Comparison

Sudoku vs Strategery

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

Head to head
About

Sudoku

Engage in a classic logic puzzle experience with a vast collection of unique challenges. Enjoy multiple difficulty levels, helpful tools, and the ability to track your progress and compete with friends. Solve puzzles anytime, anywhere, with features designed to enhance your gameplay.

Highlights
  • 1000 unique puzzles
  • Four skill levels
  • Show incorrect answers
  • Smart buttons and notes
  • Challenge a friend
  • Hints and 'All notes' feature
  • Pause and resume gameplay
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Join over 21,000,000 of our fans and download one of our Sudoku games today! Makers of the Best Sudoku Game of 2008, Sudoku (Free), we offer you the best selling Sudoku game for iPhone with great features and 1000 unique puzzles! Sudoku will give you many hours of fun and puzzle solving. Enjoy the challenge of solving Sudoku puzzles whenever or wherever you are using your iPhone or iPod Touch. OPTIONS All options are on by default, but you can turn them off in the Options menu • Show Incorrect :: Shows incorrect answers in red. • Smart Buttons :: Disables the number button when that number is completed on the game board. • Smart Notes :: Removes the number from the notes in the box, column, and row that contains the cell with your correct answer. FEATURES • 1000 unique handcrafted puzzles • ALL puzzles solvable WITHOUT guessing • Four different skill levels • Challenge a friend • Multiple color schemes • "ALL notes": tap the "All notes" button on to show all the possible answers for each square. Tap the "All notes" button off to remove the notes. • Hints: shows the answer for the selected square or a random square when one is not selected • Pause the game at any time and resume where you left off • Best times, progress statistics, and much more Do you want more? Try one of our other versions of sudoku which have all the same great features! * Try Color Sudoku for a fun twist to solving sudoku puzzles. * For advanced puzzle solving, try Expert Sudoku to challenge your sudoku solving skills.

About

Strategery

Engage in a rapid world domination game on your iOS device. Compete against AI or friends in strategic battles with customizable options and randomly generated maps for endless replayability.

Highlights
  • Offensive and defensive strategy gameplay
  • Play for short or long sessions
  • Four difficulty settings
  • Online battles with matchmaking
  • Pass-and-play multiplayer
  • Automatically saves games
  • Randomly generated maps
  • Customizable gameplay options
Features
Currently charting
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Dominate the world. One blob at a time. World domination isn't a very fashionable ambition these days, but that doesn't mean you can't pretend. Strategery is a battle between your pegs and the green, orange, blue, and red blobs that dare to stand in your way. It's also a little bit of App Store history. Strategery first launched in 2008, back when the App Store was barely a few months old. Macworld named it the Best Strategy Game of 2009. Slate called it their latest iPhone gaming habit. Daring Fireball said the gameplay had a great feel. And a Macworld reviewer named Lex Friedman wrote that there was no game he played on his iPhone more. That reviewer now makes Strategery. Life is funny. HOW IT'S PLAYED The world is made of blobs. Every blob holds pegs — your pegs, ideally. Pick a blob you own, point at a neighboring blob you don't, and roll. More pegs, better odds. Win the roll and the blob changes color. Lose it and, well, you still have your other blobs. Keep going until the whole map is your color and everyone else is looking for the rematch button. Your turn, your dice, your questionable decisions Bigger stacks of pegs win more rolls. Usually. Every blob you hold earns you more pegs Last color standing dominates the world. Politely. THREE WAYS TO CONQUER Solo: Play against the computer. It has no friends, no feelings, and no plans this evening. It will happily lose to you all night. (Or not. You choose how clever it gets to be.) Online: Play against your friends. Take turns from wherever you are. A push notification lets you know when it's your move, or when someone has done something regrettable to your blobs. Pass and play: One phone, one couch, several rivals. Hand it over, let them try, and try not to gloat. CLASSIC OR CHAOS Classic is the game you remember: dice, blobs, and your own poor judgment. Chaos adds starred blobs. Capture one and the wheel spins. Your conquest has consequences. Either way, you pick how much world there is to dominate. A WAR WITH NO CASUALTIES Blobs don't bleed. Pegs don't feel pain. Nothing explodes, nobody gets hurt, and the only thing that ever gets conquered is a colorful shape on a map. Somebody's pride may be wounded when you take their last blob, but that's between the two of you. For iPhone and iPad. Contains no violence, several dice, a healthy number of blobs, and a reasonable amount of whimsy. Strategery was originally designed by Sumul Shah, Courtland Idstrom, and Peter Ju. This version comes from Lex Friedman, who is one person and would be delighted by a rating or review. It's not strategy. It's Strategery.

