Comparison

Art Puzzles vs Sudoku Puzzles

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

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About

Art Puzzles

Recreate famous artworks by placing puzzle pieces based on shade or subject. Offers adjustable difficulty, helpful guides, and educational insights into art history. Enjoy a peaceful, uncluttered experience on your devices.

Highlights
  • Art jigsaw puzzles
  • Historical artworks
  • Adjustable difficulty
  • Educational insights
  • Auto-save progress
  • Helpful guides
  • Cross-device syncing
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Can you recreate these beautiful pieces of art? Like a jigsaw puzzle but each piece is a section of the artwork (by shade or subject) which needs to be put back into the right place. 154 art 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 artwork that aren't immediately obvious when looking at the completed piece. See the artwork 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. 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 beautiful and intriguing artworks from around the world and across the centuries. 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 Puzzles

Enjoy a pure Sudoku experience with billions of puzzles, from easy to evil. This app offers a clean, distraction-free interface with no ads, tracking, or forced tutorials. Play offline, anytime, with no limits or subscriptions.

Highlights
  • Billions of puzzles
  • No ads or tracking
  • Offline play
  • No subscriptions or limits
  • Clean, responsive layout
  • Multiple difficulty levels
Features
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The Sudoku Puzzles app is built for the true Sudoku enthusiast—the kind who doesn't want flashy distractions, pop-ups, or gimmicks getting between them and the next puzzle. There are no ads. No tracking. No forced tutorials or bloated features. Just Sudoku, plain and simple. You won’t find video interruptions between games. There are no subscriptions, no paywalls, and no daily limits. You can play as many puzzles as you want, whenever you want—even offline. It's logic on your terms. Packed with billions of puzzles ranging from relaxing easy to brain-melting evil, the app offers a clean, responsive layout that gets out of your way. Whether you're solving on the train, in bed, or at the beach, it's designed to respect your time and focus. This is Sudoku without the hoppla. Just puzzles. All the time.

Screenshots

Sudoku Puzzles4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Art Puzzles at Free against Sudoku Puzzles's $0.99. Art Puzzles also leads on ratings volume (235 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). Sudoku Puzzles's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 5 weeks). On 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

Art Puzzles is free to download; Sudoku Puzzles costs $0.99 up front. Art Puzzles sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Sudoku Puzzles asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sudoku Puzzles holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Art Puzzles has 235 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Art Puzzles ships an update every 5 weeks, Sudoku Puzzles every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Art Puzzles versus Sudoku Puzzles: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArt PuzzlesSudoku Puzzles
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.7 (235 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews73.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings235 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPad, MaciPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size764 MB5 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperCleverInfoH Valeur

Customer experience

Art Puzzles

All ratings224 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral3.1%
Negative3.1%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive73.7%
Neutral15.8%
Negative10.5%

Sudoku Puzzles

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Art Puzzles

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Intro games not completed, then asked for money
  • Puzzle pieces not fitting exactly later in the puzzle
  • No response to emails regarding redoing packs

Requested features

3 requests
  • More puzzles, especially Impressionist works
  • Ability to redo purchased puzzle packs
  • Updates with new puzzles

Sudoku Puzzles

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Art Puzzles

One-time10
  • Puzzle Pack 1 : 14 x MixedFree
  • Puzzle Pack 2 : 14 x Old & NewFree
  • Puzzle Pack 3 : 14 x MixedFree
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  • Unlock all Art PuzzlesFree
  • Puzzle Pack 4 : 14 x PeopleFree
  • Puzzle Pack 5 : 14 Mixed MediaFree
  • Puzzle Pack 6 : European ArtFree
  • Puzzle Pack 7 : GatheringsFree
  • Puzzle Pack 8 : More PeopleFree
  • Puzzle Pack 9 : The 'Met'Free
None

Sudoku Puzzles

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Art Puzzles free?
Art Puzzles is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sudoku Puzzles free?
Sudoku Puzzles costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Art Puzzles or Sudoku Puzzles?
Sudoku Puzzles is rated higher. Art Puzzles averages 4.7 out of 5 from 235 ratings, while Sudoku Puzzles averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Art Puzzles or Sudoku Puzzles have ads?
Neither Art Puzzles nor Sudoku Puzzles shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Art Puzzles or Sudoku Puzzles?
Art Puzzles ships an update every 5 weeks, and Sudoku Puzzles every 3 days. Most recently, Art Puzzles was updated on November 3, 2026 and Sudoku Puzzles on November 8, 2026.

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