Nurikabe Vault vs Numo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Nurikabe Vault
Engage your logic with a vast collection of original Nurikabe puzzles. This game offers hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, ranging in difficulty and size, with unique artwork for each board. Learn the rules and strategies with an included guide, and enjoy a pure puzzle experience without ads or data collection.
- Hundreds of original Nurikabe puzzles
- Hand-crafted challenges
- Varying difficulty levels
- Multiple board sizes
- Unique artwork
- Includes rules and strategy guide
- Optional visual hints
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An abundance of original, hand-crafted nurikabe puzzles. Nurikabe is a logic puzzle from the inventors of sudoku. Simply build a wall that divides the board into areas given by the numbers. There's only one way to do it! This collection contains 500 all original, hand-crafted puzzles. Difficulty ranges from merely tricky to utterly fiendish. Sizes range from 6 x 6 to 9 x 11, each with distinct and unique artwork. A guide demonstrates the rules and beginning strategies. Optional visual hints point out problems, and a solution is detected immediately. This game does NOT: - show Advertisements - offer In-App Purchases - collect Analytics - collect any Personal Information whatsoever You can put your scores on an Apple Game Center leaderboard if you like. That's the only data that will ever leave your device.
Numo
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One line from 1 to the end, covering every cell. Three rules, that's all. · Pass the numbers in order, starting at 1 · Leave no empty cell behind · Dark cells are walls ■ Today's Puzzle Everyone in the world solves the same puzzle each day. Same puzzle means times are finally comparable. Results share without spoiling the answer. ■ Ranked Run Hidden numbers, no finish line. The deeper you go, the less time you get and the more numbers disappear. Solve clean and your leftover time carries into the next board. How far can you go? ■ Duel Same board, head to head — first to 10 wins. Play a friend by room code, match with a stranger, or take on the AI (Beginner, Normal, Expert). ■ 21 trophies Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified/Traditional), Vietnamese.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Numo at Free against Nurikabe Vault's $0.99. Numo also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 13 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.6). On ads, in-app purchases 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
Numo is free to download; Nurikabe Vault costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Nurikabe Vault ships an update every 13 months, Numo every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Nurikabe Vault | Numo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.3 (8 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 86.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rogers George | Jiyoung Bae |
In-app purchases
Nurikabe Vault
No in-app purchases
Numo
No in-app purchases









