Comparison

Sudoktor vs John’s Sudoku

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

Head to head
About

Sudoktor

This app assists in solving Sudoku puzzles, offering features to generate unlimited puzzles of varying difficulty, analyze existing ones, and provide detailed solving strategies. It allows manual puzzle entry and includes advanced tools for a deeper understanding of Sudoku mechanics.

Highlights
  • Generates unlimited Sudoku puzzles
  • Rates puzzle difficulty
  • Manual puzzle entry and copy-paste
  • Automatic pencil mark updates
  • Full Undo/Redo functionality
  • Advanced analysis (candidates, subsets, chains)
Features
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Sudoktor is a Sudoku solving assistant. It helps you to solve and understand Sudoku puzzles but it can also be used to create and solve unlimited Sudoku puzzles. See the support page for more details and screenshots. App's key features: - generates valid 9x9 sudoku puzzles of any choosen level (from easy to fiendish) - allows to rate objectively the difficulty of the current puzzle - allows to enter to enter standard 9x9 Sudokus manually or by copy-and-paste - offers an intuitive and quick entry method - shows or hides pencil marks, updates them automatically - full Undo/Redo feature - offers advanced analysis on demand: - candidates - wrong values - solution - subsets, grid analysis, forcing chains, almost locked subsets... - ability to save and to reopen the games

About

John’s Sudoku

This puzzle game offers a comprehensive Sudoku experience with randomly generated puzzles across six difficulty levels. Users can also create custom puzzles, share them with friends, and utilize advanced features like error highlighting and auto-pencil.

Highlights
  • Randomly generated puzzles
  • Six difficulty levels
  • User-defined puzzles
  • Puzzle sharing via import/export
  • Error highlighting
  • Auto-pencil function
  • Undo/Redo functionality
Features
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John's Sudoku is one of the most comprehensive Sudoku game systems. It randomly creates puzzles for six difficulty levels. You may never meet the same puzzle. But you can do the same one via user defined puzzle. Or you can define your own puzzle via Sudoku Book. You can also share the same puzzle with your friends via the importing/exporting function of this system. The followings are the summary of the function: 约翰的数独是最全面的数独游戏系统之一。 它随机地创建六个难度级别的拼图。 你可能永远也不会遇到同样的拼图。 不过您可以通过用户定义的拼图来做同样的拼图。 或者您可以从数独书来定义自己的拼图。 您还可以通过此系统的输入/输出功能与您的朋友分享相同的拼图。功能总结如下: 1. Randomly creates puzzle for six difficulty levels. 2. User can define his/her own puzzle, e.g. from Sudoku Book. 3. Check the status and highlight the error. 4. Easy to see the working cells with the most advanced highlighting function. 5. Auto-pencil the selected cell. 6. Undo/Redo function. 7. Auto-pencil (or auto-erase) all the cells with one tap. 8. Revert to the last clean state via 'Eliminate error input'. 9. Resolve the puzzle . 10. Import/export your puzzle to share with friends. 11. Reset to the original puzzle. 12. Game is auto-saved. You only need to tap Resume when you return to the app. 1. 随机产生六个难度级别的拼图。 2. 用户可以定义自己的拼图,例如从数独书。 3. 检查状态并突出显示错误。 4. 使用最先进的突出显示功能轻松查看工作单元格。 5. 自动标记所选单元格。 6. 撤消/重做功能。 7. 一键自动标记(或擦除)所有单元格。8. 可以通过 ‘消除错误输入’ 返回到上个正确状态 。 9. 拼图解题功能。 10. 通过输入/输出拼图以与朋友分享乐趣。 11. 重新设定到原始的拼图。 12. 游戏自动保存,您只需点击“恢复”即可。

Screenshots

Sudoktor4 screens
John’s Sudoku4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: John’s Sudoku at 100% against Sudoktor's 50%. John’s Sudoku also leads on price (Free vs $0.99) and rating (5.0 vs 3.3). Sudoktor's advantage is ratings volume (7 vs 2) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 17.0). On 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

John’s Sudoku is free to download; Sudoktor costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

John’s Sudoku holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Sudoktor's written reviews are positive against 100% of John’s Sudoku's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sudoktor ships an update every 36 months, John’s Sudoku every 17 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Sudoktor versus John’s Sudoku: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSudoktorJohn’s Sudoku
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating3.3 (7 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings7 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 36 monthsEvery 17 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS8.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTablEditshaojun lin

Customer experience

Sudoktor

All ratings6 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

John’s Sudoku

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Sudoktor

No in-app purchases

None

John’s Sudoku

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sudoktor free?
Sudoktor costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is John’s Sudoku free?
John’s Sudoku is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sudoktor or John’s Sudoku?
John’s Sudoku is rated higher. Sudoktor averages 3.3 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while John’s Sudoku averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Sudoktor or John’s Sudoku have ads?
Neither Sudoktor nor John’s Sudoku shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sudoktor or John’s Sudoku?
Sudoktor ships an update every 36 months, and John’s Sudoku every 17 months. Most recently, Sudoktor was updated on November 1, 2026 and John’s Sudoku on November 6, 2026.

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