Comparison

Sudoku School! vs SPELLING MAGIC 4

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

Head to head
About

Sudoku School!

This app teaches children and beginners how to play Sudoku with simplified 4x4 and 6x6 puzzles. It offers in-game help, colored tiles for easier recognition, and ten difficulty levels to accommodate growing skills. Multiple user accounts and a trophy system encourage progress.

Highlights
  • 4x4 and 6x6 Sudoku puzzles
  • In-game rule explanations
  • Colored tiles for beginners
  • Ten difficulty levels
  • Multiple user accounts
  • Trophy wall for progress
Features
Read full description

Great for building spatial reasoning and logic skills! Sudoku School is the perfect sudoku app for kids and other sudoku beginners. It teaches you to play using 4x4 and 6x6 puzzles that are much simpler than the usual 9x9 sudoku puzzle. It also has an in-game help feature that explains the rules clearly with drawings and simple text. The game tiles have both numbers and colors, so younger players can use the colors for help until they get comfortable using the numbers. Ten puzzle levels cover a huge range of difficulties, from the easiest 4x4 level, which is perfect for younger kids, to the expert 6x6 level which is almost as hard as regular sudoku. This means the game can grow with you for a long time while you progress. Once you have mastered all the levels in this app, you are ready to graduate to regular sudoku! Multiple user accounts make it easy to share--perfect for families or for the classroom. • Easy to use drag and drop puzzles • Colored tiles to help beginners • Ten levels of difficulty • In-game explanation of the rules • Trophy wall to celebrate progress • Score tracking for multiple users • Six puzzle themes • 5000 puzzles available (20 puzzles are free) We made sudoku school free to download so that you can test it without having to buy anything. It comes with 20 free sudoku puzzles--two puzzles in each of the ten levels. There are 5000 additional puzzles available for download, but the free puzzles should keep your sudoku student busy for a while :)

About

SPELLING MAGIC 4

This app teaches children silent final 'e' words using phonics principles and interactive games. It helps build phonemic awareness and expand vocabulary through word building and exploration activities.

Highlights
  • Silent final 'e' word focus
  • Word building activities
  • Moveable alphabet exploration
  • Pronunciation aid with pictures
  • Phonics and phonemic awareness games
  • Science of Reading principles
Read full description

Introducing SPELLING MAGIC 4 – a dynamic app that focuses on teaching silent final e words to children. SPELLING MAGIC 4 incorporates the main principles of the Science of Reading. In the "Word Building" section, kids get to use the letters of the word to construct it, while the "Moveable Alphabet" section allows them to explore word construction using the entire alphabet. SPELLING MAGIC 4 offers ample opportunities for practicing building silent e words, including words that may not be part of a young learner's everyday vocabulary. This provides a unique chance to expand their word bank and vocabulary. The app also pronounces the word when the user taps on pictures, aiding in pronunciation and comprehension. SPELLING MAGIC 4 is committed to time-tested phonics principles to help children develop solid reading skills. It provides direct experience with letters and sounds to build phonemic awareness, improve phonological processing ability, and lay strong foundations in reading. The app includes games that focus on essential pre-reading skills such as blending and segmenting, offering meaningful challenges to strengthen phonemic awareness. Developed by a team of educators using accelerated learning techniques and Montessori principles, SPELLING MAGIC 4 has been thoroughly tested and approved by preschool children and their teachers in various settings. Your feedback and suggestions are highly valued as we continue to refine and enhance the app for an optimal learning experience. SPELLING MAGIC 4 is perfect for young children learning intermediate reading skills and those who are learning the foundations of English as their second language. Join us on this exciting learning journey and give your child the gift of strong reading skills that will set them up for success in school and in life.

Screenshots

Sudoku School!4 screens
SPELLING MAGIC 44 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Sudoku School! at every 7 months against SPELLING MAGIC 4's every 33 months. Sudoku School! also leads on ratings volume (432 vs 10) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.4). SPELLING MAGIC 4's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 85%). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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 School! sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and SPELLING MAGIC 4 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. 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 — 4.4 for Sudoku School! against 4.4 for SPELLING MAGIC 4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sudoku School! has 432 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 85% of Sudoku School!'s written reviews are positive against 100% of SPELLING MAGIC 4's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sudoku School! ships an update every 7 months, SPELLING MAGIC 4 every 33 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Sudoku School! versus SPELLING MAGIC 4: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSudoku School!SPELLING MAGIC 4
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (432 ratings) — better4.4 (10 ratings)
Positive reviews85.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings432 — better10
Update frequencyEvery 7 months — betterEvery 33 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better12.4
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB169 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSarah PiercePRESCHOOL UNIVERSITY

Customer experience

Sudoku School!

All ratings430 ratings
Positive84.4%
Neutral8.4%
Negative7.2%
Written reviews154 reviews
Positive85.1%
Neutral5.2%
Negative9.7%

SPELLING MAGIC 4

All ratings10 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Sudoku School!

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Tiles sometimes lock up and can't be moved
  • No win acknowledgment after completing puzzles

Requested features

3 requests
  • Unlock all levels for free
  • Provide more free puzzles
  • Add daily free puzzle challenges

SPELLING MAGIC 4

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Sudoku School!

One-time2
  • 4x4 puzzle pack$0.99
  • 6x6 puzzle pack$0.99
1 purchases

SPELLING MAGIC 4

One-time1
  • Deluxe Upgrade$1.99

Questions

Is Sudoku School! free?
Sudoku School! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SPELLING MAGIC 4 free?
SPELLING MAGIC 4 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Sudoku School! or SPELLING MAGIC 4?
Sudoku School! is rated higher. Sudoku School! averages 4.4 out of 5 from 432 ratings, while SPELLING MAGIC 4 averages 4.4 from 10 ratings.
Do Sudoku School! or SPELLING MAGIC 4 have ads?
Neither Sudoku School! nor SPELLING MAGIC 4 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sudoku School! or SPELLING MAGIC 4?
Sudoku School! ships an update every 7 months, and SPELLING MAGIC 4 every 33 months. Most recently, Sudoku School! was updated on November 6, 2026 and SPELLING MAGIC 4 on November 1, 2026.

Other comparisons