Comparison

PathPix Pro vs Nonograms Katana

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

Head to head
About

PathPix Pro

This app offers a collection of 320 challenging puzzles specifically designed for experienced players. It features unique puzzle types like geometric shapes, short and long paths, and puzzles with limited or no path squares. Completing puzzles reveals miniature pictures and provides witty quotes as rewards.

Highlights
  • 320 challenging puzzles
  • Special puzzle sections (Shapes, Short Paths, Two Colors, White Space, Long Paths, XLarge)
  • Puzzles reveal miniature pictures
  • Includes witty quotes
  • Designed for expert players
Features
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PathPix Pro is for experienced PathPix players ONLY! ***************************************************************** PathPix Pro contains 320 all new, beautiful puzzles, including 6 special sections with 20 puzzles each: Shapes Plus (with geometric shapes and classical illusions), Short Paths (lots of 3s, 4s, 5s etc-harder than you might think), Two Colors (just what it says), White Space (extra hard - not all squares contain paths), Long Paths (extremely difficult - designed to test the most seasoned PathPix player), and XLarge (with sizes ranging up to 65x45). When completed, all the colored paths in each puzzle form a miniature picture. Each puzzle also includes an appropriate quote, ranging from wry to witty to profound, as a reward for success. Not sure which PathPix to buy? Here's the lineup: There are many different PathPix apps for your iPhone and iPad. All puzzles are different.  ---PATHPIX LITE: Wondering if PathPix is for you? Start here. It's free! ---PATHPIX: Hooked? This is the next step, with 189 graduated levels, ranging from small, easy puzzles to large, advanced level puzzles. ---PATHPIX PRO: Are you an expert? Looking for a LOT of puzzles? Then PathPix Pro is for you, with 320 puzzles ranging from Medium difficulty to Extreme. ---PATHPIX ZEN: Relaxing and addictive! 99 beautiful puzzles, including an Advanced Levels section with 12 special challengers. ---PATHPIX JOY: Keep smiling! 99 puzzles = many happy hours of PathPix fun. Small to large, easy to advanced - you'll find it all here. ---PATHPIX MAGIC: Magic of all kinds! 99 puzzles, small to huge, easy to advanced.  ---PATHPIX LAUGH: Lots more puzzles to tickle your funnybone. 202 puzzles, each with a silly joke or quote related to the puzzle picture. Small to large, easy to extreme. ---PATHPIX BOO: Silly - spooky - scary - fun! 99 puzzles for Halloween and other dark nights.  ---PATHPIX XMAS: 99 puzzles with a Christmas theme to get you in the mood for the holidays. Whether you are looking for sentiment or silliness, you will find it here. ---PATHPIX LOVE: All you need is love! 99 puzzles, easy to advanced. ---PATHPIX MAX: Some of the biggest PathPix puzzles ever. 114 GIANT-sized puzzles, over a million squares total! ---PATHPIX ART: MAXimum fun - 150 HUGE puzzles based on famous paintings, including the biggest PathPix puzzles ever made. ---PATHPIX THANKS: 99 puzzles for Thanks Giving. Easy to Expert. ---PATHPIX EDGE: Live on the edge! None of these puzzles are rectangular. 180 puzzles, all different shapes, from teeny to gigantic, easy to expert. ---PATHPIX ALICE: The original Alice comes to life as you puzzle your way through 42 truly gigantic, colorful, and FUN illustrations for Lewis Carroll's masterpiece novel, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Puzzles are based on the classic Tenniel illustrations. Complete book included.  ---PATHPIX TIME: 99 forward-looking puzzles to welcome the New Year and beyond. Small to large, easy to expert. ---PATHPIX HEX: PathPix with a difference: the paths wander about on a grid of 6-sided cells (hexagons) . Warning: twisty paths make for tricky puzzles! 179 puzzles, easy to extreme. ---PATHPIX BUBBLE: Classic PathPix on special grids with squares and rectangles of different sizes. Paths can be wild and wacky. The theme is Water, oceans to raindrops. 160 puzzles, easy to expert. PathPix Pro is based on the PC game "PathPix" by Kris Pixton and KpixGames.

About

Nonograms Katana

Engage in logic puzzles where you fill cells based on numerical clues to reveal hidden pictures. This app offers a vast collection of puzzles, tools for marking cells, and options to create and share your own challenges.

