Comparison

Vlobs vs Calm Sudoku

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

Head to head
About

Vlobs

A relaxing arcade puzzle game where players connect colorful blobs to score points. Discover new mechanics, multipliers, and unlockable game modes as you progress. Enjoy satisfying gameplay with personal and online high scores.

Highlights
  • Connect colorful blobs
  • Arcade puzzle gameplay
  • Unlockable game modes
  • Personal and online leaderboards
  • Increasing complexity levels
  • Satisfying and addictive gameplay
Features
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Vlobs is a relaxing casual arcade puzzle game where you build groups of colorful blobs (vlobs) that connect to each other. Figure out the mechanics and see how many points you can score before you fill up the board. Get far enough and you'll encounter new mechanics, combo multipliers, mysterious powers and maybe even unlock a second game mode. Features: - Nice connecting colorful blobs, sometimes with dots on them. - Satisfying and (mildly) addictive gameplay. - Sound and music. - Your own personal highscore! - Multiple levels with increasing complexity and a few surprises. - Unlockable second game mode. - 8 unlockable challenges with different mechanics and goals. - No ads, no microstransactions.

About

Calm Sudoku

Enjoy classic logic puzzles in a peaceful environment. Offers daily challenges and a large library of puzzles with honest difficulty levels. Designed for privacy with no ads, subscriptions, or tracking.

Highlights
  • Daily new puzzles
  • Generous starter library
  • Three honest difficulty levels
  • Pencil notes with auto-cleanup
  • Undo, erase, and conflict highlighting
  • Warm light and dark themes
  • Full VoiceOver support
Features
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Calm Sudoku is a quiet place to play. One-time purchase. No ads. No subscriptions. No accounts. No tracking. Just Sudoku — offline, on your iPhone and iPad. A new daily puzzle every day, free forever, plus a generous starter library to work through at your own pace. Unlock the complete catalog once and keep every puzzle, including everything added in future updates. THREE HONEST DIFFICULTIES Easy, Moderate, and Challenging — each tuned by the solving techniques it actually requires, so the levels feel genuinely distinct. EVERYTHING YOU NEED, NOTHING YOU DON'T - Pencil notes with automatic cleanup - Undo, erase, and duplicate-conflict highlighting - Check and reveal when you want a hand - Fill in all notes to skip the bookkeeping - Best times and a simple history BUILT TO FEEL QUIET - A dominant board and calm, restrained controls - Warm light and dark themes - No lives, no streak pressure, no notification nagging - An optional daily note when today's puzzle is ready — off unless you turn it on ACCESSIBLE BY DESIGN - Full VoiceOver support - Dynamic Type - Reduce Motion - Hardware keyboard input on iPad - Adaptive iPhone and iPad layouts PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Everything stays on your device — Data Not Collected. Your purchase restores across your devices through your Apple ID. Download free, play the daily forever, and unlock the rest whenever you like.

Screenshots

Vlobs4 screens
Calm Sudoku4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Calm Sudoku at Free against Vlobs's $2.99. Calm Sudoku also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 weeks). Vlobs's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On rating, ratings volume, 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

Calm Sudoku is free to download; Vlobs costs $2.99 up front. Calm Sudoku sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Vlobs asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Vlobs against 5.0 for Calm Sudoku. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 5 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Vlobs ships an update every 3 weeks, Calm Sudoku every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Vlobs versus Calm Sudoku: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVlobsCalm Sudoku
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (6 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size93 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLost MindsAnas Bouzoubaa

Customer experience

Vlobs

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Calm Sudoku

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Vlobs

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Calm Sudoku

One-time1
  • The Complete Library$4.99

Questions

Is Vlobs free?
Vlobs costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Calm Sudoku free?
Calm Sudoku is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Vlobs or Calm Sudoku?
Vlobs and Calm Sudoku are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 6 and 5 ratings respectively.
Do Vlobs or Calm Sudoku have ads?
Neither Vlobs nor Calm Sudoku shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Vlobs or Calm Sudoku?
Vlobs ships an update every 3 weeks, and Calm Sudoku every 8 days. Most recently, Vlobs was updated on October 6, 2026 and Calm Sudoku on October 24, 2026.

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