Comparison

Sudoku Pizza vs Bento Stack

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

Head to head
About

Sudoku Pizza

This logic puzzle game reimagines classic Sudoku with a culinary theme. Instead of numbers, players place various food toppings on a grid to complete pizzas, racing against the clock and unlocking new ingredients. It offers a fresh, engaging challenge for puzzle enthusiasts.

Highlights
  • Pizzeria empire building
  • Replace numbers with food toppings
  • Time-based challenges for tips
  • Unlockable pizza toppings
  • Hundreds of thousands of unique puzzles
  • Four difficulty modes
  • Innovative drag-and-drop placement system
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Mamma mia! This is Sudoku like you've never seen it! • Launch your pizzeria empire • Goodbye dull numbers, hello tasty toppings • Race the clock for generous tips • Upgrade your pizzas with new, delicious toppings • Can you score PLATINUM on Very Hard mode? Hate pineapple on your pizza? Then swap it out for meatballs - or whatever you like - in this mouth-watering take on a classic logic puzzle game. Whether you're looking for a relaxing brain trainer, or a fiendish challenge, find the difficulty that works for you and start making some dough. Sudoku Pizza uses the same rules as the 9x9 grid in classic sudoku, but this time you're playing with your food. The rules are deceptively simple: place one of every topping per row, per column and per *slice* in order to complete the pizza-puzzle. Whether you've played sudoku for years or you're coming to it for the first time, there's a new challenge for everyone. FEATURES: • 100,000s of free, unique puzzles • Four standard difficulty modes - easy, medium, hard, very hard (plus PRO mode for subscribers) • Complete puzzles fast enough to earn bronze, silver, gold and platinum stars • Dozens of unique unlockable toppings - from squeezy-cheese to caviar. Unlock them all! • Combine toppings of the same type to get bonus coins • Impress your customers with fast service and earn bonus tips • An innovative, easy-to-use placement system - drag the topping from their trays, and see how many you have left • Add notes - tap the cell, then the topping tray to leave a note on it • Record your high scores “The best alternative Sudoku game on the App Store” "A highly original twist on classic 9 x 9 sudoku puzzles" _______________ ***** If you like this app, please give us 5 ***** Having problems? Contact us at support@runanempire.com and we will try our best to help. _______________ SUBSCRIPTION PRICING AND TERMS - Sudoku Pizza offers weekly, monthly and annually auto-renewing subscriptions. - Subscriptions will automatically renew unless cancelled within 24-hours before the end of the current period. - Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. - Subscriptions may be managed by you and auto-renewal may be turned off at any time by going to your iPhone Settings after purchase. - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited if you purchase a subscription. _______________ Legal: http://www.runanempire.com/sudoku-pizza-legal/ EULA: http://www.runanempire.com/sudoku-pizza-end-user-license-agreement/ Privacy Policy: http://www.runanempire.com/sudoku-pizza-privacy-policy/

About

Bento Stack

Features
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Bento Stack is a cozy offline lunchbox placement puzzle about fitting bright little food pieces into satisfying bento trays. Every level asks you to read the tray, rotate pieces, and place rice, sweets, proteins, and veggies into the right spaces. The rules are simple, but the board gets denser as the campaign grows. Features: - 120 handcrafted-style generated puzzle levels - Offline play with no login required - Increasing difficulty across five bento chapters - Tap to rotate, drag to place, undo, hints, and star ratings - Original food art, soft background music, and playful sound effects - Founder Bento Pass removes interstitial ads and unlocks unlimited hints Bento Stack is designed for quick puzzle breaks: warm, readable, and just tricky enough to make the perfect lunchbox feel earned. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Sudoku Pizza4 screens
Bento Stack4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Sudoku Pizza at none against Bento Stack's shown. Sudoku Pizza also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 13.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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. Sudoku Pizza sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days and Bento Stack sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sudoku Pizza ships an update fortnightly, Bento Stack every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Sudoku Pizza versus Bento Stack: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSudoku PizzaBento Stack
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (11 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews92.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings11 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS10.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size130 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLocation Games LimitedGobling Company

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Sudoku Pizza

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly subscription3 Days trial$6.997 Days
  • Monthly subscription$18.491 Month
  • Yearly subscription$91.991 Year
One-time6
  • Pinch of Coins$1.99
  • Pan of Coins$4.99
  • No ads$4.99
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  • Caviar$7.99
  • Pot of Coins$14.99
  • Oven of Coins$49.99
1 purchases

Bento Stack

One-time1
  • Founder Bento Pass$2.99

Questions

Is Sudoku Pizza free?
Sudoku Pizza is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bento Stack free?
Bento Stack is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Sudoku Pizza or Bento Stack have ads?
Bento Stack shows ads; Sudoku Pizza does not.
Which is updated more often, Sudoku Pizza or Bento Stack?
Sudoku Pizza ships an update fortnightly, and Bento Stack every 2 weeks. Most recently, Sudoku Pizza was updated on November 3, 2026 and Bento Stack on October 31, 2026.

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