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Mathdoku Challenge! vs MathDoku

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

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About

Mathdoku Challenge!

This game combines Sudoku logic with mathematical operations. Solve puzzles by filling cells with numbers that satisfy row, column, and cage constraints. Offers daily puzzles and purchasable packs to challenge your mind.

Highlights
  • Sudoku-style number placement
  • Mathematical cage operations
  • Logic-based puzzle solving
  • Daily new puzzles
  • Purchasable puzzle packs
  • Varying puzzle sizes
Features
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Do you like Sudoku? How about KenKen (or is it Ken Ken)? Or simply looking for that next game to get you brain going? Then give Mathdoku a try! Mathdoku Challenge! brings an exciting new twist to Sudoku. Step up to the plate and solve problems with your math skills. Face challenging puzzles of varying sizes, leverage the hints you are given, and use logic to find the solution. Mathdoku will stretch your mind, wake you up, and keep you on your toes. Play as many puzzles as you want! Each day, you get even more puzzles to play. Or purchase a puzzle pack to keep the fun going. Puzzles are divided into cages by grouping cells together. Hints for a cage are composed of a target number and an operation. Combining the cells in the cage using the mathematical operation must reach the target number. A number can only be used once per row and column. Use this limitation, hints, and unit cells to find the solution to the puzzles.

About

MathDoku

Features
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MathDoku turns a quiet ten minutes into the best brain workout in your day. Inside every grid is a small, elegant arithmetic puzzle (also known as Calcudoku): fill each row and column with the numbers 1 to N without repeats, while the cells inside each outlined "cage" combine — using add, subtract, multiply, or divide — to hit its target. No guesswork. Just clean, deductive reasoning. WHY YOU'LL LOVE MATHDOKU • 180 hand-curated, uniquely-solvable puzzles across 6 difficulty tiers — Easy 4×4 all the way up to Grandmaster 9×9. • A free Daily Challenge every calendar day — the same puzzle for everyone, with a streak that grows the longer you keep showing up. • Smart hints that point to the next deductive move when you're stuck, never the answer. • Stars, best times, and progress that unlock the next world as you sharpen up. • Five gorgeous themes — Parchment, Midnight, Meadow, Orchid, Sunset — pick the mood, then crush the grid. • Subtle sound and haptics that celebrate every correct placement. • Game Center leaderboards and achievements when you want to compete. • A shareable solve card so you can flex on the group chat. BUILT TO LAST • Fully offline. No accounts. No network. No ads. No interruptions. • Color-blind palette, VoiceOver labels, Dynamic Type — accessibility built in. • Right-to-left layout for Arabic; localized in 11 languages. • Onboarding teaches by doing — tap a real puzzle, no walls of text. MathDoku is the puzzle for people who love crosswords but want something more rigorous, for sudoku fans who want a sharper challenge, and for anyone who finds calm in the click of a number falling into the only place it can possibly go. Open the app. Solve one. See the streak begin.

Screenshots

Mathdoku Challenge!4 screens
MathDoku4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MathDoku at none against Mathdoku Challenge!'s 4. MathDoku also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Mathdoku Challenge! sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. MathDoku asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Mathdoku Challenge! versus MathDoku: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMathdoku Challenge!MathDoku
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (13 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings13 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 days—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.016.0
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTaylor GeisseJustin Pruskowski

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Mathdoku Challenge!

One-time4
  • 100 Puzzles$0.99
  • 250 Puzzles$1.99
  • 500 Puzzles$3.99
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  • 1000 Puzzles$6.99
None

MathDoku

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mathdoku Challenge! free?
Mathdoku Challenge! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MathDoku free?
MathDoku is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Mathdoku Challenge! or MathDoku have ads?
Mathdoku Challenge! shows ads; MathDoku does not.

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