Comparison

Swatch This vs Nonogram Life

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Swatch This

A multiplayer game where players invent creative names for real paint swatches. Compete with friends or strangers to guess the official color names and earn points. Offers various game modes for different playstyles.

Highlights
  • Invent creative color names
  • Guess real paint swatch names
  • Online turn-based multiplayer
  • Private matches with friends
  • Pass & Play mode
  • Pen & Paper mode
Features
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Swatch This is a color naming game for 2-8 players, featuring real, outrageous paint swatches. Real-life paint colors aren’t just called yellow or pink or blue, they’re much more evocative and fun. So a yellow-gold might be “Sunny Side Up,” a bright pink “Sweet Sixteen,” or a blue “Fountain.” In Swatch This you’ll create your own color names, as serious or silly as you want. The other players in the match are making up names too, so at the end everyone will try to pick out the real name from the made-up ones. Guess the right name and you'll get points — fool another player and you’ll get more! Swatch This features multiple game modes. - Online turn-based multiplayer: play a Quick Match with a random opponent, or a private match with 1-7 friends - Pass & Play: play on a single device by taking turns - Pen & Paper: play on a single device by writing color names on paper, like a board game There are no consumable in-app purchases. Play unlimited matches in all game modes for free. If you enjoy the game, please consider buying the Palette Pack to permanently unlock many more color swatches.

About

Nonogram Life

Engage your mind with logic puzzles that reveal hidden pixel art. Solve by filling cells according to number clues, offering a relaxing and mindful experience with handcrafted designs and soothing music. Save your progress and enjoy various topics.

Highlights
  • Hand-crafted pixel art puzzles
  • Diverse topics and themes
  • Hint system for assistance
  • Intuitive drag or d-pad controls
  • Relaxing music and mindfulness
  • Automatic save/resume functionality
  • Marking (X) feature for easier solving
Features
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Nonograms, also known as Paint by Numbers, Picross, Griddlers, Pic-a-Pix, Hanjie, and various other names, are picture Logic puzzle 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. *** Rule *** 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. *** Features *** ● Hand crafted beautiful pixel arts ● There are various topics to have fun with ● Using hint can help you in difficult time ● Easy controls, either using drag or d-pad ● Mindfulness, relaxing music ● Playing session is saved/resumed automatically ● Don’t forget to using Mark (X) to solve the puzzle easier *** Strategy *** Simpler puzzles can usually be solved by a reasoning on a single row only (or a single column) at each given time, to determine as many boxes and spaces on that row as possible. Then trying another row (or column), until there are no rows that contain undetermined cells. Some more difficult puzzles may also require several types of "what if?" reasoning that include more than one row (or column). This works on searching for contradictions: When a cell cannot be a box, because some other cell would produce an error, it will definitely be a space. And vice versa. Advanced solvers are sometimes able to search even deeper than into the first "what if?" reasoning. It takes, however, a lot of time to get some progress.

Screenshots

Swatch This4 screens
Nonogram Life4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Nonogram Life at 4.8 against Swatch This's 4.1. Nonogram Life also leads on review sentiment (76% vs 54%) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). Swatch This's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Swatch This sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Nonogram Life sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Nonogram Life holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Nonogram Life has 598 ratings behind it against 68, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of Swatch This's written reviews are positive against 76% of Nonogram Life's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Swatch This ships an update every 2 months, Nonogram Life fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Swatch This versus Nonogram Life: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSwatch ThisNonogram Life
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (68 ratings)4.8 (598 ratings) — better
Positive reviews53.8% of reviews76.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings68598 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.513.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB95 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRadio SilenceNguyen Loc

Customer experience

Swatch This

All ratings68 ratings
Positive76.5%
Neutral10.3%
Negative13.2%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive53.8%
Neutral23.1%
Negative23.1%

Nonogram Life

All ratings546 ratings
Positive97.1%
Neutral1.5%
Negative1.5%
Written reviews89 reviews
Positive76.4%
Neutral13.5%
Negative10.1%

Bugs and requests

Swatch This

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Nonogram Life

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Black screen on certain levels
  • Incorrect puzzle solutions
  • Progress reset/loss of progress
  • Crashes and freezes

Requested features

4 requests
  • More levels and categories
  • Ability to disable lives/hints
  • Support for Apple Pencil
  • Improved performance optimization

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Swatch This

One-time1
  • Palette Pack$1.99
1 purchases

Nonogram Life

One-time1
  • Remove Ads2 variants$2.99

Questions

Is Swatch This free?
Swatch This is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Nonogram Life free?
Nonogram Life is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Swatch This or Nonogram Life?
Nonogram Life is rated higher. Swatch This averages 4.1 out of 5 from 68 ratings, while Nonogram Life averages 4.8 from 598 ratings.
Do Swatch This or Nonogram Life have ads?
Nonogram Life shows ads; Swatch This does not.
Which is updated more often, Swatch This or Nonogram Life?
Swatch This ships an update every 2 months, and Nonogram Life fortnightly. Most recently, Swatch This was updated on October 25, 2026 and Nonogram Life on October 22, 2026.

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