Comparison

Sumaddle vs Puzzles

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Interactive logic puzzles
  • Number combination fitting
  • Pure logic solving
  • Built-in help and mistake correction
  • Over 150 free puzzles
  • Offline play
  • Ad-free experience
Features
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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 transforming the puzzles into interactive 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 are able to focus on using logic to narrow down the combinations and find a fitting arrangement. The puzzles come in a range of sizes and difficulties, to suit all levels of skill and puzzling purposes. Choose a small puzzle to idle away a minute or two while waiting in a queue, or a big puzzle to give your brain some exercise during a coffee break! Some reasons why you will enjoy playing Sumaddle: • 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

About

Puzzles

This comprehensive collection brings together 16 different logic puzzle games, offering over 126,000 unique levels. With adjustable difficulty and helpful features like an undo button and save progress, it provides endless brain-teasing challenges for all skill levels.

Highlights
  • 16 distinct puzzle games
  • Over 126,000 unique levels
  • Up to 6 difficulty levels per game
  • Day and night modes
  • Undo button
  • Save game progress
  • No ads
Features
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We’ve spent years developing and perfecting this puzzle app, bringing all of our games together into one comprehensive collection. With 129,588 unique levels, every puzzle has exactly one solution, and each game offers up to 6 difficulty levels to challenge players of all skill levels. Included puzzle games • Camping (12,000 levels) • Hidden Ships (12,000 levels) • Suguru (6,000 levels) • Futoshiki (12,000 levels) • Kropki (6,000 levels) • Binary (6,006 levels) • No Four in a Row (6,000 levels) • Sudoku (12,000 levels + 16×16 bonus SuperSudoku puzzles) • Sudoku X (12,000 levels) • Hexoku (3,000 levels) • Skyscrapers (10,178 levels) • Hashi (9,000 levels) • Train Tracks (6,000 levels) • Fences (6,000 levels) • Chainlink (4,200 levels) • Calcudoku (4,204 levels) • Slitherlink (3,000 levels) Features • No ads • 17 games in one app, each with up to 6 difficulty levels • 129,588 truly unique levels, each with a single solution • Optional game timer • Day and night modes • Undo button • Save game state and progress • Supports both portrait and landscape orientations This app reflects our commitment to delivering a polished, high-quality puzzle experience. Get ready to spend countless hours immersed in carefully designed logic challenges.

Screenshots

Sumaddle3 screens
Puzzles4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Sumaddle at Free against Puzzles's $12.99. Sumaddle also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (769 vs 32). Puzzles's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 15) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Sumaddle is free to download; Puzzles costs $12.99 up front. Sumaddle sells 15 one-off in-app purchases. Puzzles asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Sumaddle against 4.8 for Puzzles. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sumaddle has 769 ratings behind it against 32, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 95% of Sumaddle's written reviews are positive against 92% of Puzzles's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sumaddle ships an update every 3 weeks, Puzzles every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Sumaddle versus Puzzles: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSumaddlePuzzles
PriceFree — better$12.99
Rating4.9 (769 ratings) — better4.8 (32 ratings)
Positive reviews94.9% of reviews — better91.7% of reviews
Number of ratings769 — better32
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB41 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperJonathan BuchananAliaksandr Uvarau

Customer experience

Sumaddle

All ratings769 ratings
Positive98.3%
Neutral0.7%
Negative1.0%
Written reviews98 reviews
Positive94.9%
Neutral1.0%
Negative4.1%

Puzzles

All ratings26 ratings
Positive96.2%
Neutral3.8%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive91.7%
Neutral8.3%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and 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

Puzzles

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

15 purchases

Sumaddle

One-time15
  • 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
None

Puzzles

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sumaddle free?
Sumaddle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Puzzles free?
Puzzles costs $12.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sumaddle or Puzzles?
Sumaddle is rated higher. Sumaddle averages 4.9 out of 5 from 769 ratings, while Puzzles averages 4.8 from 32 ratings.
Do Sumaddle or Puzzles have ads?
Neither Sumaddle nor Puzzles shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sumaddle or Puzzles?
Sumaddle ships an update every 3 weeks, and Puzzles every 3 months. Most recently, Sumaddle was updated on October 24, 2026 and Puzzles on October 25, 2026.

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