Mount Cleverest vs Pixelvale
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mount Cleverest
Test your knowledge with a fun trivia game. Answer questions to build streaks and climb local leaderboards. Compete against others and see how you rank.
- Answer trivia questions
- Swipe for new questions
- Earn streaks
- Local leaderboards
- Compete with others
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How to Play: 1/ Answer a question or swipe up for another. 2/ Earn a streak by answering several questions in a row. Tap the cup icon to find out where you are on the local leaderboard. Any questions? Email info@poptacular.com
Pixelvale
Solve logic puzzles to reveal pixel art and build a charming valley. Enjoy a relaxing experience with no timers or pressure, and watch your world grow across seasons. Support development through optional donations.
- Solve logic nonogram puzzles
- Build a growing pixel art valley
- Experience seasonal changes
- Relaxed gameplay with no timers
- Offline play
- Hand-drawn pixel art
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Pixelvale is a cozy nonogram game: solve elegant logic puzzles and bring a little valley to life, pixel by pixel. Every puzzle you solve reveals a hand-painted piece of pixel art—an apple tree, the bakery, a villager—and adds it to your world. So a living valley slowly grows out of pure logic puzzles, transforming across four seasons. RELAXED PUZZLING Nonograms (also known as picross or griddlers) are elegant logic puzzles: use the numbers along the edges to work out which cells must be filled. No luck, no time pressure—just you and a calm, satisfying flow of thinking. A WORLD THAT GROWS You don't come back to "Puzzle #47"—you return to your valley. Each picture has its own fixed place on the map. Season by season the mood shifts—from blooming spring to quiet winter. FREE AND FAIR • Completely free to play • No ads • No energy system, no timers, no nagging If you enjoy Pixelvale, you can support development with a voluntary donation—entirely optional. It unlocks no content: you always have the whole game. FREE PLAY Want more? In Free Mode you can solve as many random nonograms as you like, in grid sizes from 5×5 to 25×25—perfect for a short break or a long evening of puzzling. MADE WITH CARE • Hand-drawn pixel art, no stock material • Warm, modern interface with subtle haptic feedback • Native iOS app: launches instantly, runs on older iPhones, fully playable offline • Available in English and German Pixelvale is a calm place to keep coming back to. Grab a puzzle, fill in a few cells—and watch your valley bloom.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Pixelvale at none against Mount Cleverest's shown. Pixelvale also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). Mount Cleverest's advantage is review sentiment (97% vs 67%) and rating (4.9 vs 4.5). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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
Both are free to download. Mount Cleverest sells 8 one-off in-app purchases and Pixelvale sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Mount Cleverest holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mount Cleverest has 384 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 97% of Mount Cleverest's written reviews are positive against 67% of Pixelvale's.
Mount Cleverest ships an update every 3 weeks, Pixelvale weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mount Cleverest | Pixelvale |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (384 ratings) — better | 4.5 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 97.1% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 384 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 111 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | Poptacular Ltd | Yves Kopmann |
Customer experience
Mount Cleverest
Pixelvale
Bugs and requests
Mount Cleverest
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game freezes at higher levels
- Network errors preventing progress
- Accidental in-app purchases
Requested features
4 requests- Dark mode option
- More level variety
- Ability to skip levels
- Improved performance on older devices
Pixelvale
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Mount Cleverest
- Coin Pack 1$0.99
- Super Spin$0.99
- Remove Ads$1.99
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- Coin Pack 2$1.99
- Coin Pack 3$4.99
- Coin Pack 4$9.99
- Coin Pack 5$13.99
- Coin Pack 6$28.99
Pixelvale
- Small Thank-You$0.99
- Coffee for the Valley$1.99
- A Generous Round$2.99
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- Grand Gesture$3.99









