Comparison

Sudoku vs Numdle

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

Head to head
About

Sudoku

Engage your mind with a professional Sudoku puzzle game offering a vast collection of tested puzzles for all skill levels. Enjoy clear graphics, helpful features like note-taking and hints, and compete globally. It's a great way to relax or keep your brain sharp.

Highlights
  • 50000+ tested Sudoku puzzles
  • Puzzles from easy to hard
  • Daily challenges and global competition
  • Pen mode for notes
  • Smart hints and step-by-step analysis
  • Sudoku editor and solver
  • Multiple themes
Features
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Good logic game to relax your brain Professional sudoku puzzle game All puzzles are tested by program Suitable for beginner and expert Clear graphics and rich functions Compete with sudoku expert worldwide We absolutely believe that HangXun Sudoku is the best Sudoku game for you and it is a free Sudoku game with all the free puzzles. Whether you want to relax or keep your mind fresh - this pleasant pastime is suitable for both purposes! Take a small stimulating break or clear your mind with sudoku exercises. Take your favorite apps with you wherever you go. Playing Sudoku as a mobile version is just as nice as playing with a pen and paper. Welcome to Sudoku World! Train your brain now! Features: 1. 50000+ sudoku puzzles, all are tested by program. 2. Puzzles are from easy to hard, which are suitable from all players. 3. Complete the daily challenge, and compete with other experts. 4. Game levels include 9000 puzzles, from easy to hard. 5. More than 190 trophies, 30 thousands of puzzles, are waiting for your challenge. 6. Turn on the pen mode to take notes like paper. Each time you fill in a cell, the notes update automatically! 7. Highlight double numbers so that you do not accidentally repeat numbers in a row, column, or field. 8. Hints help you move forward when you are stuck. 9. Sudoku Editor and Sudoku Solver help create your own puzzles. 10. Sunset and midnight themes make eyes feel more comfortable. More features: 1. Long tap a number to lock it, and use it for multiple cells. Enable the function in settings page. 2. Smart hint can help you analyze the sudoku puzzle step by step. 3. When you select a cell with a number, the notes of same number are highlighted. 4. Support phone and tablets. 5. Player ranking and daily ranking for compete. 6. Highlight duplicates numbers in same row, column and block. 7. Highlight cells which are in same row, column and block. 8. Auto-Save unfinished game. 9. Unlimited undo. 10. Excellent sound effect. 11. Timer, you can also disable it in settings. 12. Change your profile photo on Me view. How to play sudoku? - Sudoku puzzle consists of a grid of 9 blocks. - Each block contains 3 rows and 3 columns grid. - Some grids are pre-filled with numbers, which cannot be changed. - The objective is to fill all the grids with 1 to 9 numbers,and each column, each row, and each of block contains only one of each digit. Thanks for your selecting HangXun Sudoku Game! We will try our best to make the game better and better.

About

Numdle

Features
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Numdle is a daily number-sequence puzzle you can actually solve. See part of a sequence — like 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 — and enter the numbers that come next. Every level has its own logic: arithmetic, alternating, geometric, squares, recursive patterns and more. • 150 hand-crafted levels, from easy warm-ups to tricky expert packs • A fresh Daily Challenge every day — keep your streak alive • Staged hints when you're stuck, so you learn the pattern instead of guessing • Stats and achievements that track your progress • Clean, focused design — no clutter, no forced ads Free to play with 30 starter levels and the daily puzzle. Upgrade to Numdle Pro once to unlock all 120 premium levels, the daily archive and deeper stats. Numdle is offline-first and private: your progress stays on your device. No account, no tracking. Train your logic a few minutes a day. How far can you go?

Screenshots

Sudoku4 screens
Numdle3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sudoku at none against Numdle's 1. Numdle's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (daily vs every 4 months). 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. Numdle sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Sudoku asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sudoku ships an update every 4 months, Numdle daily. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Sudoku versus Numdle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSudokuNumdle
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (234 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews96.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings234 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsDaily — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer俊杰 龚Hasan Bekar

In-app purchases

None

Sudoku

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Numdle

One-time1
  • Numdle Pro — Unlock Everything$4.99

Questions

Is Sudoku free?
Sudoku is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Numdle free?
Numdle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Sudoku or Numdle have ads?
Sudoku shows ads; Numdle does not.
Which is updated more often, Sudoku or Numdle?
Sudoku ships an update every 4 months, and Numdle daily. Most recently, Sudoku was updated on October 29, 2026 and Numdle on October 28, 2026.

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