Comparison

Warbits Halfbrick+ vs Icon Sudoku

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

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About

Warbits Halfbrick+

Engage in strategic turn-based warfare on gridded maps. Command unique units, utilize special powers, and overcome challenges in campaign, challenge, or multiplayer modes. Build and share custom maps to dominate the galaxy.

Highlights
  • Turn-Based Strategy
  • Campaign Mode
  • Challenge Mode
  • Map Editor
  • Multiplayer Battles
  • Grid-based Warfare
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Get ready to boot up the galaxy's most exciting battlefield simulator with Warbits, available through a Halfbrick+ subscription. Command your army on gridded maps and wage a civilized but intense war against your enemies—or challenge players worldwide in thrilling multiplayer battles. Get rid of blasters, load up Warbits Halfbrick+, and overcome with strategy and precision. As a Halfbrick+ subscriber, you'll not only enjoy Warbits, but you'll also have access to a wide range of other Halfbrick titles, all ad-free and without in-app purchases. Game Features: Turn-Based Strategy: Master tactical grid-based warfare with uniquely equipped units, special powers, and structures that will fuel your strategic dominance. In Warbits Halfbrick+, every move counts in your path to victory! Campaign mode: Battle through 20 missions across 5 unique environments as you unravel the story of a dysfunctional galaxy and the war simulator designed to save it. Challenge Mode: For the more experienced player to test their mettle. 12 challenging skirmish missions and 12 mind-bending puzzle missions. Map Editor: Build, share and play custom maps. Multiplayer game: Battle for glory against other commanders. Automatically pair with players who enjoy the same game modes as you and compete for glory on the monthly scoreboards. With Warbits Halfbrick+, strategy is everything. Dominate the battlefield with your tactical genius, build your armies, and climb the ranks in this action-packed turn-based game. The fate of the galaxy is in your hands—are you ready to lead? WHAT'S HALFBRICK+ * Halfbrick+ is a mobile games subscription service featuring: * Exclusive access to the highest-rated games, including old games and new hits like Fruit Ninja. * No ads or in-app purchases, enhancing your experience with classic games and Fruit games. * Brought to you by the makers of Award-winning mobile games * Regular updates and new games, ensuring your subscription is always worth it. * Curated by hand - for gamers by gamers! Start your One Month free trial and play all our games, including classic games and games like Fruit Ninja, without ads, in-app purchases, and fully unlocked games! Your subscription will auto-renew after 30 days, or save money with an annual membership through Halfbrick+! If you have any questions, please contact our support team https://support.halfbrick.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- View our privacy policy at https://www.halfbrick.com/halfbrick-plus-privacy-policy View our terms of service at https://www.halfbrick.com/terms-of-service

About

Icon Sudoku

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Icon Sudoku takes the classic logic puzzle you love and reimagines it with icons in place of numbers. Same satisfying deduction, a fresh look that makes every puzzle feel new. ICONS NOT YOUR THING? We're hurt. Deeply. But we'll get over it. Tap 123 Numbers on any puzzle, or flip the switch on the home screen, and play every puzzle in plain old numbers, free. Switch back to icons whenever you like. When you win, the pictures sneak back in to celebrate with you. NINE ICON PACKS Choose an occupation pack and solve with its themed icons. Each pack brings its own art, mascot, music, and mood: Space, the free starter pack Barista Teacher Nurse New Parent Founder Retail Chef Vet Or unlock every pack at once, including every pack we add later, with one purchase. HOLIDAY SPECIALS A month before each big US holiday, its own board of 25 puzzles opens with holiday icons, colors, music and falling fireworks, leaves, eggs or snow, from New Year's and Valentine's Day to Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas. Play them in any order, look for the surprise hiding on every board, and clear the board to win that year's trophy. TROPHY ROOM Every holiday trophy and Monthly Challenge clear, on one shelf. Win a holiday again the next year and its trophy counts up. FOUR DIFFICULTIES From relaxed Easy puzzles to brain-bending Expert, with hundreds of hand-tuned levels across chaptered level maps. Earn up to three stars per puzzle: one for finishing, one for skipping hints, one for a clean solve with no mistakes. MONTHLY CHALLENGE A fresh set of 50 puzzles every month, playable in any order, that mixes the packs you own. Clear milestones for coin rewards and climb the monthly leaderboard against friends. BUILD A STREAK Solve at least one puzzle a day to grow your streak and earn daily bonuses, with milestone rewards along the way. HELP WHEN YOU WANT IT Reveal a cell when you're stuck, re-roll a puzzle that isn't clicking, and turn on optional live feedback to catch mistakes as you make them. You're always in control of how much help you get. NEW TO SUDOKU? A quick tour walks you through your first puzzle, and you can replay it any time from Settings. PLAY IN YOUR LANGUAGE English, Spanish, French, German and Brazilian Portuguese, with every pack's logo drawn in your language. Made for iPhone, iPad and the folding iPhone. PLAY YOUR WAY Game Center leaderboards and achievements, iCloud sync so your progress follows you across devices, and a calm, clean interface designed to get out of your way. Icon Sudoku is the work of Shawn Taylor, a U.S. Army veteran of two combat deployments, Kosovo and Iraq, and the author of a series of occupation-themed activity books. This game is a companion to those books, built to keep your mind sharp one puzzle at a time. Download Icon Sudoku and find your pack. No Ads. No tracking. Just games.

Screenshots

Warbits Halfbrick+4 screens
Icon Sudoku4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Icon Sudoku at every 2 days against Warbits Halfbrick+'s every 3 weeks. Warbits Halfbrick+'s advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Warbits Halfbrick+ sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Icon Sudoku sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Warbits Halfbrick+ ships an update every 3 weeks, Icon Sudoku every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Warbits Halfbrick+ versus Icon Sudoku: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWarbits Halfbrick+Icon Sudoku
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (24 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews28.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings24 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscription—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size636 MB495 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperHalfbrickAustralia's Computer Techs Pty Ltd

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Warbits Halfbrick+

Subscriptions3
  • Halfbrick+1 Month trial$2.991 Month
  • Halfbrick+$2.991 Month
  • Halfbrick+2 variants$29.991 Year
10 purchases

Icon Sudoku

One-time10
  • Vet Pack$0.99
  • Chef Pack$0.99
  • New Parent Pack$0.99
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  • 5,000 Coins$0.99
  • Founder Pack$0.99
  • Retail Pack$0.99
  • Live Mistake Feedback (Expert)$0.99
  • Live Mistake Feedback (Hard)$0.99
  • Live Mistake Feedback (Medium)$0.99
  • Every Pack$5.99

Questions

Is Warbits Halfbrick+ free?
Warbits Halfbrick+ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Icon Sudoku free?
Icon Sudoku is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Warbits Halfbrick+ or Icon Sudoku have ads?
Neither Warbits Halfbrick+ nor Icon Sudoku shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Warbits Halfbrick+ or Icon Sudoku?
Warbits Halfbrick+ ships an update every 3 weeks, and Icon Sudoku every 2 days. Most recently, Warbits Halfbrick+ was updated on November 4, 2026 and Icon Sudoku on November 10, 2026.

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