Comparison

Sudoku vs ShapeLines

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

Head to head
About

Sudoku

Engage your mind with a classic number puzzle game offering hundreds of challenges. Features adjustable difficulty, daily puzzles, smart hints, and customizable themes for an enhanced experience. Play anytime, anywhere, with automatic progress saving.

Highlights
  • Hundreds of carefully designed puzzles
  • Various difficulty levels (Easy to Expert)
  • Daily challenges with rewards
  • Smart hints and unlimited undo
  • Customizable themes
  • Offline play
  • Automatic progress saving
Features
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Sudoku: Logic Number Puzzles is a classic sudoku game with hundreds of free number puzzles, from easy sudoku for beginners to expert and extreme levels for masters. Play offline, no wifi needed — a brain game you can take anywhere. PLAY SUDOKU YOUR WAY • Six difficulty levels: easy, medium, hard, expert and extreme sudoku puzzles • Daily sudoku challenge with streaks and a weekly summary • Notes (pencil marks), undo, erase and smart hints when you get stuck • Mistake limit that keeps every puzzle honest — go unlimited with BrainGames Plus • Autosave: every game resumes exactly where you left it TRAIN YOUR BRAIN • Logic puzzles that sharpen concentration, memory and number sense • Game Center leaderboards for every difficulty — race the clock against the world • Track your daily streak and watch your solving time drop ANYWHERE, ANY DEVICE • 100% offline: play sudoku without internet, on a plane or on the train • iPhone, iPad and Apple Vision Pro, with themes for day and night • Print puzzles as PDF and solve on paper • Siri and Shortcuts: say "Start a new Sudoku game" and play Whether you want a relaxing classic sudoku, a hard number puzzle to test your logic, or a daily brain workout, this free sudoku app has a grid for you. Download now and become a Sudoku master. Privacy Policy: https://www.nicolasrod.dev/apps/sudoku/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

ShapeLines

Features
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Plan the path. Clear the line. Own the board. ShapeLines is a strategy puzzle about space. Slide one shape at a time along an open path and line up matching shapes to clear them. Every move that clears nothing brings new shapes, so every choice counts. A fresh Daily Challenge board waits for you every day. HOW IT PLAYS • Tap a shape, then tap an empty cell. If a path is open, the shape slides there. • Line up 3 to 6 matching shapes, depending on board size, in a row, a column or a diagonal. • A clear stops new shapes from spawning. Clear on consecutive moves for streaks up to 8x, and clear several lines at once for big combos. • The game ends when the board is full. FIVE WAYS TO PLAY, ONE PLAY SCREEN • Classic: no clock, just planning. • Time Per Move: a limit on every move, with a bonus for speed. • Rapid: one time bank for the whole game. Clear lines to earn time back. • Daily Challenge: the same board for everyone each day, in a size that changes daily. See today's best, keep your streak and know when the next board arrives. • Tactical Coach: four guided lessons that show the best move and explain why, then free practice with hints. EVERY GAME ENDS WITH A STORY The results screen shows your score against your best for that board size, your longest line, best combo and streak, time bonus and time played. Play again, share your result or take one more look at the final board. LEARN WITH ON-DEVICE AI HINTS Stuck? Turn on AI hints to compare three strong moves and see why they work. Hints are generated on your device and nothing leaves it. To keep leaderboards fair, a game in which you use a hint is saved as an assisted personal best instead of being submitted. COMPETE AND IMPROVE • Game Center leaderboards by mode and board size, plus 29 achievements • Six board sizes, from a quick 5×5 to a demanding 10×10 • Undo, score milestones, and Personal Records for every board size • iCloud sync for your game and stats PLAY YOUR WAY • Five themes, including Bold Contrast for maximum readability • Every color has its own shape, and Colorblind Mode adds a symbol to each one • VoiceOver throughout: cells announce shape, color, row and column; rotors jump between shapes and move destinations; moves, clears, points, new shapes and timer warnings are spoken • Pause timed games, optional extra time, Dynamic Type and Reduce Motion support • Hardware keyboard, plus Xbox, PlayStation and MFi controllers, with a visible cursor • Portrait and landscape on iPhone, every orientation on iPad NO STRINGS No ads, no in-app purchases, no tracking, no account. Plays fully offline. Leaderboards count unassisted games only. Games with hints, Tactical Coach sessions and games with accessibility extra time are kept as personal bests instead.

Screenshots

Sudoku4 screens
ShapeLines4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ShapeLines at none against Sudoku's 4. Sudoku's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Sudoku sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. ShapeLines asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sudoku ships an update every 9 days, ShapeLines every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Sudoku versus ShapeLines: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSudokuShapeLines
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB210 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNicolas A. RodriguezIVANS CVETKOVS

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Sudoku

Subscriptions4
  • Weekly$1.997 Days
  • Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Yearly – 7 days free7 Days trial$15.991 Year
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  • Family – up to 6$29.991 Year
None

ShapeLines

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sudoku free?
Sudoku is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ShapeLines free?
ShapeLines is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Sudoku or ShapeLines have ads?
Neither Sudoku nor ShapeLines shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sudoku or ShapeLines?
Sudoku ships an update every 9 days, and ShapeLines every 3 weeks. Most recently, Sudoku was updated on October 28, 2026 and ShapeLines on October 25, 2026.

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