Comparison

Nonogram vs Grilling

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

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About

Nonogram

Engage in logic puzzles that reveal pixel art illustrations. This game offers daily challenges and a vast collection of thematic puzzle packs. Play offline and sharpen your mind with easy-to-learn, challenging gameplay.

Highlights
  • Solve endless logic puzzles
  • Discover pixel art illustrations
  • Daily challenge levels
  • Play offline
  • Thematic puzzle packs
  • Auto-save progress
Features
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Solve endless logic puzzles and get a bit smarter every day while having fun! Sharpen your mind anywhere, anytime with easy to learn, hard to master nonogram puzzles (a.k.a. Picross, Griddler, Picture Cross), all while discovering awesome pixel art illustrations! Have your wits always one step ahead! HOW TO PLAY If you’re already familiar with grid puzzles, you’ll quickly get the hang of nonograms. You only need to follow two steps to get started: 1-Look at the numbers at the ends the rows and columns; 2-Use logic to fill the blocks and discover the hidden picture! Our quick in-game tutorial will have you solving picture cross puzzles like a genius in no time! FEATURES •SOLVE countless brain-teasing, easy-to-expert nonogram puzzles! •BEAT a challenge every day with the Daily Levels feature! •USE logic to color the blocks on the grids and reveal the pictures hidden underneath them. The simple and fun picross gameplay you know and love! •ENJOY hours upon hours of picross picture logic puzzles with varying difficulty: lots of fun for all ages and skill levels! •NO WI-FI NEEDED: play the game offline at any time! •DISCOVER beautiful pixel art pictures from different thematic sets in the biggest selection of picture cross puzzle categories yet! Puzzle Packs include famous landmarks, animals, everyday objects and movies •SHOW OFF how smart you are by solving nonograms with record speed in front of your friends or that special someone you wish to impress! •AUTO-SAVE feature lets you resume your picross puzzle solving from where you left! Complete fun thematic puzzle sets and power-up your problem solving skills without even noticing it! Download now and start boosting the power of your brain! LOGIC PIC SUBSCRIPTION - You can subscribe for new content updates (every day, new levels will be available for playing) - Subscriptions are from $1.99 USD weekly, $4.99 USD monthly and $29.99 USD annually* - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase - You will be able to access all available packs for the duration of the subscription - Subscription automatically renews for the same price and duration period as the original "weekly"/"monthly"/"yearly" package unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period - Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period at the cost of the chosen package (weekly, monthly or yearly package) - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's iTunes Account Settings after purchase - No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period - You may cancel a subscription during its free trial period via the subscription setting through your iTunes account. This must be done 24 hours before the end of the subscription period to avoid being charged. Please visit http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4098 for more information - You may turn off the auto-renewal of your subscription via your iTunes Account Settings. However, you are not able to cancel the current subscription during its active period - Any unused portion of a free-trial period, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription - For more details, please review the Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Links to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy can be found below: https://byaliens.com/privacy-policy https://byaliens.com/terms-of-service * Prices are equal to the value that "Apple's App Store Pricing Matrix" determines as the equivalent of the subscription price in $ USD. Disclaimer: While this App is completely free to play, some additional content can be purchased for real money in-game. If you do not want to use this feature, please turn off in-app purchases in your device's settings.

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Grilling

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Grill your friends. Dish out your hot takes. Reveal the imposter. Remix their drawings. Grilling is the ultimate mobile party game built to get everyone laughing. Select one of five unique game modes, share the code, and let your friends join instantly from their own phones. ——— TURN THE HEAT UP Get a scale or create your own, such as Cold to Hot, and receive a secret percentage. Your job is to come up with the perfect word or phrase for that exact spot on the scale. Everyone else must work out where your clue belongs, and the closer they get, the more points they score. Nail the clue and you’ll earn points too. HOT TAKES Ask and answer hilarious questions about your friends and battle it out to write the funniest response. Choose to answer questions about one player, put two friends head-to-head, submit your own questions, or use AI suggestions whenever you need inspiration. Just remember, if you can’t handle the heat, stay off the grill! IMPOSTER Build a board of 12 words with your friends, then watch as everyone except one player is secretly given the same word. Each player submits a clue, trying to prove they belong without giving the answer away, while clues appear live with each player’s thinking time. Spot the panic, question the suspicious clues and vote for whoever you think is bluffing. You can also fill the board with the players themselves, making every clue far more personal. ID GAME One player is secretly given a “Who’s most likely to…” question and ranks everyone in the group. They then mix the real question in with a selection of convincing fakes, leaving everyone else to study the ranking and work out the question. Guess correctly to earn points, submit your own questions to make things even more personal, and prepare to find out exactly how your friends see you. SKETCHY COPIES Unleash your creativity on a canvas and draw anything you like. Another player gets one second to look at your masterpiece before attempting to recreate it from memory, while you make a sketchy copy of someone else’s. Every new version is passed on and copied again, creating a chain of increasingly ridiculous remakes. At the end, reveal the full chain and see how each drawing became completely unrecognisable. ——— BUILT FOR EFFORTLESS GAME NIGHTS Grilling has been designed around one thing: making party games as easy and enjoyable as possible. • Start another game while retaining the same players and scores • Let new players join using the game code • See exactly which players you are still waiting for • Skip a game, round or voting period whenever the host is ready to move on • Set and adjust timers so rounds advance automatically • Choose whether votes, responses and answers are anonymous • Pick your own colourful sausage character • Switch between light mode and dark mode • Kick, block and report disruptive players No repeatedly creating new lobbies. No endlessly waiting for one person to respond. No losing your scores halfway through the night. Just choose a mode, turn up the heat and start grilling your friends. Download Grilling for free and find out who can handle the heat.

Screenshots

Nonogram4 screens
Grilling4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Nonogram at 3 against Grilling's 1. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Nonogram sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Grilling sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Nonogram ships an update monthly, Grilling every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Nonogram versus Grilling: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNonogramGrilling
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (9.2K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews37.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings9.2K — better—
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size414 MB85 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperBy Aliens L.L.C - F.ZGrilling Games Ltd

Bugs and requests

Nonogram

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Daily puzzles not loading or showing up
  • Purchased content and VIP status not working
  • Puzzle progress not syncing across devices
  • Unexpected crashes and freezes

Requested features

4 requests
  • More free puzzle packs and content updates
  • Ability to restore progress across devices
  • Option to disable ads or pay a one-time fee
  • Improved puzzle design and readability

Grilling

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Nonogram

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription$4.991 Month
  • Monthly - 1 week trial Subs7 Days trial$4.991 Month
One-time8
  • Ads Removal$0.99
  • Logic Pic - Hints Pack 1$1.99
  • energy pack$1.99
Show 5 more
  • small coin pack$3.99
  • Logic Pic - Hints Pack 2$4.99
  • regular coin pack$6.99
  • big coin pack$7.99
  • huge coin pack$9.99
1 purchases

Grilling

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$9.99

Questions

Is Nonogram free?
Nonogram is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Grilling free?
Grilling is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Nonogram or Grilling have ads?
Both Nonogram and Grilling show ads.
Which is updated more often, Nonogram or Grilling?
Nonogram ships an update monthly, and Grilling every 5 weeks. Most recently, Nonogram was updated on October 30, 2026 and Grilling on October 25, 2026.

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