Comparison

> Tic Tac Toe vs Bee Sudoku

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

Head to head
About

> Tic Tac Toe

A strategic board game where players aim to get five pieces in a row on a 15x15 grid. Enjoy single-player against AI opponents of varying difficulty or save games for later.

Highlights
  • Five in a row gameplay
  • 15x15 board
  • AI opponents with 4 difficulty levels
  • Save/load game progress
  • Undo moves
  • Timer-based games
  • Zoom functionality
Features
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Tic Tac Toe ⑤ (Five in a Row) is a strategic board game also known as Caro in Vietnam, Omok (오목) in Korea, gomokunarabe (五目並べ) in Japan and wuziqi (五子棋) in China. It is the extended version of Tic Tac Toe - you win with 5 pieces in a row instead of 3. The board is 15x15. The game is also sometimes called XO. Players alternate turns placing X or O on an empty intersection. X makes the first move. The first player to get an unbroken row of five stones wins the game. Caro X brings this great game to your iPhone. You can enjoy Caro in family game time, or you can also enjoy the game by playing with the AIs of varying difficulties. Beware that it is very challenging to beat the best AI in this game! You will also gain experience points by winning against the AIs (+1 for Easy, +3 for Medium, +5 for Hard, and +7 for Expert). Features: ◆ Undo ◆ Save/load unfinished game ◆ AIs with 4 levels of difficulties ◆ Timer based game ◆ Zoom in and zoom out. The variation of Five in a Row supported in this game is free-style. A player just needs to make a row of five or more stones to win.

About

Bee Sudoku

Features
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Bee Sudoku is a cosy puzzle game for children and grown-ups alike. No adverts, no in-app purchases and no sign-up — you pay once and the game is yours, working completely offline. Solve a grid, pollinate a flower for every correct square, and turn your flowers into pots of honey. Every picture in the game — the bees, the flowers, the ladybird, the honey pots — was crocheted by hand and photographed, so the whole app feels like a cosy craft project rather than a spreadsheet of numbers. THREE KINDS OF PUZZLE • Classic sudoku — the familiar 9x9 grid, in numbers, letters or colours, across five difficulty levels from super easy to extra hard. • Binary puzzles — a wonderful logic puzzle that most sudoku apps simply don't carry. Fill the grid with two symbols so that no three the same ever sit in a row, and every row and column holds equally many of each. Grids run from a quick 6x6 up to a properly demanding 14x14, shown as 0s and 1s, letters, circles and crosses, or the crocheted pictures. • For Kids — gentle 4x4 and 6x6 grids using pictures, letters or symbols instead of numbers, set on a honeycomb board with bees and flowers drifting around the edges. No reading required, which makes it a real first puzzle for a child who isn't confident with numbers yet. MADE FOR PLAYING TOGETHER Notes let you pencil in candidates before committing. Help fills one correct square when someone gets stuck, so a child can keep going without an adult taking over. Show solution reveals the answer and marks exactly which squares went wrong — then Clear mistakes hands the puzzle straight back to you. Collect flowers for every square you get right on the first try, ten flowers make a pot of honey, and the app quietly remembers your best score and time for each puzzle type. BUILT TO BE KIND • No adverts, ever. No pop-ups, no countdowns, no "watch a video to continue". • No in-app purchases. You buy the app once and that is genuinely all of it. • No account, no sign-up, no email address. • Works completely offline — on a plane, in the car, anywhere. • Nothing is collected about you. The app has no analytics and never connects to the internet at all. Your scores stay on your device. SEVEN LANGUAGES English, Deutsch, Cestina, Polski, Magyar, Francais and Espanol — including the illustrated how-to-play guide, which explains each variant step by step with pictures rather than walls of text. Dark mode, adjustable text size, and a choice of grid backgrounds are all in Settings. Universal: one purchase covers iPhone and iPad.

Screenshots

> Tic Tac Toe4 screens
Bee Sudoku4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: > Tic Tac Toe at Free against Bee Sudoku's $5.99. > Tic Tac Toe also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). Bee Sudoku's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks). On ads 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

> Tic Tac Toe is free to download; Bee Sudoku costs $5.99 up front. > Tic Tac Toe sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Bee Sudoku asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

> Tic Tac Toe ships an update every 3 weeks, Bee Sudoku every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
> Tic Tac Toe versus Bee Sudoku: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter> Tic Tac ToeBee Sudoku
PriceFree — better$5.99
Rating4.2 (153 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings153 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVM Mobile TeamOLGA COUFALIKOVA

In-app purchases

1 purchases

> Tic Tac Toe

One-time1
  • Premium$3.99
None

Bee Sudoku

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is > Tic Tac Toe free?
> Tic Tac Toe is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bee Sudoku free?
Bee Sudoku costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do > Tic Tac Toe or Bee Sudoku have ads?
Neither > Tic Tac Toe nor Bee Sudoku shows ads.
Which is updated more often, > Tic Tac Toe or Bee Sudoku?
> Tic Tac Toe ships an update every 3 weeks, and Bee Sudoku every 3 days. Most recently, > Tic Tac Toe was updated on October 24, 2026 and Bee Sudoku on October 24, 2026.

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