Comparison

Sudoku vs MultiSudoku

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

Head to head
About

Sudoku

Engage your mind with this classic Japanese logic puzzle. Offers multiple difficulty levels, customizable backgrounds, and unique emoji number options. Track progress and compete with others.

Highlights
  • Four difficulty settings
  • Customizable background colors
  • Emoji number option
  • Duplicate highlighting
  • Unlimited Undo/Redo
  • Autosave functionality
  • Leaderboards and achievements
  • Note-taking feature
Features
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Train your brain anytime—and anywhere—with Sudoku :), the classic Japanese logic puzzle game. Playing Sudoku on your mobile device is fun & easy! Now you can take your favorite Japanese game wherever you go. Give your mind a workout with advanced difficulty, or play easier levels to exercise your brain. The Sudoku :) app offers access to many fun features. Game features: ● Play Sudoku games with four different difficulty settings: Easy, Medium, Hard & Expert ● Personalize your gameplay with custom background colors ● Switch numbers to emojis for a fun new way to play ● Highlight duplicates to avoid repeating numbers in rows, columns & blocks ● Use unlimited Undo & Redo actions ● Stop & resume the game anytime with Autosave ● Track your scores & completion times against top Sudoku players with leaderboards and achievements ● Keep track of possible numbers in the grid with Note-taking ● See your progress with Logic Puzzles Completed and Top Completion Times With user-friendly boards, this Sudoku puzzle game is rated one of the top brain games. Whether you are new to this classic puzzle game or you’ve been playing for years, give yourself a fun & challenging game experience with Sudoku :) everywhere you go. Download Sudoku :) on your iPhone & iPad today We hope you enjoy playing Sudoku :) Questions or feedback, please email us at contact@maplemedia.io for fast & friendly support. Brought to you by Maple Media. Visit us at https://maplemedia.io. Terms of Service and Subscription Terms: https://maplemedia.io/terms-of-service/ Privacy Policy: https://maplemedia.io/privacy/ - Level up your Sudoku experience with the Sudoku Membership subscription! Enjoy Ad-free game play, customize with unique backgrounds and mix it up with the new Emoji grid! - Once subscribed, payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase if you subscribe - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period - Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the subscription's renewal - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase.

About

MultiSudoku

This app offers a variety of challenging Sudoku puzzles with different overlapping grid configurations. It provides a no-ads gaming experience with features to help track progress and sharpen logic skills. Enjoy hours of intellectual challenge with continuously updating content.

Highlights
  • Multiple Samurai Sudoku variations
  • Progress previews for all puzzles
  • Weekly bonus free puzzle
  • No ads
  • Unlimited hints and undo
  • Dark Mode support
  • iCloud backup and restore
Features
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Play six different Samurai Sudoku variations in a single app! Start with the easier 2-Grid puzzles and advance all the way to the huge challenging 8-Grid puzzles. Each variation has a different overlapping grid configuration and provides a unique twist of brain challenging logic. With its diverse variations and straightforward no-frills game design, MultiSudoku brings a new dimension to Sudoku mobile gaming - on both iPad and iPhone. To help see the puzzle progress, graphic previews in the puzzle list show the progress of all puzzles in a volume as they are being solved. A Gallery view option provides these previews in a larger format. For more fun, MultiSudoku contains no ads and includes a Weekly Bonus section providing an extra free puzzle each week. PUZZLE FEATURES • 104 free MultiSudoku puzzles • Variations include puzzles with 2, 3, 4, 5 and 8 overlapping grids • 2-Grid Combo variation combines Diagonal, Irregular and OddEven puzzles • Extra bonus puzzle published free each week • Multiple difficulty levels from easy to hard • Puzzle library continuously updates with new content • Manually selected, top quality puzzles • Unique solution for each puzzle • Hours of intellectual challenge and fun • Sharpens logic and improves cognitive skills GAMING FEATURES • No ads • Unlimited check puzzle • Unlimited hints • Show conflicts during gameplay • Unlimited Undo and Redo • Pencilmarks feature for solving hard puzzles • Autofill pencilmarks mode • Highlight Excluded Squares option • Lock number on keypad option • Concurrently playing and saving multiple puzzles • Puzzle filtering, sorting and archiving options • Dark Mode support • Graphic previews showing puzzles progress as they are being solved • Portrait and landscape screen support (iPad only) • Track puzzle solving times • Backup & restore puzzle progress to iCloud ABOUT MultiSudoku have also become popular under other names such as Samurai Sudoku, Combined Sudoku and Gattai Nanpure. All puzzles in this app are produced by Conceptis Ltd. - the leading supplier of logic puzzles to printed and electronic gaming media all over the world. On average, more than 20 million Conceptis puzzles are solved each day in newspapers, magazines, books and online as well as on smartphones and tablets across the world. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.conceptispuzzles.com/index.aspx?uri=info/doc/220

Screenshots

Sudoku4 screens
MultiSudoku4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: MultiSudoku at none against Sudoku's shown. MultiSudoku also leads on review sentiment (93% vs 65%). Sudoku's advantage is ratings volume (59K vs 2.3K) and update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and MultiSudoku sells 26 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Sudoku against 4.8 for MultiSudoku. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sudoku has 59K ratings behind it against 2.3K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 65% of Sudoku's written reviews are positive against 93% of MultiSudoku's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sudoku ships an update monthly, MultiSudoku every 3 months. Both last shipped on September 24, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Sudoku versus MultiSudoku: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSudokuMultiSudoku
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (59K ratings)4.8 (2.3K ratings) — better
Positive reviews65.0% of reviews93.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings59K — better2.3K
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size147 MB10 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperMaple Media Apps, LLCConceptis Ltd.

