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Nonograms Unlimited – Strategy Game Review
Nonograms Unlimited is a Strategy/Puzzle game from CleverMedia, Inc., first launched in 9th March 2018.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 53+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Nonograms Unlimited Stand Out
Do you love Nonograms, but are sick of apps with a limited number of puzzles and strange rules for "buying" new ones? With Nonograms Unlimited, you can play as many puzzles as you like, as often as you like. There are no in-app purchases, nor is there any limit on when and how often you can play.
Choose from 8×8, 10×10, 12×12, 15×15 or 20×20 puzzles generated to be challenging, but not frustrating. These puzzles are the perfect coffee break for your mind.
The simple game design in this app makes it easy to mark up the grid. You can also choose between seven different color schemes. There is a mode that will show your mistakes, which is great for learning and also when you want to figure out where you went wrong. There is also a special pointer mode to make it possible to play 20×20 puzzles even on a small screen.
This Strategy game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Nonograms Unlimited is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 4th August 2020
Recent improvements include:
Bug fixes and performance enhancements.
Download & Availability
Nonograms Unlimited is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Nonograms Unlimited on App Store
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:
Ive spent years playing this every day – amazing contribution to the game puzzle world.
Of all the nonogram apps Ive tried, this one is hands-down the best. The interface is effectively simple. No frills. A welcome sight for a world largely gone made with flashy/glitzy complexity and distraction. We play this daily, on our iPad mini, often multiple times. We alternate with solitaire forever (forty thieves for the win- similar simple, not over-sophisticated interface, just lets you get in and play). The ads are increasingly causing trouble: maybe it is the age of the app. The APIs starting to show their age with backend changes Apple has implemented in recent years. Occasionally trying to pull up the ads will crash the app. We have to try multiple times to get it to open. If we remember to just hop into airplane mode, cutting off all internet, it usually fixes the problem. We echo the sentiment of other reviewers: Id gladly pay a one-time price for an ad-free version. We were honestly surprised not to see one. Especially if it continues not to see at least a yearly update (ie compile against latest iPadOS SDKs to prevent bit rot as is now starting to occur at time of this writing). An app like this is golden: it doesnt require new features. It is near perfection in its current state. At the least give us a fresh compile against recent SDKs so ad pulls stop crashing the app. Or give us a one-time < $5 ad-free version. Some feature/functionality improvements we wouldnt balk at, but dont NEED; Ill still be playing daily regardless: – landscape mode. This is really the ONLY app we use that forces us into portrait mode. Clearly not a dealbreaker (on our iPad mini, but does generally prevent us from using it on our big iPad with attached keyboard) – higher resolution grids. Im only playing 20×20 at this point. And thats only because it is the largest option currently available. – some comment on the difficulty: Honestly, we love how we can get through each game. But if you wanted to add a difficulty mode to allow for more challenging games (turn off some/whatever constraints you perform for current grid generation) some would appreciate it. And it wouldnt be that intrusive a change to the interface. Honestly this is an ideal app to use. And for a developer? An ideal app to maintain: your users dont need glitz and shininess, they just want to continue playing a familiar game, with simple, no frills interface. Most of the time you really only have to test it against updates to the API/SDK, and submit it as an update, which at a minimum of a year in frequency should ward off bitrot. If for whatever reason you dont want to continue supporting it, Id offer to take the reigns: these mindful, mindless joy apps are important to maintain. Require little maintenance, dont need constant new features, but maybe occasional tweaks as the underlying technology allows (larger grids, maybe landscape mode, maybe difficulty toggle depending on how the grid is populated), and do things like an ad-free mode.
There is nothing we can say that hasnt already been said, this game is perfect.
The interface is clean, uncluttered, easy to use and the games span the gamut from medium to challenge if, which we really like. Errors are not revealed unless we want to check our progress (which is perfect for us) and we can also pick the size of the board to play. Ive used other Nonograms before but in our opinion this is the best Ive found.
We love this game and have been playing for a solid year, but some of the ads dont allow us to play our music while we play the game we would pay for an ad free version in a heart beat.
