Pic-a-Pix: Nonogram Color 4+
Picture cross puzzles
Conceptis Ltd.
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- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases
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Description
Paint squares as you solve the puzzle and discover a beautiful pixel-art picture! Each puzzle consists of a blank grid with clues on the left of every row and on the top of every column. The object is to reveal a hidden picture by painting blocks in each row and column so their length and sequence corresponds to the clues.
Pic-a-Pix are exciting logic puzzles that form whimsical pixel-art pictures when solved. Challenging, deductive and artistic, this original Japanese invention offers the ultimate mix of logic, art and fun while providing solvers with many hours of mentally stimulating entertainment.
The game enables zooming the entire puzzle, or just the grid area while keeping the clue-panes locked. Other features include a unique fingertip cursor for playing large puzzles with ease and precision, and a show/hide/lock rulers option helping focus on one row and column at a time.
To help see the puzzle progress, graphic previews in the puzzle list show the progress of all puzzles in a volume as they are being solved. A Gallery view option provides these previews in a larger format.
For more fun, Pic-a-Pix contains no ads and includes a Weekly Bonus section providing an extra free puzzle each week.
PUZZLE FEATURES
• 155 free Pic-a-Pix puzzles in color and B&W
• Extra bonus puzzle published free each week
• Puzzle library continuously updates with new content
• Manually created by artists, top quality puzzles
• Unique solution for each puzzle
• Grid sizes up to 30x45 (45x60 for iPad)
• Difficulty levels from very easy to super challenging
• Hours of intellectual challenge and fun
• Sharpens logic and improves cognitive skills
GAMING FEATURES
• No ads
• Zoom entire puzzle or just the grid area
• Clue-pane locking option for optimal puzzle viewing
• Rulers show, hide or lock option for easier row and column viewing
• Exclusive fingertip cursor design for solving large puzzles
• Unlimited check puzzle
• Unlimited hints
• Unlimited Undo and Redo
• Mark Squares mode for temporary markings on the grid
• Clue auto check-off when row or column is completed
• Automatically mark obvious empty squares with dots
• Concurrently playing and saving multiple puzzles
• Puzzle filtering, sorting and archiving options
• Dark Mode support
• Graphic previews showing puzzles progress as they are being solved
• Portrait and landscape screen support (iPad only)
• Error checking option when row or column is completed
• Track puzzle solving times
• Backup & restore puzzle progress to iCloud
ABOUT
Pic-a-Pix have also become popular under other names such as Picross, Nanogram, Pictogram, Griddlers, Hanjie and many more. All puzzles in this app are produced by Conceptis Ltd. - the leading supplier of logic puzzles to printed and electronic gaming media all over the world. On average, more than 20 million Conceptis puzzles are solved each day in newspapers, magazines, books and online as well as on smartphones and tablets across the world.
What’s New
Version 6.7
This version introduces Assistant - a new game feature showing next-step hints when stuck on a puzzle. The previous Check puzzle functionality is now a part of the Assistant feature.
Ratings and Reviews
Exercise for the brain
Used this app for a while now, I used to buy the Hanje books but when you make a mistake it’s a pain to remove. With the app of course it’s just a click and you can check as you go that you haven’t made a mistake. Once you master how it works it’s very relaxing as well as challenging and there’s a weekly freebie you can download. Unfortunately since updating the content I notice the price of the puzzles have increased considerably from as little as £1.99 when I first started using the app to a whopping £5.99 I really don’t think they warrant that price.
A great game with a major issue
I love this game and play it when I have a few spare minutes. The packs are quite expensive, but I enjoy replaying them to see if I can be quicker. Would be useful if there was a ‘Best time’ function so I can see if I was quickerwhen I replayed it. The I could see how long it took me this time and what my quickest time to complete was.
The biggest issue I currently have is that it has randomly deleted my purchased packs. I trued to restore my purchases and nothing happened. So frustrating and seems to be no reason for it. They were there this morning and gone this afternoon. No update in between, no change of device, no reset, nothing. Just vanished.
Developer Response ,
We apologize for the inconvenience and working on a long term fix. In the meantime here are some workarounds which can help you solve the problem:
1. If you are using an iPhone, temporarily change the internet connection from Wi-Fi to mobile data (or vice versa). Then pull down the Library screen to refresh the volume list.
2. If you are using an iPad, temporarily change the internet connection from Wi-Fi to mobile data using a hot spot from a mobile phone and making sure the mobile phone is connected to the internet using mobile data. Then pull down the Library screen to refresh the volume list.
3. You can also restart your router.
Hours well spent
Have been doing these puzzles for years and found them particularly helpful during the recent lockdown when due to my age I was obliged to self isolate.
I am guilty of losing track of time, and indeed if I get a red arrow don’t like to stop until I turn it green. I do the large puzzles both coloured and black and white and the pictures are very good. Love these puzzles
App Privacy
The developer, Conceptis Ltd., indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
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Information
- Provider
- Conceptis Ltd.
- Size
- 16.1 MB
- Category
- Games
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 12.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © Conceptis Ltd.
- Price
- Free
- In-App Purchases
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- Color Variety 1 £2.99
- Color Extra Large 1 £4.99
- B&W Variety 1 £2.99
- Color Variety 2 £2.99
- Color Variety 3 £2.99
- B&W Extra Large 1 £4.99
- iPhone-max Color £3.99
- Color Variety 5 £2.99
- B&W Variety 2 £2.99
- Color Variety 4 £2.99
Supports
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Family Sharing
Some in‑app purchases, including subscriptions, may be shareable with your family group when Family Sharing is enabled.