Comparison

FiddleBrix vs Number Paint

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

Head to head
About

FiddleBrix

Engage your mind with a daily word puzzle that blends elements of crosswords and Sudoku. Solve intricate puzzles with increasing difficulty, including daily challenges and an archive of past puzzles.

Highlights
  • Daily word puzzles
  • Crossword and Sudoku inspiration
  • 100 built-in levels
  • Increasing daily difficulty
  • Daily Brix Archive
Features
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FiddleBrix is a colorful daily word puzzle inspired by crosswords, Sudoku, and our shared love of letters. CHALLENGE YOUR MIND FiddleBrix puzzles are elegant, intricate, and devilishly difficult. Cruciverbalists, members of the Spelling Bee Hive, and casual word gamers can all find common ground as they fiddle with brix to give their brains an anagrammatical workout. LEVELS Develop your fiddling prowess by solving 100 built-in levels of increasing difficulty. DAILY BRIX Hone your wits and stimulate your mind by solving the Daily Brix. Daily Brix difficulty increases throughout the week. ARCHIVE Enjoy unlimited access to the Daily Brix Archive.

About

Number Paint

Solve logic puzzles by filling grids with numbers and simple arithmetic clues. As you solve each puzzle, you'll reveal a piece of a pixel-art masterpiece, creating a gallery of your completed art.

Highlights
  • Sudoku with math cage clues
  • Pixel art reveal on completion
  • 1000 handcrafted levels
  • Daily challenges
  • Notes mode
  • Hints and reveal options
  • Relaxing sounds and haptics
Features
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Sudoku with a twist, and a picture at the end. Fill the grid, crack the math clues and watch every solved puzzle paint a piece of a cozy pixel-art masterpiece. THE TWIST SUDOKU FANS HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR You already know the rule: every number once in each row and column. Number Paint keeps it and adds cages with little math clues. Make the cells add, subtract, multiply or divide to the target, and the board falls into place. If you enjoy KenKen-style math grids or Killer Sudoku, you'll feel at home in seconds. If you've played a thousand classic grids, this is the fresh challenge you've been looking for. EVERY SOLVE PAINTS A PICTURE Each level is one piece of a bigger painting. Finish a board and watch it color itself in. Finish every piece and the whole picture comes to life: cottages, whales, castles, rockets, owls and more. Your progress isn't a number on a list. It's a gallery you painted yourself. A BRAIN WORKOUT THAT FEELS LIKE A BREAK • Quick, bite-size grids, perfect for a coffee break or winding down before bed • Only simple arithmetic: the challenge is the logic, not the math • Fair puzzles: every board can be solved without guessing • A gentle start teaches one idea at a time, so you're never lost FEATURES • 1000 handcrafted levels across 51 paintings • A new Daily Challenge every day, with 365 cute pictures to collect • Notes mode: jot down what a cell could be, with no penalty • Hints and Reveal for when you're stuck • Locked clues, combos and perfect-level bonuses that keep things fresh • Daily rewards and streak chests • Relaxing sounds and haptics (you can turn them off) • Plays great on iPhone and iPad • Available in 34 languages HOW TO PLAY • Each row and column holds every number exactly once, just like Sudoku • Cells in a cage combine to their clue with + − × or ÷ • A lone number is the answer • Three tries per level: a wrong number costs one Sudoku made you a puzzle lover. Number Paint makes you a painter. Pick up your brush and start your first picture today.

Screenshots

FiddleBrix4 screens
Number Paint4 screens

Verdict

The call

FiddleBrix and Number Paint both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of FiddleBrix's written reviews are positive against 63% of Number Paint's. FiddleBrix also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ads (none vs shown). Number Paint's advantage is update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 24 months) and ratings volume (6.5K vs 44). On price, rating 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. Number Paint sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. FiddleBrix asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

FiddleBrix holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Number Paint has 6.5K ratings behind it against 44, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of FiddleBrix's written reviews are positive against 63% of Number Paint's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FiddleBrix ships an update every 24 months, Number Paint every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
FiddleBrix versus Number Paint: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFiddleBrixNumber Paint
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (44 ratings) — better4.8 (6.5K ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better63.3% of reviews
Number of ratings446.5K — better
Update frequencyEvery 24 monthsEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB78 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFiddleBrix LLCPine Games

Customer experience

FiddleBrix

All ratings44 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Number Paint

All ratings6,515 ratings
Positive97.7%
Neutral1.2%
Negative1.1%
Written reviews226 reviews
Positive63.3%
Neutral8.4%
Negative28.3%

Bugs and requests

FiddleBrix

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Number Paint

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game freezing/crashing at higher levels
  • Offline mode not working as expected
  • Inconsistent touch/tap registration

Requested features

5 requests
  • Option to view/save completed puzzle images
  • More variety in puzzle types and themes
  • Ability to replay past levels
  • Clearer indication of correct/incorrect moves
  • Adjustable difficulty settings

In-app purchases

None

FiddleBrix

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Number Paint

One-time10
  • Special Offer$1.99
  • Mini Coin Package$1.99
  • Remove Ads$3.99
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  • Welcome Offer$7.99
  • Large Coin Package$7.99
  • Paint Bundle$9.99
  • Super Coin Package$14.99
  • Super Bundle$19.99
  • Mega Coin Package$29.99
  • Mega Bundle$39.99

Questions

Is FiddleBrix free?
FiddleBrix is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Number Paint free?
Number Paint is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, FiddleBrix or Number Paint?
FiddleBrix is rated higher. FiddleBrix averages 5.0 out of 5 from 44 ratings, while Number Paint averages 4.8 from 6.5K ratings.
Do FiddleBrix or Number Paint have ads?
Number Paint shows ads; FiddleBrix does not.
Which is updated more often, FiddleBrix or Number Paint?
FiddleBrix ships an update every 24 months, and Number Paint every 4 weeks. Most recently, FiddleBrix was updated on November 3, 2026 and Number Paint on November 11, 2026.

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