Comparison

Wordrows 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

Wordrows

Engage in exciting word games with friends, challenging them to guess words you pick or from a curated list. Explore five distinct game modes, each offering unique rules and engaging challenges for varied gameplay.

Highlights
  • Play word games with friends
  • Challenge friends with custom words
  • App-selected word bank (800+ words)
  • 5 different game modes
  • Unique rules and challenges per mode
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Word games can now be played between friends! Challenge your buddies with a word of your choosing, or let the app pick a word from a bank of over 800 unique words! Pick between 5 different game modes with unique rules and challenges!

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

Wordrows3 screens
Sudoku Haven4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Sudoku Haven at 5.0 against Wordrows's 4.0. Sudoku Haven also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and device support (6 vs 3). Wordrows's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 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. Wordrows sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Sudoku Haven sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

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 — 7 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Wordrows's written reviews are positive against 100% of Sudoku Haven's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Wordrows ships an update weekly, Sudoku Haven every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Wordrows versus Sudoku Haven: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWordrowsSudoku Haven
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (7 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings7 — better3
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 10 days
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS14.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB193 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperNicholas GiarraputoEmu WTF

Customer experience

Wordrows

All ratings7 ratings
Positive71.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative28.6%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Sudoku Haven

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

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Wordrows

One-time2
  • Remove Ads$0.99
  • Wordrows Pro$1.99
1 purchases

Sudoku Haven

One-time1
  • Premium Unlock$2.99

Questions

Is Wordrows free?
Wordrows is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sudoku Haven free?
Sudoku Haven is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Wordrows or Sudoku Haven?
Sudoku Haven is rated higher. Wordrows averages 4.0 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Sudoku Haven averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Wordrows or Sudoku Haven have ads?
Both Wordrows and Sudoku Haven show ads.
Which is updated more often, Wordrows or Sudoku Haven?
Wordrows ships an update weekly, and Sudoku Haven every 10 days. Most recently, Wordrows was updated on October 14, 2026 and Sudoku Haven on October 6, 2026.

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