Interface is simple and intuitive. Nothing unnecessary getting in the way of gameplay. Our only complaint is that every puzzle is too easy. We feel like we're on autopilot going through these. It's missing those types of puzzles where when you first look at them you think you can't even put a single tile down, but then when you find the one possible starting point, you feel like a supergenius.
Best nonograms game out there! We dont need it to make pictures, so this is great. We would love to use it on our iPad without rotating.
Nice basic game. We would prefer more game play options be made available, such as auto fill or ability to use a directional pad. If options such as these were added would be a GREAT game.
The listing ssys that its compatible with our phone, but clearly it doesnt function as intended on our device. Solved the first puzzle easily as it was an 8×8, the little squares started dancing and then nothing. At all. The only button that works returns you to the menu where you can restart that puzzle or resume it. Which tells us that the app doesnt consider the puzzle solved. Except that it clearly is as, and if it wasnt y.
There are barely any adds, we can listen to music while in the app, all puzzles are free, some harder than others, its absolutely AMAZING. We have been searching so hard for puzzle apps like this, because we love these puzzles, and ive finally found the right app. And, if you are thinking about getting this app, and are reading this, GET IT. It is great, we have no complaints.
For people who just want the satisfaction of a straight logic puzzle without gimmicky pictures and other non-sense, this is for you. Great job of limiting fat finger errors with the user interface and a great straight forward puzzle game.
We absolutely love this game. Great ui. No issues.
The title says it all. We never get tired of playing. Each puzzle is unique and nearly all of them are solvable. Ive only skipped out of a few and Ive played hundreds. The interface is simple and direct, and Im grateful that they havent tried to make pictures out of the squares, but just let them be random.
Everything is great! The optional color schemes are awesome! Only thing we would fix would be iPhone X compatibility. The buttons on the bottom of the screen are too close to the Home line indicator and can cause some problems when switching between the Xs and Squares.
LOVE this game! Ive spent many hours on this app! Great puzzles that range from easy to hard. LOVE the navigation! Ive played a bunch of the nonogram games and this one has the best navigation by far. Very easy to maneuver. Love the option to turn on Show Mistakes only when needed. It has banner ads but no full length ads. The banner ads are small enough that they dont interfere with game play but are seen. The only thing Id change is to make the main gridlines (for instance, gridlines at 4 and 8 on 12×12 grid) a little darker just for ease of vision and play.
We just downloaded this a few days ago and we have played it for hours at a time. We have never cared for Sudoku, but this is great.
Need to distract yourself for a while. This little addictive game fills the bill. 8×8 grid for a quick chill out, up to 20×20 for when you have more time. Easy to learn, and elegantly simple.
If you like Sudoku but dislike keeping track of where each number is, this is your game. Deceptively simple to learn but difficult to master. We know that phrase has been used before, but it really fits this game. Each square on the finished grid will contain either an X or a block. Your job using the clues for each row and column is to fill in the grid completely. Sounds easy, but is mind boggling. Great game.
Fun and challenging game to help you keep your mind sharp. The strategies Ned logic of "if this then that" are very engaging. Lots of levels to choose from as well.
This is a great little puzzle game! Using logic, you have to determine if your box is filled or empty. Deceptively simple, but we warn you, you will waste hours figuring out the larger grid puzzles. If you like Sudoku, Minesweeper, and similar puzzle games, youll love this game.
We used to love this app but then it started showing us constant ads for the NRA. Developers responded to our review & fixed it.
If youre listening to music in the app, it will randomly stop playing part way thru the game apparently for an ad or something. This needs to be fixed.
Haven't had a puzzle result in an image thus far. Easy puzzles even on the highest difficulty(size). Some redesign where finished columns/rows auto-x themselves out once you've filled in all the spaces, would increase ease of play.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.0.1
- Size: 15.23 MB
- iOS: 8.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: CleverMedia, Inc.
Last updated: 4th August 2020 | Genre: Strategy, Puzzle | Developer: CleverMedia, Inc.