Comparison

Creature Picross vs Planetshine

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

Head to head
About

Creature Picross

Features
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Fill in the grid using number clues and watch adorable pixel-art creatures come to life! Solve picross (nonogram) puzzles to collect all 118 creatures in your encyclopedia. ZERO FORCED ADS No interstitial ads — ever. Focus on puzzles without interruption. 118 CREATURES TO COLLECT Explore 10 chapters spanning forests, oceans, skies, and savannas. Each solved puzzle reveals a full-color pixel creature added to your encyclopedia. DAILY PUZZLES A fresh puzzle every day. Keep your streak alive for bonus rewards! STAR ECONOMY Earn stars by solving puzzles. Spend them on hints, skins, and past daily challenges. SEASON PASS Unlock exclusive skins and titles across a 12-tier reward track. HARD MODE Test your skills with Hard Mode for bonus star rewards. PERFECT FOR - Picross and nonogram fans - Puzzle lovers who enjoy collecting - Players tired of ad-heavy games - Quick brain-training sessions on the go Fully offline. Play anytime, anywhere, at your own pace.

About

Planetshine

Solve logic puzzles to illuminate a dark planet and bring its animals and structures to life. Enjoy a relaxing, guess-free experience with a beautiful soundtrack and seasonal themes. Unlock new planets and uncover stories as you progress.

Highlights
  • Hex-nonogram logic puzzles
  • Discover and populate with animals
  • Build structures and awaken camps
  • Seasonal themes and decorations
  • Daily puzzles on Almanac planet
  • Unlock new planets and stories
  • Offline play
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A little planet lies waiting in the dark. Bring it into the light piece by piece with clear thinking, and watch its animals move in. Planetshine is a hex-nonogram: every puzzle is a patch of ground, every clue a line of numbers, and every answer can be worked out — never guessed. The first survey teaches you as you play. Then the planet is yours. WHAT YOU DO - Survey each area of the planet. Each survey is one puzzle; solve it and that ground comes into the light. - Animals move in as the ground appears: foxes, otters, snow leopards, fennec foxes, sixty-four kinds across many planets. - Wake the camps between areas and build there: a lighthouse, a windmill, a treehouse, an observatory. Each brings a friend. - Light the night stars with the hardest surveys, finish a constellation, and a legend comes to live on your planet. - One small puzzle a day on the Almanac planet, the same for everyone. Play it gently, or the hard way under cloud. - Finish a planet and set off for the next: islands, jungles, frozen seas, deserts, blossom and maple worlds. HOW IT FEELS - Pure logic. The game never asks you to guess, and a hint always shows you why. - No timers, no lives, no counting what you missed. Hints wait until you pause; they never jump in. - Stars for solving well, sunlight for solving beautifully. Never money. - Claire, the explorer who was here before you, leaves notes under the signposts. - A tune of its own, composed for the game: lively by day, quiet in the evening, or off. - The planet dresses for the season: Halloween, Thanksgiving, the winter lights, the Lunar New Year. FOR THE FAMILY - Seventeen languages: English, 繁體中文, 简体中文, 日本語, 한국어, Español, Português, Français, Deutsch, Italiano, Русский, Polski, Nederlands, Türkçe, ไทย, Tiếng Việt, Bahasa Indonesia. - Readable at any age: big clear numbers, warm colours, nothing that flashes. - Plays offline. No account, no sign-in, no personal data. THE EXPLORER'S PASS One purchase, not a subscription: Excursions (any board, any time: runs of five with medals, your best times, a code to share any board with a friend), unlimited hints, three more board looks, a name for your planet, a lantern, aurora nights and the whole Almanac. The whole story is playable without it.

Screenshots

Creature Picross4 screens
Planetshine4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Planetshine at none against Creature Picross's shown. On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. Creature Picross sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Planetshine sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Creature Picross versus Planetshine: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCreature PicrossPlanetshine
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyDaily—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMasahiro AkebiWei-Yu Tsai

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Creature Picross

One-time4
  • Hint Pack Small (+15)$1.99
  • Hint Pack Large (+50)$2.99
  • Remove Ads$3.99
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  • Season Pass Premium$5.99
1 purchases

Planetshine

One-time1
  • Explorer's Pass$5.99

Questions

Is Creature Picross free?
Creature Picross is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Planetshine free?
Planetshine is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Creature Picross or Planetshine have ads?
Creature Picross shows ads; Planetshine does not.

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