Customer experience

Sudoku

All ratings59,043 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral3.7%
Negative2.4%
Written reviews625 reviews
Positive65.0%
Neutral6.9%
Negative28.2%

MultiSudoku

All ratings2,322 ratings
Positive97.3%
Neutral1.5%
Negative1.2%
Written reviews358 reviews
Positive93.0%
Neutral3.6%
Negative3.4%

User reviews

Sudoku

From 59K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Great game
  • 👍 User-friendly interface
  • 📊 Tracks stats and times
  • 💡 Useful features like pencil mode
  • 🧠 Challenges the brain

Room to improve

  • 🔍 Intrusive ads
  • 💰 Expensive ad-free version
  • 🐛 Crashes and freezes
  • 🔋 Battery draining
  • 🔇 Disrupts audio playback

MultiSudoku

From 2.3K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💡 Challenging and engaging puzzles
  • 👍 Intuitive and user-friendly interface
  • 🚀 No ads or interruptions
  • 🚀 Weekly free puzzle updates
  • 👍 Separate number pads for notes and final entries

Room to improve

  • 💰 Expensive in-app purchases for additional puzzles
  • 🔍 Small text size on larger puzzles
  • 🔍 Lack of a dark mode option

Bugs and requests

Sudoku

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Numbers getting stuck/grayed out
  • Inconsistent difficulty levels
  • Display issues on newer devices
  • Crashes after updates

Requested features

5 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • Customizable color themes
  • Option to disable number highlighting
  • Reset button that fully clears the board
  • More granular difficulty levels

MultiSudoku

Reported bugs

1 issue
  • Occasional errors in puzzle setup

Requested features

3 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • Ability to compare times with other players
  • More free puzzles or lower-cost puzzle packs

In-app purchases

11 purchases

Sudoku

Subscriptions10
  • Premium Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Premium Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Sudoku Apps Bundle$7.991 Month
Show 7 more
  • Premium Annual$8.991 Year
  • Sudoku Membership$14.991 Year
  • Sudoku Bundle1 Month trial$14.991 Month
  • Premium Annual$14.991 Year
  • Sudoku Apps Bundle$64.991 Year
  • Sudoku Apps Bundle$99.991 Year
  • Sudoku Bundle1 Year trial$129.991 Year
One-time1
  • Disable Ads$24.99
26 purchases

MultiSudoku

One-time26
  • 2-Grid Easy 1$0.99
  • 3-Grid Easy 1$0.99
  • 3-Grid Hard 1$1.99
Show 23 more
  • 3-Grid Medium 1$1.99
  • Mixed-Grid - Easy 1$1.99
  • 3-Gird Hard 16$1.99
  • 2-Grid Hard 1$1.99
  • 4-Grid Hard 1$2.99
  • Mixed-Grid - Hard 1$2.99
  • Mixed-Grid - Medium 1$2.99
  • Mixed-Grid - Hard 2$2.99
  • 2-Grid Combo - Very Hard 1$2.99
  • Mixed-Grid Hard 27$2.99
  • Mixed-Grid - Hard 4$2.99
  • Mixed-Grid - Medium 2$2.99
  • 2-Grid Combo - Very Hard 15$2.99
  • 2-Grid Combo - Very Hard 14$2.99
  • 2-Grid Combo - Hard 14$2.99
  • Mixed-Grid - Hard 28$2.99
  • Mixed-Grid - Hard 3$2.99
  • 5-Grid Medium 1$3.99
  • 5-Grid Hard 1$3.99
  • 5-Grid Hard 2$3.99
  • 5-Grid Hard 27$3.99
  • 5-Grid Hard 30$3.99
  • 8-Grid Hard 2$4.99

Questions

Is Sudoku free?
Sudoku is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MultiSudoku free?
MultiSudoku is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Sudoku or MultiSudoku?
MultiSudoku is rated higher. Sudoku averages 4.7 out of 5 from 59K ratings, while MultiSudoku averages 4.8 from 2.3K ratings.
Do Sudoku or MultiSudoku have ads?
Sudoku shows ads; MultiSudoku does not.
Which is updated more often, Sudoku or MultiSudoku?
Sudoku ships an update monthly, and MultiSudoku every 3 months. Most recently, Sudoku was updated on September 24, 2026 and MultiSudoku on September 24, 2026.

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