Comparison

Every 5x5 Nonogram vs MatchMint

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

Head to head
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.

About

MatchMint

Features
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Tap two or more touching tiles of the same colour and they clear. Tiles above fall into the gap, empty columns close up, and — the part that changes everything — nothing ever refills. Every clear is permanent. Take the biggest group on the board and you might orphan the tiles around it, and an orphaned tile is stuck there for the rest of the round. MatchMint isn't about tapping fast. It's about the order you clear in. THE BOARD DRAINS No falling blocks. No endless refill. No timer counting down at you. The board you start with is the board you have, and your job is to empty it. SEE THE COST BEFORE YOU COMMIT Press and hold any group. You'll see what it scores and, more usefully, how many tiles it would strand. The obvious move and the right move are often not the same one. WIN, THEN PUSH FOR PERFECT Clear down to the round's goal and the win is banked — it can't be taken away. Everything after that is for stars. Leave a handful for two stars. Sweep the board completely for three and a bonus booster. EVERY BOARD IS BEATABLE A solver plays each board before you ever see it, and the round's goal is set from what it managed. You're never handed something impossible — and never handed something free. As you progress, the margin between the solver's line and yours narrows until you have to play nearly perfectly. WHEN YOU GET STUCK Undo takes back your last move, stranded tiles and all. Shuffle rearranges everything still on the board. Colour Blast clears an entire colour wherever it's stranded. Run out of moves and you'll be offered a way back in rather than a dead end. A NEW BOARD EVERY DAY The daily challenge hands everyone the same tiles. Build a streak, compare your sweep on Game Center leaderboards, and chase the achievements. BUILT PROPERLY • Full dark mode • Dynamic Type — the whole interface scales with your text size • Shapes on tiles for colour blind players, as a normal setting rather than something buried • VoiceOver labels on every tile, including what a move would strand • No timers. No lives. No waiting to play. MatchMint includes optional coin packs for players who want more boosters. You never need them to finish a level — every board can be cleared on its own terms.

Screenshots

Every 5x5 Nonogram4 screens
MatchMint4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Every 5x5 Nonogram at none against MatchMint's 3. Every 5x5 Nonogram also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and device support 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. MatchMint sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Every 5x5 Nonogram asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Every 5x5 Nonogram ships an update every 3 weeks, MatchMint every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Every 5x5 Nonogram versus MatchMint: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEvery 5x5 NonogramMatchMint
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (31 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings31 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size199 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerokayest! studiosDavid Margot

In-app purchases

None

Every 5x5 Nonogram

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

MatchMint

One-time3
  • Starter Vault 300$0.99
  • Pro Crate 800$2.99
  • Legend Stack 1800$5.99

Questions

Is Every 5x5 Nonogram free?
Every 5x5 Nonogram is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MatchMint free?
MatchMint is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Every 5x5 Nonogram or MatchMint have ads?
Neither Every 5x5 Nonogram nor MatchMint shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Every 5x5 Nonogram or MatchMint?
Every 5x5 Nonogram ships an update every 3 weeks, and MatchMint every 2 months. Most recently, Every 5x5 Nonogram was updated on October 15, 2026 and MatchMint on September 29, 2026.

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