Comparison

Nonogram Life vs Sky Castle2

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

Head to head
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.

About

Sky Castle2

Embark on a puzzle-solving adventure to collect feathers for a little angel. Explore dreamlike sceneries and match dot designs to complete hundreds of nonogram puzzles. Enjoy various difficulty levels and helpful hints.

Highlights
  • Hundreds of puzzles
  • Matching dots designs
  • Automatic save
  • Various difficulty levels
  • Hints available
  • Life and normal modes
  • Single hand mode
Features
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A journey to find feathers for little angel Bave who turned to a statue. Through this journey, You will encounter mysterious and dreamlike sceneries. Finish the puzzle while you journey to find angels feathers. *features* - You can download images as Google Cloud. - Present hundreds of puzzles. - Matching dots designs to theme of maps. - Examined every detail of puzzle logic. - Save automatically current play. - Various levels of difficulty. (5x5,10x10, 15x15, 20x20, 10x15, 15x20) - Easy interface using both touch and pad. - You can play differently using single map and bigger map. - Also, we give you hints! - For user’s fun, present life mod and normal mod to fully engage in puzzles. - Support single hand mod so you can play in crowded place. License confirmation file BGM--- Zen Yoga - Music by Manuel Ochoa / Melody Loops Dreamy Dreamland - Music by AG Music / Melody Loops Just A Little Hope - Music by AG Music / Melody Loops

Screenshots

Nonogram Life4 screens
Sky Castle24 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Nonogram Life at 4.8 against Sky Castle2's 4.4. Nonogram Life also leads on ratings volume (598 vs 28). Sky Castle2's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, review sentiment, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Nonogram Life sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Sky Castle2 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 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Nonogram Life has 598 ratings behind it against 28, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 76% of Nonogram Life's written reviews are positive against 78% of Sky Castle2's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Nonogram Life versus Sky Castle2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNonogram LifeSky Castle2
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (598 ratings) — better4.4 (28 ratings)
Positive reviews76.4% of reviews78.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings598 — better28
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size95 MB359 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNguyen LocKWANG YEOUL YOO

Customer experience

Nonogram Life

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

Sky Castle2

All ratings28 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral3.6%
Negative10.7%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive78.3%
Neutral8.7%
Negative13.0%

Bugs and 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

Sky Castle2

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Nonogram Life

One-time1
  • Remove Ads2 variants$2.99
1 purchases

Sky Castle2

One-time1
  • Remove Ad$2.99

Questions

Is Nonogram Life free?
Nonogram Life is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sky Castle2 free?
Sky Castle2 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Nonogram Life or Sky Castle2?
Nonogram Life is rated higher. Nonogram Life averages 4.8 out of 5 from 598 ratings, while Sky Castle2 averages 4.4 from 28 ratings.
Do Nonogram Life or Sky Castle2 have ads?
Both Nonogram Life and Sky Castle2 show ads.

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