Comparison

Window Puzzles vs Sudoku Pro

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

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About

Window Puzzles

Rebuild intricate stained glass windows by placing glass shards in their correct positions. Offers a peaceful, educational, and family-friendly puzzle experience with adjustable difficulty and helpful tools.

Highlights
  • 126 unique stained glass window puzzles
  • Drag and drop interface
  • Adjustable difficulty levels
  • Automatic saving of progress
  • Optional guides (outlines, ghost image)
  • Auto-Zoom for small pieces
  • Game Center achievements
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Can you rebuild these beautiful stained glass windows? Like a jigsaw puzzle but each piece is a shard of glass which needs to be put back into the right place. 126 window puzzles available to play immediately! EASY TO LEARN Simple drag and drop interface that works for adults and children. A simple tutorial on "How To Play" is included. Puzzles in each pack start easy and get harder the more you do. HARD TO MASTER Puzzles range from easy (solve in minutes) through to very hard (an hour or more). But don't worry, your placed pieces are automatically saved so you can do the puzzle over several sessions. You can also turn on and off useful guides like outlines or a ghost image depending on how hard you want it to be. And if some pieces are too small, just turn on the Auto-Zoom feature. Can you earn all the Game Center achievements? EDUCATIONAL As you concentrate on each piece in the puzzle you see details of the window that aren't immediately obvious when looking at the completed window. See the window as the original artist did - an element at a time. Once a puzzle is completed you can explore a zoomed in version to see all the detail. FAMILY FRIENDLY All puzzles are family friendly with the easier puzzles well suited to your younger puzzlers. PEACEFUL An uncluttered puzzle solving space lets you be in the moment as you work your way through the puzzle at your own pace. BEAUTIFUL Work with some of the most glorious stained glass windows from around the world. HELPFUL Some of the puzzles are hard. If you get stuck, use the Shuffle button to get new pieces, the Auto Fill feature to put those difficult pieces into their correct places or a Ghost image to help you find the right place. CONNECTED Works on your iPads and Macs. In-App purchases of puzzle packs are shared between your devices and you can easily enable synching up Puzzle completion progress between them. Start of one device and finish it on another.

About

Sudoku Pro

Enjoy a pure Sudoku experience with no ads or subscriptions. This app offers unique, solvable puzzles, a tutorial mode, and customizable themes. Play offline with 100% privacy and share your progress with timelapse videos.

