Comparison

Sudoku Epic vs Sudoku Puzzles ·

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

Head to head
About

Sudoku Epic

This app offers a comprehensive Sudoku experience with five distinct game modes, including classic 9x9, mini, Wordoku, Killer Sudoku, and daily challenges. It provides thousands of puzzles and various difficulty levels to sharpen your logic and problem-solving skills.

Highlights
  • Five Sudoku game modes
  • Thousands of free puzzles
  • Killer Sudoku mode
  • Wordoku mode
  • Daily new puzzles
  • Play offline
  • Hints and auto notes
Features
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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!

About

Sudoku Puzzles ·

Engage your mind with thousands of free classic Sudoku puzzles. This logic game offers multiple difficulty levels and helpful tools like candidate tracking and unlimited undo. Save your progress and track your performance with detailed statistics.

Highlights
  • Thousands of free Sudoku puzzles
  • Four difficulty levels (easy, normal, hard, expert)
  • Cell candidate tracking
  • Unlimited undo moves
  • Check feature
  • Save uncompleted puzzles
  • Stats tracker for solve times
Features
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Enjoy Sudoku, with thousands of free Sudoku puzzles on one of the best Sudoku games in the app store. If you like logic, number-based puzzles, you will love these classic Sudoku puzzles! About Sudoku Puzzle Game: Every Sudoku puzzle has a unique solution that can be reached logically without guessing. Fill in the grid such that every row, column and 3x3 box contains all of the numbers from 1 to 9. While solving it’s good to keep in mind that a number cannot appear more than once in a given row, column or 3x3 box. Challenge your Sudoku solving skills with our hard Sudoku puzzles! This Sudoku game offers numerous features to help you solve the puzzles including cell candidate tracking, unlimited undo moves and a “check” feature that lets you know how you’re doing. Our Sudoku game also saves your uncompleted puzzles so you can come back and finish them whenever you want! Work your way up through four levels of difficulty: easy, normal, hard and expert Sudoku. Track your best and average solve times over history with our stats tracker. You can play Sudoku by Razzle Puzzles on your phone and tablet. Enjoy Sudoku online or in offline mode! For support please contact us at support@razzlepuzzles.com or visit RazzlePuzzles.com

Screenshots

Sudoku Epic4 screens
Sudoku Puzzles ·4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sudoku Puzzles · at none against Sudoku Epic's 1. Sudoku Epic's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 4 months). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Sudoku Epic sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Sudoku Puzzles · asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Sudoku Epic against 4.7 for Sudoku Puzzles ·. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 411 and 294 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 90% of Sudoku Epic's written reviews are positive against 88% of Sudoku Puzzles ·'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sudoku Epic ships an update every 6 weeks, Sudoku Puzzles · every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Sudoku Epic versus Sudoku Puzzles ·: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSudoku EpicSudoku Puzzles ·
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (411 ratings) — better4.7 (294 ratings)
Positive reviews90.0% of reviews — better88.2% of reviews
Number of ratings411 — better294
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 4 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size113 MB40 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperKristanix ASMatthew Murphy

Customer experience

Sudoku Epic

All ratings411 ratings
Positive96.1%
Neutral2.4%
Negative1.5%
Written reviews250 reviews
Positive90.0%
Neutral4.8%
Negative5.2%

Sudoku Puzzles ·

All ratings294 ratings
Positive95.2%
Neutral2.7%
Negative2.0%
Written reviews119 reviews
Positive88.2%
Neutral5.9%
Negative5.9%

User reviews

Sudoku Epic

From 411 App Store ratings

What 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 Puzzles ·

From 294 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Upgrade of ads only between games
  • 👍 Great format and layout
  • 👍 Challenging puzzles
  • 👍 Helpful tutorials and notes
  • 👍 Saves progress and best times

Room to improve

  • 😡 Annoying and long ads after every game
  • 🐛 Occasional crashes and white screen bug
  • 🤔 Difficulty levels not clearly differentiated
  • 😕 Placement of exit button too close to game board

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 Puzzles ·

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Some hard and expert puzzles cannot be solved
  • Occasional crashes and white screen issues

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add option to switch between entry modes without going to settings
  • Provide hints and explanations for solving strategies
  • Offer a paid version to remove ads

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Sudoku Epic

One-time1
  • Premium Edition$2.99
None

Sudoku Puzzles ·

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sudoku Epic free?
Sudoku Epic is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sudoku Puzzles · free?
Sudoku Puzzles · is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sudoku Epic or Sudoku Puzzles ·?
Sudoku Epic is rated higher. Sudoku Epic averages 4.8 out of 5 from 411 ratings, while Sudoku Puzzles · averages 4.7 from 294 ratings.
Do Sudoku Epic or Sudoku Puzzles · have ads?
Both Sudoku Epic and Sudoku Puzzles · show ads.
Which is updated more often, Sudoku Epic or Sudoku Puzzles ·?
Sudoku Epic ships an update every 6 weeks, and Sudoku Puzzles · every 4 months. Most recently, Sudoku Epic was updated on September 21, 2026 and Sudoku Puzzles · on September 20, 2026.

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