Sudoku Epic vs •sudoku
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sudoku Epic
This app offers a variety of Sudoku puzzles, including classic 9x9, mini, Wordoku, and Killer Sudoku. It provides daily challenges and thousands of puzzles to exercise your brain. Play offline and utilize helpful features like auto notes and hints.
- Five Sudoku game modes
- Thousands of free puzzles
- Killer Sudoku
- Wordoku
- Daily puzzles
- Play offline
- Hints and auto notes
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Sudoku Epic is a free sudoku game with five different sudoku games in one: Regular 9x9 puzzles, 6x6 mini, Wordoku (also known as Letter Sudoku), Killer Sudoku and daily soduko challenges. Killer Sudoku is an exciting mix of sodoku and kakuro. Wordoku is played with letters instead of numbers, and the puzzles contain words that function as hints. With thousands of puzzles and challenging goals, Sudoku Epic is the perfect app for exercising your brain! Features: • Five Sudoku game modes! • Thousands of free sudoku puzzles! • Killer Suduko: For expert puzzle solvers! • Wordoku: Find the hidden word! • Get new puzzles daily! • Auto notes • Play offline with no wifi! • Complete goals! • Five difficulty settings! • Get hints!
•sudoku
Enjoy a vibrant and engaging sudoku experience with over a million free puzzles. This app offers customizable gameplay options, including different themes, note-taking methods, and the choice to play with or without a timer. Track your progress and compete with others in a visually appealing and challenging environment.
- 1 million free puzzles
- Three puzzle themes
- Customizable note entry
- Optional timer for competition
- Relaxing play mode
- Progress tracking
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Rainbow sudoku with *1 million* free puzzles to play! Heart Sudoku is a beautiful, colorful way to enjoy sudoku. Gems flip into place when you get an answer right. Tap a number to make it glow and solve the puzzle even faster. A rainbow light show celebrates your win! There are lots of options for how to play: two keypads for faster note entry, or one with a note toggle for those who don't use many notes. Turn the timer on to compete with other players, or off to relax, whichever suits your mood. Let auto-note do the busywork for you, or leave it off for a bigger challenge. Be sure to try all three puzzle themes! • 1 million puzzles, five levels. All Free! • Three different puzzle themes • Tracks your averages, records, and more • See how you stack up against other players • Turn off the timer for a relaxing game
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: •sudoku at 12.0 against Sudoku Epic's 15.0. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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 Epic sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and •sudoku sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Sudoku Epic against 4.8 for •sudoku. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 412 and 1.1K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 90% of Sudoku Epic's written reviews are positive against 91% of •sudoku's.
Sudoku Epic ships an update monthly, •sudoku every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | Sudoku Epic | •sudoku |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (412 ratings) | 4.8 (1.1K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 90.2% of reviews | 91.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 412 | 1.1K — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 97 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kristanix AS | Sarah Pierce |
Customer experience
Sudoku Epic
•sudoku
User reviews
Sudoku Epic
From 412 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Challenging and addictive
- 👍 Great variety of puzzles and difficulty levels
- 👍 Intuitive and user-friendly interface
- 👍 Helpful features like pencil marks and hints
- 👍 Excellent for improving cognitive skills
Room to improve
- 🔍 Aggressive and intrusive ads
- 🐛 Occasional crashes or performance issues
- 🔍 Ads interfere with gameplay by running the timer
- 🔍 Lack of landscape mode support on tablets
•sudoku
From 1.1K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great game, fun and addictive
- 🎨 Colorful and visually appealing design
- 📊 Useful stats and progress tracking
- 🧠 Challenging and mentally stimulating
- 🔍 Helpful features like pencil marks and highlighting
Room to improve
- 🐛 Glitches with timer and stats not working properly
- 📢 Loud and intrusive ads
- 🔍 Difficulty with small touch targets and accidental inputs
- 🔌 Drains battery life quickly
Bugs and requests
Sudoku Epic
Reported bugs
2 issues- Unsolvable puzzles due to rendering errors
- Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to lock in confirmed numbers
- Option to display current time of day
- More variety in puzzle formats beyond Sudoku
- Daily challenge or leaderboard features
•sudoku
Reported bugs
3 issues- Timer keeps crashing or not starting
- Ads prevent returning to the game
- Scores and stats not updating correctly
Requested features
4 requests- Option to turn off timer and comparisons
- Landscape mode support
- More difficulty levels beyond 'extreme'
- Ability to customize colors and themes
In-app purchases
Sudoku Epic
- Premium Edition$2.99
•sudoku
- Gentle Puzzle Pack #1$0.99
- Easy Puzzle Pack #1$0.99
- Medium puzzle pack #1$0.99
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- Hard puzzle pack #1$0.99
- Extreme puzzle pack #1$0.99
- Gentle puzzle pack #2$0.99
- Extreme puzzle pack #3$0.99
- Extreme puzzle pack #4$0.99
- Premium$1.99
- Mega puzzle pack$3.99
