The Hamiltonian Circuit vs Sumaddle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Hamiltonian Circuit
This challenging puzzle game requires you to find a continuous circuit that visits every square on a grid without crossing itself or walls. Progress from simple grids to complex, large-scale challenges that test your abstract thinking and problem-solving skills. Hints are available to guide you when you get stuck.
- Visit every square on the grid
- Avoid walls and self-crossing
- Progressive grid sizes (4x4 to 20x20)
- Hint system for assistance
- Automatic progress saving
- Single solution per puzzle
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Find a path that visits every square in the grid, avoiding walls and never crossing itself, to create one continuous circuit. To get the hang of things, start with one of the simple 4x4 grids. Plot your moves carefully. Try to think ahead; not just by one square, but by four or five. If you think you've made a mistake, trace back over your line. It will disappear. If you really get stuck, press Hints. Any mistakes will turn red, then disappear. But if you're on the right path, we'll add a line. There's only one solution for every puzzle. When you find it, you'll know. Puzzles start with 4x4 grids and go all the way to 20x20. The bigger puzzles are very challenging and can take hours to solve. If you have to quit in the middle of one, don't worry: your progress is automatically saved. Many find working on these circuits meditative; others reach for the ibuprofen. But no matter which camp you find yourself in, know you're exercising your abstract thinking skills and challenging your brain in ways that actually matter. Inspired by a puzzle created by Irish mathematician William Rowan Hamilton in 1856, these circuits start off easy and get hard. Really hard. Good luck! Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Sumaddle
This logic puzzle game transforms pencil-and-paper challenges into interactive brain teasers. Fit number combinations to clues using pure logic, with no mental arithmetic required. Enjoy over 150 free puzzles of varying difficulty, with built-in help and offline play.
- Interactive logic puzzles
- Number combination fitting
- Pure logic solving
- Built-in help and mistake correction
- Over 150 free puzzles
- Offline play
- Ad-free experience
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This type of logical puzzle was first seen in the Japan Puzzle Championship 2006 and is sometimes known as Doppelblock, or Smashed Sums. When played with pencil and paper, these puzzles can be hard work to solve. Sumaddle changes that by transforming the puzzles into interactive brain teasers that unfold before your eyes. Each puzzle has a unique solution. Finding the solution involves fitting the number combinations to the clues. The app makes it easy to view the possible combinations, you don’t need to do any sums in your head. Instead, you are able to focus on using logic to narrow down the combinations and find a fitting arrangement. The puzzles come in a range of sizes and difficulties, to suit all levels of skill and puzzling purposes. Choose a small puzzle to idle away a minute or two while waiting in a queue, or a big puzzle to give your brain some exercise during a coffee break! Some reasons why you will enjoy playing Sumaddle: • more than 150 puzzles are included for free • all puzzles can be solved with pure logic, no mental arithmetic required • the sophisticated built-in help can explain the logical reasoning at each step and also fix mistakes if you go wrong • the built-in help is completely free, use it as much as you like • works offline (great for long journeys) • a high standard of accessibility, including comprehensive support for VoiceOver • ad-free play - there are absolutely no ads! IGRS age rating (Indonesia Game Rating System): 3+ Designed and developed in Winterthur, Switzerland
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Sumaddle at 4.9 against The Hamiltonian Circuit's 3.8. Sumaddle also leads on review sentiment (95% vs 59%) and ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, 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. The Hamiltonian Circuit sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Sumaddle sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Sumaddle holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sumaddle has 769 ratings behind it against 33, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 59% of The Hamiltonian Circuit's written reviews are positive against 95% of Sumaddle's.
The Hamiltonian Circuit ships an update every 5 weeks, Sumaddle every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Hamiltonian Circuit | Sumaddle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (33 ratings) | 4.9 (769 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 59.3% of reviews | 94.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 33 | 769 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | 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 | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 64 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Good Thinking Games | Jonathan Buchanan |
Customer experience
The Hamiltonian Circuit
Sumaddle
Bugs and requests
The Hamiltonian Circuit
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Sumaddle
Reported bugs
2 issues- Losing progress when minimizing the app
- Inconsistent difficulty ratings
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to selectively pencil in notes
- More difficult puzzle options
- Synced progress across devices
- Detailed statistics and leaderboard
In-app purchases
The Hamiltonian Circuit
- Pack of 50 neurons$0.99
- Pack of 250 neurons$3.99
- Remove Ads$4.99
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- Pack of 750 neurons$9.99
Sumaddle
- Crafty, Pack 1$0.99
- Crafty, Pack 2$0.99
- Crafty, Pack 3$0.99
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- Sneaky, Pack 1$0.99
- Sneaky, Pack 2$0.99
- Sneaky, Pack 3$0.99
- Tricky, Pack 1$0.99
- Tricky, Pack 2$0.99
- Tricky, Pack 3$0.99
- Puzzle Generator$9.99
Questions
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