Sudoku (No Limits) vs Sudoku HD SE
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sudoku (No Limits)
This app offers a digital Sudoku experience with multiple difficulty levels and input modes. It includes features like pencil marks, intelligent hints, and auto-saving, allowing you to track progress and compete with others online.
- 4 difficulty levels
- 3 input modes
- Pencil marks with auto fill/erase
- Highlighting options
- Intelligent hints
- Online progress tracking
- Real-time competitions
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Sudoku with no limits: every level, every feature, every puzzle – yours from the start. Pick your challenge – Easy, Medium, Hard or Extreme – and solve with an interface that keeps every tool a tap away. Interrupted? Just leave: your puzzle is saved exactly as you left it. Want to see how you compare? Upload your results, check the top scores, or join the weekly Sudoku competition. Features: * 4 difficulty levels: Easy, Medium, Hard, Extreme * Custom mode: enter any puzzle and solve it in the same familiar interface * 3 input modes: "Digit first", "Cell first" or pop-up * Pencil marks (notes) with automatic fill and erase * Highlighting of the selected digit, plus crosshairs for the current row, column and box * Digit counts show how many of each digit are placed * Smart hints that use logic only – never guesses * Two levels of automatic error checking * Unlimited undo and redo * Night and Day modes * Auto-save * Plays offline – no internet needed to solve * Works on iPhone and iPad * Online results, top scores, history and real-time competitions Free with ads. Prefer no ads? An optional ad-free subscription is available in the app. Questions or suggestions? Contact us at sudoku@genina.com. Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Genina-135806803144543 Follow us on X: @GeninaDotCom Or visit us online: http://www.genina.com/apps/sudoku/ Enjoy! PS The use of this application is governed by the standard Apple Terms of Use (EULA) located here - https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/, and is subject to our Privacy Policy located here - http://www.genina.com/pages/privacy/privacy.jsf
Sudoku HD SE
Engage in hours of fun with a classic number puzzle game. Offers unique puzzles across various styles and skill levels, with helpful tools to aid your strategy and track progress. Challenge friends or play at your own pace.
- Unique handcrafted puzzles
- Four skill levels
- Multiple color schemes
- Show incorrect answers
- Smart buttons and notes
- Progress statistics
- Email challenges to friends
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With four different skill levels, Sudoku HD SE will give you many hours of fun and puzzle solving. Enjoy the challenge of solving Sudoku puzzles whenever or wherever you are using your iPad. Try your luck or test your strategy to improve your best times. FEATURES * Unique handcrafted puzzles * Assortment of puzzles in different styles: standard, symmetrical and patterned * Four different skill levels * Multiple color schemes * Show Incorrect :: Shows incorrect answer in red * Multiple Notes :: for each answer square * 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 that cell with your correct answer * Best Times, Progress statistics * Send an email challenge to a friend so they can try to beat your best time on a puzzle * Pause the game at any time and resume where you left off * And much more
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sudoku HD SE at none against Sudoku (No Limits)'s 2. Sudoku HD SE also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.6). Sudoku (No Limits)'s advantage is ratings volume (8.5K vs 174) and update cadence (every 7 months vs every 29 months). On price, rating, review sentiment 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
Both are free to download. Sudoku (No Limits) sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 3 months. Sudoku HD SE asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Sudoku (No Limits) against 4.8 for Sudoku HD SE. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sudoku (No Limits) has 8.5K ratings behind it against 174, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 93% of Sudoku (No Limits)'s written reviews are positive against 87% of Sudoku HD SE's.
Sudoku (No Limits) ships an update every 7 months, Sudoku HD SE every 29 months. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sudoku (No Limits) | Sudoku HD SE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (8.5K ratings) | 4.8 (174 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 93.4% of reviews — better | 87.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8.5K — better | 174 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months — better | Every 29 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | genina.com | Mighty Mighty Good Games |
Customer experience
Sudoku (No Limits)
Sudoku HD SE
Bugs and requests
Sudoku (No Limits)
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Sudoku HD SE
Reported bugs
2 issues- 🐛 Accidentally hitting hint button
- 🐛 Flashing/jumping advertisements (older reviews)
Requested features
3 requests- More variety within skill levels
- Add more games to the library
- Bring back older/full screen version
In-app purchases
Sudoku (No Limits)
- Ad-free quarterly$0.993 Months
- Ad-free yearly$2.991 Year
Sudoku HD SE
No in-app purchases
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