Comparison

Smart Sudoku vs Bravo! Digital Edition

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

Head to head
About

Smart Sudoku

This app offers advanced Sudoku solving assistance by identifying complex patterns and providing professional tips to eliminate candidates. It features a unique scoring system based on solution efficiency and allows for quick manual puzzle entry and import.

Highlights
  • Powerful hint system for solving strategies
  • Fast manual puzzle entry
  • Simultaneous multiple square handling
  • Show/hide candidates
  • Innovative efficiency-based scoring
  • Import puzzles from text and internet
  • Unlimited undo/redo
Features
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Are you familiar with terms like "X-Wing", "2-String Kite", or "Locked Candidates"? If yes, Smart Sudoku is for you. If not, even more so. Unlike most Sudoku apps, Smart Sudoku helps you solve tough puzzles by not simply revealing cell solutions, but by giving you professional tips. It tells you what patterns to look for in order to eliminate candidates. Smart Sudokus' unique scoring system ranks your solution not by the time you spent, but by how efficiently you solved the puzzle. Smart Sudoku comes with hundreds of challenging puzzles built-in. Copying a puzzle from a newspaper is a breeze – think of typing in a few phone numbers. "Excellent. Very simple to enter puzzles from the newspaper. Candidate numbers are displayed, allowing solutions to really tough puzzles to be solved without the laborious job of setting up candidates." (UK user) Features: • Powerful hint system based on the most popular solving strategies • Very fast manual puzzle entry method (typically 40 seconds or less) • Multiple squares may be handled simultaneously • Show or hide candidates anytime while solving the puzzle • Innovative scoring, based on efficiency of solving instead of time spent • Copy/paste puzzles in standard text format, incl. "HoDoKu Library Format" and "Simple Sudoku Format" • Import puzzles from the Internet • Share partially or fully solved puzzles via e-mail • 509 puzzles built-in, from easy to almost unsolvable • Unlimited undo/redo • Built-in user's manual • Landscape mode (iPad, Mac, Vision Pro) Hints Learn how to eliminate candidates by finding standard patterns. Let Smart Sudoku tell you what pattern to look for next. Still stuck? Smart Sudoku can even show you the squares and numbers involved. The affected squares are selected automatically, so eliminating candidates is a snap. Patterns handled by Smart Sudoku include: • Naked and Hidden Singles, Pairs, Triples, Quads, and Quintuples • Locked Candidates Type 1 and 2 • X-Wing • XY-Wing • XYZ-Wing • W-Wing • Skyscraper • 2-String Kite • Swordfish • Jellyfish • Empty Rectangle • Unique Rectangle Type 1 and 2 Input checking After copying a printed puzzle, Smart Sudoku will tell you whether the puzzle has a unique solution or not (usually caused by a typo or missing number.) Efficient solving Smart Sudoku helps you solve Sudokus in a professional way. Never add candidates, only remove them, even from multiple squares in one step. Should you ever get stuck (and no hints are available), let Smart Sudoku solve any square you wish. Or all squares for a given number. Or even the entire puzzle. Novel scoring method Unlike many Sudoku apps, Smart Sudoku rates your efficiency in solving a puzzle, not how quickly you do it. Solve one square at a time and your score will remain at zero. Solve as many squares as possible for a given number simultaneously and watch the progress bar grow. To get the maximum of 1000 points requires you to finish each number in a single step. The current score is shown in the title. Share puzzles Send an e-mail of a puzzle at any stage to your friends. If partially or fully solved, they'll also get the original puzzle. And, of course, they'll see your score, even a message about your making use of candidates. Recipients may paste the puzzle into their own copy of Smart Sudoku. Puzzles from the Internet Smart Sudoku supports the well-established text format for Sudokus (a string of 81 digits and decimal points), as well as export formats used by programs like HoDoKu and Simple Sudoku, giving you access to thousands of puzzles available on the Internet. Just download the text strings and paste them into Smart Sudoku.

About

Bravo! Digital Edition

An addictive dice game where players roll dice and strategically fill in boxes on a scoring pad to maximize points. Compete against opponents to complete columns, rows, and colors for bonus points. Features solo and two-player modes with a digital score pad and dice.

Highlights
  • Enhanced scoring pad
  • Seven dice with special effects
  • Solo and Duo game modes
  • Digital score pad and dice functionality
  • Local leaderboard
  • Game Center integration
Features
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Bravo! is an ingenious, addictive game featuring an enhanced scoring pad and seven dice, including a special die with exciting effects, for endless variations and opportunities. Players must roll dice and choose which boxes to fill in to maximize their points on the scoring pad. Players can use bombs to start off separate blocks of checks, collect hearts and earn extra points for completed columns, unlock more uses of the special die, and most importantly, race their opponents to finish columns, rows, and colors to earn points for the end of the game. The first to complete these sections are rewarded with bonuses and points. Collect the most points and your opponents will have to say "Bravo!". You'll never want to stop playing. • Official license • Easy start into the game • Game mode "Solo" for single players • Game mode "Duo" for two players on one device • Auto-Select Dice and Auto-Complete Turn • Using the app as a digital score pad or digital dice • Local leaderboard for solo mode • Supporting Game Center with leaderboard and achievements

Screenshots

Smart Sudoku4 screens
Bravo! Digital Edition4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Smart Sudoku at $0.99 against Bravo! Digital Edition's $3.99. Smart Sudoku also leads on review sentiment (60% vs 50%). On rating, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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

Smart Sudoku costs $0.99 and Bravo! Digital Edition $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Smart Sudoku against 5.0 for Bravo! Digital Edition. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 3 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 60% of Smart Sudoku's written reviews are positive against 50% of Bravo! Digital Edition's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Smart Sudoku ships an update every 9 months, Bravo! Digital Edition every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Smart Sudoku versus Bravo! Digital Edition: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmart SudokuBravo! Digital Edition
Price$0.99 — better$3.99
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings33
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsEvery 5 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCuVee SoftwareOutline Development

Customer experience

Smart Sudoku

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative20.0%

Bravo! Digital Edition

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral41.7%
Negative8.3%

In-app purchases

None

Smart Sudoku

No in-app purchases

None

Bravo! Digital Edition

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Smart Sudoku free?
Smart Sudoku costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bravo! Digital Edition free?
Bravo! Digital Edition costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Smart Sudoku or Bravo! Digital Edition?
Smart Sudoku and Bravo! Digital Edition are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do Smart Sudoku or Bravo! Digital Edition have ads?
Neither Smart Sudoku nor Bravo! Digital Edition shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Smart Sudoku or Bravo! Digital Edition?
Smart Sudoku ships an update every 9 months, and Bravo! Digital Edition every 5 months. Most recently, Smart Sudoku was updated on November 6, 2026 and Bravo! Digital Edition on November 8, 2026.

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