Sumscape vs RiddleSum
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sumscape
A challenging puzzle game designed to test your brain. Players tap or scratch numbers on a grid to make column and row sums match the targets outside the board. Enjoy this free and easy-to-play experience at your own pace.
- Tap or scratch numbers
- Match column and row sums
- Test your brain
- One finger control
- Free to play
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Sumscape is a challenging puzzle game which will help you test your brain. HOW TO PLAY: You just tap to choose or scratch out the numbers in the grid board. Make sure the sum of these numbers on a column or a row equals the number written out of the board. Sounds easy but quite challenging. FEATURES: - One finger control. - FREE & EASY TO PLAY - Enjoy Sumscape at your own pace!
RiddleSum
This number puzzle game challenges you to balance rows and columns by selecting the correct numbers. It offers a relaxing, clean design with hundreds of handcrafted puzzles to sharpen logic and mental math skills at your own pace.
- Hundreds of handcrafted puzzles
- Clean and minimal design
- Helpful hints
- No timers, solve at your own pace
- Daily brain workout
- Logic and mental math training
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RiddleSum is a clean and addictive number puzzle where your goal is to balance every row and column. Pick the right numbers, remove the wrong ones, and make all sums match the clues on the edges. Simple at first glance - surprisingly deep once you start playing. Every puzzle has one single correct solution. Analyze, eliminate, and find the perfect combination that works in all directions at the same time. It’s a great way to sharpen your logic, focus, and mental math skills. How to play: • Check the target sums for each row and column. • Cross out numbers that can’t be part of the solution. • Keep only the numbers that complete the total. • Solve boards from 3×3 up to 9×9. Features: • Hundreds of handcrafted number puzzles. • Clean and minimal design that feels relaxing. • Helpful hints when you’re stuck. • No timers, no pressure — solve at your own pace. • A subtle daily workout for your brain and arithmetic. If you love smart logic puzzles and satisfying “aha!” moments, RiddleSum is perfect for your daily brain routine. Enjoy solving beautifully simple number challenges anywhere, anytime.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sumscape at none against RiddleSum's 1. Sumscape also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and device support (3 vs 1). RiddleSum's advantage is ratings volume (10 vs 1). On price, ads and monetization model 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. RiddleSum sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Sumscape asks for nothing beyond the download.
Sumscape holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RiddleSum has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Sumscape | RiddleSum |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.6 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.5 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 137 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | International Education and Communication Investment Corporation | Dmitriy Romanov |
Customer experience
Sumscape
RiddleSum
In-app purchases
Sumscape
No in-app purchases
RiddleSum
- Remove Ads$2.99
