PiKuBo vs Bright Math
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PiKuBo
Engage in a unique 3D puzzle game where you reveal shapes by strategically removing blocks from a cube. Enjoy hundreds of logic-based puzzles with adaptive controls and soothing music. Unlock more challenges through in-app purchases.
- Hundreds of 3D nonogram puzzles
- Logic-based solving, no guesswork
- Adaptive one-handed controls
- Customizable markers with four colors
- Soothing bossa nova background music
- Portrait and landscape viewing modes
- Family sharing for level packs
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Dive into the delightful world of PiKuBo, a captivating puzzle game that brings the excitement of cubic nonograms to your iOS device. With a unique twist on a beloved classic, PiKuBo challenges you to carve out shapes from a larger cube by removing unnecessary blocks. You can think of it as a 3D Minesweeper. • Interactive Puzzle Fun: Engage with over 500 puzzles, each offering a cute shape to uncover. • Adaptive Controls: Whether you’re right-handed or left-handed, our controls are designed for easy, one-handed play. • Progress at Your Pace: Save your progress effortlessly and return to solve puzzles whenever it suits you. • No Guesswork Needed: All puzzles are solvable through logic alone—perfect for puzzle purists! • Customizable Markers: Use up to four paint colors to mark and manage your strategy without losing track of your solution. • Immersive Experience: Enjoy soothing bossa nova tunes that enhance your puzzle-solving ambiance, whether at home or on the go. • Flexible Viewing: Choose between portrait or landscape modes to suit your play style. • Shared Fun: Purchase level packs once and share them with your entire family group. • Visual Rewards: Relish the thumbnails of completed puzzles, a colorful testament to your puzzle prowess. Whether you have a few minutes or a few hours, PiKuBo is the perfect game to relax and test your brain. Start solving today! NOTE: The first pack, which consists of 31 puzzles and 5 tutorials, is provided for free. The rest of the packs are available as in-app purchases within the game.
Bright Math
Engage in a calming number puzzle where you trace adjacent tiles to reach a target sum. It's easy to learn, offers quick rounds for any spare moment, and helps sharpen your mind with satisfying mental math challenges.
- Trace adjacent tiles to sum target
- Three distinct game modes
- Build a daily play streak
- Clean, focused design
- Satisfying haptics and sound
- Quick rounds for any spare moment
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Bright Math is a calm number puzzle built around one simple idea: trace adjacent tiles whose values add up to the target. Find a path, hit the sum, and the tiles clear as fresh numbers fall in. It takes seconds to learn and is quietly addictive to master. A few minutes is all it needs, which makes it a perfect daily ritual between meetings, in a queue, or before bed. HOW TO PLAY Drag across neighboring tiles to build a path. When their sum matches the target, the path clears and your score climbs. Think ahead, chain longer paths, and keep the board moving. THREE MODES Fixed: The target stays the same. Solve as many paths as you can before the clock runs out. Progressive: Every solved path adds time and the target slowly grows. See how long you can last. Random: The target changes every few paths to keep you on your toes. BUILD A STREAK A simple seven day chart tracks the days you play across every mode, so a short session each day becomes a habit you can see. WHY YOU WILL LIKE IT - Quick rounds that fit any spare moment - A clean, focused design with no clutter - Satisfying haptics and sound - Mental math that genuinely feels good Fixed mode is free forever. Unlock Progressive and Random with a single purchase and they are yours for good. No subscriptions, no ads. Sharpen your mind, one path at a time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Bright Math at every 4 days against PiKuBo's every 5 weeks. PiKuBo's advantage is ratings volume (95 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. PiKuBo sells 13 one-off in-app purchases and Bright Math sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for PiKuBo against 4.5 for Bright Math. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PiKuBo has 95 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
PiKuBo ships an update every 5 weeks, Bright Math every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PiKuBo | Bright Math |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (95 ratings) — better | 4.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 86.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 95 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 97 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Daniel Benito | BeatFlyer S.L. |
Customer experience
PiKuBo
Bright Math
Bugs and requests
PiKuBo
Reported bugs
7 issues- In-app purchase error preventing pack purchases
- Purchase not received after payment
- Support email bouncing back
- Color contrast issue in Pack 12 (blue on blue)
- Inability to expose enough blocks at certain angles for decision-making
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- Mark/delete button deactivates when rotating puzzle
- Cooldown timer on mark/delete buttons causes frustration
Requested features
15 requests- More puzzle packs released more frequently
- Undo button for accidental moves
- Save progress mid-puzzle
- Ability to move puzzle around (pan feature)
- Full 360-degree rotation capability
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- Bundle purchase option for all puzzle packs at discount
- Larger puzzles optimized for iPad
- Difficulty-specific puzzle packs (all expert level)
- Remove or improve timer system
- Remove or improve heart/lives system
- Persistent mark/delete selection across rotations
- Three-state axis selector for slider control
- Double-tap to start puzzle instead of GO button
- Flatten rate option to purchase all future content
- Webpage explaining all settings and features
Bright Math
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
PiKuBo
- Puzzle Pack 02$0.99
- Puzzle Pack 03$0.99
- Puzzle Pack 14$0.99
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- Puzzle Pack 13$0.99
- Puzzle Pack 12$0.99
- Puzzle Pack 11$0.99
- Puzzle Pack 10$0.99
- Puzzle Pack 09$0.99
- Puzzle Pack 08$0.99
- Puzzle Pack 07$0.99
- Puzzle Pack 06$0.99
- Puzzle Pack 05$0.99
- Puzzle Pack 04$0.99
Bright Math
- Unlock all modes$2.99









