Comparison

Notebook Artillery vs SudokuNoBS

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

Head to head
About

Notebook Artillery

Engage in strategic cannon combat with this arcade-simulation-action game. Adjust firing angle and powder to hit targets or opponents, accounting for wind and random stage layouts. Features hand-drawn art and multiple game modes.

Highlights
  • Adjust firing angle and powder
  • Account for wind and stage layouts
  • Solo target practice mode
  • CPU opponent
  • Local multiplayer vs mode
  • Hand-drawn game art
  • Unlockable stickers
Features
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Apple called it "sketchy — in a good way." Multiple-time Game of the Day in 80+ countries. Nintendo Force gave it 8.5/10. And it started as a doodle. Once upon a time in a middle school computer lab, a student ignored every assignment for an entire semester to fire cannons at a friend. That student grew up, spent 20 years making games professionally, and eventually decided the world needed a proper love letter to that wasted time. This is it. Notebook Artillery is a hand-drawn artillery game inspired by the classic Mac game that got confiscated off school computers everywhere. Set your angle. Load your powder. Fire. Account for the wind. Try not to hit your own tower. Play your way: Solo target practice — break floating targets across randomly generated stages VS CPU — take on a computer opponent Local multiplayer — challenge someone in the same room What makes it feel different: Every frame hand-drawn in Procreate — ruled lines, coil binding, pencil textures, the whole notebook aesthetic Trees splinter. Towers explode. Cannonballs collide mid-air. Wind changes everything. Read the flag. Use your shot trails. Unlock stickers by pulling off feats — first-shot eliminations, mid-air collisions, and yes, accidentally destroying your own tower Randomly generated stages mean no two games play the same Made by one person, with audio by Kevin Samuels and Switch/console ports by PolyCrunch Games. No AI tools were used in making this game. All art hand-drawn. Developed in GameMaker Studio.

About

SudokuNoBS

Enjoy a pure Sudoku experience without any distractions. This game offers five difficulty levels with helpful hints and feedback, all while tracking your personal best times locally. It's a straightforward, ad-free puzzle game.

Highlights
  • No ads
  • No account required
  • No server tracking
  • Five difficulty levels
  • Hints and feedback
  • Local best times tracking
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No ads, no account, no server, no tracking. Just 5 levels of Sudoku with hints, feedback and local best times.

Screenshots

Notebook Artillery4 screens
SudokuNoBS3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Notebook Artillery at 4.5 against SudokuNoBS's 3.0. Notebook Artillery also leads on ratings volume (149 vs 2) and monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs paid). SudokuNoBS's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 82%). On price 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

Notebook Artillery costs $0.99 and SudokuNoBS $0.49 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Notebook Artillery holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Notebook Artillery has 149 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 82% of Notebook Artillery's written reviews are positive against 100% of SudokuNoBS's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Notebook Artillery versus SudokuNoBS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNotebook ArtillerySudokuNoBS
Price$0.99$0.49 — better
Rating4.5 (149 ratings) — better3.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews81.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings149 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank#18 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.4
Further details — not scored
Size115 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAustin IvansmithEdward Wild

Customer experience

Notebook Artillery

All ratings148 ratings
Positive87.2%
Neutral6.8%
Negative6.1%
Written reviews87 reviews
Positive81.6%
Neutral10.3%
Negative8.0%

SudokuNoBS

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Notebook Artillery

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Crashes on iOS 12 and 13 on iPad Pro
  • Inconsistent animation speeds

Requested features

7 requests
  • Online multiplayer
  • Campaign mode with objectives
  • Weapon/tower upgrades
  • Customization options
  • Special game modes (speed run, boss battles, etc.)
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  • Ability to save and continue games
  • Detailed badge/achievement system

SudokuNoBS

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Notebook Artillery

No in-app purchases

None

SudokuNoBS

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Notebook Artillery free?
Notebook Artillery costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is SudokuNoBS free?
SudokuNoBS costs $0.49, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Notebook Artillery or SudokuNoBS?
Notebook Artillery is rated higher. Notebook Artillery averages 4.5 out of 5 from 149 ratings, while SudokuNoBS averages 3.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Notebook Artillery or SudokuNoBS have ads?
Notebook Artillery shows ads; SudokuNoBS does not.

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