Comparison

Digital Puppet vs Sumaddle

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

Head to head
About

Digital Puppet

A beautiful programming puzzle game where you command a puppet to defeat enemies. Solve 80 stages by inputting commands and aiming for three stars by using the fewest possible moves. It's designed for all ages and features addictive gameplay with great music.

Highlights
  • 80 programming puzzle stages
  • Command a puppet to defeat enemies
  • 3-star rating system for efficiency
  • Addictive gameplay
  • Suitable for all ages
  • Awesome BGM and sound effects
Features
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Digital Puppet is a very simple and beautiful programming puzzle game! Try to operate a puppet the way you want and beat all enemies! The Rules: 1) Input commands for a white puppet (player) to beat all red puppet (enemies) 2) Tap a run button 3) If you can beat all red puppet (enemies), you win (If you achieve the minimum number of commands, you can grab 3 stars) The features: ● 80 beautiful stages ● Everyone (children to adults) can play the game ● highly addictive ● The 3 star rating system ● Awesome BGM and Sound Effects The message from the developer: Can you 3 stars on all stages? Hints: The key point is whether or not you can use JOB wisely. If you can do it, you can use repetitive, looping procedures and solve all stages beautifully with much less number of commands. Ads: 5 retry activate ads.

About

Sumaddle

This logic puzzle game transforms pencil-and-paper challenges into interactive brain teasers. Fit number combinations to clues using pure logic, with no mental arithmetic required. Enjoy over 150 free puzzles of varying difficulty, with built-in help and offline play.

Highlights
  • Interactive logic puzzles
  • Number combination fitting
  • Pure logic solving
  • Built-in help and mistake correction
  • Over 150 free puzzles
  • Offline play
  • Ad-free experience
Features
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• “Brilliant puzzle game”, UK App Store review Apr 2025 • “Best Puzzle Game I’ve Ever Played”, US App Store review Jan 2025 • “The ONLY iOS game I've never gotten tired of”, Reddit review Apr 2024 This type of logical puzzle was first seen in the Japan Puzzle Championship 2006 and is sometimes known as Doppelblock, or Smashed Sums. When played with pencil and paper, these puzzles can be hard work to solve. Sumaddle changes that by adding the essential element of interaction. This transforms the puzzles into intriguing brain teasers that unfold before your eyes. Each puzzle has a unique solution. Finding the solution involves fitting the number combinations to the clues. The app makes it easy to view the possible combinations, you don’t need to do any sums in your head. Instead, you can focus on using logic to narrow down the combinations and find a fitting arrangement. Some reasons why you will enjoy playing Sumaddle: • puzzles range in size and difficulty from small and simple to large and mind-blowing • more than 150 puzzles are included for free • all puzzles can be solved with pure logic, no mental arithmetic required • the sophisticated built-in help can explain the logical reasoning at each step and also fix mistakes if you go wrong • the built-in help is completely free, use it as much as you like • works offline (great for long journeys) • a high standard of accessibility, including comprehensive support for VoiceOver • ad-free play - there are absolutely no ads! IGRS age rating (Indonesia Game Rating System): 3+ Designed and developed in Winterthur, Switzerland

Screenshots

Digital Puppet4 screens
Sumaddle3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Digital Puppet at none against Sumaddle's 15. Digital Puppet also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). Sumaddle's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and rating (4.9 vs 4.6). On price, review sentiment 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Sumaddle sells 15 one-off in-app purchases. Digital Puppet asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sumaddle holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sumaddle has 767 ratings behind it against 27, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Digital Puppet's written reviews are positive against 95% of Sumaddle's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Digital Puppet ships an update every 10 days, Sumaddle every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Digital Puppet versus Sumaddle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDigital PuppetSumaddle
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (27 ratings)4.9 (767 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better94.9% of reviews
Number of ratings27767 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size100 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTatsuya NakanoJonathan Buchanan

Customer experience

Digital Puppet

All ratings27 ratings
Positive92.6%
Neutral7.4%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Sumaddle

All ratings767 ratings
Positive98.3%
Neutral0.7%
Negative1.0%
Written reviews98 reviews
Positive94.9%
Neutral1.0%
Negative4.1%

Bugs and requests

Digital Puppet

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Sumaddle

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Losing progress when minimizing the app
  • Inconsistent difficulty ratings

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to selectively pencil in notes
  • More difficult puzzle options
  • Synced progress across devices
  • Detailed statistics and leaderboard

In-app purchases

None

Digital Puppet

No in-app purchases

15 purchases

Sumaddle

One-time15
  • Quirky, Pack 5$0.99
  • Very Difficult Puzzles$0.99
  • Quirky, Pack 1$0.99
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  • Premium 9x9 Puzzles, Pack 1$0.99
  • Crafty, Pack 1$0.99
  • Crafty, Pack 2$0.99
  • Crafty, Pack 3$0.99
  • Sneaky, Pack 1$0.99
  • Sneaky, Pack 2$0.99
  • Sneaky, Pack 3$0.99
  • Tricky, Pack 1$0.99
  • Tricky, Pack 2$0.99
  • Tricky, Pack 3$0.99
  • Assorted Puzzles$0.99
  • Puzzle Generator$9.99

Questions

Is Digital Puppet free?
Digital Puppet is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sumaddle free?
Sumaddle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Digital Puppet or Sumaddle?
Sumaddle is rated higher. Digital Puppet averages 4.6 out of 5 from 27 ratings, while Sumaddle averages 4.9 from 767 ratings.
Do Digital Puppet or Sumaddle have ads?
Digital Puppet shows ads; Sumaddle does not.
Which is updated more often, Digital Puppet or Sumaddle?
Digital Puppet ships an update every 10 days, and Sumaddle every 3 weeks. Most recently, Digital Puppet was updated on September 15, 2026 and Sumaddle on September 25, 2026.

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