Last updated on November 29th, 2025 at 10:11 pm
Griddler – Board Game Review
Griddler is a Board/Puzzle/Entertainment game from White Hot Games Ltd, first launched in 15th November 2018.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 116+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Griddler Stand Out
Use the numerical clues to fill in the correct tiles and complete the grid!
Race against the clock as you compete against players from around the world for the fastest times per gridsize.
Griddler, also known as Nonogram, Hanjie and Picross, comes with unlimited randomly created levels in 6 different size grids!
Our adaptive difficulty system makes the game more challenging as you improve. Keep levelling and ranking until you're the master of the game!
Reached the ultimate rank and want something more challenging? Upgrade to the more difficult levels, ranging up to 10×10!
- Leaderboards
- Achievements
- Share
This beautifully crafted game is brought to you by White Hot Games!
Happy Griddler-ing!
Please note: The App Preview contains footage from the 'Full Game' iAP.
This Board game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Griddler is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 18th June 2019
Recent improvements include:
Added Timed game mode.
Added Chilled game mode.
Added Haptic feedback.
Download & Availability
Griddler is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
Its missing an untimed mode. Ive beaten the game but would like to play it to relax (like Sudoku) at night. This would really enhance the game and make it more playable once its been beaten.
An endless mode of puzzle size selection would enhance the game immensely for those who have paid for the full game. Im able to get three stars regularly on all levels and would like to not have to continually go back to the menu after finishing the level to select it again. Love the game as is though too. Great for warming up the brain.
Griddler is a simple, straightforward randomly generated picross style game. Nice presentation, easy interface. We appreciate that the game essentially offers a demo, with a small one-time purchase to get more.
Hi we read your response and upgrade our star one to four but honestly lvl and purchase doesn't clear thanks.
Wonderful little Picross game With smooth controls and some really nice animations. Its been perfect for a quick time killer on the commutes. It would be a great feature to have a time attack mode which has you attempting to finish as many puzzles as you can in allotted times. When we first purchased the game, we thought that was a game mode, but unfortunately its not. Game devs, make this game perfect by creating a time attack mode finishing multiple puzzles in 30 seconds or 1-2 minute increments, going all the way up to 10 min (for 10×10). Its make our dreams come true for this game. Good luck.
Good game, we didnt mind paying for the full version but we rated 3 because it constantly bugged us to leave a review. As in after every 5-10 levels. It got tiring. We dont like being forced to leave a review. If we had been reminded once a day or something we would have gotten around to leaving a 5-star.
You can only play 2 levels before you have to buy it.
We hate games that hide the cost. If its free, then its free. Even with ads. But if you trick people into downloading then spring the cost after 2 levels, thats wrong.
It has a good loadup speed,nice graphics (the pushing feels like the board falls into the spot of pressure),and is very fun,logical,and has a good age limit, 4+.
We had some concerns at first of how difficult it would be at first but it turned out to be a great game. We do wish it more challenges but overall we really liked it. Thanks for the response on the review! Really helped us understand the game better.
Nice level of polish but we dont like the decision to include monetization after every single puzzle. Obviously the developer wants to make money on the game but that doesnt mean we want to see an ad for the full game unlock or a full-screen advertisement after just a few seconds of play.
Game is great, another app to play when bored. Big and only problem is you can only play the first two levels, and then your cut off until you pay for the full version.
We do like the game. Its unique, but it got two stars because we only got to play two levels and it wanted us to buy more. In our opinion that makes the two levels that were free pointless. We believe that if there is going to be minimal gameplay then make the whole game either free or $2.99. This was ridiculous.
Thanks for the awfully boring sample that makes us never want to buy your full game.
The game would never get past the introduction pages with the instructions. No x or arrow and taps and swipes dont do anything. Had to uninstall- iPad Pro late 2017.
We love these games but you only got 5 tutorial levels before it wants you to pay for more. Not really free.
You can only play the 2 easy stages for free then to advance further you need to buy the full game. Why would we pay for this one when theres 100 other picross games out there for free? Also the puzzles dont even form pictures. We do like the interface and the layout though, not sure if it gets a little clunky when playing larger puzzles since we decided not to pay for this one.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.700
- Size: 128.30 MB
- iOS: 9.0 or later
- Languages: EN, FR, DE, IT, JA, KO, PT, RU, ZH, ES
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: White Hot Games Ltd
Last updated: 18th June 2019 | Genre: Board, Puzzle | Developer: White Hot Games Ltd