Unit 404 vs Sumaddle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Unit 404
Navigate an abandoned sci-fi complex by solving intricate puzzles in this platformer. Explore over 70 unique levels, each with evolving mechanics and visual styles, as the challenge steadily increases.
- Sci-fi puzzle platformer gameplay
- Over 70 handcrafted levels
- Evolving game mechanics
- Increasing difficulty
- Unique visual themes
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"Unit 404" is a sci-fi puzzle platformer game. Find a way out of the abandoned sci-fi complex through solving various puzzles. The game has more than 70 handcrafted levels with various game mechanics and visual themes. The difficulty keeps growing as you progress through the game.
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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• “Brilliant puzzle game”, UK App Store review Apr 2025 • “Best Puzzle Game I’ve Ever Played”, US App Store review Jan 2025 • “The ONLY iOS game I've never gotten tired of”, Reddit review Apr 2024 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 adding the essential element of interaction. This transforms the puzzles into intriguing 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 can focus on using logic to narrow down the combinations and find a fitting arrangement. Some reasons why you will enjoy playing Sumaddle: • puzzles range in size and difficulty from small and simple to large and mind-blowing • 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 price: Sumaddle at Free against Unit 404's $1.99. Sumaddle also leads on ratings volume (767 vs 17). Unit 404's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 15) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks). On rating, review sentiment, 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
Sumaddle is free to download; Unit 404 costs $1.99 up front. Sumaddle sells 15 one-off in-app purchases. Unit 404 asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Unit 404 against 4.9 for Sumaddle. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sumaddle has 767 ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 89% of Unit 404's written reviews are positive against 95% of Sumaddle's.
Unit 404 ships an update every 3 days, Sumaddle every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Unit 404 | Sumaddle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (17 ratings) | 4.9 (767 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 89.3% of reviews | 94.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 17 | 767 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 596 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Maxim Urusov | Jonathan Buchanan |
Customer experience
Unit 404
Sumaddle
Bugs and requests
Unit 404
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
Unit 404
No in-app purchases
Sumaddle
- Quirky, Pack 5$0.99
- Very Difficult Puzzles$0.99
- Quirky, Pack 1$0.99
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- Premium 9x9 Puzzles, Pack 1$0.99
- Crafty, Pack 1$0.99
- Crafty, Pack 2$0.99
- Crafty, Pack 3$0.99
- 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
- Assorted Puzzles$0.99
- Puzzle Generator$9.99









