Comparison

Nonogram Coach vs Gridweave

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

Head to head
About

Nonogram Coach

Learn to solve logic puzzles with step-by-step guidance. Understand the reasoning behind each move and reveal hidden pictures at your own pace. Enjoy a calm, ad-free experience with optional premium content.

Highlights
  • Step-by-step logic explanations
  • Guided puzzle solving
  • Beginner-friendly learning path
  • Offline play
  • No ads, timers, or pressure
  • Gallery of solved pictures
Features
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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. On unfolded iPhone Duo screens, landscape puts the board beside Coach guidance and controls. 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.

About

Gridweave

Engage in a logic-based puzzle experience where you fill squares to reveal hidden pictures. Enjoy unlimited hints and a daily challenge. Collect hundreds of unique images across themed albums.

Highlights
  • Logic-based puzzle solving
  • Collectible hidden pictures
  • Unlimited free hints with explanations
  • Daily puzzle challenges
  • No lives or countdown timers
  • Ad-free experience
Features
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Gridweave is a calm, carefully crafted Nonogram experience. Follow the clues, fill the squares, and watch a hidden picture come to life—then keep it in your collection. Pure logic, no pressure Every puzzle is designed to be solved by logic. No lives, no countdowns, no ads. Make a mistake? Undo a whole stroke and keep going at your own pace. Pictures worth collecting Every solved puzzle reveals a picture with its own backdrop. Collect 600 pictures across 16 albums, grouped into themed chapters. Hints that explain Hints are free and unlimited. They never play the puzzle for you: they point to a row or column and explain why the next move follows, so you still fill the squares yourself. A puzzle every day Come back for a new Daily Challenge. Your monthly calendar fills in as you solve. Start with 100 puzzles, and today's Daily Challenge is always free. One purchase unlocks the remaining 500 puzzles and all past Daily Challenges. No subscription. No account required; your progress is stored locally on your device.

Screenshots

Nonogram Coach4 screens
Gridweave4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Gridweave at 15.0 against Nonogram Coach's 17.0. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Nonogram Coach sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Gridweave sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Nonogram Coach against 5.0 for Gridweave. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Nonogram Coach ships an update every 3 weeks, Gridweave fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Nonogram Coach versus Gridweave: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNonogram CoachGridweave
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB4 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperFeifei Song昱 王

Customer experience

Nonogram Coach

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Gridweave

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Nonogram Coach

One-time1
  • Calm Premium$2.99
1 purchases

Gridweave

One-time1
  • Full Game$4.99

Questions

Is Nonogram Coach free?
Nonogram Coach is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Gridweave free?
Gridweave is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Nonogram Coach or Gridweave?
Nonogram Coach and Gridweave are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Nonogram Coach or Gridweave have ads?
Neither Nonogram Coach nor Gridweave shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Nonogram Coach or Gridweave?
Nonogram Coach ships an update every 3 weeks, and Gridweave fortnightly. Most recently, Nonogram Coach was updated on November 10, 2026 and Gridweave on October 31, 2026.

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