Comparison

GridSwan (Nonogram Puzzles) vs Trace Maze

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

Head to head
About

GridSwan (Nonogram Puzzles)

Solve logic puzzles by filling in cells based on number clues to reveal hidden images. Explore various puzzle types, including black & white, colored, and triangle grids. Design and share your own puzzles with others.

Highlights
  • Thousands of puzzles with updates
  • Supports standard, colored, triangle, and multi griddlers
  • Advanced UI controls for easy solving
  • Design and share custom puzzles
  • Backup and restore solutions
Features
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GridSwan is a powerful nonogram puzzle app for solving logic puzzles, also known as griddlers, hanjie, picross, Japanese crosswords, kare karalamaca, cryptopics, or pic-a-pix. Use number clues to reveal hidden pixel-art images on the grid. Enjoy thousands of free nonogram puzzles, multiple puzzle types, smart solving tools, and regularly added new puzzles. FEATURES: • Thousands of free nonogram puzzles • New puzzles added regularly • Standard black-and-white, colored, triangle, and multi puzzles • Smooth controls for large and complex puzzles: Zoom, scroll, multi-cell selection, undo, and redo • Checkpoints to try different solving paths and backtrack when needed • Cloud backup and restore across devices • Create your own puzzles by drawing, importing images, or generating them from text with AI • Share your puzzles with friends or publish them for other players NOTES: • Please use the Feedback menu to report problems so we can receive your device details and help you better. • Number clues are only there to help you. They are not part of the actual puzzle solution. • To publish your own puzzles, share them and choose Publish. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.puzzlehouseapps.com/privacy_policies/gridswan

About

Trace Maze

Features
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Trace Maze is a quiet maze game built around a rolling ball, a timer, and one question: which way now? You only see the part of the maze around you. That is the point. Like in a real labyrinth, it is easy to lose your sense of direction. A corridor you passed a minute ago can feel completely new when you reach it from another side. Reach the exit, remember the turns, and try to improve your time on the next run. There are 180 levels across three difficulties. Each level can earn one, two, or three stars, depending on your time. If you get stuck, hints can point out a useful turn, a route to avoid, or echo part of the path ahead. The first 24 levels are free. Full Path is a one-time purchase that unlocks the rest of the game. No ads. No lives. Just the maze.

Screenshots

GridSwan (Nonogram Puzzles)4 screens
Trace Maze4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Trace Maze at none against GridSwan (Nonogram Puzzles)'s shown. GridSwan (Nonogram Puzzles)'s advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. GridSwan (Nonogram Puzzles) sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month and Trace Maze sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GridSwan (Nonogram Puzzles) ships an update every 4 days, Trace Maze monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
GridSwan (Nonogram Puzzles) versus Trace Maze: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGridSwan (Nonogram Puzzles)Trace Maze
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (134 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews34.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings134 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterMonthly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size217 MB17 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperALI YILDIZ-PUZZLEHOUSEAPPSLukasz Kokosinski

In-app purchases

11 purchases

GridSwan (Nonogram Puzzles)

Subscriptions3
  • 1 Month$7.991 Month
  • 6 Months$33.996 Months
  • 1 Year$59.991 Year
One-time8
  • 5 Images$1.29
  • Enable Checkpoint$1.49
  • 10 Tips$1.99
Show 5 more
  • 25 Images$3.99
  • 50 Tips$7.99
  • 50 Images$8.99
  • 100 images$9.99
  • 100 Tips$11.99
1 purchases

Trace Maze

One-time1
  • Full Path$2.99

Questions

Is GridSwan (Nonogram Puzzles) free?
GridSwan (Nonogram Puzzles) is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Trace Maze free?
Trace Maze is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do GridSwan (Nonogram Puzzles) or Trace Maze have ads?
GridSwan (Nonogram Puzzles) shows ads; Trace Maze does not.
Which is updated more often, GridSwan (Nonogram Puzzles) or Trace Maze?
GridSwan (Nonogram Puzzles) ships an update every 4 days, and Trace Maze monthly. Most recently, GridSwan (Nonogram Puzzles) was updated on October 27, 2026 and Trace Maze on October 11, 2026.

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