Sudoku vs Pro Sudoku
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Number skill testing
- Adjustable difficulty levels
- Customizable backgrounds
- Master the game
- Logic puzzles
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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!
Pro Sudoku
Enjoy endless, logic-based Sudoku puzzles with a calm, tactile design. Choose from five difficulty levels, track your progress, and play your way with customizable options and keyboard support. Available on iPhone and iPad.
- Endless logic-based puzzles
- Five difficulty levels
- Calm, tactile design
- Note-taking and highlighting
- Progress tracking and scoring
- Keyboard and haptic support
- Adaptive layout for all screens
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Pro Sudoku is clean, calm sudoku for every mood, from a gentle warm-up to a real brain-bender. ENDLESS PUZZLES, HONEST DIFFICULTY There's always a new puzzle waiting, because each one is created right on your device. Difficulty comes from the techniques it takes to solve a puzzle, not just how many clues it has, so each level plays the way it should. Choose from five levels: Easy, Medium, Hard, Extreme, and Super Extreme. Even Super Extreme can always be solved by logic alone, with no guessing. CALM, TACTILE DESIGN Soft, raised number keys press down under your finger, set in a warm color palette that's easy on the eyes. Prefer the dark side? The striking dark mode follows your system setting, or you can switch it on in Settings. PLAY YOUR WAY • Pencil in notes that tidy themselves away when you place a number • Tap a number to highlight everywhere it appears • See and feel clashing numbers the moment they happen, with optional haptics • Undo and redo as much as you like • Pause or leave any time, then pick up right where you left off BEAT YOUR BEST Every difficulty keeps score: games started, games completed, your best time, and your total time played. That best time won't beat itself. AT HOME ON ANY SCREEN Pro Sudoku fits iPhone, iPad, and iPhone Duo. Turn your iPad or iPhone Duo to landscape and the number keys hop over beside the grid, right where your hand wants them. Multitasking on iPad? Resize the window and the game adapts to fit. PLAY WITH A KEYBOARD Don't feel like touching the screen? Connect a keyboard and you won't have to! Move around the grid with the arrow keys, type numbers right in, and use shortcuts for notes, undo, and redo. PRO SUDOKU PLUS Pro Sudoku is free with ads. Want an ad-free experience? A one-time purchase of Pro Sudoku Plus removes the ads for good!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Pro Sudoku at every 2 months against Sudoku's every 13 months. Pro Sudoku also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.4). Sudoku's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Sudoku sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Pro Sudoku sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Pro Sudoku holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 53 and 36 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 97% of Sudoku's written reviews are positive against 100% of Pro Sudoku's.
Sudoku ships an update every 13 months, Pro Sudoku every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sudoku | Pro Sudoku |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (53 ratings) | 4.8 (36 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 97.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 53 — better | 36 |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Horizon Business, Inc. | Timothy Mironenko |
Customer experience
Sudoku
Pro Sudoku
In-app purchases
Sudoku
- Remove Ads$4.99
Pro Sudoku
- Plus Upgrade$3.49






