Weave Craft vs Pixelvale
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Weave Craft
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Weave Craft is the only loom simulation game on the App Store. Thread a shuttle across warp threads to recreate beautiful patterns — or go freestyle and weave your own tapestry. THE LOOM IS YOUR CANVAS Raise and lower heddles, pick your colour from the spool rack, and throw the shuttle to weave each row. Match the target pattern to earn stars, or create your own textile art in freestyle mode. 90+ PATTERNS From simple hearts and stars to detailed figures and pixel art, across four difficulty levels: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, and Master. Every pattern is a new challenge. THREE GRAIN LEVELS Choose Chunky for bold, blocky weaves perfect for beginners. Medium for balanced detail. Or Fine for tight, intricate tapestries with thousands of stitches. DAILY WEAVE A new pattern drops every day. Build your streak, challenge yourself, and climb the leaderboard. PRO FEATURES Unlock Weave Pro for the Thread Stop — a powerful tool that lets you split rows into multiple coloured segments. Place the peg on the loom to create multi-colour rows, unlocking photorealistic weaving with up to 20 thread colours per row. REAL LOOM MECHANICS - Heddles raise and lower warp threads to create the shed - Shuttle carries the weft thread through the shed - Double-tap heddle strips to toggle all at once - See your fabric form row by row with textured thread rendering FEATURES • 90+ patterns across 4 difficulty levels • 3 grain levels (Chunky, Medium, Fine) • Freestyle mode — weave anything you imagine • Daily challenge with streak tracking • Thread Stop peg for multi-colour rows (Pro) • Interactive tutorial for new weavers • Game Center leaderboards and achievements • Procedural textile thread textures • Siri Shortcuts — "Start weaving" from your Home Screen • Accessibility: VoiceOver labels, reduce motion support
Pixelvale
Solve logic puzzles to reveal pixel art and build a charming valley. Enjoy a relaxing experience with no timers or pressure, and watch your world grow across seasons. Support development through optional donations.
- Solve logic nonogram puzzles
- Build a growing pixel art valley
- Experience seasonal changes
- Relaxed gameplay with no timers
- Offline play
- Hand-drawn pixel art
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Pixelvale is a cozy nonogram game: solve elegant logic puzzles and bring a little valley to life, pixel by pixel. Every puzzle you solve reveals a hand-painted piece of pixel art—an apple tree, the bakery, a villager—and adds it to your world. So a living valley slowly grows out of pure logic puzzles, transforming across four seasons. RELAXED PUZZLING Nonograms (also known as picross or griddlers) are elegant logic puzzles: use the numbers along the edges to work out which cells must be filled. No luck, no time pressure—just you and a calm, satisfying flow of thinking. A WORLD THAT GROWS You don't come back to "Puzzle #47"—you return to your valley. Each picture has its own fixed place on the map. Season by season the mood shifts—from blooming spring to quiet winter. FREE AND FAIR • Completely free to play • No ads • No energy system, no timers, no nagging If you enjoy Pixelvale, you can support development with a voluntary donation—entirely optional. It unlocks no content: you always have the whole game. FREE PLAY Want more? In Free Mode you can solve as many random nonograms as you like, in grid sizes from 5×5 to 25×25—perfect for a short break or a long evening of puzzling. MADE WITH CARE • Hand-drawn pixel art, no stock material • Warm, modern interface with subtle haptic feedback • Native iOS app: launches instantly, runs on older iPhones, fully playable offline • Available in English and German Pixelvale is a calm place to keep coming back to. Grab a puzzle, fill in a few cells—and watch your valley bloom.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Pixelvale at 17.0 against Weave Craft's 26.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Weave Craft sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Pixelvale sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Weave Craft | Pixelvale |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.5 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alcasoniq | Yves Kopmann |
In-app purchases
Weave Craft
- Weave Pro$4.99
Pixelvale
- Small Thank-You$0.99
- Coffee for the Valley$1.99
- A Generous Round$2.99
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- Grand Gesture$3.99
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