Comparison

Noctagram vs In Two Lights

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

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Noctagram

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A quieter kind of nonogram โ€” where every puzzle you solve becomes a constellation in a night sky that is entirely your own. Noctagram is a picture-logic puzzle game (nonogram / picross / griddler) wrapped in a calm, star-lit world. Read the number clues, fill the grid row by row โ€” but here the finished picture doesn't just vanish. It ignites. A single line traces through your solved cells, a constellation takes shape, and you name it and seal it into your sky forever. Solve enough, and the darkness fills with stars only you have lit. โ€” WHY NOCTAGRAM IS DIFFERENT โ€” A sky you build, not a gallery you clear. Most nonogram games hand you a pixel picture and move on. Here, each solution is a named constellation added to one living, growing night sky. Your progress isn't a percentage โ€” it's a map of light. 248 constellations, every one named by hand. No random shapes. Each puzzle was designed and christened in the style of a real star chart โ€” unique, quietly poetic, waiting in the dark for you. Made to be calm. No timers. No lives. No pressure. Just clean logic, soft light, and a gentle soundscape. Play a single grid to unwind, or lose an hour among the stars. โ€” HOW IT PLAYS โ€” โ€ข Classic nonogram rules โ€” deduce the picture from the number clues. โ€ข Puzzles from small and cozy to large and deep (5ร—5 up to 20ร—20). โ€ข A warm coral fill and a cool marking cross โ€” easy on the eyes, clear at a glance. โ€ข A hand-crafted "sealing" ceremony every time you complete a puzzle. โ€ข Auto-save and one-tap continue โ€” pick up exactly where you left off. Fill the grid. Light the stars. Name your sky. Noctagram โ€” picross beneath the night.

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In Two Lights

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A sculpture hangs in the corner of a dark room. Two lights. Two walls. Two shadows that refuse to agree. Turn it until both shadows land on their targets at once. Fix one and you break the other โ€” the answer is the single position where both are true. No timers. No lives. No tutorial text. The room teaches you, and it hums as you close in. โ€ข 247 rooms across thirteen chapters โ€ข Endless mode โ€” rooms generated on your device, running as deep as you want to go โ€ข Sculptures that look like nothing, until scattered fragments resolve into a duck, a cat, a moth โ€ข A daily room โ€” the same puzzle for everyone, every day โ€ข The Workshop: stop finding the answer and start building it โ€ข Stars for precision, never for speed Play it slowly. It rewards that.

Screenshots

Noctagram4 screens
In Two Lights4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Noctagram at none against In Two Lights's 1. Noctagram also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks). In Two Lights's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads and device support 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. In Two Lights sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Noctagram asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Noctagram ships an update every 3 days, In Two Lights every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
Noctagram versus In Two Lights: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNoctagramIn Two Lights
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 days โ€” betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size86 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTuTu Fun Games Inc.Jheremiah Figueroa

In-app purchases

None

Noctagram

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

In Two Lights

One-time1
  • All Chapters$2.99

Questions

Is Noctagram free?
Noctagram is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is In Two Lights free?
In Two Lights is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Noctagram or In Two Lights have ads?
Neither Noctagram nor In Two Lights shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Noctagram or In Two Lights?
Noctagram ships an update every 3 days, and In Two Lights every 3 weeks. Most recently, Noctagram was updated on October 11, 2026 and In Two Lights on October 25, 2026.

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