Comparison

Cryptex vs Sudoku Extreme Hard Puzzles

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

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About

Cryptex

A single-player code-breaking game inspired by classic board games. Guess a random combination of letters as quickly as possible using feedback on correct letters and their positions. Enjoy simple, fun, and addictive logic puzzles.

Highlights
  • Single-player code-breaking
  • Random code generation
  • Adjustable code length (4-6 letters)
  • Feedback on correct letters
  • Feedback on correct letter positions
  • Classic board game inspiration
Features
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Cryptex is a code-breaking game for one player. It is based on Mastermind, one of the most famous classical board games. The logics and game rules are very similar to an earlier invented game called Bulls and Cows, played with a pencil on paper. The app generates a random code with 4, 5 or 6 letters, and your task is to guess the correct combination as quickly as possible. The game is simple, fun and addictive. With every try you get two pieces of information: 1. CL - Correct Letter - the total number of correctly guessed letters in the entered combination. 2. CLP - Correct Letter and Position - the total number of correctly guessed letters with correct positions in the entered combination. Happy code-breaking!

About

Sudoku Extreme Hard Puzzles

Engage your mind with classic Sudoku puzzles designed for all skill levels. Enjoy a customizable, ad-free experience with various themes and difficulty settings. Track your progress and stats while sharpening your logic skills.

Highlights
  • Multiple difficulty levels
  • Customizable themes and settings
  • Notes and hint features
  • Haptic feedback
  • Undo, delete, and redo functions
  • Detailed game statistics and progress graphs
  • Quick fill and auto-fill options
Features
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Sudoku Extreme is a beautiful way to experience classic Sudoku number puzzles for both beginners & advanced players! It includes over 100,000 puzzles from easy to hard levels. It works in airplane mode without wifi, no ads, and no subscriptions. It's a great way to keep your mind active while relaxing to pass time. Each puzzle has only one solution. The puzzle comes with a few cells pre-filled. Your job is to fill the remaining empty cells. Fill the empty cells with numbers 1-9 in a way that each row, column and block (3x3 cells) only contains a single instance of the number 1-9. - Over 100,000 puzzles in 6 difficulty levels: beginner, easy, medium, hard, unfair and extreme. - Highly customizable with many beautiful themes as well as settings to customize the app exactly the way you like it. App comes with both light and dark amoled themes to be comfortable on your eyes! - The simple to use notes and hint features help you if you get stuck but I encourage spending time trying to figure out the puzzles without using hints. Cells filled with use of hints don't get any points. - Haptic feature gives a positive vibration when correct and negative vibration when wrong answer is filled in the sodoku puzzle. This can be disabled in settings. - If you make a mistake you can use the undo, delete and redo buttons. Note that each mistake deducts points from your overall score. - Long press the undo button to restart the game - After a game is finished, you get your overall stats like total time spent, best time, average time, overall score, hints used, mistakes made etc. Sudoku Extreme also comes with a graph of how your scores progress over time. As you play more difficult levels, you get more score. Each higher level gives twice the number of points as the previous level. - Game can be paused and you can resume the previous game when you come back. - Sudoku Extreme can automatically pre-fill the notes and auto-remove them when they are used in a row, column or block. Though I encourage disabling this setting and filling it manually as it makes your brain more active! Manually filling notes also gets you extra points! Long pressing the notes button lets you fill remaining notes automatically at any point in the game. Swiping up and down on the notes button still lets you toggle their display hidden/unhidden. - The quick fill feature lets you tap-and-hold a number and then simply tap cells and it will fill it with that number. - Long press a cell with only 1 candidate note to quick fill it. - Numbers show how many instances of that number are left to be filled in the puzzle. When a number has been used 9 times correctly, it hides itself. You can disable this setting if you like. - You can swipe up/down to enter notes numbers quickly without having to enter edit/note mode (setting needs to be switched on) - There is a setting to allow up to 3 mistakes without being penalized in your score. - "Export Scores" from the app. This can be used in Excel. - No intrusive ads, trackers, subscriptions, or other nonsense. - As a solo indie developer, there are ongoing costs of developing and maintaining the game. You can try out all difficulty levels and customizations during free trial. A one-time-only purchase unlocks over 100,000 puzzles and all difficulty levels for lifetime. It also helps me keep the game ad-free. No subscription. It's a small and fair amount which helps cover development costs of future updates. You can also leave me a positive rating on the app store as that helps get the word out to others! Thank you for supporting me. Hope you enjoy the puzzles :) Send me feedback at: pran@pranapps.com

Screenshots

Cryptex4 screens
Sudoku Extreme Hard Puzzles4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Sudoku Extreme Hard Puzzles at 4.5 against Cryptex's 4.0. Sudoku Extreme Hard Puzzles also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (827 vs 1). Cryptex's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). 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. Sudoku Extreme Hard Puzzles sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Cryptex asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sudoku Extreme Hard Puzzles holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sudoku Extreme Hard Puzzles has 827 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cryptex ships an update every 10 days, Sudoku Extreme Hard Puzzles every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Cryptex versus Sudoku Extreme Hard Puzzles: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCryptexSudoku Extreme Hard Puzzles
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings)4.5 (827 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—64.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1827 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 5 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAbdullah AlioskiPranoy Chowdhury

Customer experience

Cryptex

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Sudoku Extreme Hard Puzzles

All ratings827 ratings
Positive88.8%
Neutral3.7%
Negative7.5%
Written reviews125 reviews
Positive64.0%
Neutral11.2%
Negative24.8%

Bugs and requests

Cryptex

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Sudoku Extreme Hard Puzzles

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Scoring system inconsistencies at higher levels
  • Animation issues causing delays in rapid input

Requested features

5 requests
  • Option to disable auto-fill notes
  • Ability to resume unfinished games
  • Coloring and advanced note-taking tools
  • Sync progress across devices
  • Difficulty level selector before starting a game

In-app purchases

None

Cryptex

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Sudoku Extreme Hard Puzzles

One-time1
  • Sudoku Extreme Premium$9.99

Questions

Is Cryptex free?
Cryptex is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sudoku Extreme Hard Puzzles free?
Sudoku Extreme Hard Puzzles is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Cryptex or Sudoku Extreme Hard Puzzles?
Sudoku Extreme Hard Puzzles is rated higher. Cryptex averages 4.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Sudoku Extreme Hard Puzzles averages 4.5 from 827 ratings.
Do Cryptex or Sudoku Extreme Hard Puzzles have ads?
Cryptex shows ads; Sudoku Extreme Hard Puzzles does not.
Which is updated more often, Cryptex or Sudoku Extreme Hard Puzzles?
Cryptex ships an update every 10 days, and Sudoku Extreme Hard Puzzles every 5 days. Most recently, Cryptex was updated on November 1, 2026 and Sudoku Extreme Hard Puzzles on November 3, 2026.

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