Dotted Lines vs Every 5x5 Nonogram
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dotted Lines
A classic arcade game where you control a line to complete level targets. Navigate challenges by touching the screen to change direction, sometimes managing two lines simultaneously for increased difficulty.
- Classic arcade gameplay
- Touchscreen controls
- Level-based targets
- Dual line control challenges
- Simple to handle
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It is a very classic arcade game! Game rule: - Simply touch the onscreen keypad to change the line direction. - Need to finish each level target. - Sometime need to control two lines, it is very hard.
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.
- All 24,976,511 solvable 5x5 nonogram puzzles
- Global and friend leaderboards
- Dynamic color schemes
- Single-player experience
- Logic-based gameplay
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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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Every 5x5 Nonogram at none against Dotted Lines's shown. Every 5x5 Nonogram also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 13 months) and ratings volume (31 vs 1). Dotted Lines's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 80%). On price, rating, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Dotted Lines holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Every 5x5 Nonogram has 31 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Dotted Lines's written reviews are positive against 80% of Every 5x5 Nonogram's.
Dotted Lines ships an update every 13 months, Every 5x5 Nonogram every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 30, 2026.
| Parameter | Dotted Lines | Every 5x5 Nonogram |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.8 (31 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 80.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 31 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 95 MB | 199 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Oscar Tsang | okayest! studios |
Customer experience
Dotted Lines
Every 5x5 Nonogram
In-app purchases
Dotted Lines
No in-app purchases
Every 5x5 Nonogram
No in-app purchases
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