Comparison

Pixelvale vs Nonogram Trip

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

Head to head
About

Pixelvale

Solve logic puzzles to reveal pixel art and build a charming valley. Enjoy a relaxing experience with no timers or pressure, and watch your world grow across seasons. Support development through optional donations.

Highlights
  • Solve logic nonogram puzzles
  • Build a growing pixel art valley
  • Experience seasonal changes
  • Relaxed gameplay with no timers
  • Offline play
  • Hand-drawn pixel art
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Pixelvale is a cozy nonogram game: solve elegant logic puzzles and bring a little valley to life, pixel by pixel. Every puzzle you solve reveals a hand-painted piece of pixel art—an apple tree, the bakery, a villager—and adds it to your world. So a living valley slowly grows out of pure logic puzzles, transforming across four seasons. RELAXED PUZZLING Nonograms (also known as picross or griddlers) are elegant logic puzzles: use the numbers along the edges to work out which cells must be filled. No luck, no time pressure—just you and a calm, satisfying flow of thinking. A WORLD THAT GROWS You don't come back to "Puzzle #47"—you return to your valley. Each picture has its own fixed place on the map. Season by season the mood shifts—from blooming spring to quiet winter. FREE AND FAIR • Completely free to play • No ads • No energy system, no timers, no nagging If you enjoy Pixelvale, you can support development with a voluntary donation—entirely optional. It unlocks no content: you always have the whole game. FREE PLAY Want more? In Free Mode you can solve as many random nonograms as you like, in grid sizes from 5×5 to 25×25—perfect for a short break or a long evening of puzzling. MADE WITH CARE • Hand-drawn pixel art, no stock material • Warm, modern interface with subtle haptic feedback • Native iOS app: launches instantly, runs on older iPhones, fully playable offline • Available in English and German Pixelvale is a calm place to keep coming back to. Grab a puzzle, fill in a few cells—and watch your valley bloom.

About

Nonogram Trip

Features
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Follow the clues. Reveal a picture from your travels. Nonogram Trip turns number clues into pictures from a journey around the world. Fill the grid, mark empty squares and reveal a scene to keep in your travel album. 12 cities, 192 puzzles Begin in Seoul and travel toward Cusco, with stops including Hong Kong, Singapore and Paris. Complete puzzles to open the next part of your journey. Explore picture logic puzzles from 5×5 to 25×25, including color puzzles. Logic you can follow Stuck on the next square? Three-stage hints help you find a useful row or column, compare possible arrangements and apply confirmed cells when you choose. Follow the reasoning behind each step. An album of your own Each completed city puzzle becomes a picture in your album. Collect city stamps and work toward 36 collectible tags that mark the way you play. A daily puzzle break Complete three regular puzzles in Seoul to unlock the Daily Shuttle. Play the puzzle selected for the day and build your daily streak. Unfinished puzzles are saved so you can return to them later. Make yourself comfortable Choose dark mode, zoom in or out, and use left-handed or one-handed controls. Board and tool layouts adapt to iPhone and iPad. Choose from 17 languages in Settings. Take your next trip one square at a time.

Screenshots

Pixelvale4 screens
Nonogram Trip4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Nonogram Trip at none against Pixelvale's 4. Nonogram Trip also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, 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. Pixelvale sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Nonogram Trip asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pixelvale ships an update weekly, Nonogram Trip every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Pixelvale versus Nonogram Trip: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPixelvaleNonogram Trip
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (8 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB56 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYves KopmannJIN EUNJA

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Pixelvale

One-time4
  • Small Thank-You$0.99
  • Coffee for the Valley$1.99
  • A Generous Round$2.99
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  • Grand Gesture$3.99
None

Nonogram Trip

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pixelvale free?
Pixelvale is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Nonogram Trip free?
Nonogram Trip is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pixelvale or Nonogram Trip have ads?
Neither Pixelvale nor Nonogram Trip shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pixelvale or Nonogram Trip?
Pixelvale ships an update weekly, and Nonogram Trip every 5 days. Most recently, Pixelvale was updated on October 23, 2026 and Nonogram Trip on October 29, 2026.

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