Comparison

HexLogic vs Nonogram

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

Head to head
About

HexLogic

Engage your mind with colorful logic puzzles featuring animal-themed artwork. Use deduction to reveal hidden pictures by painting tiles. Unlock additional content with in-app purchases.

Highlights
  • Logic puzzles
  • Animal themes
  • Hidden picture reveal
  • Deduction and reasoning
  • Colorful graphics
  • Tutorial included
Features
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New! HexLogic puzzles offer addicting logic challenges with the reward of colorful graphics and rich eye candy to the puzzle app world. HexLogic - Zoo dabbles in the beauty and color that the animal world brings to us. GabySoft, creators of the addicting FlipPix series of nonogram logic puzzles, has gathered their resources once again and presented you with a unique new way to exercise your mental muscles on your iPhone or iPad! Players will enjoy using their deduction and reasoning skills to paint tiles and reveal a hidden picture. A short tutorial is included. Purchase any of the paid HexLogic puzzle apps by GabySoft and unlock 18 additional pictures with 54 additional puzzles in this app.

About

Nonogram

This logic puzzle game challenges you to reveal hidden pictures by coloring cells based on number clues. It offers a vast library of puzzles with varying difficulty levels and features to aid gameplay, suitable for both new and experienced players.

Highlights
  • Over 10,000 free puzzles
  • Black-and-white and colored puzzles
  • Multiple grid sizes and difficulty levels
  • Auto error checking
  • Unlimited undo and hints
  • Save and continue progress
Features
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Popular and professional nonogram game All puzzles are tested by computer program Clear App graphics and rich functions Suitable for beginner and master HangXun Nonogram is a kind of picture logic game that was first invented by the Japanese in 1987. At first, the game was named after "お絵かきロジック", which means "drawing logic". Now Nonogram is known as nomogram, pictogram, Hanjie, Griddlers, Picross, Japanese Crosswords, Japanese Puzzles, Pic-a-Pix, "Paint by numbers" and other names. Nonogram game starts with tens of blank cells in a N x M grid, and these blank cells must be colored or left blank according to numbers at the side of the grid to reveal a hidden picture. 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 "3 6 2" would mean there are sets of three, six, and two filled squares, in that order, with at least one blank square between successive sets. Nonogram game rules are very simple, easy to get started. Even you are a beginner for the game, you can start to play it very easily. Whether you want to sharpen your mind or relax your heart, you should give this classic Nonogram game a try. More you play, your brain will become more active. During your commute, before you sleep ... enjoy downtime with brain training. Main Features: - Over 10000 Nonogram Puzzles, all are free - All puzzles are tested by computer program and have unique solution - Include not only Black-and-white Nonograms, but also colored Nonograms - All puzzles are sorted by groups from 5x5 to 50x50 - 7 difficulty levels are from beginner to Extreme - Easy keyboard tool-bar is for big size of nonograms - Freely download millions of puzzles from our server More Features: - Auto check the error - Unlimited undo and hint time - Two game modes, freely fill mode and error limit mode - Save game automatically, and continue it next time - Score ranking, daily challenge ranking - Auto fill X and completed lines - Suitable for phones and tablets - Clean and beautiful graphics - Audio effect Thanks for your selecting HangXun Nonogram Game! We will try our best to make the game better and better.

Screenshots

HexLogic4 screens
Nonogram4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Nonogram at none against HexLogic's 10. Nonogram also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.4) and ratings volume (654 vs 23). HexLogic's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and monetization model 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. HexLogic sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Nonogram asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Nonogram holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Nonogram has 654 ratings behind it against 23, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of HexLogic's written reviews are positive against 91% of Nonogram's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HexLogic ships an update every 6 months, Nonogram every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
HexLogic versus Nonogram: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHexLogicNonogram
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (23 ratings)4.7 (654 ratings) — better
Positive reviews88.2% of reviews90.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings23654 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 4 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size83 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGabySoft俊杰 龚

Customer experience

HexLogic

All ratings23 ratings
Positive87.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative13.0%
Written reviews102 reviews
Positive88.2%
Neutral6.9%
Negative4.9%

Nonogram

All ratings621 ratings
Positive94.7%
Neutral2.3%
Negative3.1%
Written reviews493 reviews
Positive90.7%
Neutral3.7%
Negative5.7%

User reviews

HexLogic

From 23 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎮 Highly addictive and engaging gameplay
  • 🧩 Well-designed logic puzzle mechanics
  • 🖼️ Beautiful and gorgeous photos as rewards
  • 🎨 Colorful and visually appealing graphics
  • 🧠 Great brain exercise and mental challenge

Room to improve

  • 😤 Forced review requirement to unlock content
  • 🌍 Geographic restrictions (Australian store exclusion)
  • 🎯 Limited number of free levels
  • 🖼️ Repeated pictures across different puzzle sizes
  • 🎨 Color differentiation issues for colorblind players

Nonogram

From 654 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fantastic app
  • 👍 Tons of puzzles
  • 👍 Minimal ads, not disruptive
  • 👍 Great puzzle game
  • 👍 Challenging puzzles

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Accidental diagonal locking issue
  • 🐛 Can't undo/erase mistakes
  • 🐛 Glitches causing errors
  • 🐛 Sensitive touch controls

Bugs and requests

HexLogic

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Tapping sometimes selects more hexes than intended
  • Background colors make some colors hard to distinguish
  • Player profile defaults back to first entered player
  • Color pairs difficult to distinguish (green/yellow, blue/purple)

Requested features

8 requests
  • More puzzle levels and content
  • Unique pictures for each puzzle
  • Score tracking by time and errors
  • Colorblind mode with shape differentiation
  • More free levels available
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  • Greater variety of puzzle images
  • Improved player profile management
  • Access to all games in Australian store

Nonogram

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Glitches causing errors
  • Sensitive touch controls
  • Ads covering gameplay on larger puzzles

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add undo/erase function
  • Improve touch controls and sensitivity
  • Add zoom/pinch feature
  • Improve visibility of numbers on larger puzzles
  • Add ability to save/resume puzzles
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  • Implement color-blind accessibility options

In-app purchases

10 purchases

HexLogic

One-time10
  • HexLogic - Birdhouses$0.99
  • HexLogic - Eyes$1.99
  • HexLogic - Mosaics$1.99
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  • HexLogic - Spices$1.99
  • HexLogic - Handfuls$1.99
  • HexLogic - Lifeguard$1.99
  • HexLogic - Gardens$1.99
  • HexLogic - Candy$1.99
  • HexLogic - Doors$1.99
  • HexLogic - Steps$1.99
None

Nonogram

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HexLogic free?
HexLogic is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Nonogram free?
Nonogram is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, HexLogic or Nonogram?
Nonogram is rated higher. HexLogic averages 4.4 out of 5 from 23 ratings, while Nonogram averages 4.7 from 654 ratings.
Do HexLogic or Nonogram have ads?
Nonogram shows ads; HexLogic does not.
Which is updated more often, HexLogic or Nonogram?
HexLogic ships an update every 6 months, and Nonogram every 4 months. Most recently, HexLogic was updated on November 6, 2026 and Nonogram on November 11, 2026.

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