Comparison

Sudoku vs Extended Minesweeper

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 modern Sudoku puzzle experience. Offers unlimited puzzles across various difficulties, note-taking tools, and custom themes. Play offline without distractions.

Highlights
  • Unlimited Sudoku puzzles
  • Note taking for possibilities
  • Offline play
  • Customizable themes
  • Ad-free experience
Features
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Train Your Brain with the Ultimate Sudoku Experience! Ready to challenge your mind and sharpen your logic skills? Sudoku - Smart Puzzles offers a sleek, modern take on the classic puzzle game loved by millions. Whether you're just starting out or looking for a serious challenge, Sudoku - Smart Puzzles has something for everyone. Features: • Unlimited Sudoku puzzles – from Easy to Hard difficulty • Note Taking – keep track of possibilities and avoid simple mistakes • No Internet Required – play anytime, anywhere • Custom Themes – light, dark, and soothing colors • No Ads – no distractions, just pure puzzle joy Whether you're solving your first puzzle or breezing through hard grids, Sudoku - Smart Puzzles is the perfect companion to relax and exercise your brain. Download now and become a Sudoku master!

About

Extended Minesweeper

Features
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Minesweeper Extended is the classic mine-hunting puzzle you grew up with — rebuilt natively for iPhone, sharpened with one small but game-changing rule. THE EXTENDED RULE In classic Minesweeper, a closed cell tells you nothing until you tap it. In Minesweeper Extended, the moment any of a cell's neighbors is opened, that closed cell starts showing how many mines sit around it. Nothing is faked, nothing is leaked — the hint is just the cell's own honest adjacency count, surfaced earlier. The result is a game with the same pure logic, far less blind guessing, and a flow that feels closer to a real puzzle than a coin flip. THREE DIFFICULTIES • Easy — 8 × 8 board, 10 mines. A coffee-break game. • Medium — 16 × 16 board, 40 mines. The classic challenge. • Hard — 16 × 30 board, 99 mines. For when you want to actually think. BUILT FOR IPHONE • First tap is always safe — no instant losses, no restarts on move one. • Tap to open. Long-press to cycle flag → question mark → clear. • Crisp haptic feedback on every open, flag and explosion. • Best times saved per difficulty so you can chase your own record. • Auto-save: close the app mid-game and pick up exactly where you left off. • Clean, native SwiftUI interface — no clutter, no popups, no nonsense. NO ACCOUNTS. NO ADS. NO TRACKING. The full game is free. There are no banners, no rewarded videos, no subscriptions, no accounts, no analytics. Everything runs locally on your device — your best times never leave your phone. OPTIONAL TIP JAR If you genuinely enjoy the game and want to support an independent developer, there's a Support screen with three optional tip tiers. They unlock absolutely nothing — they're just a thank-you. The game is exactly the same whether you tip or not. Made by a solo developer who still thinks Minesweeper is the best puzzle game ever shipped. Have fun.

Screenshots

Sudoku4 screens
Extended Minesweeper3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sudoku at none against Extended Minesweeper's 3. Sudoku also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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. Extended Minesweeper sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Sudoku asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Sudoku versus Extended Minesweeper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSudokuExtended Minesweeper
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAndrew L'ItalienIvan Chernov

In-app purchases

None

Sudoku

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Extended Minesweeper

One-time3
  • Small tip$0.99
  • Nice tip$2.99
  • Generous tip$4.99

Questions

Is Sudoku free?
Sudoku is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Extended Minesweeper free?
Extended Minesweeper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Sudoku or Extended Minesweeper have ads?
Neither Sudoku nor Extended Minesweeper shows ads.

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