Ninihex vs PanelShiritori
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ninihex
A colorful puzzle game where players break blocks by creating sandwiches of the same color. It offers a simple yet engaging gameplay experience for quick gaming sessions.
- Block breaking puzzle
- Same-color matching
- Sandwiching mechanic
- Simple gameplay
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Ninihex is a puzzle game that break blocks by sandwiching with the same color.
PanelShiritori
This puzzle game challenges players to identify various readings for the same image, expanding a dictionary of Japanese words. Players then use collected readings in a timed challenge to select associated images.
- Picture Shiritori puzzle gameplay
- Discover multiple readings for images
- Build a yomikata dictionary
- Quick-push panel time attack
- Collect and use word readings
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A puzzle game and a quick-push game of “Picture Shiritori”! The game contains a large number of ways to read the same picture! For example, the panel of “moon” is “mangetsu”, “tsuki”, “night”, ‘otsukimi’, “jugoya”, and so on! For example, the same picture can be read in various ways! Let's find the rare readings and complete the yomikata dictionary! Then, play a quick-push panel game with the readings you've collected! Select the panel you associate with the reading and compete in a time attack! Translated with DeepL.com (free version)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Ninihex at none against PanelShiritori's shown. Ninihex also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 70%) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). PanelShiritori's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 4 months). On price 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Ninihex ships an update every 4 months, PanelShiritori every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ninihex | PanelShiritori |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (6 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 70.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Ninicode | daisuke uehara |
Customer experience
Ninihex
PanelShiritori
In-app purchases
Ninihex
No in-app purchases
PanelShiritori
No in-app purchases
