KaleidoPaint vs Sudo+
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
KaleidoPaint
Create intricate, repeating designs by mirroring your brushstrokes in real-time. Offers extensive editing tools for precise control over every element of your artwork. Export your creations as tileable images or standard graphics.
- Real-time mirrored brushstrokes
- 17 symmetry patterns
- Vector graphics editing
- Curve smoothing and area fill
- Undo/Redo functionality
- Export tileable rectangles
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As you draw, KaleidoPaint mirrors your brushstrokes to create a beautiful infinitely repeating design. Image Gallery: http://www.geometrygames.org/KaleidoPaint/Gallery Features: - vector graphics - 17 symmetry patterns - scroll, rotate, zoom - curve smoothing - area fill - Edit Mode: reshape and recolor any dot, line or area - unlimited Undo/Redo - export your favorite paintings - export tileable rectangles Screenshots by Amber van Hoek.
Sudo+
Engage in a Sudoku adventure with handcrafted puzzles and competitive tournaments. Track your progress with detailed stats, unlock new themes, and challenge friends globally. Master all difficulty levels and build impressive streaks.
- Handcrafted Sudoku puzzles
- Weekly tournaments
- Game Center leaderboards
- Advanced analytics
- Premium themes
- Daily challenges
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SudokuQuest turns classic Sudoku into a living adventure. Solve handcrafted puzzles, climb Game Center leaderboards, build unstoppable streaks, and compete in weekly tournaments that pit you against friends around the world. Unlock rich themes and advanced analytics as you master every difficulty—from relaxed to Mythic. Daily challenges that boost your streaks and keep your skills sharp Weekly tournaments with synchronized puzzles, badges, and prize tiers Detailed post-game stats, win rates, fastest times, and point history Smart pencil marks, conflict highlights, and intuitive controls Game Center support for leaderboards, achievements, and friend rankings Premium themes, Mythic difficulty, and advanced analytics for power players Play anywhere, any time—your progress syncs across devices. Ready to become a Sudoku mythic? https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: KaleidoPaint at none against Sudo+'s 4. KaleidoPaint also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (76 vs 1). Sudo+'s advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 5 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Sudo+ sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. KaleidoPaint asks for nothing beyond the download.
Sudo+ holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: KaleidoPaint has 76 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 81% of KaleidoPaint's written reviews are positive against 100% of Sudo+'s.
KaleidoPaint ships an update every 5 months, Sudo+ weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | KaleidoPaint | Sudo+ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (76 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 76 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.1 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Jeff Weeks | jeanre otto |
Customer experience
KaleidoPaint
Sudo+
Bugs and requests
KaleidoPaint
Reported bugs
10 issues- App opens files app and no files are selectable
- App opens an empty page without any controls
- App immediately opens files without allowing creation
- App doesn't work, opens files app and doesn't allow creation
- Old drawings ruined by updates
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- Fill color not changing with line color
- Color and background tabs no longer work
- Sharing button not working
- Tileable rectangle export not working
- Saving as JPG only
Requested features
28 requests- Ability to break a line from a selected point
- Eraser tool
- Export as SVG option
- More features like different brushes, blending colors, more symmetrical choices, and better stroke control
- Ability to export in a square format
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- Transparent background option
- Export function for tilable squares
- Layers
- RGB color value sliders
- Opacity, blending modes
- Selection tool
- Ability to switch mirroring on and off
- Ability to export layers to Photoshop
- More control over drawing strokes
- Adjustable stroke smoothing
- More precise color selection (e.g., RGB or HLS)
- Ability to change grid line color
- Designs that save evenly in any size for multiple tiling
- Export and import patterns within the app
- Basic block repeat option
- Zoom in color selector
- More patterns to choose from and purchase
- Ability to set custom image size
- Export .png files with a transparent background
- More symmetry options
- Line and shape tools
- Apple Pencil support
- Option to minimize tool windows
Sudo+
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
KaleidoPaint
No in-app purchases
Sudo+
- Premium Themes Pack7 Days trial$3.991 Month
- Premium Subscription7 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Premium Themes Pack$3.99
- Remove ads$3.99
