Comparison

Sherlock FREE vs Every 5x5 Nonogram

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

Head to head
About

Sherlock FREE

Engage your deductive reasoning with a digital logic puzzle game. Solve grid-based challenges by deciphering clues to determine the exact placement of images. Offers multiple grid sizes and a variety of puzzle themes.

Highlights
  • Logic puzzle solving
  • Deductive reasoning challenges
  • Multiple grid sizes (4x4, 5x5, 6x6)
  • Image location puzzles
  • Graphical clue system
Features
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Sherlock is a computerized version of logic puzzles, where you're presented with a series of clues that help you to determine the exact locations of all the images on in the puzzle. The puzzles are all 4x4, 5x5 or 6x6. Each row of the puzzle contains images of the same type (faces, houses, numbers, fruit, street signs, letters, etc). The game scrambles the locations of the items in each row (without showing you their locations) and then presents to you a set of graphical clues that describe the positional relationships of different images. You use the clues to deduce where things can't be (and where they HAVE to be) until you know where all the images are located. Sherlock FREE contains 10 puzzles in each size for 30 puzzles total. The PRO version has 600 puzzles total, and the ULTRA version has 7500 puzzles total. The ZEN version has 150,000 puzzles total. The puzzles in the FREE, PRO, ULTRA, and ZEN versions are all unique, the four versions of the game share NO common puzzles.

About

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.

Highlights
  • All 24,976,511 solvable 5x5 nonogram puzzles
  • Global and friend leaderboards
  • Dynamic color schemes
  • Single-player experience
  • Logic-based gameplay
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Sherlock FREE3 screens
Every 5x5 Nonogram4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Sherlock FREE at free against Every 5x5 Nonogram's paid. Sherlock FREE also leads on iOS requirement (6.0 vs 15.0). Every 5x5 Nonogram's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.5). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Every 5x5 Nonogram holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 31 and 31 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 80% and 80% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Sherlock FREE versus Every 5x5 Nonogram: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSherlock FREEEvery 5x5 Nonogram
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (31 ratings)4.8 (31 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews80.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3131
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS6.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB199 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEverett Kaser Softwareokayest! studios

Customer experience

Sherlock FREE

All ratings30 ratings
Positive86.7%
Neutral6.7%
Negative6.7%
Written reviews30 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral6.7%
Negative13.3%

Every 5x5 Nonogram

All ratings31 ratings
Positive93.5%
Neutral3.2%
Negative3.2%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Sherlock FREE

No in-app purchases

None

Every 5x5 Nonogram

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sherlock FREE free?
Sherlock FREE is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Every 5x5 Nonogram free?
Every 5x5 Nonogram is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sherlock FREE or Every 5x5 Nonogram?
Every 5x5 Nonogram is rated higher. Sherlock FREE averages 4.5 out of 5 from 31 ratings, while Every 5x5 Nonogram averages 4.8 from 31 ratings.
Do Sherlock FREE or Every 5x5 Nonogram have ads?
Neither Sherlock FREE nor Every 5x5 Nonogram shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sherlock FREE or Every 5x5 Nonogram?
Sherlock FREE ships an update every 3 weeks, and Every 5x5 Nonogram every 3 weeks. Most recently, Sherlock FREE was updated on November 2, 2026 and Every 5x5 Nonogram on November 5, 2026.

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