Comparison

Nonogram Life vs EcoLution

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

EcoLution

Features
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Turn-based strategic game to clean up plots of land and allow trees to come back. Transform all the plots of land into plowed or treed ones. But pollution can slow you down. Obtain the lowest possible score.

Screenshots

Nonogram Life4 screens
EcoLution4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: EcoLution at none against Nonogram Life's 2. Nonogram Life's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 8 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. EcoLution asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Nonogram Life ships an update fortnightly, EcoLution every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Nonogram Life versus EcoLution: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNonogram LifeEcoLution
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (546 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews76.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings546 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 8 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size95 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNguyen LocJerome de Cock

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

EcoLution

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Nonogram Life

One-time1
  • Remove Ads2 variants$2.99
None

EcoLution

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Nonogram Life free?
Nonogram Life is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is EcoLution free?
EcoLution is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Nonogram Life or EcoLution have ads?
Both Nonogram Life and EcoLution show ads.
Which is updated more often, Nonogram Life or EcoLution?
Nonogram Life ships an update fortnightly, and EcoLution every 8 months. Most recently, Nonogram Life was updated on September 22, 2026 and EcoLution on September 20, 2026.

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