Highlights
  • 1001 nonogram puzzles
  • Create and share custom puzzles
  • Black-and-white and colored puzzles
  • Puzzles sorted by size
  • Hints and undo/redo functionality
  • Cloud save and achievements
Features
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Nonograms Katana: Sharpen your mind! Nonograms, also known as Hanjie, Griddlers, Picross, Japanese Crosswords, Japanese Puzzles, Pic-a-Pix, "Paint by numbers" and other names, are picture logic puzzles 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. 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 groups. To solve a puzzle, one needs to determine which cells will be boxes and which will be empty. Determining which cells are to be left empty (called spaces) is as important as determining which to fill (called boxes). Later in the solving process, the spaces help determine where a clue (continuing block of boxes and a number in the legend) may spread. Solvers usually use a dot or a cross to mark cells they are certain are spaces. It is also important never to guess. Only cells that can be determined by logic should be filled. If guessing, a single error can spread over the entire field and completely ruin the solution. Features: - 1001 nonograms - All puzzles are free - All puzzles tested by computer program and have unique solution - Black-and-white and colored - Nonograms sorted by groups from 5x5 to 50x50 - Download puzzles sent by other users - Create and share your own puzzles - 15 free hints per puzzle - Use crosses, dots and other symbols to mark cells - Auto cross out numbers - Auto fill trivial and completed lines - Auto save; if you stuck you can try another puzzle and come back later - Zoom and smooth scrolling - Lock and zoom number bars - Lock current puzzle state, check assumptions - Customize background - Optional cursor for accurate picking - Undo and redo - Share result pictures - Save game progress to the cloud - Achievements and leaderboards - Screen rotation - Suitable for phones and tablets VIP Features: - No Ads - View Answer - 5 extra hints per puzzle The Guild Expansion: Welcome to the Adventurers Guild! By solving puzzles, you will get loot and experience. You will have weapons that allow you to deal with puzzles much faster. You will be able to complete quests and receive a reward. You will have to rebuild the settlement and collect the lost mosaic piece by piece. The Dungeon Expansion: Game in a game in a game. Isometric turn-based RPG. What adventurer doesn't dream of exploring a dungeon? site: https://nonograms-katana.com facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Nonograms.Katana

Screenshots

PathPix Pro4 screens
Nonograms Katana4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Nonograms Katana at Free against PathPix Pro's $2.99. Nonograms Katana also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 17 months) and ratings volume (6.6K vs 127). PathPix Pro's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and review sentiment (94% vs 83%). On rating, ads 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

Nonograms Katana is free to download; PathPix Pro costs $2.99 up front. Nonograms Katana sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. PathPix Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for PathPix Pro against 4.8 for Nonograms Katana. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Nonograms Katana has 6.6K ratings behind it against 127, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 94% of PathPix Pro's written reviews are positive against 83% of Nonograms Katana's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PathPix Pro ships an update every 17 months, Nonograms Katana every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
PathPix Pro versus Nonograms Katana: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPathPix ProNonograms Katana
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.9 (127 ratings) — better4.8 (6.6K ratings)
Positive reviews93.8% of reviews — better82.9% of reviews
Number of ratings1276.6K — better
Update frequencyEvery 17 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB27 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperKris PixtonUcdevs Interaction DOO

Customer experience

PathPix Pro

All ratings127 ratings
Positive98.4%
Neutral0.8%
Negative0.8%
Written reviews128 reviews
Positive93.8%
Neutral1.6%
Negative4.7%

Nonograms Katana

All ratings6,245 ratings
Positive97.2%
Neutral1.7%
Negative1.1%
Written reviews339 reviews
Positive82.9%
Neutral5.3%
Negative11.8%

User reviews

PathPix Pro

From 127 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Enjoyable and easy to use
  • 🧠 Challenging and engaging puzzles
  • 💡 Multiple difficulty levels and puzzle types
  • 🕰️ Great time-killer and relaxing experience
  • 🎨 Beautiful and crisp visuals

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes and performance issues
  • 🔄 Lack of ability to reset all puzzles
  • 🔍 Blurry graphics on some devices
  • 🛑 Developer appears to have abandoned the app

Nonograms Katana

From 6.6K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Lots of puzzles
  • 👍 Customizable settings
  • 👍 Minimal ads
  • 👍 Challenging puzzles
  • 👍 User-created puzzles

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes
  • 🐛 Puzzle progress loss
  • 🐛 Ads not working
  • 🐛 Freezing issues
  • 🐛 Compatibility problems

Bugs and requests

PathPix Pro

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Puzzle #204 causes the app to crash
  • Puzzle #149 and #150 delete progress after completion

Requested features

3 requests
  • More puzzle levels and new content updates
  • Ability to export/backup progress
  • Game Center integration and achievements

Nonograms Katana

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Puzzle progress not saving
  • Puzzle images not loading
  • Freezing/crashing on larger puzzles
  • Ads not playing properly
  • Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions

Requested features

7 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • Ability to rearrange/move puzzle pieces
  • Difficulty ratings for puzzles
  • Automatic line/row completion
  • Ability to follow/subscribe to users
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  • Notification system for new puzzles
  • Diagonal line drawing tool

In-app purchases

None

PathPix Pro

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Nonograms Katana

One-time3
  • 80 Hints$0.99
  • 200 Hints$1.99
  • VIP version$2.99

Questions

Is PathPix Pro free?
PathPix Pro costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Nonograms Katana free?
Nonograms Katana is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PathPix Pro or Nonograms Katana?
PathPix Pro is rated higher. PathPix Pro averages 4.9 out of 5 from 127 ratings, while Nonograms Katana averages 4.8 from 6.6K ratings.
Do PathPix Pro or Nonograms Katana have ads?
Neither PathPix Pro nor Nonograms Katana shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PathPix Pro or Nonograms Katana?
PathPix Pro ships an update every 17 months, and Nonograms Katana every 3 months. Most recently, PathPix Pro was updated on October 18, 2026 and Nonograms Katana on October 16, 2026.

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