Comparison

Pixie Grid vs Word Terrarium

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

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Pixie Grid

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

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Word Terrarium

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Grow Worlds from Words. Word Terrarium is a cozy word-ladder game. Turn one word into another by changing a single letter at a time โ€” and every word you make grows the tiny world in the jar beside it. COLD becomes CORD becomes CARD becomes WARD becomes WARM, and by the end there is a hillside, a cottage, a lantern in the window and a pond you did not have when you started. There is no keyboard. Changing a word is two taps: touch a letter, then touch one of the leaves that appears. Only letters that make a real word are ever offered, so "that isn't a word" simply never happens. The puzzle is which way through, not is this allowed. 208 handcrafted puzzles across ten shelves. Every ladder is hand-picked and machine-checked, from one-move sprouts to eleven-move rare blooms. First Sprouts, The Sunny Shelf, Rainy Window, Windowsill Pots, Autumn Desk, Winter Bottles, The Tide Shelf, Night Garden, The Wild Grove, Rare Blooms. Every world is different, and so is every route through it. What grows comes from the words you played โ€” a fox, a moon, a pine, a lantern, 39 things in all โ€” so two players who solve the same puzzle by different routes end up with different worlds. Most puzzles have more than one way through, and a finished world remembers every route it has been grown by. Tap one and the jar recomposes itself. A daily journey. One world a day, the same for everybody, with a twelve-week archive behind it. Miss a day and you can still grow it later โ€” the day fills in, and so does your run. There is nothing in this game that punishes you for putting it down. Your garden follows you. Finished worlds sync through your own iCloud account, so a new phone opens on the same shelf. Everything works offline, and works exactly the same with iCloud switched off. Made to be kind. No timers. No lives. No energy. No streak nagging. No ads. No subscriptions. No hints to buy โ€” the hint is free, unlimited, and if you would rather just be shown the way, that is free too. Accessibility. VoiceOver reads the jar as well as the tiles: what has grown, what your words built, and which words are already on the vine. Dynamic Type scales every font in the game, there is a larger-tiles setting of its own, and Reduce Motion, Increase Contrast and Differentiate Without Color are all respected. Languages. The interface is available in English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese. The word puzzles themselves are in English โ€” the ladders and the world names are the game rather than its chrome, and a world called Molehill Meadow is named after MOLE โ†’ HILL. One price, the whole game.

Screenshots

Pixie Grid4 screens
Word Terrarium4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Pixie Grid at Free against Word Terrarium's $1.99. Word Terrarium's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and ads (none vs shown). On device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

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

Pixie Grid is free to download; Word Terrarium costs $1.99 up front. Pixie Grid sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Word Terrarium asks for nothing beyond the download.

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Pixie Grid versus Word Terrarium: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPixie GridWord Terrarium
PriceFree โ€” better$1.99
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksโ€”
AdsYesNo โ€” better
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad โ€” better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size6 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLeon Karasrociiu

In-app purchases

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
None

Word Terrarium

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pixie Grid free?
Pixie Grid is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Word Terrarium free?
Word Terrarium costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pixie Grid or Word Terrarium have ads?
Pixie Grid shows ads; Word Terrarium does not.

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