Conspire vs Sumio
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Conspire
This app allows you to collect and collaborate on crossword puzzles with friends. Import puzzles from newspapers or online, then work on them together in real-time or asynchronously. Answers sync across devices, and progress is merged seamlessly.
- Crossword puzzle collection
- Import puzzles from print or web
- Real-time collaboration with friends
- Asynchronous puzzle merging
- Cross-device answer synchronization
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Welcome to Conspire, the crossword scanning and crossword sharing app. Collect your crossword puzzles together in one place so that you can always have them with you, and so that you can collaborate on them with your friends, even when you're not able to be in the same place at the same time. You can import crosswords into Conspire either from a printed newspaper or from the internet. Once imported you can invite your friends to work on your crossword with you. Answers that you type appear on their device. What they type appears on yours. If you can't be online together then Conspire will carefully merge the answers that you and your friends have entered.
Sumio
Engage your mind with a logic number puzzle game. Drag tiles to match row and column sums, offering adjustable difficulty and daily challenges for hours of brain-training fun.
- Logic number puzzles
- Drag and drop tile mechanics
- Adjustable difficulty
- Daily challenges
- Hint system
- Brain training
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Discover the mystery of Sumio! Solve the logic number puzzles with simple rules and challenging solutions! Choose your difficulty level, and exercise your logic! Start playing our logic number puzzle at an easy level, and become a real master! Sumio is an addictive brain game that combines logic with numbers. To solve the Sumio puzzles, drag number tiles from the bank to squares on the grid so the columns and rows sum to the indicated values. Are you ready for a relaxing way to clear your mind and complete the free Sumio Puzzle? Take the challenge, and train your brain NOW! This entertaining mind game will bring you hours of fun! - Choose the game difficulty, grid size, number range that is best for you. - Easy to learn and quite addictive once you start playing this logic number game! - Get hints if you are stuck - Play the daily challenges to get more points Sharpen your mind with Sumio now!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Sumio at 100% against Conspire's 64%. Sumio also leads on rating (4.0 vs 3.5) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ratings volume, ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Sumio holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of Conspire's written reviews are positive against 100% of Sumio's.
Conspire ships an update every 2 months, Sumio every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Conspire | Sumio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (8 ratings) | 4.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 64.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.4 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 78 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Matthew Finn | Berkay Saglam |
Customer experience
Conspire
Sumio
In-app purchases
Conspire
No in-app purchases
Sumio
No in-app purchases
