User protocol: https://penzu.com/p/148dc25e
Gridweave
Engage in a logic-based puzzle experience where you fill squares to reveal hidden pictures. Enjoy unlimited hints and a daily challenge. Collect hundreds of unique images across themed albums.
- Logic-based puzzle solving
- Collectible hidden pictures
- Unlimited free hints with explanations
- Daily puzzle challenges
- No lives or countdown timers
- Ad-free experience
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Gridweave is a calm, carefully crafted Nonogram experience. Follow the clues, fill the squares, and watch a hidden picture come to life—then keep it in your collection. Pure logic, no pressure Every puzzle is designed to be solved by logic. No lives, no countdowns, no ads. Make a mistake? Undo a whole stroke and keep going at your own pace. Pictures worth collecting Every solved puzzle reveals a picture with its own backdrop. Collect 600 pictures across 16 albums, grouped into themed chapters. Hints that explain Hints are free and unlimited. They never play the puzzle for you: they point to a row or column and explain why the next move follows, so you still fill the squares yourself. A puzzle every day Come back for a new Daily Challenge. Your monthly calendar fills in as you solve. Start with 100 puzzles, and today's Daily Challenge is always free. One purchase unlocks the remaining 500 puzzles and all past Daily Challenges. No subscription. No account required; your progress is stored locally on your device.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: PixelCross at free against Gridweave's free with in-app purchases. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for PixelCross against 5.0 for Gridweave. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
PixelCross ships an update every 2 weeks, Gridweave every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PixelCross | Gridweave |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | JUN XIE | 昱 王 |
Customer experience
PixelCross
Gridweave
In-app purchases
PixelCross
No in-app purchases
Gridweave
No in-app purchases









