Comparison

Klimt vs Sudoku Haven

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

Head to head
About

Klimt

Engage with Gustav Klimt's masterpieces through a digital jigsaw puzzle experience. Enjoy an intuitive interface with customizable options and varying difficulty levels. Learn about the artist and his works as you play.

Highlights
  • 45 Klimt paintings
  • 3 difficulty levels
  • Tile rotation options
  • Image preview
  • Magnifying glass tool
  • Customizable background and canvas
  • Painting descriptions and artist bio
Features
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Gustav Klimt is a giant of twentieth-century art and one of the great creative innovators of his time. Klimt Jigsaw Puzzle lets you rediscover Klimt's extraordinary body of work and see it in a new light. This app will bring you hours of delight thanks to its awesome and minimalist interface. It will bring you the best experience of doing jigsaw puzzles through carefully timed and non-intrusive animations.  You get 45 paintings to play in three difficulty levels: - easy: up to 16 pieces (iPhone), or 49 (iPad); - normal: up to 49 pieces (iPhone), or 81 (iPad); - hard: up to 81 pieces (iPhone), or 169 (iPad). Several options are available to suit your playing style: - tile rotation: manual, automatic, or no rotation at all; - image preview: you can hide/show it to help you complete the puzzle;   - levels of difficulty: 3 available (2 in free version); - magnifying glass: when the tiles are smaller a handy magnifying glass will help you see the details; - colours: you can customise the puzzle background and its canvas; - you can lock scrolling if you want to easily work on just a portion of the puzzle.  Furthermore, each painting is accompanied by a short description, so you know which painting you are looking at and you can also read Klimt's bio from within the app. If you feel you would like to see any feature added to this app, just get in touch and let us know!

About

Sudoku Haven

Enjoy a peaceful Sudoku experience with over 450,000 hand-graded puzzles, daily challenges, and 20 calming themes. Play offline with smart hints, built-in trainers, and progress tracking. Optional purchase removes ads and unlocks all features.

Highlights
  • 450,000+ hand-graded puzzles
  • Daily Challenge mode
  • 20 quiet themes
  • Offline play
  • Smart hints and trainers
  • Progress tracking and stats
  • Apple Watch and iMessage integration
Features
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Sudoku Haven is a calmer way to play Sudoku — 450,000+ hand-graded puzzles, a daily challenge, and 20 quiet themes, free and offline. It's a quiet place for your mind on iPhone and iPad, too: soft light, unhurried numbers, and room to breathe between moves. Every puzzle is hand-graded across five difficulties, from gentle Beginner grids to genuinely challenging Extreme. Play a fresh Daily Challenge every day, return to any puzzle in the archive, or generate endless random puzzles whenever you like. Everything is built to keep you in flow: • Smart hints that nudge you forward instead of handing you the answer • Notes, auto-candidates, and gentle highlighting that make tough puzzles approachable • Built-in trainers that teach real solving techniques — hidden singles, naked pairs, X-Wing, and more • 20 hand-tuned themes, light and dark — make the board truly yours • Stats, streaks, and stars that quietly track your progress • A relaxing brain workout you can play offline, with soothing music and soft sound No clutter, no pressure — just you and the next square. Sudoku Haven goes everywhere you do. Glance at the daily puzzle and your streak on your Apple Watch, and challenge a friend to a board right inside iMessage. Compare solve times on Game Center leaderboards, earn achievements, and keep everything in sync across iPhone and iPad with iCloud. A friendly head-to-head multiplayer mode is in mind, too — and the more players who find the Haven, the sooner it arrives. Free to play, with one optional purchase that removes ads and opens up everything. Find your calm and start solving.

Screenshots

Klimt4 screens
Sudoku Haven4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Sudoku Haven at 5.0 against Klimt's 4.0. Sudoku Haven also leads on device support (6 vs 3). Klimt's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.4). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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 Haven sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Klimt asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sudoku Haven holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Klimt ships an update every 2 weeks, Sudoku Haven every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Klimt versus Sudoku Haven: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKlimtSudoku Haven
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings23 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS9.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size61 MB193 MB
Age rating4+12+
Developersergio de simoneEmu WTF

Customer experience

Klimt

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

Sudoku Haven

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Klimt

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Sudoku Haven

One-time1
  • Premium Unlock$2.99

Questions

Is Klimt free?
Klimt is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sudoku Haven free?
Sudoku Haven is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Klimt or Sudoku Haven?
Sudoku Haven is rated higher. Klimt averages 4.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Sudoku Haven averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Klimt or Sudoku Haven have ads?
Both Klimt and Sudoku Haven show ads.
Which is updated more often, Klimt or Sudoku Haven?
Klimt ships an update every 2 weeks, and Sudoku Haven every 10 days. Most recently, Klimt was updated on November 3, 2026 and Sudoku Haven on October 31, 2026.

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