Sumio vs Idle Elements
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sumio
Engage your mind with a logic number puzzle game. Drag tiles to match row and column sums, offering adjustable difficulty and daily challenges for hours of brain-training fun.
- Logic number puzzles
- Drag and drop tile mechanics
- Adjustable difficulty
- Daily challenges
- Hint system
- Brain training
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Discover the mystery of Sumio! Solve the logic number puzzles with simple rules and challenging solutions! Choose your difficulty level, and exercise your logic! Start playing our logic number puzzle at an easy level, and become a real master! Sumio is an addictive brain game that combines logic with numbers. To solve the Sumio puzzles, drag number tiles from the bank to squares on the grid so the columns and rows sum to the indicated values. Are you ready for a relaxing way to clear your mind and complete the free Sumio Puzzle? Take the challenge, and train your brain NOW! This entertaining mind game will bring you hours of fun! - Choose the game difficulty, grid size, number range that is best for you. - Easy to learn and quite addictive once you start playing this logic number game! - Get hints if you are stuck - Play the daily challenges to get more points Sharpen your mind with Sumio now!
Idle Elements
Merge crystals by matching three or more to generate increasingly large numbers. Manage your elements carefully to avoid negative consequences as you play.
- Match 3 crystal merging
- Idle gameplay mechanics
- Number generation
- Element management
- Strategic gameplay
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Line up 3+ crystals to have them merge and generate numbers... really big numbers. But, don't let any single element get too far ahead or bad things start to happen :)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Idle Elements at 5.0 against Sumio's 4.0. Idle Elements also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 3 weeks). Sumio's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Idle Elements holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively.
Sumio ships an update every 3 weeks, Idle Elements daily. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sumio | Idle Elements |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Daily — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 78 MB | 96 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Berkay Saglam | Nigmatic Sound LLC |
Customer experience
Sumio
Idle Elements
In-app purchases
Sumio
No in-app purchases
Idle Elements
No in-app purchases
