Essential Sudoku vs ENYO
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Essential Sudoku
A minimalist and clean logic-based number puzzle game for iPhone and iPod touch. It offers a pure sudoku experience with no ads, in-app purchases, or distracting features. Enjoy straightforward gameplay focused solely on solving puzzles.
- Minimalist design
- No ads
- No in-app purchases
- No tracking
- No hints
- No timers
- Pure sudoku gameplay
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Solve sudoku puzzles on your iPhone or iPod touch. This is a clean, simple, minimalist sudoku app: • No ads • No in-app purchases • No tracking • No hints • No timers • No themes • No leaderboards • No achievements • No clutter Enjoy! (c:
ENYO
Engage in tactical turn-based combat using a hook and shield. Navigate a changing labyrinth, strategically push or pull enemies into environmental hazards to defeat them. Master combos and climb leaderboards in this challenging roguelike.
- Hook & shield combat
- Indirect combat mechanics
- Environmental hazards (lava, spikes)
- Turn-based tactical battles
- Chain combos
- Highscore leaderboards
- Procedurally generated labyrinth
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ENYO is a tactical roguelike about hook & shield combat. Grab your hook & shield and descend as Enyo, the Greek goddess of war, into an ever-changing labyrinth to recover 3 legendary artifacts. ENYO's gameplay is based on indirect combat. Enemies can only be defeated by pushing or pulling them into burning lava pits or onto deadly spiked walls. A limited set of actions per turn keeps ENYO accessible, while its core is highly tactical turn-based battles. Master your weapons and chain powerful combos through clever maneuvers to climb the highscore leaderboards across all 3 game modes.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: ENYO at Free against Essential Sudoku's $3.00. ENYO also leads on ratings volume (445 vs 14). Essential Sudoku's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On rating, update cadence and device support 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
ENYO is free to download; Essential Sudoku costs $3.00 up front. ENYO sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Essential Sudoku asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Essential Sudoku against 4.7 for ENYO. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ENYO has 445 ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Essential Sudoku's written reviews are positive against 84% of ENYO's.
Essential Sudoku ships an update every 4 months, ENYO every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Essential Sudoku | ENYO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.00 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (14 ratings) — better | 4.7 (445 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 83.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 14 | 445 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.4 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 179 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | CyberMoai | Arnold Rauers |
Customer experience
Essential Sudoku
ENYO
Bugs and requests
Essential Sudoku
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
ENYO
Reported bugs
4 issues- Scoring system resets unexpectedly
- Crash when opening daily challenge
- Dash button not working after throwing shield
- Enemies getting stuck or behaving unpredictably
Requested features
5 requests- Enemy bestiary or info screen
- Ability to save progress
- More game modes or level variations
- Custom level editor
- Cloud save support
In-app purchases
Essential Sudoku
No in-app purchases
ENYO
- Unlock ENYO and remove Ads$1.99
