Comparison

Cool Sudoku & Cool Puzzles vs Sudoku Mega Bundle

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

Head to head
About

Cool Sudoku & Cool Puzzles

Engage your mind with a diverse collection of logic puzzles including various Sudoku types, Kakuro, and Word Search. Enjoy daily competitions, a story mode with progressing levels, and expertly graded puzzles with guaranteed single solutions. Save your progress and pencil marks across all puzzle types.

Highlights
  • Multiple Sudoku variants
  • Kakuro and Word Search puzzles
  • Daily competitions and leaderboards
  • Story mode with levels
  • Expertly graded puzzles
  • Save progress and pencil marks
Features
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You can now play Sudoku, Killer Sudoku, Jigsaw Sudoku, Kakuro,Mini Sudoku, Sudoku X, Hitori, Nurikabe and Futoshiki from the one application, and now Word Search !! Story mode lets you explore puzzles, 50 levels at the moment but more will be coming. In order to be able to save story mode you are asked to sign in before you can play them. Our puzzles are published worldwide including the Daily Telegraph, Chicago Tribune and LA Times. All our puzzles are expertly graded and we guarantee that there is only one solution. Our puzzles can be solved using logical methods with no guesswork required. We run a daily competition for each puzzle type and you can submit your completed entry and view your position on our daily leader board. You can practice Sudoku puzzles by choosing from our graded puzzles - Gentle, Moderate, Tough and Diabolical. With both the Daily puzzles and the Practice Puzzles, we save your progress as you go, stopping the clock as you exit. All pencil marks are saved when you exit. The display is clear and easy to read and you can also display possibles for any cell. You can enter pencil marks for all puzzle types. Pencil marks are saved when you exit the application or receive a phone call.

About

Sudoku Mega Bundle

Explore hundreds of unique Sudoku variations beyond the classic grid. Challenge yourself with diverse puzzle types, difficulty levels, and helpful tools. Enjoy customizable gameplay and track your progress with leaderboards and achievements.

Highlights
  • Hundreds of unique Sudoku variations
  • Multiple difficulty levels
  • Hints and smart notes
  • Savepoint functionality
  • Zoom and customization options
  • Leaderboards and achievements
Features
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Hundreds of unique sudoku varations!!! Including: Killer, Jigsaw, Skyscrapers, 16x16, Samurai, Kropki, Word, Duplex and many more! • Easy, Medium, Hard and Expert difficulties for every game type! • Tons of puzzles guarenteed to have only one solution! • Hints to help when you're stuck, or automatically fill all notes! • Create Savepoints for when you want to make a guess! • Smart notes are automatically removed when placing another cell's correct number! • Easy note taking! Select multiple cells at once! • Zoom in and out of any puzzle to see the numbers better! • Leaderboard and achievements! • Completely customize the game's appearance to your liking! • Current Game Types: 0-9 2-3-4 3D 3D Bishop 3D Black Knight 4-5 4x4 6x6 8x8 10x10 12x12 16x16 16x16 X 37 123 147 12345 Anti Knight Anti Knight Boxless Anti White Knight Jigsaw Anti X Anti X Boxless Ascension Asterisk Atypical Atypical Fractures Big Killer Binary Bishop Black Knight Blackout Blind Killer Boxless Boxless Frame Boxless Pseudoku Brick Butterfly Centers Circular Circular 10 Circular Box Clock Color Columndoku Compressed Consecutive Cross Cube Cube Bishop Cube Black Knight Cube White Knight Deficit Dependency Diamond Digital Disjointed Disjointed Irregular Double Double Cell Double Cube Double Cube Bishop Double Cube Black Knight Double Line Double Ring Doubledoku Doubledoku Bishop Doubledoku Black Knight Doubledoku White Knight Duplex Difference Duplex Plex Duplex Sum Even Extra Space Extra Staircase Flower Fortress Fractured Bridge Fractured Spiral Fractured Staircase Fractured Target Fractured Web Fractures Frame Gattai 3 Gattai 3 Mix NPS Gattai 4 Gattai 4 Mix AMDE Greater Than Greater Than Killer Greater Than Killer Samurai Greater Than Samurai Heptagram Hexadoku Hexagon Hexagram Hexagram Bishop Hexagram Black Knight Hexagram White Knight Isodoku Isodoku Black Knight Isosudoku Jigsaw Jigsaw 6x6 Jigsaw Cube Jigsaw Skyscrapers Killer Killer 16x16 Killer Jigsaw Killer Modulo Killer Parity Killer Product Killer Samurai Killer Skyscrapers Kropki Kropki 16x16 Krychle Krychle 9x9 Layers 4x4x4 Layers 6x6x6 Lean Box Lean Cross Lean Gear Lean Patch Lean Wheel Lean Windoku Little Killer Lucky Seven Mathdoku Min Max Missing Musketry No Touch Nonconsecutive Nonconsecutive Boxless Nonconsecutive Circular Odd Odd Even Big Small Odd Even Big Small Boxless Outside Outside Boxless Palindrome Parquet Block Parquet Block Boxless Parquet Square Parquet Twist Pencil Mark Pentagram Pseudoku Quadruple Quadruple Boxless Queen Regular Samurai Samurai 9-Grid Samurai 9-Grid Kropki Samurai 13-Grid Kropki Samurai 16-Grid Kropki Samurai Kropki Samurai Mix WKSOT Samurai Mix XKJFO Sandwich Scatter Scatter 6x6 Search Nine Search Nine Boxless Sensei Sigma Sigma Circle Skyscrapers Snowflake Snowflake X Sohei Staircase Star Subtwodoku Subtwodoku 6x6 Suguru 5x5 Suguru 6x6 Suguru 7x7 Suguru 8x8 Suguru 9x9 Surplus Swap Symbol Tape Thermo Threedoku Threedoku Mix CFM Tight Fit Touchless Triangle Tricky Tridoku Trinary Triple Triple Mix SVQ Tripledoku Tripledoku Mix OGS Twin Boxes Twodoku Vudoku White Knight White Knight Jigsaw White Knight X Windmill Windoku Wing 3 Wing 5 Word X

