Quiet Pixels vs Shadepix
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Quiet Pixels
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Quiet Pixels is a cozy nonogram puzzle game. Each puzzle is a grid with number clues along the top and side. The clues tell you which cells to fill in. When the grid is right, the filled cells reveal a small picture. No timer in cozy mode, no streak penalty, no noise โ just numbers and time to think. Five sizes: โข Tiny โ 5ร5. A short break. โข Small โ 7ร7. A quick warm-up. โข Classic โ 10ร10. The puzzle you know. โข Medium โ 12ร12. A slower read. โข Wide โ 15ร15. A long sit. Twenty-five hand-authored puzzle packs, each themed and arranged for difficulty. Every puzzle is uniquely solvable โ there's always exactly one answer, and you'll never need to guess. Each puzzle plays in Cozy mode (mistakes are blocked) or Strict mode (mistakes count). One daily puzzle picked at random across all five sizes. Seven languages: English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch. Five themes โ Light, Dark, Paper, Dusk, and a colour-blind-friendly Accessible palette. Soft ambient music and gentle haptics. Every sound has a tap-mute on the Home screen, no settings dive needed. No ads. No accounts. No real-money purchases. Anonymous product analytics only โ no IDs, no personal data, no tracking. Your stats live on this device.
Shadepix
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Fill the squares, reveal the picture. Shadepix is a classic nonogram (picross) game with a calm dark board, one-finger drag painting, and pictures worth finishing. Every number tells you the length of a run of filled squares โ read the clues, mark what must stay empty, and a hidden pixel picture appears. A DAILY PUZZLE FOR EVERYONE One puzzle a day, the same board for every player in the world, generated from the calendar date itself โ no server required. The daily is how you earn diamonds: it pays more for every consecutive day, and every seventh day of a streak refills your energy for free. 330 HAND-DRAWN PICTURES Ten picture packs โ Starter, Animals, Everyday Icons, Food, Space, Music, Vehicles, Sports, Nature and Weather โ plus five advanced packs: Landmarks, Dinosaurs, Mythical Creatures, Deep Sea and Retro Tech, where one giant 20x20 picture is solved as four boards in a row. STAGES, ONE PICTURE AT A TIME Every pack is a 30-stage journey: clear a stage to open the next. Boards grow from quick 5x5 warm-ups to 15x15, and the advanced packs push to 20x20 โ pinch to zoom on the big ones. MISTAKES CANNOT RUIN THE PICTURE A wrongly filled square is corrected to an ร for you, so the picture never comes out wrong. But three mistakes end the board: continue for 60 diamonds, or start over for free. MEDALS AND LEADERBOARDS Bronze, silver and gold medals for pictures solved, packs completed, daily streaks and flawless clears โ earned as Game Center achievements, with worldwide leaderboards for pictures solved and best streak. ENERGY INSTEAD OF ADS Starting a puzzle costs 1 energy from a bar of 5, and the bar refills on its own, one point every 15 minutes. The Daily never costs energy, and replaying a picture you have already solved is free. If you would rather not wait, a full refill costs 100 diamonds. BUILT TO BE PLEASANT - Drag across a row or column to fill several squares at once - Haptic feedback you can switch off - Works completely offline, on a plane or underground - Fully localized in 30 languages NO ADS. EVER. No banners, no interstitials, no rewarded video, no account, no tracking. Diamonds come from the daily puzzle, and optional diamond packs exist only if you want hints, unlocks or a refill sooner.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Quiet Pixels at none against Shadepix's 5. Shadepix's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Shadepix sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Quiet Pixels asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Quiet Pixels | Shadepix |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Monthly | โ |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No โ better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod โ better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 โ better |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Laurent Chouinard | Toru Kitajima |
In-app purchases
Quiet Pixels
No in-app purchases
Shadepix
- Handful of Diamonds$1.99
- Pouch of Diamonds$4.99
- Chest of Diamonds$9.99
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- Vault of Diamonds$19.99
- Diamond Mine$49.99








