NonoCanvas vs Shadepix
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
NonoCanvas
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Turn number clues into colorful pixel art, one satisfying grid at a time. NonoCanvas is a relaxing nonogram puzzle game built around clear logic and picture reveals. Read the clues beside each row and column, fill the right squares, mark spaces that must stay empty, and uncover the hidden picture. HOW TO PLAY โข Use the row and column numbers to work out which squares belong in the picture. โข Paint confirmed squares and mark empty cells with an X. โข Use a hint when you need help with the next move. โข Complete the grid to reveal the pixel-art picture. PLAY AT YOUR LEVEL Learn the rules on easy puzzles, settle into medium boards, or take on hard grids when you want a deeper logic challenge. The clean controls keep the focus on each clue and decision. MAKE THE GRID YOURS Choose a brush color for your puzzle and watch the finished board become colorful art. Each completed nonogram gives your logic work a clear visual reward. A CALM PUZZLE BREAK The soft visual style, focused grid, and step-by-step solving loop make NonoCanvas easy to pick up whenever you want a thoughtful puzzle. Whether you know them as nonograms, picross, picture cross, griddlers, or hanjie, the goal is simple: follow the clues, solve the grid, and reveal the picture. Start with a clue and see what the grid becomes.
Shadepix
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Fill the squares, reveal the picture. Shadepix is a classic nonogram (picross) game with a calm dark board, one-finger drag painting, and pictures worth finishing. Every number tells you the length of a run of filled squares โ read the clues, mark what must stay empty, and a hidden pixel picture appears. A DAILY PUZZLE FOR EVERYONE One puzzle a day, the same board for every player in the world, generated from the calendar date itself โ no server required. The daily is how you earn diamonds: it pays more for every consecutive day, and every seventh day of a streak refills your energy for free. 330 HAND-DRAWN PICTURES Ten picture packs โ Starter, Animals, Everyday Icons, Food, Space, Music, Vehicles, Sports, Nature and Weather โ plus five advanced packs: Landmarks, Dinosaurs, Mythical Creatures, Deep Sea and Retro Tech, where one giant 20x20 picture is solved as four boards in a row. STAGES, ONE PICTURE AT A TIME Every pack is a 30-stage journey: clear a stage to open the next. Boards grow from quick 5x5 warm-ups to 15x15, and the advanced packs push to 20x20 โ pinch to zoom on the big ones. MISTAKES CANNOT RUIN THE PICTURE A wrongly filled square is corrected to an ร for you, so the picture never comes out wrong. But three mistakes end the board: continue for 60 diamonds, or start over for free. MEDALS AND LEADERBOARDS Bronze, silver and gold medals for pictures solved, packs completed, daily streaks and flawless clears โ earned as Game Center achievements, with worldwide leaderboards for pictures solved and best streak. ENERGY INSTEAD OF ADS Starting a puzzle costs 1 energy from a bar of 5, and the bar refills on its own, one point every 15 minutes. The Daily never costs energy, and replaying a picture you have already solved is free. If you would rather not wait, a full refill costs 100 diamonds. BUILT TO BE PLEASANT - Drag across a row or column to fill several squares at once - Haptic feedback you can switch off - Works completely offline, on a plane or underground - Fully localized in 30 languages NO ADS. EVER. No banners, no interstitials, no rewarded video, no account, no tracking. Diamonds come from the daily puzzle, and optional diamond packs exist only if you want hints, unlocks or a refill sooner.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: NonoCanvas at none against Shadepix's 5. Shadepix's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Shadepix sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. NonoCanvas asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | NonoCanvas | Shadepix |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Ads | Yes | No โ better |
| In-app purchases | No โ better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod โ better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 โ better | 15.1 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 145 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | Intellimobile Labs Ltd | Toru Kitajima |
In-app purchases
NonoCanvas
No in-app purchases
Shadepix
- Handful of Diamonds$1.99
- Pouch of Diamonds$4.99
- Chest of Diamonds$9.99
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- Vault of Diamonds$19.99
- Diamond Mine$49.99









