Nonogram vs Nonogram Square
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Nonogram
Solve number logic puzzles to reveal hidden pictures. Use row and column clues to fill in squares and uncover the image. Progress through increasingly challenging grids designed to train your brain.
- Number logic puzzles
- Reveal hidden pictures
- Row and column clues
- Progressively challenging grids
- Brain training
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Uncover the picture by solving the number logic puzzles. Nonograms have simple rules - use the number clues on the outside of the grid to solve the puzzle and reveal the image. The numbers show how many filled in squares there should be in each row and column. The game starts simple but gets progressively more challenging as you progress with larger grids for more experienced players. Train your brain now with Nonograms: Logic Puzzles!
Nonogram Square
This app offers a variety of picture logic puzzles where you color cells based on number clues to reveal hidden images. It features multiple grid sizes, from 5x5 to 25x25, providing a challenging and engaging experience for puzzle enthusiasts.
- Picture logic puzzles
- Color cells based on number clues
- Reveal hidden images
- Multiple grid sizes (5x5 to 25x25)
- Challenging gameplay
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Nonograms, also known as Paint by Numbers, Picross, Griddlers, Pic-a-Pix, kenken, kakuro, pictogram, numbrix, shikaku, nurikabe and various other names, 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. 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. kind of nonogramm : 5x5, 10x10, 15x15, 20x20, 25x25
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Nonogram at none against Nonogram Square's shown. Nonogram also leads on ratings volume (453 vs 25) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks). Nonogram Square's advantage is review sentiment (87% vs 64%). On price, rating, in-app purchases 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
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 — 4.5 for Nonogram against 4.7 for Nonogram Square. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Nonogram has 453 ratings behind it against 25, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 64% of Nonogram's written reviews are positive against 87% of Nonogram Square's.
Nonogram ships an update every 2 weeks, Nonogram Square every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Nonogram | Nonogram Square |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (453 ratings) | 4.7 (25 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 64.3% of reviews | 86.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 453 — better | 25 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 14.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Puzzle Games by VGChartz | GIBONG KIM |
Customer experience
Nonogram
Nonogram Square
Bugs and requests
Nonogram
Reported bugs
3 issues- Got buggy with last update
- Game Center bug
- Tricked into downloading another game
Requested features
4 requests- Hints would be nice
- Undo button needed
- Start over button needed
- Save progress feature
Nonogram Square
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Nonogram
No in-app purchases
Nonogram Square
No in-app purchases
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