Every 5x5 Nonogram vs OneThumbTower
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
OneThumbTower
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One-Thumb Tower is a tower defense you can actually play with one hand - in bed, on the train, or while holding a sleeping kid. Every control is built for a single thumb. Drag a tower from the tray onto the hex grid to place it. Tap a tower to upgrade it. Long-press to open a radial menu right where your thumb already is - no pinching, no two-finger zoom, no reaching for the far corner of the screen. Everything lives in the thumb zone. Each run is a bite-sized roguelike. Draft 3 towers from your unlocked pool, then defend through 8 fast 90-second waves on a freshly generated hex map. Climb the meta ladder between runs to unlock new towers and push your best wave higher. A daily seeded run lets everyone fight the same map and chase the local leaderboard. FEATURES - True one-handed play: drag to place, tap to upgrade, long-press radial menu - Procedurally generated hex maps - no two runs alike - Roguelike runs: draft 3 towers, survive 8 waves, climb the ladder - 90-second waves designed for short sessions - Daily seeded challenge with a local leaderboard - Persistent meta progression: unlock new towers - Endless and daily modes - Dark mode and Dynamic Type support - Play free, or unlock Premium once to remove ads forever and open every tower Free to play with optional ads. Go Premium with a single one-time purchase - no subscriptions.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Every 5x5 Nonogram at none against OneThumbTower's 1. Every 5x5 Nonogram also leads on ads (none vs shown) and device support (3 vs 1). OneThumbTower's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks). On price 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. OneThumbTower sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Every 5x5 Nonogram asks for nothing beyond the download.
Every 5x5 Nonogram ships an update every 3 weeks, OneThumbTower every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Every 5x5 Nonogram | OneThumbTower |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (31 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 31 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 199 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | okayest! studios | Christian Pedersen |
In-app purchases
Every 5x5 Nonogram
No in-app purchases
OneThumbTower
- One-Thumb Tower Lifetime$3.99
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