Comparison

Pixle vs Pixie Grid

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

Head to head
About

Pixle

Solve daily logic puzzles that reveal colorful pixel art. Transform your own photos into unique, solvable puzzles. Track your progress and maintain your solving streak with helpful shields.

Highlights
  • Daily logic puzzles
  • Reveal pixel art
  • Create custom puzzles from photos
  • Streak tracking and shields
  • Offline play
  • Ad-free experience
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Pixle is a daily pixel logic puzzle with a twist: every puzzle you solve comes to life as pixel art. Solve the day's nonogram using number clues, then watch the grid transform — a black-and-white solve dissolves into a full-color reveal. Keep your streak alive with a new puzzle every day, and protect it with Streak Shields when life gets in the way. **Make puzzles from your photos.** Point Pixle at any photo and it becomes a Super puzzle — your dog, your garden, your morning coffee, rendered as solvable pixel art. Your original photos are never stored, and your custom puzzles are private to you. — A new carefully crafted daily puzzle, every day — A growing library of puzzles, from quick 5×5s to 25×25 Super challenges — Turn your own photos into custom puzzles — Streaks, streak shields, and solve-time tracking — Play offline — puzzles work anywhere — No ads — Designed for iPhone and iPad Pixle is free to play daily. Optional tokens and a Pro pass unlock the archive, hints, and more. Privacy Policy: https://wayfindersoftware.dev/pixle/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://wayfindersoftware.dev/pixle/terms

About

Pixie Grid

Features
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Pixie Grid is a cozy picture-reveal logic puzzle. Solve the nonogram, and your finished grid blooms into a warm, hand-illustrated picture — a small gift you made yourself. No lives. No energy gates. Just you, the clues, and a calm place to think. Free to play, with ads — remove them anytime. HOW NONOGRAMS WORK • The numbers beside each row and column are run-lengths — how many cells to fill in a row, in order • A clue of "3 1" means a run of 3 filled cells, a gap, then 1 filled cell • Use logic to work out which cells must be filled and which stay empty • Fill the grid correctly and the hidden picture is revealed • Tap to fill, hold to mark, drag to paint a line — undo as much as you like A COZY CAMPAIGN • Work through a relaxing campaign across 5 difficulty tiers • From a gentle 5×5 all the way up to a 15×15 Expert chew • Every puzzle has one solution and is solvable by pure logic — no guessing, fair by design • Earn up to 3 mastery stars per level for a flawless solve (no mistakes, no hints) — it rewards clean solving, never speed A NEW PICTURE EVERY DAY • One cozy daily puzzle, the same picture for everyone • Share a spoiler-free result with friends — it never gives the picture away • Keep a gentle, backfillable streak; miss a day and simply solve it later, no punishment • A 30-day login reward calendar — play any day to claim it QUESTS & REWARDS • Optional daily and weekly quests with little bonus objectives — ignore them completely if you like • Earn Credits as you play, from stars, quests, and your login streak • Collect procedural background skins to make the game your own NO-FAIL, NO-RUSH • No mistake counter, no game over — undo freely • Choose a relaxing no-error-check mode or a gentle assist • No forced timer on the board; an optional time-challenge mode is there if you want it, and it is off by default PLAYS YOUR WAY • Dark mode for candle-lit evening solving • Dynamic Type, VoiceOver, colorblind-safe, and reduce-motion friendly FAIR & HONEST • Free to play, supported by ads — remove ads anytime with a one-time purchase • Optional Credits buy only comfort (extra hints, a reveal-line helper) and cosmetic skins — never an unfair advantage • Every single level is 100% solvable for free — no pay-to-win • No loot boxes, no randomized purchases, no energy gate, no lives, no subscription • Credits are stored on your device; unspent Credits stay with this install • Restore Purchases is always available Pixie Grid is the calm daily ritual the nonogram has been missing — warm, fair, and yours. Sit down, pour a cup of tea, and reveal today's picture.

Screenshots

Pixle4 screens
Pixie Grid4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Pixle at none against Pixie Grid's shown. Pixle also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and in-app purchases 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. Pixle sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Pixie Grid sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pixle ships an update weekly, Pixie Grid every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Pixle versus Pixie Grid: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPixlePixie Grid
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWayfinder Software LLCLeon Karas

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Pixle

Subscriptions2
  • Pixle Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Pixle Pro Annual$14.991 Year
One-time3
  • 50 Tokens$0.99
  • 120 Tokens$1.99
  • 350 Tokens$4.99
5 purchases

Pixie Grid

One-time5
  • 100 Credits$0.99
  • 350 Credits$2.99
  • 800 Credits$5.99
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  • Remove Ads$5.99
  • 1500 Credits$9.99

Questions

Is Pixle free?
Pixle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pixie Grid free?
Pixie Grid is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pixle or Pixie Grid have ads?
Pixie Grid shows ads; Pixle does not.
Which is updated more often, Pixle or Pixie Grid?
Pixle ships an update weekly, and Pixie Grid every 3 weeks. Most recently, Pixle was updated on September 30, 2026 and Pixie Grid on October 9, 2026.

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