cardinal. vs Every 5x5 Nonogram
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
cardinal.
Engage in a minimalistic logic puzzle game where you deduce a secret solution using sixteen cards and clues. Enjoy procedurally generated boards for endless play and compete globally in daily challenges.
- Minimalistic logic puzzles
- Deduce secret solutions
- Procedurally generated boards
- Endless regular mode
- Daily global competitions
- 16 logic cards
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Minimalistic yet challenging, CARDINAL gives you sixteen different cards and clues in which you must figure out the secret solution! Begin with the cardinal rule you can then continue to creatively deduce the solution from there! An endless amount of procedurally generated boards waits for you in regular mode. And when you feel ready, test yourself in the daily competition alongside players from all over the globe.
Every 5x5 Nonogram
Engage in a logic puzzle game featuring all possible 5x5 nonogram puzzles. Compete with others on a global leaderboard and enjoy a changing color scheme as you progress through the challenges.
- All 24,976,511 solvable 5x5 nonogram puzzles
- Global and friend leaderboards
- Dynamic color schemes
- Single-player experience
- Logic-based gameplay
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Sit back, relax, and play through all possible 5x5 nonogram puzzles. Nonograms, also known as picross or griddlers, is a logic puzzle game, like a mixture between sudoku and minesweeper. • Play through all 24,976,511 solvable 5x5 nonogram puzzles • Leaderboard to compete with your friends or players worldwide • Color scheme changes every 10 puzzles This is the single player version of the 2025 collaborative web game of the same name.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: cardinal. at free against Every 5x5 Nonogram's paid. cardinal. also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for cardinal. against 4.8 for Every 5x5 Nonogram. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 31 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 80% and 80% positive.
cardinal. ships an update every 3 days, Every 5x5 Nonogram every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | cardinal. | Every 5x5 Nonogram |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (14 ratings) — better | 4.8 (31 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 14 | 31 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 99 MB | 199 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Perfect Hat Games LLC | okayest! studios |
Customer experience
cardinal.
Every 5x5 Nonogram
In-app purchases
cardinal.
No in-app purchases
Every 5x5 Nonogram
No in-app purchases
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