Samurai Sudoku vs Sudoku ◆
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
Sudoku ◆
Engage in a classic logic puzzle experience with an endless supply of Sudoku challenges. This app offers a sleek, modern interface designed for relaxing brain exercise, allowing you to hone your deduction skills and improve concentration. Track your progress, earn stars, and enjoy customizable gameplay across all your devices.
- Endless Sudoku puzzles
- Customizable board and colors
- Hints, notes, and auto-complete
- Difficulty levels: easy to expert
- Progress tracking and stats
- HD retina graphics for iPhone/iPad
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The most intuitive, polished, and enjoyable Sudoku game in the App Store, fully featured with classic gameplay and an endless supply of Sudoku puzzles. Enjoy the sleekest and most modern Sudoku available with simplistic designs for a relaxing brain exercise. Use deduction and logic to solve puzzles and aim to achieve perfect games without using hints. Test your puzzle-solving skills and rank up from easy to expert level. Play both relaxing and challenging puzzles to improve your concentration, focus, and memory. Your progress is saved so you can return to your game anytime without interruption. What are you waiting for? Download and try it out now! 1. Fully customizable board for a personalized play experience - Choose between round or square cells - Color customization for up to 90 different combinations 2. Great for beginners! - Simple controls for easy gameplay - Hints, Notes, Auto-complete - Toggle helpful settings like Move Suggest or Quick Mode - Learn to play with How-to-Play 3. Track puzzle progress and earn stars - Stats page to track and improve personal times - Complete perfect games to collect stars - Easy, Medium, Hard & Expert difficulties for those wanting a challenge 4. iPhone X/XS/XR and iPad support with HD retina graphics - Visually appealing interface with colorful animations - Enjoy Sudoku across all your devices! Thank you for downloading Sudoku. For fast and friendly support, email us at contact@maplemedia.io. We'd love to hear from you.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Sudoku ◆ at 19K against Samurai Sudoku's 383. Samurai Sudoku's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. Samurai Sudoku sells 24 one-off in-app purchases and Sudoku ◆ sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Samurai Sudoku against 4.6 for Sudoku ◆. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sudoku ◆ has 19K ratings behind it against 383, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 75% and 75% positive.
Samurai Sudoku ships an update every 2 months, Sudoku ◆ every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Samurai Sudoku | Sudoku ◆ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (383 ratings) | 4.6 (19K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 75.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 383 | 19K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 114 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Stanley Lam | Do More Mobile, LLC. |
Customer experience
Samurai Sudoku
Sudoku ◆
User reviews
Samurai Sudoku
From 383 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎮 Excellent variety of puzzle types and game modes
- 🧠 Challenging and mentally stimulating gameplay
- 👍 User-friendly interface and intuitive controls
- 🎨 Well-designed graphics and visual presentation
- ⭐ Addictive and entertaining for extended play
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent app crashes and freezing issues
- 📱 Unresponsive touch controls requiring multiple taps
- 🎥 Video loading problems for weekly puzzles
- 💾 Loss of purchased content and progress after updates
- 📺 Excessive and intrusive advertising
Sudoku ◆
From 19K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💎 Colorful and customizable design
- 📊 Variety of difficulty levels
- 🎨 Helpful color-coding of numbers
- 🔍 Useful features like note-taking and mistake highlighting
- 🧠 Helps keep the mind active
Room to improve
- 💰 Expensive in-app purchase to remove ads
- 🔍 Intrusive and frequent ads
- 🔋 Causes device overheating and high battery drain
- 🐛 Crashes and issues with restoring purchases
- 🤖 Automatic number completion can make the game too easy
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
Sudoku ◆
Reported bugs
3 issues- Puzzle solutions not always unique
- Ads redirecting to App Store without user interaction
- Issues with app crashing or not loading properly
Requested features
4 requests- Landscape mode for iPad
- Ability to change number color in notes
- Option to disable automatic number completion
- Reduce frequency and intrusiveness of ads
In-app purchases
Samurai Sudoku
- 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 Beginner Pack 2$1.99
- Samurai Advanced Pack 2$1.99
- Samurai Basic Pack$1.99
- Samurai Gattai-3 Pack$1.99
- Butterfly Sudoku$1.99
- Flower Sudoku$1.99
- Gattai-3 Diagonal Pack$1.99
- Sudo-Kurve$1.99
- Twodoku$1.99
- Tridoku$1.99
- Samurai Median Pack 2$1.99
- Jigsaw Samurai Pack$2.99
- Anti Diagonal Samurai Pack$2.99
- Cross Sudoku$2.99
- Gattai-3 Anti Diagonal Pack$2.99
- Samurai Sudoku$3.99
- Sohei Sudoku$3.99
- 30 Days of All Puzzles$5.99
- 90 Days of All Puzzles$14.99
Sudoku ◆
- Sudoku Premium$19.99
