Comparison

Sudoku vs Apparent Sudoku

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

Head to head
About

Sudoku

Sharpen your mind with this classic number puzzle game. It offers thousands of free puzzles across five difficulty levels, with helpful tools like pencil marks and hints to guide you. Enjoy a customizable and ad-free experience on your Apple devices.

Highlights
  • Thousands of free puzzles
  • 5 difficulty levels
  • Pencil marks (notes)
  • Undo and error checking
  • Customizable board themes
  • Hints for assistance
Features
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Train your brain at any moment, the best way to learn and improve your skills in this classic puzzle game. Enjoy a fun Sudoku game, with thousands of free Sudoku puzzles for both beginners and advanced players. It has a clear, easy to read and customizable Sudoku board, 5 difficulty levels ranging from "Flash" to "Hard". If you like logic, number-based puzzles, you will love these classic Sudoku puzzles! With Sudoku :-), you won't be looking for a paper sudoku puzzle ever again! Features: * Clear interface. No Banner Ads * 5 difficulty levels * Thousands of puzzles * Pencil marks (a.k.a. Notes) available * Undo to fix mistakes * Auto-save * Errors checking (manual and automatic) * Conflict and error highlighting * Universal: iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch * Hints, that help you get past that hurdle * Pick the theme that best suits your style Download Sudoku and find more features that will help you become a Sudoku master! Take the Sudoku :-) brain training challenge now!

About

Apparent Sudoku

Experience classic Sudoku puzzles without any distractions. This app offers a clean interface, multiple difficulty levels, and advanced features like pencil marks and smart highlighting. Track your progress and compete globally with Game Center leaderboards.

Highlights
  • Four difficulty levels
  • Game Center Leaderboards
  • 50,000+ puzzles
  • Clean, intuitive interface
  • Pencil marks and smart highlighting
  • iCloud sync
  • iPad Apple Pencil support
Features
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Take a break, clear your mind, and solve the puzzle of the day. Apparent Sudoku pairs classic Sudoku with a calm, carefully made experience on iPhone and iPad. Version 2.5 lets you race your friends on every puzzle. FOUR DAILY CHALLENGES • The Daily: solve the day's board and keep your streak. • Daily Mini: a quick, nearly complete puzzle. • Daily X: every row, column, box and diagonal holds all nine digits. • The Twist: replay the Daily's board with one extra rule. It unlocks when you finish the Daily. RACE YOUR FRIENDS • See your Game Center friends' times on every puzzle you've both played: before you start, while you play and when you finish. • New games start on a puzzle a friend has solved, and the clock shows the next friend to beat. • Send a friend your time in a tap, see who's ahead this week, and keep a record against each friend. • Challenge friends on each Daily, and share any puzzle as a head-to-head race. • Each hint adds 30 seconds, so everyone gets a time. PLAY YOUR WAY • Choose a cell and then a digit, or pick up a brush and fill cells with a single tap. • Add pencil marks and erase mistakes easily. • On iPad, write right on the board with Apple Pencil. • On iPhone Duo, the board and keypad each take their own half, and your game carries across as you open and close it. • Larger text, VoiceOver, Increase Contrast and Reduce Motion are supported throughout. • Try Hardcore, 3 Strikes or Zen in regular games. A NEW LOOK Paper, ink and one bold color for each difficulty. Every Daily has its own geometric composition, and your win card shows the order you finished the boxes. UNLOCK SUDOKU PRO A one-time purchase unlocks the full library of 51,400 puzzles, Extreme difficulty and more board styles, including shapes, fruit and Wordoku, on iPhone, iPad and Mac. No ads and no tracking. No account needed to play. Game Center and iCloud are optional. Your puzzle times are shared with your Game Center friends, and you can turn off Share My Times anytime. Feedback is optional and sent only when you tap Send.

Screenshots

Sudoku4 screens
Apparent Sudoku4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Sudoku at 4.8 against Apparent Sudoku's 3.4. Sudoku also leads on monetization model (free vs freemium) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 26.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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 sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Apparent Sudoku sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sudoku holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 10 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Sudoku versus Apparent Sudoku: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSudokuApparent Sudoku
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (5 ratings) — better3.4 (10 ratings)
Positive reviews—42.9% of reviews
Number of ratings510 — better
Update frequency—Every 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS8.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size78 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer建华 范Apparent Logic, LLC

Customer experience

Sudoku

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Apparent Sudoku

All ratings10 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive42.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative57.1%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Sudoku

One-time6
  • Remove ADs$0.99
  • 10 Hints$1.99
  • 50 Hints$7.99
Show 3 more
  • 250 Hints$29.99
  • 1000 Hints$59.99
  • 5000 Hints$79.99
1 purchases

Apparent Sudoku

One-time1
  • Sudoku Pro$4.99

Questions

Is Sudoku free?
Sudoku is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Apparent Sudoku free?
Apparent Sudoku is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Sudoku or Apparent Sudoku?
Sudoku is rated higher. Sudoku averages 4.8 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Apparent Sudoku averages 3.4 from 10 ratings.
Do Sudoku or Apparent Sudoku have ads?
Neither Sudoku nor Apparent Sudoku shows ads.

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