Nonogram vs Picross
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Nonogram
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Nonogram is a calm, ad-free picture logic puzzle. Read the row and column clues, fill the right cells, and a tiny pixel image quietly reveals itself. Warm up on 5×5 grids, sharpen on 7×7, and master 10×10 challenges. Play a fresh Daily Challenge every morning, follow a Journey through hand-crafted worlds, and collect stickers along the way. Hints, undos, and a gentle mascot keep you on track. No ads, no timers you don't want, no nagging — just you, the clues, and the picture waiting to appear.
Picross
This logic puzzle game challenges you to fill grids and reveal pixel art pictures. It offers over 350 unique puzzles, including daily challenges and themed packs. Solve by logic alone, with no guessing required.
- Over 350 logic puzzles
- Color nonogram puzzles
- Daily puzzles and challenges
- Themed picture packs
- Worlds to fill and share
- No ads, subscriptions, or timers
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Fill the grid, reveal the picture. Picross is a calm nonogram game with more than 350 puzzles, color picture packs, worlds to fill and a daily puzzle. No ads, ever. Each number tells you how many cells in a row or column are filled. Work out which ones, cross out the rest, and a pixel picture appears: a fox, a lighthouse, a Viking ship. Every puzzle can be solved by logic alone, so you never have to guess. 350+ PUZZLES • Free to play: First steps (5×5), Ten by ten (10×10), Halloween, the daily puzzle, a big weekend puzzle and the first 2 puzzles of every pack • Everything else in one unlock: Garden, Kitchen, Travel, Sports, Big pictures, Animals, Ocean, Space, Fantasy, Haunted, Grand (20×20), Panorama (25×25) and Epic (30×30) • Puzzles get bigger and deeper as you go, from quick warm-ups to hour-long showpieces NAME IT • Think you know what the picture is? Guess before you finish • Name it at half done or earlier for a gold early find • See how early everyone else named today's daily on the Game Center leaderboard WORLDS TO FILL • Ocean, Garden, Space and Haunted are living pixel scenes • Every picture you solve takes its place in its world, and early finds shine gold • Share your world as an image COLOR NONOGRAMS • Most packs use 2 to 4 colors, with colored clues • Runs of different colors can touch, which makes for richer pictures and new logic • Every solved puzzle turns into its full-color picture A DAILY HABIT • A new daily puzzle for everyone, always in Challenge mode • Your daily album turns each month into a scene; fill every day for a gold month • A weekly goal, streak freezes, and board themes you earn with your streak • An optional reminder, at most once a day • Catch up on missed days with Past dailies (in the unlock) PLAY YOUR WAY • Relaxed mode: nothing is checked, no pressure • Challenge mode: every fill is checked (your X marks never are) and you get 3 hearts; finish without losing one for a star • Hints that point out a mistake or fill in the next cell you can work out • Drag to fill whole lines, undo and redo, pinch to zoom on big boards FAIR BY DESIGN • No ads. No subscription. No timers or energy. • Hearts are never sold. Run out and you simply try again. • One purchase unlocks everything, and you can restore it on any of your devices. • No account, no tracking. Your progress stays on your device. Made by one developer who wanted a nonogram game without ads.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Nonogram at none against Picross's 1. Picross's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Picross sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Nonogram asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Nonogram | Picross |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Weekly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Roi Amiel | Mohamed Ali |
In-app purchases
Nonogram
No in-app purchases
Picross
- Full Game$3.99









