Comparison

Nonogram vs Shadepix

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

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About

Nonogram

Features
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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 5ร—5: jump right in, no experience needed - Medium 10ร—10: get a taste of logical deduction - Hard 15ร—15: put your observation skills to the test - Expert 20ร—20: every move requires careful thought - Master 30ร—30: 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 30ร—30 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.

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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.

Screenshots

Nonogram4 screens
Shadepix4 screens

Verdict

The call

Nonogram and Shadepix are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Nonogram sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Shadepix sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Nonogram versus Shadepix: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNonogramShadepix
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 โ€” better15.1
Further details โ€” not scored
Size117 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerๆธ…ๆž— ๅ‹พToru Kitajima

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Nonogram

One-time4
  • Campaign Pack$0.99
  • Advanced Open Play$0.99
  • Master Pack$0.99
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  • Complete Pack$1.99
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 Nonogram free?
Nonogram is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Shadepix free?
Shadepix is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Nonogram or Shadepix have ads?
Neither Nonogram nor Shadepix shows ads.

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