Comparison

LayerArt vs Still Life

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

Head to head
About

LayerArt

Features
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Place colored squares on a grid to reproduce the target pattern. Squares stack on top of each other the last placed wins. Master the layering to solve each puzzle with a perfect 3-star score. SIMPLE TO LEARN Drag squares from your tray onto the grid. The last square placed covers what's underneath. One rule. Endless combinations. EARN UP TO 3 STARS Every time you move a square already on the grid, you lose points. Place each square right the first time for a perfect score. HUNDREDS OF PUZZLES Animals, fruits, objects, shapes, numbers and more. From quick 6x6 grids to challenging 16x16 masterpieces. New puzzles always available. PLAY ANYWHERE No internet required. No accounts. No timers. Just you and the puzzle.

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Still Life

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Fill the squares. Find the picture. Still Life is a nonogram โ€” a logic puzzle where numbers around the edge of a grid tell you which squares to fill. Work out which ones, and a picture appears. NO GUESSING. EVER. Every puzzle here is checked by machine before it ships, and checked again by the app every time it opens, to be certain it has exactly one solution and that solution can be reached by pure logic. Anything that fails is thrown away rather than patched. You are never asked to guess and hope. If you are stuck, it means there is a deduction somewhere you have not spotted yet โ€” and there always is one. THE MOMENT THE PICTURE APPEARS The grid is deliberately quiet: black ink on warm paper, no clutter, nothing flashing for your attention. All of that restraint is in service of one moment โ€” the grid dissolving and leaving the picture behind. Finished pictures are printed to your album, in colour. OVER 200 LEVELS, IN ORDER Levels are ordered by how long they actually take rather than by grid size, so the difficulty climbs steadily from a five-by-five you will solve in under a minute to twenty-by-twenty boards that take a while. One at a time, in order. A PUZZLE A DAY One daily puzzle, the same one for everybody, always available even if you are stuck on your current level. THREE HEARTS Fill a square that is not part of the picture and it costs a heart. The square is never filled in, so the board in front of you is always correct โ€” nothing wrong ever ends up on it. Three mistakes and the board restarts with a clean grid. WHAT IS NOT IN HERE No adverts. No timers. No lives that refill on a clock. No coins, gems or currency of any kind. No account, no sign-in, and nothing to buy. It works completely offline, because every puzzle is already in the app. Optional, anonymous usage statistics help us see which puzzles work. You are asked once, you can say no, and you can change your mind in Settings at any time.

Screenshots

LayerArt4 screens
Still Life4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Still Life at none against LayerArt's 1. Still Life also leads on ads (none vs shown). LayerArt's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price 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

Both are free to download. LayerArt sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Still Life asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
LayerArt versus Still Life: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLayerArtStill Life
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 4 days
AdsYesNo โ€” better
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 โ€” better16.4
Further details โ€” not scored
Size36 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRayan DENDANI-MARTINIANOVarun Goel

In-app purchases

1 purchases

LayerArt

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$0.99
None

Still Life

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LayerArt free?
LayerArt is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Still Life free?
Still Life is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do LayerArt or Still Life have ads?
LayerArt shows ads; Still Life does not.

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