Comparison

Apparent Sudoku vs LibreSudoku

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

Head to head
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.

About

LibreSudoku

Features
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Rediscover the timeless pleasure of Sudoku with a clean, modern, and completely distraction-free experience. No popups. No banners crowding your grid. No forced subscriptions. Just pure logic, elegant design, and smooth gameplay crafted to help you relax, sharpen your mind, and play at your own pace. Whether you are a beginner looking to learn the basics or an expert solver hunting for a serious challenge, this is the ultimate everyday Sudoku companion. WHY YOU WILL LOVE THIS SUDOKU PURE, UNINTERRUPTED GAMEPLAY No video interruptions breaking your concentration, no cluttered interface, and no hidden paywalls. Enjoy smooth, focused puzzle-solving from start to finish. SMART PENCIL NOTES WITH AUTO-ERASE Take candidate notes directly in cells with a single tap. When you place a correct number, conflicting pencil notes across the row, column, and 3x3 box are automatically cleared for you. DUAL INPUT MODES & FAST FILL Play your way: - Cell-First Mode: Tap a cell, then select your digit. - Fast Fill (Digit-First Mode): Lock in a digit and quickly tap empty cells across the board to place numbers in rapid succession. DYNAMIC KEYPAD WITH REMAINING COUNTS The smart number pad tracks remaining placements for every digit (1 to 9). When all 9 instances of a number are placed, the button smoothly fades away so you can focus entirely on the remaining numbers. 4 BALANCED DIFFICULTY TIERS - Easy: Perfect for warming up, casual breaks, and beginners. - Medium: Engages hidden singles and basic elimination strategies. - Hard: Tests box-line reduction, pointing pairs, and triples. - Expert: Intricate logic designed for seasoned master solvers. Every single puzzle is mathematically verified to guarantee exactly ONE unique solution. SATISFYING TACTILE FEEDBACK - Crosshair highlighting illuminates the active row, column, and 3x3 block. - Instant same-number matching across the entire board. - Rewarding sweep animations and subtle haptic feedback when completing rows, columns, and 3x3 boxes. - Celebratory confetti when you conquer the puzzle. IN-DEPTH STATS & PERSONAL BESTS Track your progress across every difficulty tier. Review games played, games won, win percentages, and your best completion times. SMART PAUSE & INSTANT AUTO-SAVE Need to step away? Pausing automatically shields the board to keep your solve time honest. Your board state, pencil marks, and timer are automatically saved, so you can pick up right where you left off. 100% OFFLINE CAPABLE No Wi-Fi or cellular data required. Play on airplanes, subways, or wherever your day takes you. FEATURES AT A GLANCE - Classic 9x9 Sudoku grid - Unlimited Undo & Redo with full move history - Smart Hint tool for when you get stuck - Erase tool to clear entries and pencil marks - Real-time conflict and duplicate error highlighting - Fast, responsive, and minimalist interface - Privacy-first: no tracking, no account required, and no personal data collection Download today and experience Sudoku as it was meant to be played!

Screenshots

Apparent Sudoku4 screens
LibreSudoku4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: LibreSudoku at none against Apparent Sudoku's 1. LibreSudoku also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, 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

Both are free to download. Apparent Sudoku sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. LibreSudoku asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Apparent Sudoku ships an update every 10 days, LibreSudoku weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Apparent Sudoku versus LibreSudoku: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterApparent SudokuLibreSudoku
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (10 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews42.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings10 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS26.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperApparent Logic, LLCJonathan Sande

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Apparent Sudoku

One-time1
  • Sudoku Pro$4.99
None

LibreSudoku

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Apparent Sudoku free?
Apparent Sudoku is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is LibreSudoku free?
LibreSudoku is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Apparent Sudoku or LibreSudoku have ads?
Neither Apparent Sudoku nor LibreSudoku shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Apparent Sudoku or LibreSudoku?
Apparent Sudoku ships an update every 10 days, and LibreSudoku weekly. Most recently, Apparent Sudoku was updated on October 26, 2026 and LibreSudoku on October 7, 2026.

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