Screenshots

Sudoku4 screens
Strategery4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Sudoku at 4.6 against Strategery's 3.9. Sudoku also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and review sentiment (94% vs 68%). Strategery's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 3 months) and chart position (#138 vs unranked). On 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

Sudoku costs $2.99 and Strategery $4.99 up front. Strategery sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Sudoku asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sudoku holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 585 and 342 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 94% of Sudoku's written reviews are positive against 68% of Strategery's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sudoku ships an update every 3 months, Strategery daily. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Sudoku versus Strategery: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSudokuStrategery
Price$2.99 — better$4.99
Rating4.6 (585 ratings) — better3.9 (342 ratings)
Positive reviews94.1% of reviews — better68.0% of reviews
Number of ratings585 — better342
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#138 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB53 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMighty Mighty Good GamesLex Friedman

Customer experience

Sudoku

All ratings585 ratings
Positive89.4%
Neutral3.4%
Negative7.2%
Written reviews322 reviews
Positive94.1%
Neutral3.1%
Negative2.8%

Strategery

All ratings342 ratings
Positive71.6%
Neutral2.6%
Negative25.7%
Written reviews485 reviews
Positive68.0%
Neutral7.2%
Negative24.7%

User reviews

Sudoku

From 585 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Excellent app
  • 🚀 Great game
  • 💡 Customizable options
  • 👍 User-friendly interface
  • 👍 Simple and straightforward

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Repetitive puzzles
  • 💡 Need more puzzles/levels
  • 💡 Wish for more color schemes
  • 🐛 Some expert puzzles require guessing

Strategery

From 342 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Online play
  • 💡 Challenging gameplay
  • 👍 Simple and addictive
  • 👍 Great strategy game
  • 👍 Excellent game

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and bugs
  • 🔋 Battery draining
  • 🔒 Online play issues
  • 🔒 Cannot create account
  • 🔒 Multiplayer not working

Bugs and requests

Sudoku

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions
  • Difficulty level mislabeling

Requested features

4 requests
  • More puzzles and levels
  • Additional color scheme options
  • Ability to replay previous puzzles
  • Improved timer functionality

Strategery

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Game freezes when opponent is eliminated
  • Armies disappear after switching apps
  • Cannot log in or create account
  • Game crashes on newer iOS versions

Requested features

8 requests
  • Pinch to zoom for maps
  • More map options and sizes
  • Ability to redeploy armies
  • Online multiplayer with random opponents
  • Ability to play more than 2 players online
Show 3 more
  • Stats and leaderboards
  • Automatic army placement option
  • Ability to skip replay at end of game

In-app purchases

None

Sudoku

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Strategery

One-time2
  • $3 tip$2.99
  • War Chest$9.99

Questions

Is Sudoku free?
Sudoku costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Strategery free?
Strategery costs $4.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sudoku or Strategery?
Sudoku is rated higher. Sudoku averages 4.6 out of 5 from 585 ratings, while Strategery averages 3.9 from 342 ratings.
Do Sudoku or Strategery have ads?
Neither Sudoku nor Strategery shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sudoku or Strategery?
Sudoku ships an update every 3 months, and Strategery daily. Most recently, Sudoku was updated on October 17, 2026 and Strategery on October 16, 2026.

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