Comparison

Sudoku (No Limits) vs Passed Word

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 4 difficulty levels
  • 3 input modes
  • Pencil marks with auto fill/erase
  • Highlighting options
  • Intelligent hints
  • Online progress tracking
  • Real-time competitions
Features
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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

About

Passed Word

This game challenges players to collaboratively build a story, with each participant only seeing the previous turn's text. Once all players have contributed, the full, often surprising, narrative is revealed.

Highlights
  • Collaborative storytelling
  • Turn-based gameplay
  • Hidden previous text
  • Full story reveal
  • Multiplayer
Features
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Passed Word is a game of telephone storytelling. As they add to the story, each player can only see the text that was written the turn before. Once all rounds have been completed everyone can see the completed story.

Screenshots

Sudoku (No Limits)4 screens
Passed Word4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Passed Word at none against Sudoku (No Limits)'s 2. Passed Word also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 7 months). Sudoku (No Limits)'s advantage is ratings volume (8.4K vs 2). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Sudoku (No Limits) sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 3 months. Passed Word asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Passed Word holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sudoku (No Limits) has 8.4K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sudoku (No Limits) ships an update every 7 months, Passed Word every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Sudoku (No Limits) versus Passed Word: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSudoku (No Limits)Passed Word
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (8.4K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews93.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings8.4K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.616.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developergenina.comCase of Bolts LLC

Customer experience

Sudoku (No Limits)

All ratings8,407 ratings
Positive97.4%
Neutral1.4%
Negative1.2%
Written reviews1,829 reviews
Positive93.4%
Neutral3.1%
Negative3.4%

Passed Word

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Sudoku (No Limits)

Subscriptions2
  • Ad-free quarterly$0.993 Months
  • Ad-free yearly$2.991 Year
None

Passed Word

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sudoku (No Limits) free?
Sudoku (No Limits) is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Passed Word free?
Passed Word is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sudoku (No Limits) or Passed Word?
Passed Word is rated higher. Sudoku (No Limits) averages 4.8 out of 5 from 8.4K ratings, while Passed Word averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Sudoku (No Limits) or Passed Word have ads?
Sudoku (No Limits) shows ads; Passed Word does not.
Which is updated more often, Sudoku (No Limits) or Passed Word?
Sudoku (No Limits) ships an update every 7 months, and Passed Word every 3 days. Most recently, Sudoku (No Limits) was updated on October 14, 2026 and Passed Word on October 7, 2026.

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