Comparison

Primrows+ vs Sudoku

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

Head to head
About

Primrows+

A logic puzzle game where you grow and prune flowers in a whimsical garden. It combines sudoku-like rules with elements of chance and pattern recognition. Enjoy weekly challenges, seasonal artwork, and an ambient soundscape.

Highlights
  • Sudoku-inspired logic puzzles
  • Whimsical garden theme
  • Weekly challenges with special mechanics
  • Ambient nature soundscape
  • Seasonal artwork
  • Quick Play and Journal Play modes
  • Color blindness and low vision accessibility
Features
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A challenging game of logic, luck, and pattern recognition that adds a twist of chance to sudoku mechanics. Tend to a whimsical garden with organic sounds and visuals while you unearth new weekly challenges that introduce special mechanics. Test your skills in a game of logic, luck, and pattern recognition. After flowers grow at random, prune them away to ensure there are no two of the same flower in any row, column, or quadrant. Harvest at the end of each round to collect points and grow your high score. Master new challenges presented in each round as you watch your gardens flourish! Harvest as many points as you can in Quick Play or enjoy the more advanced Journal Play that rewards you for meeting certain criteria. Can’t get enough? Anticipate each Weekly Challenge that introduces special flowers and tiles that change the gameplay. Celebrate holidays and other milestones with themed challenges and festive artwork to get you in the spirit of the season. Primrows combines elements from sudoku and board games into an approachable and novel puzzle challenge that invites you to play at your own pace. With a high skill ceiling and plenty of depth, gameplay offers a challenging and versatile experience. Immerse yourself in ambient music and hand-painted backgrounds that change with each season. Primrows features award-winning visuals that invite you to settle in and strategize. Features: • Scratch that puzzle itch with Quick Play or enjoy deep strategy with Journal Play • Weekly challenges to expand your gardening expertise • Balance strategy, chance, and pattern recognition with no time pressure • Immersive ambient soundscape inspired by nature • Cheerful artwork that changes with the seasons • Infinitely replayable with a high skill ceiling • Digestible for players of all skill levels • Accessibility for color blindness and low vision -------AWARDS------- • Indie Game Dev Best Visuals Award at Cleveland Gaming Classic 2025 • Featured in Moonlite Madness Showcase 2025 • Featured in Rainbow Tech Fest 2025 • Featured in the Queer Games Bundle 2025 on Itch Rated 3+ by the Indonesia Game Rating System (IGRS)

About

Sudoku

A vibrant twist on the classic logic game, this app uses colors instead of numbers to challenge your mind. Solve puzzles with intuitive design and adjustable difficulty levels. Enjoy endless, beautifully crafted boards offline.

Highlights
  • Color-based Sudoku puzzles
  • Adjustable difficulty levels
  • Hint system
  • Endless puzzles
  • Offline play support
  • Clean, user-friendly interface
Features
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Sudoku, but in color, and now you can race your friends. Sudoku: Color swaps the numbers for 9 bright colors. Same rules, same logic, but you can see what's missing at a glance. Play solo, take on today's Daily Challenge, or go head-to-head online. PLAY ONLINE, 1V1 • Create a room and share the 6-letter code with a friend • Or tap Find Opponent to get matched with a live player (a bot steps in if nobody's around) • Watch your opponent's progress and hearts in real time • Instant rematch when it's close DAILY CHALLENGE • A fresh puzzle every day, with a twist on most days: No Mistakes, Time Attack or Hintless • Pick Easy, Medium or Hard • Keep your streak alive and track your week FIVE DIFFICULTIES Breezy, Easy, Medium, Hard and Expert. In Expert, wrong colors stay on the board. You have to spot and fix your own mistakes, with only 3 undos. HOW TO PLAY Fill every row, column and 3×3 box with all 9 colors, no repeats. If you know classic sudoku, you already know how. If you don't, colors make it easier to learn. EASY ON THE EYES • 7 color palettes: Original, Horizon and Spring are free; Summer, Autumn, Winter and Nightmare come in the Nightmare Pack • Light and dark themes • Built for iPhone and iPad TOOLS WHEN YOU WANT THEM • Pencil notes and auto-notes • Hints • Your game saves automatically, so you can pick up where you left off COMPETE AND COLLECT • 68 achievements • Game Center leaderboards for every difficulty • Sound effects and haptics (or mute them) Free to play with ads. Remove Ads and the Nightmare Pack are optional one-time purchases.

Screenshots

Primrows+4 screens
Sudoku4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Primrows+ at 100% against Sudoku's 60%. Primrows+ also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.3) and ads (none vs shown). Sudoku's advantage is monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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. Primrows+ sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Sudoku sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Primrows+ holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 18 and 15 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Primrows+'s written reviews are positive against 60% of Sudoku's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Primrows+ versus Sudoku: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPrimrows+Sudoku
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (18 ratings) — better4.3 (15 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better60.0% of reviews
Number of ratings18 — better15
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size394 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTursiops Truncatus StudiosNykylo Media LLC

Customer experience

Primrows+

All ratings18 ratings
Positive94.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.6%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Sudoku

All ratings15 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Primrows+

One-time1
  • Premium$4.99
2 purchases

Sudoku

One-time2
  • Nightmare Pack$0.99
  • Remove Ads$1.99

Questions

Is Primrows+ free?
Primrows+ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sudoku free?
Sudoku is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Primrows+ or Sudoku?
Primrows+ is rated higher. Primrows+ averages 4.8 out of 5 from 18 ratings, while Sudoku averages 4.3 from 15 ratings.
Do Primrows+ or Sudoku have ads?
Sudoku shows ads; Primrows+ does not.
Which is updated more often, Primrows+ or Sudoku?
Primrows+ ships an update every 2 months, and Sudoku every 2 months. Most recently, Primrows+ was updated on November 4, 2026 and Sudoku on November 8, 2026.

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