Flow Fit vs Cracking the Cryptic
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Flow Fit
This app combines Sudoku with jigsaw puzzle mechanics, offering a fresh take on the classic number game. It features over 2000 unique puzzles with adjustable difficulty levels and daily challenges to keep your mind engaged.
- Unique Sudoku and Jigsaw hybrid gameplay
- Over 2000 unique puzzles
- Daily puzzles with streak rewards
- Adjustable difficulty from easy to extreme
- Mistake marking and perfect play tracking
- Cloud progress syncing
- Achievements and calming atmosphere
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SUDOKU MEETS JIGSAW IN THIS ADDICTIVE EVOLUTION OF EVERYBODY’S FAVORITE NUMBER PUZZLE! From the makers of Flow Free, the #1 hit puzzle game with over 300 million downloads comes Flow Fit: Sudoku! A UNIQUE TWIST ON SUDOKU Flow Fit: Sudoku is a whole new way to play! Part Sudoku, part Jigsaw, these shaped boards, colorful pieces, and challenging logic puzzles are guaranteed to get those cogs turning. OVER 2000 UNIQUE PUZZLES & DAILY PUZZLES Keep your brain young with daily puzzles that never get old. Carefully crafted, high-quality puzzles delivered to you every day, each Sudoku puzzle offers a brand new challenge to wrap your head around. Earn a streak and watch the days pile up. Can you earn a year-long streak? GO EASY OR GO EXTREME— YOU DECIDE! Looking for an easy-breezy brain teaser or an uncrackable enigma? With difficulties ranging from easy to extreme, there’s a puzzle to suit everyone. MIX IT UP WITH PUZZLE BUNDLES Whether you’re looking to hone your Sudoku strategy with Regions or take a walk on the wild side with Wildcards, there’s always a new bundle to explore. ----------------------------------------- FLOW FIT: SUDOKU – FEATURES ----------------------------------------- - Over 2000 unique puzzles with difficulties from easy to extreme - Daily Puzzles! Play every day to earn a streak - Mistake marking to help improve your strategy & stay on the right track - Track your Perfects! Challenge yourself to play mistake-free. - Beautiful calming music and atmosphere - Earn achievements for pack completions and daily streaks - Sync your progress to the cloud - Get more hints and levels by watching rewarded videos - Unique shaped boards and Tetris-style puzzle pieces EXPERIENCE THE NEWEST EVOLUTION OF SUDOKU! Download Flow Fit: Sudoku today!
Cracking the Cryptic
This app offers a curated collection of handcrafted Sudoku puzzles from world-renowned constructors. Explore classic and unique variants, with new puzzle packs released regularly. A free introductory pack is included with download.
- Handcrafted Sudoku puzzles
- Curated by expert constructors
- Classic and unique variants
- Regularly released puzzle packs
- Free introductory puzzle pack
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OUR NEWEST PACK – CLASSIC VOLUME #2! Classic sudoku is where it all began, and there is still lots of skill to be deployed to solve classic puzzles, and new techniques to be explored. Nikoli, the Japanese puzzle house, named and popularised sudoku from 1984, and we have commissioned 20 puzzles from them for this Classic Sudoku 2 app. We have also created 20 ourselves, and sourced 20 more from Sam Cappleman-Lynes, the brilliant British sudoku expert. The result is a wonderful 60-puzzle pack which will delight and challenge you. -------------------- Welcome to the brand new Sudoku app from the most popular Sudoku channel, Cracking The Cryptic. Unlike other Sudoku apps, we feature handcrafted and curated puzzles from the world’s best Sudoku constructors. Each collection features puzzles made by various authors that are now familiar names to those who follow the channel. Authors like Phistomefel, Clover, Sam Cappleman-Lynes, Christoph Seeliger, Richard Stolk, jovi_al, Qodec, Prasanna Seshadri and of course, Simon and Mark! Downloading Cracking the Cryptic will give you access to our first free collection – a variety pack by Prasanna Seshadri featuring 7 puzzles inspired from our previous Sudoku apps; Sandwich, Classic, Chess, Thermo, Miracle, Killer and Arrow Sudoku. We also have purchasable packs designed for all skill levels and featuring many unique variants not seen previously. We’ll be releasing more free and paid packs in the future so keep an eye on the app for more Sudoku content from Cracking The Cryptic!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Cracking the Cryptic at none against Flow Fit's shown. Cracking the Cryptic also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). Flow Fit's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.4) and ratings volume (6.7K vs 211). On price, review sentiment, 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. Flow Fit sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Cracking the Cryptic sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Flow Fit holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Flow Fit has 6.7K ratings behind it against 211, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 69% of Flow Fit's written reviews are positive against 72% of Cracking the Cryptic's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Flow Fit ships an update every 2 months, Cracking the Cryptic every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Flow Fit | Cracking the Cryptic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (6.7K ratings) — better | 4.4 (211 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 68.5% of reviews | 72.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6.7K — better | 211 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 141 MB | 234 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Big Duck Games LLC | Nick Carney |
Customer experience
Flow Fit
Cracking the Cryptic
User reviews
Flow Fit
From 6.7K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Addictive and fun gameplay
- 👍 Variety of puzzle difficulty levels
- 💡 Unique take on Sudoku
- 👍 Non-intrusive ads
- 👍 Responsive and clean UI
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional crashes and bugs
- 🔋 High battery consumption
- 🔒 Clipboard data access without consent
- 👎 Lack of undo/redo functionality
- 👎 Difficulty ramps up too quickly
Cracking the Cryptic
From 211 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Best sudoku app
- 👍 Great variety of puzzles
- 👍 Excellent user interface
- 👍 Challenging and fun puzzles
- 👍 Constant updates with new puzzles
Room to improve
- 🐛 Hints are often incorrect or unhelpful
- 🐛 Bugs and crashes, especially after updates
- 🔋 Battery draining issues
- 🔒 Too many in-app purchases required to access content
Bugs and requests
Flow Fit
Reported bugs
3 issues- Pieces disappearing off the screen
- Puzzle progress not saving correctly
- Inconsistent daily puzzle streak tracking
Requested features
5 requests- Option to disable hints/clues
- Ability to annotate the puzzle board
- More easy and medium difficulty levels
- Calendar to access past daily puzzles
- Landscape mode support
Cracking the Cryptic
Reported bugs
4 issues- Puzzle progress and purchases disappearing after updates
- Incorrect rules or hints in certain puzzles
- Crashes and freezes, especially on older devices or Macs
- Inconsistent behavior when switching between portrait and landscape modes
Requested features
5 requests- Add more color options for pencil marking and highlighting
- Implement a way to clear progress or start puzzles from scratch
- Integrate all CTC apps into a single app for better organization
- Add keyboard support, especially on Mac
- Improve the quality and clarity of hints
In-app purchases
Flow Fit
- 5 Hints$0.99
- 20 Hints$2.99
- 20 Hints + Remove Ads$2.99
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- MEGA Bundle + Remove Ads$3.99
Cracking the Cryptic
- CTC Worms - James Sinclair$0.99
- CTC Worms - Marty Sears$0.99
- CTC Worms - Michael Lefkowitz$1.99
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- GAS Volume #1$2.99
- GAS Volume #2$2.99
- CTC Approachable Sudoku #1$2.99
- Domino Sudoku Pack$4.99
- Lines Variety Pack$4.99
- Classic Volume #2$4.99
- CTC Fog Pack #1$4.99
Questions
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