Able Black vs Sumaddle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Able Black
Embark on an immersive narrative adventure as a lonely android facing a crucial exam for survival. Solve poetic riddles and cryptic puzzles to uncover the secrets of an underground habitat and discover your true identity.
- Immersive story experience
- Image and sound guided puzzles
- Citizenship Exam gameplay
- Poetic riddles
- Cryptic puzzle solving
- Five story chapters
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Able Black is an immersive story experience that uses images and sound to guide you through a series of puzzles. Story: Able is a lonely android struggling with his Citizenship Exam, a test he must pass if he doesn’t want to be shut down. Follow Able as he searches for purpose and a way out of isolation. Discover the secrets of Ark 19, an underground habitat designed to save humanity from disaster. Find out why Able has been left alone in the ark. Uncover what’s hidden there. Take the Citizenship Exam and discover who Able Black really is. Gameplay: Navigate through five chapters of story text and experience the Citizenship Exam as Able does. After each chapter you’ll be faced with a series of questions that put you in the shoes of Able Black. Answer poetic riddles that echo the theme of each chapter. Solve cryptic puzzles to unlock Able’s story. Able Black is part story, part game, and full of secrets. This experience includes puzzles that some users may find challenging. If you need some help head to www.ableblack.com or visit the Able Black Facebook page www.facebook.com/AbleBlackSleepwalker Follow me @skotleach
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.
- Interactive logic puzzles
- Number combination fitting
- Pure logic solving
- Built-in help and mistake correction
- Over 150 free puzzles
- Offline play
- Ad-free experience
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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
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Able Black at none against Sumaddle's 15. Able Black also leads on ratings volume (3.7K vs 767) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.0). Sumaddle's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Sumaddle sells 15 one-off in-app purchases. Able Black asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Able Black against 4.9 for Sumaddle. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3.7K and 767 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 98% of Able Black's written reviews are positive against 95% of Sumaddle's.
Able Black ships an update every 2 months, Sumaddle every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Able Black | Sumaddle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (3.7K ratings) | 4.9 (767 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 97.5% of reviews — better | 94.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3.7K — better | 767 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 341 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Scott Leach | Jonathan Buchanan |
Customer experience
Able Black
Sumaddle
User reviews
Able Black
From 3.7K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🌟 Immersive story
- 🧠 Challenging puzzles
- 🎨 Atmospheric design
- 🤖 Thought-provoking themes
- 🎁 Free to play
Room to improve
- 🕰️ Short gameplay length
- 📝 Occasional typos
- 🤔 Some puzzles too difficult
Sumaddle
From 767 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun and challenging game
- 👍 Clean and intuitive interface
- 👍 Helpful hint system
- 🚀 No ads or data collection
- 💡 Unique puzzle concept
Room to improve
- 🐛 Automatic hints can be intrusive
- 🐛 Inability to replay completed puzzles
- 💡 Need more free/sample puzzles
- 💡 Difficulty progression could be improved
Bugs and requests
Able Black
Reported bugs
1 issue- Puzzle solutions not always registering correctly
Requested features
3 requests- Longer story/more content
- Difficulty options for puzzles
- Ability to save progress
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
Able Black
No in-app purchases
Sumaddle
- 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









