Comparison

iPuzzleSolver vs Sudoku #

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

Head to head
About

iPuzzleSolver

This app offers a comprehensive collection of classic puzzle games. Enjoy popular titles like Sudoku, Solitaire, and Minesweeper in one convenient package. It's a great way to exercise your brain with a variety of logic and strategy challenges.

Highlights
  • Sudoku
  • MasterMind
  • PictureCross
  • Solitaire
  • MineSweeper
  • Shangai (Mah-Jong)
  • Tectonic (Suguru)
Features
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The Ultimate Compilation of Classic Puzzle Games. Includes popular games like Sudoku, MasterMind, PictureCross (also known as Japanese crossword), Solitaire, MineSweeper and Shangai (also known as Mah-Jong), Tectonic (also known as Suguru).

About

Sudoku #

This classic Sudoku game offers a unique and fun experience with levels designed by AI and machine learning. It helps exercise your brain, memory, and logic skills with five difficulty options and numerous levels.

Highlights
  • AI-designed Sudoku levels
  • Brain, memory, and logic training
  • 5 difficulty options
  • Thousands of levels
  • Human-solvable board filtering
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Classic Sudoku game, redefined by A.I. Our Sudoku is one of its own kind in the market. We use AI and Machine Learning to design the levels that bring a unique and fun experience to everyone. - Exercise your brain, memory and logic reasoning skills - 5 difficulty options, tons of levels, tons of fun - Levels designed by AI and Machine Learning *How to play* Fill the 9x9 board so that each row, column and 3x3 box contains all digits from 1 to 9. *Designed by AI* 1. Randomly generate 35,000+ valid board configurations for each difficulty levels 2. Classify “human solvable” boards using non-brute-force algorithms implemented using TensorFlow 3. These algorithms uses the same techniques as human solvers do, to filter out boards almost unsolvable by human 4. Less than 4% of these initial boards passed our AI test 5. Finally we validate the filtered sample with human testing to ensure board quality

Screenshots

iPuzzleSolver4 screens
Sudoku #4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Sudoku # at Free against iPuzzleSolver's $0.99. Sudoku # also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months). iPuzzleSolver's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 79%). On in-app purchases 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

Sudoku # is free to download; iPuzzleSolver costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iPuzzleSolver ships an update every 4 months, Sudoku # every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
iPuzzleSolver versus Sudoku #: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriPuzzleSolverSudoku #
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating—4.7 (324 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better79.3% of reviews
Number of ratings—324 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB142 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJean-Baptiste BolcatoJinyang Tang

Customer experience

iPuzzleSolver

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Sudoku #

All ratings324 ratings
Positive92.9%
Neutral5.2%
Negative1.9%
Written reviews174 reviews
Positive79.3%
Neutral5.2%
Negative15.5%

In-app purchases

None

iPuzzleSolver

No in-app purchases

None

Sudoku #

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iPuzzleSolver free?
iPuzzleSolver costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sudoku # free?
Sudoku # is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do iPuzzleSolver or Sudoku # have ads?
Sudoku # shows ads; iPuzzleSolver does not.
Which is updated more often, iPuzzleSolver or Sudoku #?
iPuzzleSolver ships an update every 4 months, and Sudoku # every 3 weeks. Most recently, iPuzzleSolver was updated on September 8, 2026 and Sudoku # on September 19, 2026.

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