Highlights
  • Pay once, keep forever
  • Multiple grid sizes (4x4, 6x6, 9x9)
  • 100% privacy, works offline
  • Unique, solvable puzzles
  • Tutorial mode for advanced logic
  • Nine handcrafted themes
  • Timelapse video export
Features
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Sudoku Pro is a full Sudoku to play and a trainer that teaches you Sudoku: from your very first number to Pro and Expert techniques like Swordfish and XY-Chain. A learning path takes you through 20 techniques, each with its own practice puzzles, and every hint teaches instead of giving the answer away. If you only want to play, you never have to switch it on. Everything you expect from a Sudoku is here: 4x4, 6x6 and 9x9 across four tiers, Killer, Samurai on iPad, a daily puzzle, notes, streaks and statistics. Every puzzle is generated fresh, has exactly one solution and can be solved without guessing. Learn Sudoku, step by step: * Learning path: 20 techniques across four tiers, from Naked Single to XY-Chain. How to Play shows an example for each one and where you stand: new, seen, practicing, mastered. * Practice puzzles for every technique: without it, only harder techniques get you through. Solve three without any help or mistakes and the technique counts as mastered. * Pro and Expert techniques, including Skyscraper, 2-String Kite, W-Wing, XYZ-Wing, Unique Rectangle, Simple Coloring and Finned X-Wing. * Hints in two steps: first a nudge like "Look at row 3", then, if you want, the technique by name with its pattern drawn on the board. * Trainer: explains the technique on your own grid, move by move, instead of a textbook example. * Puzzle profile after a win: which techniques the puzzle used, where you needed hints, and which technique to practice next. * Check notes: shows you where a candidate is missing or a note is already ruled out. * Prefer to find your own mistakes? Errors don’t have to be marked right away. * 4x4 and 6x6 for kids and beginners: I built them so I could play with my kids and teach them the logic. Play your way: * Classic in 4x4, 6x6 and 9x9, across four difficulty tiers. Pro and Expert are now tougher. * Killer: cages with sums that tell you right away whether a sum still works out. * Samurai (iPad only): five overlapping 9x9 grids solved as one 21x21 frame. * Daily puzzle: the same puzzle worldwide on any given day, with a streak and a calendar. * Notes, blocked notes, auto notes, focus mode and helper mode. * Twelve handcrafted themes, including the hand-drawn Felt Pen, from rainbow colors to high contrast. * Statistics, best streak and 15 achievements, all on your device with no sign-in. * Share your logic: export a timelapse video of your solve. * A daily reminder at a time you choose, but only if you want one. * 45 languages. On iPad: the newspaper edition. The iPad gets a world of its own: a front page, an almanac, its own typography. Not a stretched iPhone. Or something else entirely: the hand-drawn Felt Pen theme. In pen mode the keypad folds away and the board takes the space. Prefer the familiar look? Switch to the classic layout. Why this app exists: I am a solo dev and I’ve been a Sudoku lover for years, but lately, finding a good app has felt like a puzzle of its own. And not the fun kind. Subscriptions, tracking, flashing banners and "collect 100 gems" pop-ups. I just want my coffee and a Sudoku. So I built it myself. * Pay once, keep forever: no subscriptions, no hidden IAPs, no ads, no account. Just a fair price for a tool that does its job. * Everything on your device: the app needs no internet. Your puzzles, your streak and your statistics stay where they belong. I don’t track you. I only care about your feedback! Accessibility is built in, not retrofitted: VoiceOver throughout, Dynamic Type on the board, a high-contrast theme, haptics you can switch off, and a dot notation for anyone who reads patterns faster than digits. Own the grid and rediscover the pure joy of logic. Happy puzzling, Tobias

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Sudoku Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Window Puzzles at Free against Sudoku Pro's $4.19. Window Puzzles also leads on ratings volume (116 vs 5) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). Sudoku Pro's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 9) and update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly). On rating, review sentiment, 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

Window Puzzles is free to download; Sudoku Pro costs $4.19 up front. Window Puzzles sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Sudoku Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Window Puzzles against 4.8 for Sudoku Pro. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Window Puzzles has 116 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Window Puzzles ships an update monthly, Sudoku Pro every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Window Puzzles versus Sudoku Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWindow PuzzlesSudoku Pro
PriceFree — better$4.19
Rating4.8 (116 ratings) — better4.8 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings116 — better5
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPad, MaciPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size613 MB11 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperCleverInfoTobias Reithmeier

Customer experience

Window Puzzles

All ratings100 ratings
Positive97.0%
Neutral3.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Sudoku Pro

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Window Puzzles

One-time9
  • Puzzle Pack 1 : 14 x MixedFree
  • Puzzle Pack 2 : 14 x ChurchFree
  • Puzzle Pack 3 : 14 Non-Relig.Free
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  • Puzzle Pack 4 : 14xTiffanyFree
  • Puzzle Pack 5 : 14 Tall WindowFree
  • Unlock all Window PuzzlesFree
  • Puzzle Pack 6 : 14 x USAFree
  • Puzzle Pack 7 : 14 x ColourfulFree
  • Puzzle Pack 8 : 14 InterestingFree
None

Sudoku Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Window Puzzles free?
Window Puzzles is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sudoku Pro free?
Sudoku Pro costs $4.19, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Window Puzzles or Sudoku Pro?
Window Puzzles is rated higher. Window Puzzles averages 4.8 out of 5 from 116 ratings, while Sudoku Pro averages 4.8 from 5 ratings.
Do Window Puzzles or Sudoku Pro have ads?
Neither Window Puzzles nor Sudoku Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Window Puzzles or Sudoku Pro?
Window Puzzles ships an update monthly, and Sudoku Pro every 5 days. Most recently, Window Puzzles was updated on November 2, 2026 and Sudoku Pro on October 31, 2026.

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