Sudoku Master Edition vs Sudoku Club
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sudoku Master Edition
This app offers a comprehensive Sudoku experience with numerous customization options, multiple game modes, and difficulty levels. It features a minimalist design, daily challenges, and Apple Pencil integration for a pen-and-paper feel.
- Customizable themes and fonts
- Multiple game modes (Lightning, Mistake, Classic, Zen)
- 5 difficulty levels
- Adjustable grid styles
- Note-taking and highlighting features
- Apple Pencil integration
- Daily reminders and auto-complete
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***FEATURED AS APPLE'S GAME OF THE DAY IN 40+ COUNTRIES*** SUDOKU MASTER EDITION is classic Sudoku with a wardrobe. Play across dozens of custom themes, jump into limited-time events, and pick your fight across five difficulty levels from Easy to Master. Beautiful, minimalist, and built to keep you coming back. Whether you're a daily solver or just getting hooked, here's what's inside: THEMES & EVENTS - Dozens of custom themes to make the board truly yours - Exclusive limited-time events with rewards you won't find anywhere else - 13 app icons and 26 hand-picked fonts to match your style - Sleek Dark theme for late-night solving PLAY YOUR WAY - Five difficulty levels, from a gentle Easy to a brutal Master - Lightning Mode for fast, high-energy solving - Zen Mode for a calm, distraction-free pen-and-paper feel - Mistake Mode or Classic Mode, however you like to play - Adjustable grid styles and a modern color palette that's easy on the eyes SMART TOOLS - Highlight Helper to spot your next move - Notes for jotting down possibilities (or secret messages, we won't tell) - Auto-complete and Quick Start to skip the busywork - Daily reminders so you never break your streak - In-app tutorial and help for when you need a hand APPLE PENCIL (compatible iPad & Apple Pencil) - A true pen-and-paper experience: scribble numbers and notes by hand - Built-in Notepad to sketch ideas and erase with a tap - No Pencil? Just toggle the notepad off and play as normal Relaxing original soundtrack by EARLYGUARD, endless customization, and more on the way. Download SUDOKU MASTER EDITION and find your perfect game.
Sudoku Club
Experience the classic pen-and-paper Sudoku with a digital twist. Enjoy distraction-free gameplay, customizable assistance, and a vast library of puzzles. Track your progress and personalize your play style with various modes and themes.
- Pen-and-paper feel
- Distraction-free and Game modes
- Customizable assistance
- Scratchpad overlay
- Game statistics and rewards
- 50,000+ unique puzzles
- Light/Dark and color modes
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Sudoku Club is pen-and-paper-first. It gives you the Sudoku experience you know and love from real paper. Simple, intuitive, direct. Just pick up your pencil and start writing. Distraction-free. Ad-free. Write to fill in. Scribble over to erase. Tap for note-taking. That’s it. :: Play distraction-free or with Suspense Choose from 2 different play modes: - If you want your experience calm and distraction-free, PAPER MODE is for you. Results are shown when finished. If you need feedback on the way there, you'll get it. - If you like the thrill of potential doom, try GAME MODE. It counts your mistakes—make three and you have to start again. :: Meaningful assistance Decide for yourself how much help you need — from none at all to - number-highlighting - auto-filled notations - auto-deleted notations :: Introducing: The Scratchpad If things get too complicated, you can overlay your Sudoku with a seethrough scratchpad. :: Game Statistics and Rewards Keep track of your achievements. See if you can beat your personal best. All statistics are grouped by used assistance methods. :: 50,000+ unique puzzles Sudoku Club contains 50,000+ uniquely generated and evaluated Sudoku puzzles on 5 difficulty levels from beginner to professional, based on human solvability measures. :: Customize Your Style - Light/Dark mode - Color modes - Outline style modes :: Customize Your Screen Sudoku Club works great with Split Screen. You can have your music player or podcast app next to your Sudoku. Convenient! :: Sudoku Pass-and-Play Create a user profile for every Sudoku lover in your house. :: Ad-free Get a pack of sudoku plays; play unlimited for year or for a lifetime. However you decide — Sudoku Club is free of ads. :: iCloud-Synced Your game progress is saved in your private iCloud. Of course, you can always play offline. :: Track-free, Link-free Sudoku Club does not collect your data. :: Wrist-obstruction-free Sudoku Club is designed for handwriting. Apple Pencil or compatible stylus is recommended. Place your wrist anywhere, even on the grid. Alternatively, you can use a passive stylus or your finger. Sudoku Club is currently only available for iPad. Sudoku Club members will be the first to know when the iPhone app is ready! Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://sudokuclub.ekkehardpetzold.de/privacyEN.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Sudoku Club at none against Sudoku Master Edition's shown. Sudoku Club also leads on review sentiment (93% vs 64%). Sudoku Master Edition's advantage is ratings volume (7.9K vs 31) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Sudoku Master Edition sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Sudoku Club sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Sudoku Club holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sudoku Master Edition has 7.9K ratings behind it against 31, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of Sudoku Master Edition's written reviews are positive against 93% of Sudoku Club's.
Sudoku Master Edition ships an update every 3 weeks, Sudoku Club every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and July 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sudoku Master Edition | Sudoku Club |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (7.9K ratings) | 4.8 (31 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 63.8% of reviews | 93.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7.9K — better | 31 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 120 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hoolatron Studios | Ekkehard Petzold |
Customer experience
Sudoku Master Edition
Sudoku Club
Bugs and requests
Sudoku Master Edition
Reported bugs
6 issues- App crashes after completing puzzles
- Handwriting recognition issues with certain numbers
- Saved games disappearing
- Inconsistent behavior when using pencil input
- Inability to enter wrong numbers
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- Bugs introduced with recent updates
Requested features
10 requests- Dark mode option
- Ability to import custom puzzles
- More themes and color options
- Improved undo/redo functionality
- Ability to differentiate user-entered numbers from pre-filled numbers
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- Larger game board size
- Difficulty progression that feels more balanced
- Hint system that doesn't reveal full solutions
- Multiplayer or leaderboard features
- Ability to pause and resume games
Sudoku Club
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Sudoku Master Edition
- Premium Theme Credit$0.99
- Remove Ads$7.99
Sudoku Club
- Annual subscription$3.991 Year
- 100 Sudokus$0.99
- 500 Sudokus$2.99
- 1000 Sudokus$3.99
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- Lifetime Unlimited Access$6.99
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