Comparison

Sudoku vs PathPix Art

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

Head to head
About

Sudoku

Challenge your mind with a classic number puzzle game. Enjoy customizable difficulty levels and backgrounds to enhance your gameplay experience. Perfect for honing your logic and number-solving abilities.

Highlights
  • Number skill testing
  • Adjustable difficulty levels
  • Customizable backgrounds
  • Master the game
  • Logic puzzles
Features
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Sudoku- is a great way to test your number skills and have fun at the same time. Select the difficulty level and background in the "Settings" screen. Play until you master the game. If you like this app, please consider giving it a rating. Your support will help keep the updates coming! Thank you for your support!

About

PathPix Art

This app offers 150 giant-sized logic puzzles featuring famous works of art from various historical periods. Solve intricate puzzles that reveal masterpieces by renowned artists, with sizes ranging up to 22,650 squares. Designed for experienced puzzle solvers seeking a significant challenge.

Highlights
  • 150 giant-sized puzzles
  • Art-themed puzzles
  • Puzzles based on famous paintings
  • Works by over 100 artists
  • Includes SuperMax section with largest puzzles
  • Puzzles range from 9045 to 22,650 squares
Features
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Looking for more PathPix? Love great art? Like big challenges? PathPix Art has150 GIANT-sized puzzles based on important works of art from medieval to modern times. Play puzzles based on works by Picasso, van Gogh, Monet, Chagall, Rembrandt, Renoir, Degas, Gauguin, Dali, etc. Over 100 well-known artists are represented. This set is even bigger than PathPix Max. It includes a special SuperMax section with 18 of the largest PathPix puzzles ever made. Each puzzle is a giant canvas - puzzle your way through it to paint the finished picture. Over 1.5 MILLION squares of PathPix puzzling pleasure await you. Easy, Medium and Hard areas in every puzzle. Puzzles range in size from 9045 squares (67x135) to 22,650 squares (150x151), with an average size of more than 10,000 squares (100x100). Needless to say, PathPix Art is for experienced solvers ONLY!!! Not sure which PathPix to buy?  Here's the lineup: There are many different PathPix apps for your iPhone and iPad. All puzzles are different.  ---PATHPIX LITE: Wondering if PathPix is for you? Start here. It's free! ---PATHPIX: Hooked? This is the next step, with 189 graduated levels, ranging from small, easy puzzles to large, advanced level puzzles. ---PATHPIX PRO: Are you an expert? Looking for a LOT of puzzles? Then PathPix Pro is for you, with 320 puzzles ranging from Medium difficulty to Extreme. ---PATHPIX ZEN: Relaxing and addictive! 99 beautiful puzzles, including an Advanced Levels section with 12 special challengers. ---PATHPIX JOY: Keep smiling! 99 puzzles = many happy hours of PathPix fun. Small to large, easy to advanced - you'll find it all here. ---PATHPIX MAGIC: Magic of all kinds! 99 puzzles, small to huge, easy to advanced.  ---PATHPIX LAUGH: Lots more puzzles to tickle your funnybone. 202 puzzles, each with a silly joke or quote related to the puzzle picture. Small to large, easy to extreme. ---PATHPIX BOO: Silly - spooky - scary - fun! 99 puzzles for Halloween and other dark nights.  ---PATHPIX XMAS: 99 puzzles with a Christmas theme to get you in the mood for the holidays. Whether you are looking for sentiment or silliness, you will find it here. ---PATHPIX LOVE: All you need is love! 99 puzzles, easy to advanced. ---PATHPIX MAX: Some of the biggest PathPix puzzles ever. 114 GIANT-sized puzzles, over a million squares total! ---PATHPIX ART: MAXimum fun - 150 HUGE puzzles based on famous paintings, including the biggest PathPix puzzles ever made. ---PATHPIX THANKS: 99 puzzles for Thanks Giving. Easy to Expert. ---PATHPIX EDGE: Live on the edge! None of these puzzles are rectangular. 180 puzzles, all different shapes, from teeny to gigantic, easy to expert. ---PATHPIX ALICE: The original Alice comes to life as you puzzle your way through 42 truly gigantic, colorful, and FUN illustrations for Lewis Carroll's masterpiece novel, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Puzzles are based on the classic Tenniel illustrations. Complete book included.  ---PATHPIX TIME: 99 forward-looking puzzles to welcome the New Year and beyond. Small to large, easy to expert. ---PATHPIX HEX: PathPix with a difference: the paths wander about on a grid of 6-sided cells (hexagons) . Warning: twisty paths make for tricky puzzles! 179 puzzles, easy to extreme. ---PATHPIX BUBBLE: Classic PathPix on special grids with squares and rectangles of different sizes. Paths can be wild and wacky. The theme is Water, oceans to raindrops. 160 puzzles, easy to expert. PathPix Art is based on the PC game "PathPix" by Kris Pixton and KpixGames.

Screenshots

Sudoku3 screens
PathPix Art4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Sudoku at Free against PathPix Art's $4.99. PathPix Art's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.4) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On review sentiment, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Sudoku is free to download; PathPix Art costs $4.99 up front. Sudoku sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. PathPix Art asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PathPix Art holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 53 and 129 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 97% of Sudoku's written reviews are positive against 95% of PathPix Art's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sudoku ships an update every 13 months, PathPix Art every 21 months. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Sudoku versus PathPix Art: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSudokuPathPix Art
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating4.4 (53 ratings)5.0 (129 ratings) — better
Positive reviews97.2% of reviews — better95.0% of reviews
Number of ratings53129 — better
Update frequencyEvery 13 months — betterEvery 21 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHorizon Business, Inc.Kris Pixton

Customer experience

Sudoku

All ratings53 ratings
Positive86.8%
Neutral3.8%
Negative9.4%
Written reviews36 reviews
Positive97.2%
Neutral2.8%
Negative0.0%

PathPix Art

All ratings129 ratings
Positive99.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.8%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive95.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Sudoku

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$4.99
None

PathPix Art

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sudoku free?
Sudoku is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PathPix Art free?
PathPix Art costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sudoku or PathPix Art?
PathPix Art is rated higher. Sudoku averages 4.4 out of 5 from 53 ratings, while PathPix Art averages 5.0 from 129 ratings.
Do Sudoku or PathPix Art have ads?
Sudoku shows ads; PathPix Art does not.
Which is updated more often, Sudoku or PathPix Art?
Sudoku ships an update every 13 months, and PathPix Art every 21 months. Most recently, Sudoku was updated on September 28, 2026 and PathPix Art on October 10, 2026.

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