Puzzlette vs Nonogram
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Puzzlette
Fill palettes with colorful paint pieces to reveal classic masterpieces. This game offers a relaxing artistic experience with varying difficulty levels and randomly generated puzzles for endless replayability.
- Fill palettes with paint pieces
- Reveal classic paintings
- Multiple difficulty levels
- Randomly generated puzzles
- 100 stages
- Hints available
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Puzzlette is a puzzle game and yet an artistic experience as well. It’s simple. You just fill up the palette with paint pieces, and each time you do, colorful pieces are painted on the canvas. Eventually a complete classic painting appears. This game is designed for everyone from children to puzzle lovers. Number of pieces on each palette (4 to 8) determines difficulty like jigsaw puzzles, and each level requires different number of puzzles to complete a painting. 4 pieces - 16 puzzles (Easy) 5 pieces - 14 puzzles 6 pieces - 12 puzzles 7 pieces - 10 puzzles 8 pieces - 8 puzzles (Hard) Paintings to complete are classic works of Impressionism and other different styles. You will encounter familiar ones while playing. Puzzles are randomly generated at each play, so you can enjoy your favorite stages many times. Of course there are hints available for every puzzle. Let’s give it a try! - 100 stages (paintings) - 5 levels of difficulty (4/5/6/7/8 pieces) - 2 hints available for each puzzle - Adjustable paint speed - Different puzzles at each play
Nonogram
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Reveal the hidden picture, one logical step at a time. Nonogram (also known as Picross, Griddlers, or Hanjie) is the classic Japanese picture-logic puzzle. Use the number clues along each row and column to figure out which cells to fill — and which to rule out. No guessing required: every puzzle is solvable by pure logic, and every puzzle hides a picture waiting to be uncovered. Whether you have two minutes or two hours, Nonogram is the calm, satisfying brain workout that's always ready when you are. Fully offline. No ads interrupting your flow. Just you and the grid. 180 HAND-VERIFIED PUZZLES • Six difficulty worlds: Easy, Medium, Hard, Expert, Master, and Grandmaster • From gentle 5×5 warm-ups to brain-bending 20×20 challenges • Every level is computer-verified to have exactly one solution • Earn up to three stars per level for speed and clean, hint-free solves • Unlock new worlds as your skills grow A NEW PUZZLE EVERY DAY • The Daily Challenge gives everyone the same puzzle each day • Build a streak and watch your calendar fill with solved days • Keep your best streak going — miss a day and start again BUILT TO FEEL GREAT • Smooth tap-and-drag painting to fill a whole line at once • A fill mode and an X (rule-out) mode, plus undo and a logical hint • Real-time clue checking dims solved lines and flags impossible ones • Five beautiful themes — Midnight, Daylight, Sunset, Forest, and Grape • Subtle sound and haptics you can toggle anytime PLAY YOUR WAY • Game Center leaderboards for your best times, total stars, and streaks • Achievements for first wins, cleared tiers, and streak milestones • Share a brag card of your finished picture • Color-blind-friendly palette, high-contrast grid, VoiceOver, and Dynamic Type • Available in 11 languages No accounts. No internet needed. No nonsense. Download Nonogram and start filling in the fun.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Nonogram at none against Puzzlette's shown. Puzzlette's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). On price 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Puzzlette | Nonogram |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Naohiko Mogami | Justin Pruskowski |
In-app purchases
Puzzlette
No in-app purchases
Nonogram
No in-app purchases