Screenshots

Cool Sudoku & Cool Puzzles4 screens
Sudoku Mega Bundle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Sudoku Mega Bundle at 4.8 against Cool Sudoku & Cool Puzzles's 2.2. Sudoku Mega Bundle also leads on review sentiment (78% vs 36%) and ratings volume (2.9K vs 41). Cool Sudoku & Cool Puzzles's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

Both are free to download. Cool Sudoku & Cool Puzzles sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Sudoku Mega Bundle sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sudoku Mega Bundle holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sudoku Mega Bundle has 2.9K ratings behind it against 41, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 36% of Cool Sudoku & Cool Puzzles's written reviews are positive against 78% of Sudoku Mega Bundle's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cool Sudoku & Cool Puzzles ships an update every 9 days, Sudoku Mega Bundle every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Cool Sudoku & Cool Puzzles versus Sudoku Mega Bundle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCool Sudoku & Cool PuzzlesSudoku Mega Bundle
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.2 (41 ratings)4.8 (2.9K ratings) — better
Positive reviews35.8% of reviews78.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings412.9K — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS9.3 — better17.1
Further details — not scored
Size92 MB94 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperSplash Software Ltd.GammaLateral LLC

Customer experience

Cool Sudoku & Cool Puzzles

All ratings36 ratings
Positive25.0%
Neutral8.3%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews212 reviews
Positive35.8%
Neutral13.7%
Negative50.5%

Sudoku Mega Bundle

All ratings2,889 ratings
Positive96.6%
Neutral2.1%
Negative1.3%
Written reviews141 reviews
Positive78.0%
Neutral7.1%
Negative14.9%

User reviews

Cool Sudoku & Cool Puzzles

From 41 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Daily puzzles
  • 👍 Variety of puzzle types
  • 🎮 Enjoyable gameplay
  • 💰 Good value for money

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Puzzles not updating daily
  • 🐛 Puzzles disappearing or resetting
  • 🐛 Bugs and glitches
  • 🤖 Auto-fill issues
  • 👎 Recent UI changes not well received

Sudoku Mega Bundle

From 2.9K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Variety of games
  • 👍 Customizable options
  • 🚀 Challenging puzzles
  • 👍 User-friendly interface

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Bugs and glitches
  • 💸 Intrusive ads
  • 🔒 Locked difficulty levels
  • 🔒 Inability to close ads

Bugs and requests

Cool Sudoku & Cool Puzzles

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Daily puzzles not updating
  • Puzzles disappearing or resetting
  • Inability to switch between pencil and pen modes
  • App crashing or closing unexpectedly
  • Incorrect puzzle generation (e.g., duplicate numbers)

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to report issues or bugs
  • Option to revert to previous UI
  • Undo/redo functionality
  • Ability to save progress on puzzles
  • More practice puzzles

Sudoku Mega Bundle

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App crashes after update
  • Ads causing game to freeze or redirect
  • Incorrect puzzle solutions
  • Pencil marks not working as expected

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to input game seed
  • Option to turn off zoom
  • Ability to modify color of lines in Killer Sudoku
  • Addition of 6x6 Killer Sudoku
  • Ability to take notes in pencil mode without errors

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Cool Sudoku & Cool Puzzles

One-time4
  • Hitori Puzzle$0.99
  • Nurikabe Daily and Practise$0.99
  • Nurikabe Puzzle$0.99
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  • Futoshiki Puzzle$0.99
3 purchases

Sudoku Mega Bundle

Subscriptions1
  • Remove Ads$1.991 Month
One-time2
  • Get 20 Hints$0.99
  • Get 50 Hints$1.99

Questions

Is Cool Sudoku & Cool Puzzles free?
Cool Sudoku & Cool Puzzles is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sudoku Mega Bundle free?
Sudoku Mega Bundle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Cool Sudoku & Cool Puzzles or Sudoku Mega Bundle?
Sudoku Mega Bundle is rated higher. Cool Sudoku & Cool Puzzles averages 2.2 out of 5 from 41 ratings, while Sudoku Mega Bundle averages 4.8 from 2.9K ratings.
Do Cool Sudoku & Cool Puzzles or Sudoku Mega Bundle have ads?
Sudoku Mega Bundle shows ads; Cool Sudoku & Cool Puzzles does not.
Which is updated more often, Cool Sudoku & Cool Puzzles or Sudoku Mega Bundle?
Cool Sudoku & Cool Puzzles ships an update every 9 days, and Sudoku Mega Bundle every 2 months. Most recently, Cool Sudoku & Cool Puzzles was updated on November 6, 2026 and Sudoku Mega Bundle on November 6, 2026.

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