Comparison

Gridweave vs Picross

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

Head to head
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.

About

Picross

Engage your logic with this picture puzzle game. Solve grids by filling cells based on number clues to reveal colorful pixel art. Enjoy a vast collection of puzzles with no ads or timers.

Highlights
  • 318 logic puzzles
  • Color nonogram options
  • Daily puzzle feature
  • Relaxed and Challenge modes
  • Hint system
  • Drag to fill and zoom
Features
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Fill the grid, reveal the picture. Picross is a calm nonogram game with more than 350 puzzles, color picture packs, worlds to fill and a daily puzzle. No ads, ever. Each number tells you how many cells in a row or column are filled. Work out which ones, cross out the rest, and a pixel picture appears: a fox, a lighthouse, a Viking ship. Every puzzle can be solved by logic alone, so you never have to guess. 350+ PUZZLES • Free to play: First steps (5×5), Ten by ten (10×10), Halloween, the daily puzzle, a big weekend puzzle and the first 2 puzzles of every pack • Everything else in one unlock: Garden, Kitchen, Travel, Sports, Big pictures, Animals, Ocean, Space, Fantasy, Haunted, Grand (20×20), Panorama (25×25) and Epic (30×30) • Puzzles get bigger and deeper as you go, from quick warm-ups to hour-long showpieces NAME IT • Think you know what the picture is? Guess before you finish • Name it at half done or earlier for a gold early find • See how early everyone else named today's daily on the Game Center leaderboard WORLDS TO FILL • Ocean, Garden, Space and Haunted are living pixel scenes • Every picture you solve takes its place in its world, and early finds shine gold • Share your world as an image COLOR NONOGRAMS • Most packs use 2 to 4 colors, with colored clues • Runs of different colors can touch, which makes for richer pictures and new logic • Every solved puzzle turns into its full-color picture A DAILY HABIT • A new daily puzzle for everyone, always in Challenge mode • Your daily album turns each month into a scene; fill every day for a gold month • A weekly goal, streak freezes, and board themes you earn with your streak • An optional reminder, at most once a day • Catch up on missed days with Past dailies (in the unlock) PLAY YOUR WAY • Relaxed mode: nothing is checked, no pressure • Challenge mode: every fill is checked (your X marks never are) and you get 3 hearts; finish without losing one for a star • Hints that point out a mistake or fill in the next cell you can work out • Drag to fill whole lines, undo and redo, pinch to zoom on big boards FAIR BY DESIGN • No ads. No subscription. No timers or energy. • Hearts are never sold. Run out and you simply try again. • One purchase unlocks everything, and you can restore it on any of your devices. • No account, no tracking. Your progress stays on your device. Made by one developer who wanted a nonogram game without ads.

Screenshots

Gridweave4 screens
Picross4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Gridweave at 15.0 against Picross'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. Gridweave sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Picross 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 Gridweave against 5.0 for Picross. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Gridweave ships an update fortnightly, Picross every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Gridweave versus Picross: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGridweavePicross
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer昱 王Mohamed Ali

Customer experience

Gridweave

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

Picross

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Gridweave

One-time1
  • Full Game$4.99
1 purchases

Picross

One-time1
  • Full Game$3.99

Questions

Is Gridweave free?
Gridweave is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Picross free?
Picross is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Gridweave or Picross?
Gridweave and Picross are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Gridweave or Picross have ads?
Neither Gridweave nor Picross shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Gridweave or Picross?
Gridweave ships an update fortnightly, and Picross every 8 days. Most recently, Gridweave was updated on October 24, 2026 and Picross on October 31, 2026.

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