Comparison

Fill vs Einstein Challenge

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

Head to head
About

Fill

Uncover hidden pixel art by painting squares based on numerical clues. This logic puzzle game offers a mentally stimulating challenge with a unique fingertip cursor for precise control and a smart-fill option for rapid completion. Enjoy hours of artistic and deductive fun with manually created, high-quality puzzles.

Highlights
  • Reveal hidden pixel art
  • Deductive logic puzzles
  • Unique fingertip cursor
  • Smart-fill cursor
  • Weekly bonus puzzles
  • Manually created puzzles
Features
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Find which neighboring squares must be painted and create a beautiful picture! Each puzzle consists of a grid containing clues in various places. The object is to reveal a hidden picture by painting the squares around each clue so that the number of painted squares, including the square with the clue, matches the value of the clue. Fill-a-Pix are exciting logic puzzles that form whimsical pixel-art pictures when solved. Challenging, deductive and artistic, this original Conceptis puzzle offers the ultimate mix of logic, art and fun while providing solvers with many hours of mentally stimulating entertainment. The game features a unique fingertip cursor which enables playing large puzzle grids with ease and precision: to fill a square, move cursor to the desired location and tap anywhere on the screen. To fill multiple squares, press and hold fingertip until cursor fills the square and start dragging to neighboring squares. The game also features a powerful Smart-fill cursor for quick, single-tap filling of all remaining empty squares around a clue. To help see the puzzle progress, graphic previews in the puzzle list show the progress of all puzzles in a volume as they are being solved. A Gallery view option provides these previews in a larger format. For more fun, Fill-a-Pix contains no ads and includes a Weekly Bonus section providing an extra free puzzle each week. PUZZLE FEATURES • 125 free Fill-a-Pix puzzles • Extra bonus puzzle published free each week • Puzzle library continuously updates with new content • Manually created by artists, top quality puzzles • Unique solution for each puzzle • Grid sizes up to 65x100 • Multiple difficulty levels • Hours of intellectual challenge and fun • Sharpens logic and improves cognitive skills GAMING FEATURES • No ads • Zoom, reduce, move puzzle for easy viewing • Smart-fill cursor for faster playing • Show errors during gameplay • Unlimited check puzzle • Unlimited hints • Unlimited Undo and Redo • Auto-fill starting clues option • Exclusive fingertip cursor design for solving large puzzles • Graphic previews showing puzzles progress as they are being solved • Concurrently playing and saving multiple puzzles • Puzzle filtering, sorting and archiving options • Dark Mode support • Portrait and landscape screen support (iPad only) • Track puzzle solving times • Backup & restore puzzle progress to iCloud ABOUT Fill-a-Pix have also become popular under other names such as Mosaic, Mosaik, Fill-In, Nurie-Puzzle and Japanese Puzzle. Similar to Picross, Nonogram and Griddlers, the puzzles are solved and the pictures revealed using logic alone. All puzzles in this app are produced by Conceptis Ltd. - the leading supplier of logic puzzles to printed and electronic gaming media all over the world. On average, more than 20 million Conceptis puzzles are solved each day in newspapers, magazines, books and online as well as on smartphones and tablets across the world. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.conceptispuzzles.com/index.aspx?uri=info/doc/220

About

Einstein Challenge

Features
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It's thought that Albert Einstein in the last century, released the following challenge: In one street there are five houses with different colours. In each one of them, live a person from different nationality. Each one of these people likes a different drink and smokes a brand of cigarettes different from the others. in addition, each one has a different kind of pet. The question is: "who is the owner of the fish". Follow the tips to find the answer.

Screenshots

Fill4 screens
Einstein Challenge4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Fill at Free against Einstein Challenge's $0.99. Fill also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 39 months) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). Einstein Challenge's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10). On 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

Fill is free to download; Einstein Challenge costs $0.99 up front. Fill sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Einstein Challenge asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fill ships an update every 3 months, Einstein Challenge every 39 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and May 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Fill versus Einstein Challenge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFillEinstein Challenge
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.8 (1.2K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews91.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.2K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 39 months
AdsNo—
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB9 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperConceptis Ltd.Joao Silva

Bugs and requests

Fill

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Puzzle progress not saving properly
  • Incompatibility issues with newer iOS versions
  • Freezing or crashing when using certain features

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add a hint feature to help with difficult puzzles
  • Introduce more free puzzle packs or a daily free puzzle
  • Allow saving/restoring of purchased puzzle packs
  • Add an option to highlight empty/unmarked areas
  • Provide a 'test' mode to try out moves without committing
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  • Position controls/buttons for easier one-handed use

Einstein Challenge

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Fill

One-time10
  • Basic Logic - Variety 1$2.99
  • Advanced Logic - Variety 1$2.99
  • Basic Logic - Variety 2$2.99
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  • Basic Logic - Variety 3$2.99
  • Advanced Logic - Variety Large$3.99
  • Basic Logic - Variety Large$3.99
  • Basic Logic - Variety Large 2$3.99
  • Basic Logic - Extra Large 1$4.99
  • Basic Logic - Extra Large 2$4.99
  • Basic Logic - Famous Paintings$4.99
None

Einstein Challenge

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fill free?
Fill is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Einstein Challenge free?
Einstein Challenge costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which is updated more often, Fill or Einstein Challenge?
Fill ships an update every 3 months, and Einstein Challenge every 39 months. Most recently, Fill was updated on October 24, 2026 and Einstein Challenge on May 16, 2026.

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