Comparison

Pict. vs Shadepix

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

Head to head
About

Pict.

Engage in a calming daily logic puzzle game where numbers guide you to reveal a hidden picture. Enjoy a quiet, ad-free experience with curated daily challenges and practice modes.

Highlights
  • Daily curated picross puzzles
  • Practice mode with generated puzzles
  • Ranked leaderboards
  • Monthly 'Mural' campaign
  • Ad-free and no tracking
  • Anonymous or account-based play
Features
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A hand-picked picross every morning. Solve it over coffee. Come back tomorrow. pict. is a calm daily logic game. Each number tells you how many squares in a row or column are filled — work them out, fill the grid, and a small picture appears. No timers shouting at you, no clutter. Just three quiet minutes of logic. A daily ritual One curated puzzle a day, the same for everyone. Build a streak. Miss a day? Catch up from the archive. More when you want it • Practice — a gentle ladder that teaches as you go, plus endless generated puzzles in the size and difficulty you like. • Ranked — compare your daily and weekly solves on the leaderboards. • Mural — a monthly campaign that assembles into one larger piece, tile by tile. Quiet by design • No ads. No tracking. Ever. • Free, with no in-app purchases. • Play anonymously, or sign in (email or Apple) to save your progress across devices. Delete your account anytime. Reveal something today.

About

Shadepix

Features
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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 — 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 — 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 — Starter, Animals, Everyday Icons, Food, Space, Music, Vehicles, Sports, Nature and Weather — 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 — pinch to zoom on the big ones. MISTAKES CANNOT RUIN THE PICTURE A wrongly filled square is corrected to an × 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 — 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.

Screenshots

Pict.4 screens
Shadepix4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pict. 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.

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. Shadepix sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Pict. asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Pict. versus Shadepix: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPict.Shadepix
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTyrell MarchantToru Kitajima

In-app purchases

None

Pict.

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Shadepix

One-time5
  • 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

Questions

Is Pict. free?
Pict. is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Shadepix free?
Shadepix is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pict. or Shadepix have ads?
Neither Pict. nor Shadepix shows ads.

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