Nonogram Coach vs Figured
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Nonogram Coach
Master logic puzzles with guided lessons and step-by-step hints. Learn to solve without guessing and track your progress through daily challenges and themed packs. Enjoy a calm, uninterrupted puzzle experience with no ads or timers.
- Guided beginner lessons
- Safe next move suggestions
- Daily picture-logic puzzles
- Progress tracking
- Collect completed pictures
- Themed puzzle packs
- Larger grid support on iPad
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Get unstuck. Understand the next move. Nonogram Coach helps you turn number clues into pictures, with explanations you can follow and moves you make yourself. HINTS THAT TEACH THE LOGIC See how different possible positions can still force the same square. Coach highlights a suggested move and, for supported techniques, shows the line placements and explains why the clues make that move safe. Coach uses the Fill and X marks currently on your board when explaining supported line deductions. Some Beginner puzzles also include linked-line checks. If a mark needs correcting, the answer check is clearly labeled. You stay in control: Coach selects Fill, X or Erase, and you tap the board yourself. START FREE • Try Cat, Sailboat and Heart with Coach • Play the first eight Beginner puzzles free • Come back for a free daily puzzle NEW TO NONOGRAMS? Learn to read the clues with the beginner guide and a guided 5×5 puzzle. Follow the Beginner Path, reveal pictures, and build toward larger grids up to 20×20. A CALM WAY TO PLAY No ads, timers, lives or streak pressure. Fill, mark X, erase and undo at your pace. Collect solved pictures in Gallery. Play offline with progress saved on your device and no account required. Use Today for a quick start and the daily puzzle, Path for steady progression, and Gallery to revisit solved pictures. On iPad, landscape layouts give larger boards and their clues more room, with drawing tools beside the grid. MORE PUZZLES. ONE-TIME UNLOCK. Optional Calm Premium unlocks the full library of 1,000+ puzzles, including larger challenges. One purchase. No subscription. Restore Purchases is available. Buying and restoring use the App Store. OPTIONAL USAGE ANALYTICS Firebase usage analytics is enabled by default on new installations. Your previous choice is preserved. You can turn it off using Share optional usage analytics in the Privacy section of Settings/About. Turning it off stops collection and resets the local analytics identifier; it does not delete data already received by Google. Puzzle progress remains on your device. Read a clue. Understand a move. Reveal the picture.
Figured
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Figured: Sequences is the second release in the Figured series of puzzle games - sharp rules, real depth, no ads or timers. HOW TO PLAY Each puzzle shows you four numbers. Study the pattern, then enter what comes next on the custom number pad. Get it right and you move on. Get it wrong and the pad just clears - try again, as many times as you need. DIFFICULTY THAT BUILDS Puzzles climb through four tiers of difficulty within every chapter. Later tiers bring negative numbers into play, so the pattern isn't always where you expect it. NO PENALTY, NO PRESSURE There's no attempt limit and no fail state - a wrong guess costs you nothing but a second try. Stuck on one? Skip it and come back later. Nothing is held against you, and the puzzle is waiting whenever you're ready. 600 PUZZLES, 15 CHAPTERS, 3 VOLUMES Volume 1: Origins - 200 puzzles, included with the app. Volume 2: Ascent - 200 more puzzles. Available as an in-app purchase. Volume 3: Cosmos - 200 of the sharpest sequences yet. Available as an in-app purchase. A bundle unlocking Volumes 2 and 3 together is also available. YOUR PROGRESS, EVERYWHERE No accounts to create - your progress syncs automatically across your devices with iCloud. NO ADS. NO TIMERS. Just the sequence. Play at your own pace - light and dark themes, adjustable sound, music, and haptics.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Nonogram Coach at Free against Figured's $2.99. Figured's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases 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
Nonogram Coach is free to download; Figured costs $2.99 up front. Nonogram Coach sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Figured sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Nonogram Coach ships an update fortnightly, Figured every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Nonogram Coach | Figured |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Feifei Song | pongsixtyfour studios |
In-app purchases
Nonogram Coach
- Calm Premium$2.99
Figured
- Volume II: Ascent$1.99
- Volume III: Cosmos$1.99
- Volume II & III Bundle$2.99









