Comparison

Nonogram vs Composition

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

Head to head
About

Nonogram

Features
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Daily Nonogram gives you a new picture logic puzzle every day (also known as Picross or Griddler) — beautifully designed, smooth to play, and perfect for your daily brain break. Follow the numbers, fill the right cells, and reveal a hidden picture step by step. A PUZZLE FOR EVERY DAY • New nonograms daily across multiple difficulties • Extra weekly and monthly challenges • Clean, uniquely solvable puzzles with lovingly crafted artwork DEDUCE WITH EASE • Intuitive filling and marking of cells • Hints when you get stuck • "Check" flags mistakes before they pile up • Unlimited undo and redo KEEP YOUR STREAK • Daily streak with a 7-day overview • Earn Adept Tokens for solving and use them on hints and checks • Game Center leaderboards and achievements PLAY ANYWHERE • iCloud sync keeps your streak and progress across devices • Runs on iPhone, iPad, and Mac • Play offline — no account required PART OF THE ADEPT UNIVERSE • Discover Daily Sudoku too — your daily number puzzle • Your Adept Tokens and Premium work across all Adept apps PREMIUM (optional) • Ad-free play • Access the archive of past daily puzzles • Available as a monthly or yearly subscription Download Daily Nonogram today and reveal a new picture every day. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Composition

Engage in a unique puzzle game where drawing lines traps bouncing dots, transforming each completed board into a work of art. Compete daily, race friends, and collaborate on canvases. Unlock the full experience with a single purchase.

Highlights
  • Daily puzzle boards
  • Competitive leaderboards
  • Multiplayer collaboration
  • Gallery of completed paintings
  • Offline play
  • Siri integration
Features
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EVERY GAME BECOMES A PAINTING Draw lines to trap the bouncing dots, and every board you finish becomes a painting with its own title, like “Composition No. 2 with Yellow, Red, and Blue.” Every day the whole world gets the same board for free. You swipe and a line grows both ways from your finger. If a dot hits it before it’s finished, it breaks. Close off a space with no dots in it and it fills with paint. Paint three quarters of the open canvas and the painting is yours. You get three tries at each day’s board. Mondays are gentle, and the week builds to Saturday. If your friends have played, you race whoever is just ahead of you, and when you finish you can lay their lines over yours in pencil to see how they did it. Your first painting hangs in your gallery, and your fastest time is kept. You can also paint one canvas together, with up to three of you: passing one phone around, on your own phones in the same room, or taking turns from far away, a line at a time. The full edition is one purchase, shared with your family. It opens every board since No. 1, all sixty Solo levels, painting far away with two friends, and whatever we add later. Today’s board stays free either way. • A daily leaderboard, a daily challenge and ten achievements in Game Center. • Widgets for today’s board and your paintings. • Siri can start today’s board or tell you how you did. • Today’s board and Solo work offline. No ads, no account needed. Terms of Use: https://playcomposition.com/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://playcomposition.com/privacy/

Screenshots

Nonogram4 screens
Composition4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Composition at none against Nonogram's shown. Nonogram's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Nonogram sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Composition sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Nonogram ships an update every 6 days, Composition every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Nonogram versus Composition: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNonogramComposition
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPhilip ElmerBabs Technologies Inc.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Nonogram

Subscriptions2
  • Premium (1 Month)$2.991 Month
  • Premium (1 Year)$17.991 Year
1 purchases

Composition

One-time1
  • The full edition$15.00

Questions

Is Nonogram free?
Nonogram is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Composition free?
Composition is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Nonogram or Composition have ads?
Nonogram shows ads; Composition does not.
Which is updated more often, Nonogram or Composition?
Nonogram ships an update every 6 days, and Composition every 4 days. Most recently, Nonogram was updated on October 25, 2026 and Composition on October 26, 2026.

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