Comparison

8 vs Picross World

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

Head to head
About

8

Experience classic Klondike solitaire with a retro 8-bit art style. This game offers a clean, ad-free experience designed for one-handed play with customizable difficulty and scoring options.

Highlights
  • Classic Klondike gameplay
  • Crisp 8-bit pixel art
  • No ads, tracking, or notifications
  • One-handed play design
  • Customizable difficulty modifiers
  • Winnable deals or true random shuffle
  • Dead-end detection
Features
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Why does every solitaire app bury a simple deck of cards under ads, coins, streaks, and spinning prize wheels? This is just solitaire. • Classic Klondike — draw one or draw three • Crisp 8-bit pixel art on a clean, dark table • No ads. Ever. • No account, no tracking, no notifications begging you to come back • Nothing to buy — everything's included BUILT FOR ONE HAND • The whole board sits mid-screen, right where your thumb lives — no stretching to the top corners • Left- and right-handed layouts: the deck, pause, and undo all flip to your side • Tap to move — no fiddly dragging. One tap sends a card where it should go. MAKE IT YOURS • Difficulty modifiers: draw three, kings-only empty columns, locked foundations, undo on or off — stricter rules multiply your score • Winnable-deals-only mode, or gamble on a true random shuffle • Dead-end detection calls the game the moment it can't be won — no wasting time on an unwinnable deal THE DETAILS • Undo, restart a deal, auto-finish a won game • Local top-10 scores with time and difficulty • Fireworks when you win. The cards drip off the table when you lose. No missions. No coins. No timers. Just a good-looking deck of cards.

About

Picross World

Features
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PICROSS WORLD is a cozy pixel-art nonogram puzzle game. Use the numbers along each row and column to reveal hidden pictures one cell at a time. Start with gentle 5×5 puzzles, then challenge yourself with larger boards and themed collections. • Hand-crafted puzzles across nature, animals, food, travel, music, sports, and more • Clear, responsive controls for filling cells and marking X • Zoom and move tools for larger puzzles • Helpful hints when you need a nudge • Colorful completed artwork, stars, and theme unlocks • Korean and English language support Take a break, solve a puzzle, and build your own PICROSS WORLD.

Screenshots

84 screens
Picross World4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Picross World at Free against 8's $1.99. Picross World also leads on update cadence (daily vs weekly) and device support (3 vs 1). 8's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On 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

Picross World is free to download; 8 costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

8 ships an update weekly, Picross World daily. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
8 versus Picross World: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter8Picross World
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyDaily — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB76 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJacob LyonsKronon Labs Co., Ltd.

In-app purchases

None

8

No in-app purchases

None

Picross World

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is 8 free?
8 costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Picross World free?
Picross World is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do 8 or Picross World have ads?
Picross World shows ads; 8 does not.
Which is updated more often, 8 or Picross World?
8 ships an update weekly, and Picross World daily. Most recently, 8 was updated on October 28, 2026 and Picross World on October 10, 2026.

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