Nonogram Journal vs Minesweeper Challenge
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Nonogram Journal
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Solve a picture, keep the page. Nonogram Journal is a nonogram app built around collections. Each album is a set of pixel-art pictures on one theme. Read the numbers, fill the cells, and the picture appears. Every card you finish becomes a dated entry in your journal, and your albums fill up as you go. PUZZLES YOU CAN TRUST • Every puzzle has exactly one solution and can be solved by logic alone, one line at a time. No guessing. • Boards from 5×5 up to 20×30, in four levels from Easy to Expert. • Pinch to zoom on the big boards. PLAY YOUR WAY • Relaxed shows a mistake as you make it and has no timer. • Classic keeps mistakes hidden until you ask for a Check. • Pure leaves out Check, Reveal and the automatic crosses. • Stuck? In Relaxed and Classic you can reveal a cell, as often as you like. NOTHING BETWEEN YOU AND THE PICTURE • No ads. No energy, lives or coins. • Plays offline. • Earn stickers along the way. • Optional iCloud sync. • Light or dark: follow your device’s setting, or choose one in Settings. COLLECTIONS Some collections are free. Others are one-time purchases, and each has free sample cards to try first. No subscription.
Minesweeper Challenge
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Discover the logic behind the minefield. Reveal safe cells and use numbers to locate hidden mines. Each number counts the mines in the eight surrounding cells. Your first move is always safe. A MISTAKE IS NOT THE END Hit a mine? Keep playing, with a 1,000-point penalty for each mine hit. Reveal every safe cell to complete the board and build your score and streak. THREE DIFFICULTY LEVELS • Beginner: 9 × 9 cells and 10 mines. • Intermediate: 16 × 16 cells and 40 mines. • Expert: 30 × 16 cells and 99 mines. HELP WHEN YOU NEED IT A logical hint costs 500 points and reveals a proven safe cell or marks a proven mine. A free safe move is only available at a proven logical deadlock. MADE FOR IPHONE AND IPAD Place flags, double-tap a revealed number, pinch to zoom and drag the board. Pause whenever you like and resume your locally saved game. View scores, statistics and streaks, choose Dutch or English, and turn the explosion sound on or off. SUPPORT With a one-time support purchase, you help support the continued development of Minesweeper. No advertising, no tracking and no account required.
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Verdict
Nonogram Journal and Minesweeper Challenge are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Nonogram Journal sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Minesweeper Challenge sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Nonogram Journal | Minesweeper Challenge |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Katsiaryna Huseva | il Polpo B.V. |
In-app purchases
Nonogram Journal
- Myths & Monsters$2.99
- Fairy Tales$2.99
- Retro Futures$2.99
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- Instruments$2.99
- Haunted House$2.99
Minesweeper Challenge
- Support Minesweeper Challenge$2.99
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