Vending Sort vs Sudoku
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Vending Sort
Engage in a fun and addictive puzzle game where you organize items within a virtual vending machine. Exercise your brain with challenging yet relaxing levels, sorting items into their correct slots with simple one-finger controls.
- Sort items into vending machine slots
- One-finger control
- Multiple unique levels
- Challenging yet relaxing gameplay
- Restart levels anytime
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Vending Sort is a fun and addictive puzzle game! Try to sort the items inside of a vending machine. A challenging yet relaxing game to exercise your brain! HOW TO PLAY: • Tap any item to put it to another slot. • Sort items into groups. • The rule is that you can only put the item to another slot if it is start with the same item and there’re enough space on the slot. • Try not to get stuck - but don’t worry, you can always restart the level at any time. • Make the vending machine perfectly organized! FEATURES: • One finger control. • Multiple unique levels • FREE & EASY TO PLAY.
Sudoku
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Sudoku, mastered. Sudoku-ru is the sudoku app you'll actually keep on your home screen. A premium board, a daily challenge that grows your streak, four game modes, and a hint engine that teaches sudoku — not one that just hands you the answer. FOUR WAYS TO PLAY Classic 9×9 — the original Mini 6×6 — perfect for a quick run Sudoku X — both diagonals must also contain 1–9 Killer Sudoku — cages with sums replace given clues FIVE DIFFICULTY TIERS Easy, Medium, Hard, Expert, Evil — every puzzle is uniqueness-verified, so there is always exactly one solution. DAILY CHALLENGE A fresh puzzle every day, seeded so it's the same for everyone. Build your streak, hit your best time, and watch the calendar fill up. A HINT ENGINE THAT TEACHES The hint chain detects Naked Singles, Hidden Singles, Naked Pairs, Pointing Pairs, and X-Wing — and names the technique so you actually learn it, not just the next digit. DESIGNED TO RESPECT YOUR TIME Pencil notes with auto-clear, unlimited undo and redo, peer and error highlighting, mistake limit with a one-time Watch-Ad revive, and iCloud sync so your streak and stats follow you to every device. STATS AND ACHIEVEMENTS Win-rate chart, streak rings, per-difficulty time breakdowns, and a trophy case you unlock as you play. SUDOKU-RU PREMIUM — one-time purchase Remove all ads, unlock every theme, and keep your hint tokens forever. Hint Packs (3, 20, or 100 tokens) are also available as one-time consumables. Sudoku-ru works fully offline, syncs across devices via iCloud, and has no subscriptions.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Vending Sort at fortnightly against Sudoku's every 5 weeks. Vending Sort also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Vending Sort sells 14 one-off in-app purchases and Sudoku sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Vending Sort ships an update fortnightly, Sudoku every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Vending Sort | Sudoku |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (9K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 22.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 9K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 228 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rollic Games | Pathom Sriaroonthip |
Bugs and requests
Vending Sort
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game stuck on certain levels
- Unresponsive controls
- Lost progress and unlocks after update
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to skip difficult levels
- Use earned cash to buy extra moves or slots
- Auto-restock vending machines
- More challenging levels
- Bring back the city feature
Sudoku
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Vending Sort
- Shuffle Pack$1.99
- No Ads$2.99
- Shuffle Pack Advanced$2.99
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- Undo Pack Advanced$2.99
- Starter Pack$2.99
- Piggy Bank$2.99
- Starter Offer Limited$2.99
- No Ads Bundle Offer Limited$3.99
- Mayor Offer Limited$4.99
- Fun Pack$7.99
- No Ads Bundle$7.99
- Big Bundle$8.99
- Advanced Pack$9.99
- Mega Bundle$14.99
Sudoku
- 3 Hints$0.99
- 20 Hints$2.99
- Sudokuru Premium$4.99
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- 100 Hints$9.99









