Comparison

Regex Crossword vs Sumaddle

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

Head to head
About

Regex Crossword

Engage in a unique crossword puzzle experience powered by regular expressions. Learn the basics with a tutorial, conquer challenges for achievements, and climb the leaderboards. Design and share your own puzzles with a creative community.

Highlights
  • Regular expression-based puzzles
  • In-game tutorial
  • Achievement system
  • Competitive leaderboards
  • Custom puzzle creation
  • Community puzzle sharing
Features
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Crossword puzzle game using Regular Expressions with an easy tutorial to get you started. Earn achievements completing puzzle challenges and compete for the top rank against other players. Create your own puzzles in our level editor and share them with the community.

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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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 transforming the puzzles into interactive 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 are able to focus on using logic to narrow down the combinations and find a fitting arrangement. The puzzles come in a range of sizes and difficulties, to suit all levels of skill and puzzling purposes. Choose a small puzzle to idle away a minute or two while waiting in a queue, or a big puzzle to give your brain some exercise during a coffee break! Some reasons why you will enjoy playing Sumaddle: • 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

Regex Crossword4 screens
Sumaddle3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Regex Crossword at none against Sumaddle's 15. Regex Crossword also leads on update cadence (every 11 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). Sumaddle's advantage is rating (4.9 vs 4.6) and review sentiment (95% vs 73%). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Sumaddle sells 15 one-off in-app purchases. Regex Crossword 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 769 ratings behind it against 74, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Regex Crossword's written reviews are positive against 95% of Sumaddle's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Regex Crossword ships an update every 11 days, Sumaddle every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Regex Crossword versus Sumaddle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRegex CrosswordSumaddle
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (74 ratings)4.9 (769 ratings) — better
Positive reviews72.7% of reviews94.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings74769 — better
Update frequencyEvery 11 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOle MichelsenJonathan Buchanan

Customer experience

Regex Crossword

All ratings64 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral3.1%
Negative9.4%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive72.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative27.3%

Sumaddle

All ratings769 ratings
Positive98.3%
Neutral0.7%
Negative1.0%
Written reviews98 reviews
Positive94.9%
Neutral1.0%
Negative4.1%

Bugs and requests

Regex Crossword

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

Regex Crossword

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 Regex Crossword free?
Regex Crossword 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, Regex Crossword or Sumaddle?
Sumaddle is rated higher. Regex Crossword averages 4.6 out of 5 from 74 ratings, while Sumaddle averages 4.9 from 769 ratings.
Do Regex Crossword or Sumaddle have ads?
Neither Regex Crossword nor Sumaddle shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Regex Crossword or Sumaddle?
Regex Crossword ships an update every 11 days, and Sumaddle every 3 weeks. Most recently, Regex Crossword was updated on October 24, 2026 and Sumaddle on October 24, 2026.

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