Comparison

Sudoku vs SolveSwipe

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

Head to head
About

Sudoku

This puzzle game reimagines classic Sudoku with vibrant colors instead of numbers. Compete against friends or strangers in real-time multiplayer matches, tackle daily challenges with unique twists, or enjoy a solo experience with adjustable difficulty levels and helpful tools.

Highlights
  • Color-based Sudoku gameplay
  • Online 1v1 multiplayer
  • Daily challenges with twists
  • Five difficulty levels
  • Pencil notes and auto-notes
  • Hints and undo options
  • Achievements and leaderboards
Features
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Sudoku, but in color, and now you can race your friends. Sudoku: Color swaps the numbers for 9 bright colors. Same rules, same logic, but you can see what's missing at a glance. Play solo, take on today's Daily Challenge, or go head-to-head online. PLAY ONLINE, 1V1 • Create a room and share the 6-letter code with a friend • Or tap Find Opponent to get matched with a live player (a bot steps in if nobody's around) • Watch your opponent's progress and hearts in real time • Instant rematch when it's close DAILY CHALLENGE • A fresh puzzle every day, with a twist on most days: No Mistakes, Time Attack or Hintless • Pick Easy, Medium or Hard • Keep your streak alive and track your week FIVE DIFFICULTIES Breezy, Easy, Medium, Hard and Expert. In Expert, wrong colors stay on the board. You have to spot and fix your own mistakes, with only 3 undos. HOW TO PLAY Fill every row, column and 3×3 box with all 9 colors, no repeats. If you know classic sudoku, you already know how. If you don't, colors make it easier to learn. EASY ON THE EYES • 7 color palettes: Original, Horizon and Spring are free; Summer, Autumn, Winter and Nightmare come in the Nightmare Pack • Light and dark themes • Built for iPhone and iPad TOOLS WHEN YOU WANT THEM • Pencil notes and auto-notes • Hints • Your game saves automatically, so you can pick up where you left off COMPETE AND COLLECT • 68 achievements • Game Center leaderboards for every difficulty • Sound effects and haptics (or mute them) Free to play with ads. Remove Ads and the Nightmare Pack are optional one-time purchases.

About

SolveSwipe

Features
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SolveSwipe is a tactile puzzle arcade built for short breaks. Swipe the feed for a surprise or open Arcade to choose from seventeen compact puzzle styles, set Easy, Medium, or Hard, and keep favorite games close. Play sudoku, nonograms, memory match, color flood, logic challenges, block and sort puzzles, Mahjong, One Move Wonder, matchstick equations, Slide 15, Flow Links, Prism Relay, Circuit Garden, One Safe Cell, Binairo, and Hashi. Every first solve now builds visible progress. Earn XP, unlock twelve achievements, and review personal bests, favorites, and recent solves in a private history stored on this iPhone. XP is progress only — there is nothing to buy or spend. Come back to Today for a Daily Mix of four puzzles shared by every player. Your exact progress is saved on your iPhone, and completing all four keeps your local daily streak alive. The feed adapts using simple signals stored on your device: what you solve, skip, like, or ask to see less often. There is no account, setup, tracking, advertising, analytics, or long tutorial before the first move. SolveSwipe Plus is an optional one-time purchase that unlocks six genres: One Move Wonder, One Safe Cell, Hashi, Flow Links, Prism Relay, and Circuit Garden. The free puzzle feed, Arcade catalog, progress, achievements, and Daily Mix stay available without a subscription. Solve. Swipe. Come back tomorrow.

Screenshots

Sudoku4 screens
SolveSwipe4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SolveSwipe at none against Sudoku's 2. SolveSwipe also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 months). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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 2 one-off in-app purchases. SolveSwipe asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sudoku ships an update every 2 months, SolveSwipe every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Sudoku versus SolveSwipe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSudokuSolveSwipe
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (15 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings15 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNykylo Media LLCAlex Fedotov

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Sudoku

One-time2
  • Nightmare Pack$0.99
  • Remove Ads$1.99
None

SolveSwipe

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sudoku free?
Sudoku is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SolveSwipe free?
SolveSwipe is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Sudoku or SolveSwipe have ads?
Sudoku shows ads; SolveSwipe does not.
Which is updated more often, Sudoku or SolveSwipe?
Sudoku ships an update every 2 months, and SolveSwipe every 6 days. Most recently, Sudoku was updated on November 8, 2026 and SolveSwipe on November 5, 2026.

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