Comparison

Samurai Sudoku vs SudokuTournament.com

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

Head to head
About

Samurai Sudoku

Experience a unique Sudoku challenge with five interconnected grids. Apply standard Sudoku rules to each 9x9 grid, filling numbers to ensure each row, column, and region has one of each digit. Offers multiple difficulty levels and puzzle variations.

Highlights
  • Five overlapping Sudoku grids
  • Five difficulty levels
  • Various Sudoku types (Gattai, Butterfly)
  • Hint feature with conflict checking
  • Highlight same numbers
  • Autosave progress
  • Record best completion times
Features
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Samurai Sudoku puzzle contains five overlapping sudoku grids. The basic sudoku rules apply to each 9 x 9 grid. Basic Rule: Fill numbers in the board such that every row, column and region contains one occurrence of each number. **** Samurai Sudoku features **** # Content - 5 difficulty levels - Various types of Sudokus, including Gattai (3 overlapping sudoku grids), Butterfly (4 overlapping sudoku grids), etc. # Features - "Hint" auto fills the board with memo that has no direct conflicts with other numbers - Highlight same numbers as you select a number on board - Autosave the process of unfinished levels - Record best completion time for each level # Challenge - Game Center Achievements - Try to complete as many levels as possible If you have encountered any problem, please send an email to brightskygames@me.com

About

SudokuTournament.com

Engage your mind with classic number puzzles. Play solo at your own pace or compete in monthly tournaments against players worldwide. Offers various difficulty levels, progress tracking, and helpful in-game assists.

Highlights
  • Classic Sudoku puzzles
  • Monthly tournaments
  • Solo play with statistics
  • Multiple difficulty levels
  • In-game assist features
  • Daily challenges
  • Light/dark mode
Features
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Keep your brain sharp and active while having fun. Play solo at your own pace or challenge yourself against other sudoku lovers around the world by playing in a monthly tournament! Millions of people play sudoku every day to stimulate their minds and enjoy solving puzzles. The SudokuTournament.com app has thousands of sudoku puzzles in many different difficulty levels to help keep your mind active, unwind from stress, and challenge yourself. The SudokuTournament.com app has classic sudoku puzzles from easy to diabolical difficulty levels so you can choose whether you want a more relaxing game to pass the time, or a more challenging game to test your mind’s sharpness. Take a break from daily life and engage your brain and focus to remove distractions. Play the same puzzle with your friends by simply sharing the puzzle’s unique code. You and multiple fiends can all play the same puzzle at the same time! Improve your solving skills and speed by playing in a monthly tournament and being matched with sudoku players of a similar level. Track your wins and losses each month and increase your level over time as you play matches. Track your solo play progress with easy to understand statistics and compare with world players through achievements and leaderboards. We developed new insightful visuals to view your progress and improvement statistics by viewing your own historical game progress, as well as comparing your achievements and stats with worldwide players on leaderboards through Apple Game Center. Play across multiple devices with cloud save. The SudokuTournament.com app has many features to assist in playing the game such as hints, matching numbers highlighting, preventing unneeded notes and more. These can all be turned off at your discretion. This engaging sudoku app has: * Show if numbers are placed incorrectly * Lock correctly placed numbers to not be changed * Highlight matching numbers and note numbers * Prevent placing note if number is already in row, column or box * Clear unneeded notes once a number placed correctly * Hide number buttons when all of that number has been placed * View in-depth statistics and compare to world leaderboard players * Light/dark mode * Choose from many different colored background colors * Daily challenges and awards for completing a full month of challenges * Offline play and no ads with a premier subscription *Tournament play requires an internet connection

Screenshots

Samurai Sudoku4 screens
SudokuTournament.com4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: SudokuTournament.com at every 4 days against Samurai Sudoku's every 2 months. SudokuTournament.com also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). Samurai Sudoku's advantage is ratings volume (383 vs 25) and review sentiment (75% vs 62%). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Samurai Sudoku sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and SudokuTournament.com sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Samurai Sudoku against 4.6 for SudokuTournament.com. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Samurai Sudoku has 383 ratings behind it against 25, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 75% of Samurai Sudoku's written reviews are positive against 62% of SudokuTournament.com's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Samurai Sudoku ships an update every 2 months, SudokuTournament.com every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Samurai Sudoku versus SudokuTournament.com: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSamurai SudokuSudokuTournament.com
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (383 ratings) — better4.6 (25 ratings)
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews — better61.5% of reviews
Number of ratings383 — better25
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB142 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStanley LamSyntaxity Inc.

Customer experience

Samurai Sudoku

All ratings383 ratings
Positive92.2%
Neutral3.9%
Negative3.9%
Written reviews116 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral8.6%
Negative16.4%

SudokuTournament.com

All ratings25 ratings
Positive88.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.0%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive61.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative38.5%

Bugs and requests

Samurai Sudoku

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • App crashes when watching required videos
  • Weekly puzzle videos fail to load
  • Game freezes mid-puzzle with no progress saved
  • Purchased puzzles disappear after app updates or reinstalls
  • Ad screens block gameplay with no visible close button
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  • Unresponsive number input requiring multiple taps
  • App locks up permanently in certain situations
  • Video orientation mismatch on horizontal device orientation
  • Occasional glitches requiring app restart
  • Multiple solutions recognized as single correct answer

Requested features

10 requests
  • Auto-fill feature for candidate notes/pencil marks
  • Pause button for games in progress
  • Left-handed mode option
  • Highlight vertical and horizontal lines for easier solving
  • Ability to create and submit custom puzzles
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  • Larger puzzle sizes and more complex variations
  • Clue system that provides one hint at a time
  • Screen lock to prevent auto-dimming during gameplay
  • Bundled subscription option instead of individual pack purchases
  • Auto-generate puzzles instead of hard-coded content

SudokuTournament.com

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Samurai Sudoku

One-time10
  • Diagonal Samurai Pack$1.99
  • Samurai Beginner Pack$1.99
  • Samurai Median Pack$1.99
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  • Samurai Advanced Pack$1.99
  • Samurai Expert Pack$1.99
  • Samurai Advanced Pack 2$1.99
  • Samurai Basic Pack$1.99
  • Jigsaw Samurai Pack$2.99
  • Anti Diagonal Samurai Pack$2.99
  • Samurai Sudoku$3.99
3 purchases

SudokuTournament.com

Subscriptions2
  • Premier Access Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Premier Access Annually$4.991 Year
One-time1
  • No Ads$1.99

Questions

Is Samurai Sudoku free?
Samurai Sudoku is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SudokuTournament.com free?
SudokuTournament.com is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Samurai Sudoku or SudokuTournament.com?
Samurai Sudoku is rated higher. Samurai Sudoku averages 4.6 out of 5 from 383 ratings, while SudokuTournament.com averages 4.6 from 25 ratings.
Do Samurai Sudoku or SudokuTournament.com have ads?
Both Samurai Sudoku and SudokuTournament.com show ads.
Which is updated more often, Samurai Sudoku or SudokuTournament.com?
Samurai Sudoku ships an update every 2 months, and SudokuTournament.com every 4 days. Most recently, Samurai Sudoku was updated on November 10, 2026 and SudokuTournament.com on November 3, 2026.

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