Comparison

Doodle Creatures™ Alchemy HD vs Nonogram Life

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

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About

Doodle Creatures™ Alchemy HD

Combine different animal DNA to create hundreds of unique creatures. Build and upgrade a genetic laboratory to expand your creature universe. This game offers puzzles and quests for all ages.

Highlights
  • Create hundreds of unique creatures
  • Combine animal DNA
  • Build and upgrade genetic laboratory
  • Puzzles for all ages
  • Clever quests
  • Educational gameplay
Features
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Play God & Create an Amazing Creature Universe! From the creators of the award winning puzzler Doodle God, comes a new ALL ages adventure! What happens if you combine an elephant with a flamingo? In Doodle Creatures you can find out as you create hundreds of fantastic and unique Creatures by combining different animals. Play Doctor and scan hundreds of animals DNA which allows you to combine different animal traits to create new Creatures. Take the speed of a cheetah and combine with flying ability of an eagle. Awesomeness awaits! Along the way, build and upgrade your own genetic laboratory that gives you the power to build an even more spectacular Creature Universe of your imagination! OVER 150,000,000 PLAYERS WORLDWIDE FOR THE DOODLE SERIES! GREAT REVIEWS! >”Wonderfully unique concept! – GameZebo.com > It’s addictive. Insanely so! Lots of fun.” – 148Apps > I would recommend buying it, definitely worth it!” - 

TouchGen GAME FEATURES * Puzzles for All ages and skill levels. * Create hundreds of different Creatures in cool sandbox game play. * Clever Quests designed to test your skill. 
* Build and upgrade your own genetic laboratory. * Cool “Did You Know That” feature that tells you about your creations. * Intuitive one-click game play encourages thoughtful, creative play. * Hundreds of interesting, funny and thought-provoking quotes and sayings. * Kid-friendly and educational game play! Follow us to get early access to exclusive content, price drops and updates: 
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About

Nonogram Life

Engage your mind with logic puzzles that reveal hidden pixel art. Solve by filling cells according to number clues, offering a relaxing and mindful experience with handcrafted designs and soothing music. Save your progress and enjoy various topics.

Highlights
  • Hand-crafted pixel art puzzles
  • Diverse topics and themes
  • Hint system for assistance
  • Intuitive drag or d-pad controls
  • Relaxing music and mindfulness
  • Automatic save/resume functionality
  • Marking (X) feature for easier solving
Features
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Nonograms, also known as Paint by Numbers, Picross, Griddlers, Pic-a-Pix, Hanjie, and various other names, are picture Logic puzzle in which cells in a grid must be colored or left blank according to numbers at the side of the grid to reveal a hidden picture. *** Rule *** In this puzzle type, the numbers are a form of discrete tomography that measures how many unbroken lines of filled-in squares there are in any given row or column. For example, a clue of "4 8 3" would mean there are sets of four, eight, and three filled squares, in that order, with at least one blank square between successive sets. *** Features *** ● Hand crafted beautiful pixel arts ● There are various topics to have fun with ● Using hint can help you in difficult time ● Easy controls, either using drag or d-pad ● Mindfulness, relaxing music ● Playing session is saved/resumed automatically ● Don’t forget to using Mark (X) to solve the puzzle easier *** Strategy *** Simpler puzzles can usually be solved by a reasoning on a single row only (or a single column) at each given time, to determine as many boxes and spaces on that row as possible. Then trying another row (or column), until there are no rows that contain undetermined cells. Some more difficult puzzles may also require several types of "what if?" reasoning that include more than one row (or column). This works on searching for contradictions: When a cell cannot be a box, because some other cell would produce an error, it will definitely be a space. And vice versa. Advanced solvers are sometimes able to search even deeper than into the first "what if?" reasoning. It takes, however, a lot of time to get some progress.

Screenshots

Nonogram Life4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Nonogram Life at 76% against Doodle Creatures™ Alchemy HD's 23%. Nonogram Life also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.9) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 14 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Doodle Creatures™ Alchemy HD sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Nonogram Life 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

Nonogram Life holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Nonogram Life has 598 ratings behind it against 35, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 23% of Doodle Creatures™ Alchemy HD's written reviews are positive against 76% of Nonogram Life's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Doodle Creatures™ Alchemy HD ships an update every 14 months, Nonogram Life fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Doodle Creatures™ Alchemy HD versus Nonogram Life: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDoodle Creatures™ Alchemy HDNonogram Life
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.9 (35 ratings)4.8 (598 ratings) — better
Positive reviews23.1% of reviews76.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings35598 — better
Update frequencyEvery 14 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size165 MB95 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJoyBits Co Ltd.Nguyen Loc

Customer experience

Doodle Creatures™ Alchemy HD

All ratings35 ratings
Positive42.9%
Neutral8.6%
Negative48.6%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive23.1%
Neutral15.4%
Negative61.5%

Nonogram Life

All ratings546 ratings
Positive97.1%
Neutral1.5%
Negative1.5%
Written reviews89 reviews
Positive76.4%
Neutral13.5%
Negative10.1%

Bugs and requests

Doodle Creatures™ Alchemy HD

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Nonogram Life

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Black screen on certain levels
  • Incorrect puzzle solutions
  • Progress reset/loss of progress
  • Crashes and freezes

Requested features

4 requests
  • More levels and categories
  • Ability to disable lives/hints
  • Support for Apple Pencil
  • Improved performance optimization

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Doodle Creatures™ Alchemy HD

One-time6
  • Starter Kit$1.99
  • A pack of DNA pills$3.99
  • A pile of DNA pills$9.99
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  • A bag of DNA pills$24.99
  • A box of DNA pills$49.99
  • Infinite DNA pills!$99.99
1 purchases

Nonogram Life

One-time1
  • Remove Ads2 variants$2.99

Questions

Is Doodle Creatures™ Alchemy HD free?
Doodle Creatures™ Alchemy HD is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Nonogram Life free?
Nonogram Life is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Doodle Creatures™ Alchemy HD or Nonogram Life?
Nonogram Life is rated higher. Doodle Creatures™ Alchemy HD averages 2.9 out of 5 from 35 ratings, while Nonogram Life averages 4.8 from 598 ratings.
Do Doodle Creatures™ Alchemy HD or Nonogram Life have ads?
Both Doodle Creatures™ Alchemy HD and Nonogram Life show ads.
Which is updated more often, Doodle Creatures™ Alchemy HD or Nonogram Life?
Doodle Creatures™ Alchemy HD ships an update every 14 months, and Nonogram Life fortnightly. Most recently, Doodle Creatures™ Alchemy HD was updated on October 29, 2026 and Nonogram Life on October 22, 2026.

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