Nonogram vs Pause
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Nonogram
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Nonogram โ also known as Picross, Griddlers or pixel puzzle โ is a clean, elegant pixel logic puzzle game. Decode the hidden pixel art from the number clues on each row and column, and enjoy the moment when pure logic reveals the picture. No math, no guessing, no luck. Just deduction, one cell at a time. WHAT IS A NONOGRAM? Nonogram (Picross, Griddlers, "picture cross") originated in Japan. The numbers on each row and column tell you the lengths and order of consecutive filled cells. By logical deduction alone you gradually reveal a beautiful piece of pixel art. SIX DIFFICULTIES, FROM BEGINNER TO MASTER - Easy 5ร5: jump right in, no experience needed - Medium 10ร10: get a taste of logical deduction - Hard 15ร15: put your observation skills to the test - Expert 20ร20: every move requires careful thought - Master 30ร30: built for the ultimate puzzle enthusiast CAMPAIGN MODE Six hand-crafted chapters with 120 levels to conquer. Earn a star rating on every level, race against your best time, and collect all 140 achievements. OPEN PLAY Randomly generated original puzzles โ every session is a fresh challenge. Pick your size and difficulty and play a round whenever you like. CREATE MODE Draw pixel art freely and turn it into a playable nonogram in one tap. Export and share your puzzles with friends. ZEN MODE One tap hides the timer and the mistake count and keeps progress separately, so you can focus purely on solving. REPLAY After you clear a puzzle, replay your own solving process step by step. Pause anytime, or watch it again from the start. POLISHED DETAILS - Smooth pinch-zoom and drag, even on 30ร30 grids - Fill and mark modes, so your reasoning stays clear - Undo, hints, combo effects and haptic feedback - Apple Pencil support on iPad: set the pencil to fill while your fingers pan and zoom - Day and night themes, easy on the eyes after dark - Portrait and landscape, play anywhere CLEAN EXPERIENCE Play offline, no account required, no ads. Progress is stored on your device, with optional Game Center cloud save sync. Download free and play Campaign chapters 1-2 (25 levels) plus 3 free Open Play rounds every day. Unlock all chapters and all Open Play difficulties with a single one-time purchase โ no subscription, no ads. If you enjoy logic puzzles, picross, brain teasers or sudoku-style deduction, you will feel at home here. Download Nonogram and start your pixel puzzle journey.
Pause
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Nonograms, billiards, word puzzles, belote: small games that are actually finished, and every one of them plays with your phone in airplane mode. Tap a game and you are playing three seconds later. No account, no loading screen, nothing to set up. WHAT IS INSIDE Nono: nonogram puzzles, also called picross or griddler. Read the numbers, reveal the picture. Always solvable by pure logic, never by guessing. Pool: 8 ball billiards with real blackball rules, against a bot with three difficulty levels, or against a friend with a room code. Belote: coinche or classic, with a coach to guide your bids. You and your partner against two bots. Wordy: swipe the letters, fill the crossword, at your own pace. Mosaic: shikaku logic. One number, one rectangle, one solution. Woodfit: fit every wooden block into the carved shape. Simple to grasp, hard to put down. Jam: slide every coloured block out through the gate of its own colour. Roll: a sliding pipe puzzle. Clear the path and roll the ball home. Fill: draw a single line through every square, without ever crossing it. Motzen: guess the hidden word, one row at a time. No timer, no pressure. Snake: grow, hunt and outlast the arena. Solo against bots, or against real players. Snug: tidy up little scenes and work out the rule behind them. The rule is never the one you expected. Drift: slide through the corners, refuel, and survive as long as you can. Stack: time your tap and build the tallest tower. 2048: swipe, merge the tiles, chase the 2048 tile. Dotrace: the racetrack paper game, with a par to beat on every circuit. MADE FOR THE MOMENTS WITH NO SIGNAL The plane, the metro, the basement, the waiting room, the mountain hut. Everything runs on the phone itself. Nothing is fetched while you play, nothing unlocks later. WHAT YOU WILL NOT FIND No ads between games. A hint can be earned with a short video if you want one, and only if you ask for it. No account, no sign-up, no email address. No lives to wait for, no countdown pushing you, no daily streak to protect. Your progress and your best scores live on your phone. A leaderboard is there if you want it, and silent if you do not. Puzzles keep working the same on a plane as at home, because they never needed the network in the first place.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pause at none against Nonogram's 4. Nonogram's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Nonogram sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Pause asks for nothing beyond the download.
Nonogram ships an update every 6 days, Pause every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Nonogram | Pause |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days | Every 4 days โ better |
| Ads | No โ better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No โ better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 117 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ๆธ ๆ ๅพ | Christophe Casenave |
In-app purchases
Nonogram
- Campaign Pack$0.99
- Advanced Open Play$0.99
- Master Pack$0.99
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- Complete Pack$1.99
Pause
No in-app purchases









