Kakuro u vs West Wing Escape
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kakuro u
Engage in a classic math logic puzzle game that offers a challenging and addictive experience. Explore a vast number of puzzles with unique features designed for daily brain training or relaxation. Progress through difficulty levels and master complex number combinations.
- Unlimited Kakuro puzzles
- Puzzle generator
- Bookmark and 'Ball of String' function
- Combo calculator
- Color-coded entries
- Multiple hint types
- Six difficulty levels and board sizes
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The most powerful and feature rich mobile Kakuro game available. (Smartphone Magazine - Best Number Puzzle Game Winner 2007, 2008) Ready for a new challenge? Kakuro, also known as cross sums, is similar to Sudoku but with an additional twist. It is the latest craze to come from the land of the rising sun. Infact it's a bigger hit in Japan than SuDoku ! Similar rules and just as addictive... V3 Features a Brand New Puzzle Generator - All puzzles guaranteed to be solvable by logic alone. Kakuro is our mathematics and logic puzzle game that includes many unique features. Ideal for daily brain training or relaxation. "As the Kakuro puzzles get more advanced, the Mastersoft tools supplied are extremely clever and really help. If you like logic puzzles, I recommend Mastersoft’s ingenious implementation of this game." - Smartphone Magazine Features: Unlimited kakuros. * Many Unique Mastersoft Features including the ability to set bookmarks (or flags) during the game, which allows you to explore possible solutions and quickly get back to a known starting point if it doesn't work out using the 'Ball of String' function. Includes a uniques 'combo calcuator' which quickly shows you potential number combinations for each sequence in the puzzle. Ball of String, Flag Trail, combo calc and more ... Work your way up from Beginner to Kakuro Master ! Cool scoring system. Easily the most powerful Kakuro / Cross Sums game for iPhone. Enter your working out. Choose from a full pallette to color code your entries which with multiple undos makes it easy to try different solution strategies.. Various types of hint such including: 1. Naked Singles 2. Unique Combos 3. Suggest a Cell 4. Suggest a value and many more ... Six levels of difficulty from 'Simple' to "Kakuro Master" . Six board sizes. Unique gameplay with increasing difficulty. Designed with the help of over 100 Kakuro Players. Plays the way you want it to ! Built in timer. Rating. Advanced statistics. and Lots, lots more! >- EULA Agreement: http://www.mastersoftmobilesolutions.com/eula.htm Privacy policy: http://www.mastersoftmobilesolutions.com/privacy.htm About our auto-renewal subscriptions: All subscriptions are related to our Kakuro Pro service. See "What's Included" for more details. Service prices depend on the length of service purchased as shown on the purchase buttons. You can currently subscribe for 1 month. Payment will be charged to your iTunes account upon confirmation of purchase. Your subscription will be automatically renewed unless automatic renewal is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period and the cost of renewal will be shown. You can manage your subscriptions, and auto-renewal can be turned off if you go to your account settings after purchase.
West Wing Escape
Embark on a thrilling escape from the West Wing in this adventure game. Solve puzzles and explore the virtual environment to find your way out intact. Designed for iPhone and iPad, it blends classic adventure gameplay with a graphic novel style.
- Escape room gameplay
- Graphic novel style
- Virtual exploration
- Puzzle solving
- iPhone and iPad compatible
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After having escaped the White House, you now find yourself in the Oval Office. But this time your mission is simple - Escape the West Wing. You must use whatever you can find in our virtual West Wing to make it out intact! West Wing Escape is a cross between a classic adventure game and a graphic novel. The adventure game is designed for both the iPad and the iPhone family of devices, featuring all original comics designed by me. Explore the game today, try the first level for free. After that, a single modest purchase ($2.99) will unlock the whole game for your adventuring pleasure. But either way I hope you enjoy trying to Escape the West Wing! (Game hints, if needed, are available for free on the website.)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: West Wing Escape at 100% against Kakuro u's 44%. West Wing Escape also leads on ads (none vs shown). Kakuro u's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 3.5) and ratings volume (303 vs 6). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Kakuro u sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and West Wing Escape sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Kakuro u holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Kakuro u has 303 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 44% of Kakuro u's written reviews are positive against 100% of West Wing Escape's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Kakuro u ships an update every 3 weeks, West Wing Escape every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kakuro u | West Wing Escape |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (303 ratings) — better | 3.5 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 43.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 303 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.1 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 168 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Mastersoft | Greg Chaffins |
Customer experience
Kakuro u
West Wing Escape
Bugs and requests
Kakuro u
Reported bugs
5 issues- Glitchy, crashes often
- Doesn't work on iOS 8
- Doesn't work anymore after updates
- Buttons don't respond
- Loses progress when app is interrupted
Requested features
3 requests- Easier way to mark the board and rewind to an earlier mark
- Dark mode option
- More hints for beginners
West Wing Escape
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Kakuro u
- Monthly Pro Subscription$1.991 Month
- Purchase Kakuro Outright$2.99
West Wing Escape
- Unlock Full Game$2.99
Questions
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