Sudoku vs SolveSwipe
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sudoku
A vibrant twist on the classic logic game, this app uses colors instead of numbers to challenge your mind. Solve puzzles with intuitive design and adjustable difficulty levels. Enjoy endless, beautifully crafted boards offline.
- Color-based Sudoku puzzles
- Adjustable difficulty levels
- Hint system
- Endless puzzles
- Offline play support
- Clean, user-friendly interface
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Sudoku — but make it colorful. Sudoku: Color replaces numbers with 9 vibrant hues, making every puzzle a visual delight that's easy to pick up and impossible to put down. HOW IT WORKS Fill every row, column, and 3×3 box with all 9 colors — no repeats. The same satisfying logic as classic Sudoku, but the color format welcomes newcomers while keeping all the depth veterans love. FOUR WAYS TO PLAY → New Game — choose Breezy, Easy, Medium, Hard, or Expert difficulty → Daily Challenge — a new puzzle every day with a unique twist: No Mistakes mode, Time Attack, or Hintless runs. Build your streak. → Expert Mode — wrong placements are allowed. Spot and fix your own mistakes. Every undo counts. → Online Multiplayer — race real opponents over the internet. Share a room code, get matched in seconds, and settle it with an instant rematch. BEAUTIFUL BY DESIGN • 7 hand-crafted color palettes: Original, Horizon, Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter, and the dark Nightmare Pack • Light & dark themes that follow your system setting • Clean, distraction-free board built for touchscreens ACHIEVEMENTS & LEADERBOARDS • 70 achievements: speed runs, perfect games, streaks, combos, and more • Game Center leaderboards — compete for the fastest times globally • Daily streak tracker with 7-day calendar view SMART FEATURES • Auto-notes instantly show all valid candidates • Color conflict highlighting and remaining-count badges • Procedural sound effects and haptic feedback • Full game save — resume exactly where you left off Free to play. Remove Ads and the Nightmare Palette Pack are available as optional purchases.
SolveSwipe
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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.
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Verdict
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 3 weeks). 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
Both are free to download. Sudoku sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. SolveSwipe asks for nothing beyond the download.
Sudoku ships an update every 3 weeks, SolveSwipe every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sudoku | SolveSwipe |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (15 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nykylo Media LLC | Alex Fedotov |
In-app purchases
Sudoku
- Nightmare Pack$0.99
- Remove Ads$1.99
SolveSwipe
No in-app purchases









