Sudoku Zen vs mathfiend
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sudoku Zen
Engage in a classic number puzzle designed for all skill levels. Enjoy daily challenges, instant error detection, and detailed statistics to track your progress. Relax with calming background music and compete on leaderboards.
- Multiple difficulty levels
- Daily Sudoku challenges
- Instant error detection
- Complete game statistics
- Calming background music
- Game Center leaderboards
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Train your brain with the classic number puzzle loved by millions worldwide. Whether you're a complete beginner or a seasoned Sudoku master, this clean and intuitive app delivers the perfect challenge at every level. FEATURES - Multiple difficulty levels — Easy, Medium, Hard, and Expert - Daily Sudoku challenges to keep your streak going - Instant error detection — no wrong moves slip through - Complete stats: best time, highest score, longest winning streak - Beautiful background music for focus and calm - Game Center leaderboards & achievements HOW TO PLAY Fill a 9×9 grid so every row, column, and 3×3 box contains the digits 1–9. Simple rules, deep strategy. Unlike paper puzzles, you'll never need to erase a mistake. The app catches errors in real time, so you can focus on the logic — not the eraser. Perfect for daily brain exercise, commutes, or winding down before bed.
mathfiend
This game offers a fun and engaging way to improve math skills with fast-paced levels, a vibrant soundtrack, and a wide range of problems from basic arithmetic to complex multiplication. Compete on leaderboards to earn medals and prove your mathematical prowess.
- Snappy levels
- Grooving soundtrack
- Problems from single digit addition to parenthetical multiplication
- Enter numbers and solve problems
- Score times and earn medals
- Leaderboards for global and friend competition
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Tired of math games that are complete snoozefests? Mathfiend will rock your socks off with snappy levels, a grooving soundtrack that'll get your brain cells cozying right up against each other, heaps of attitude, and problems from all walks of life. From your humble single digit addition all the way to beastly parenthetical multiplication, that'll make your brain melt and fountain straight out of your ears. We got them all. Enter numbers, solve problems, complete levels, score times and earn medals. Oh, and get better at math in the process. Like, as a bonus. And do you want to know who's the mathiest of them all? Mathfiend has more leaderboards than you can shake a vector at. Compete against your friends and against the world. Score the best times, collect the most medals. Make friends and influence people. ??? Profit. Get mathfiend now and prove yourself in dozens of levels of numbery goodness.
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Verdict
Sudoku Zen and mathfiend both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of mathfiend's written reviews are positive against 62% of Sudoku Zen's. mathfiend also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 2 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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 Zen sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and mathfiend sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
mathfiend holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 13 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of Sudoku Zen's written reviews are positive against 100% of mathfiend's.
Sudoku Zen ships an update every 2 months, mathfiend every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sudoku Zen | mathfiend |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (17 ratings) | 4.9 (13 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 61.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | iThinkdiff | Quantum Craft UG (haftungsbeschränkt) |
Customer experience
Sudoku Zen
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In-app purchases
Sudoku Zen
- Remove Advertise$0.99
mathfiend
- 2 Energy Refills$0.99
- 1 hour Infinite Energy$2.99
- 10 Energy Refills$3.99
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- 6 hours Infinite Energy$5.99
- 40 Energy Refills$11.99
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