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

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.

Highlights
  • Color-based Sudoku puzzles
  • Adjustable difficulty levels
  • Hint system
  • Endless puzzles
  • Offline play support
  • Clean, user-friendly interface
Features
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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.

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 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

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 3 weeks, SolveSwipe every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and October 2, 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 3 weeksEvery 6 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationAd-supported—
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 3 weeks, and SolveSwipe every 6 days. Most recently, Sudoku was updated on September 26, 2026 and SolveSwipe on October 2, 2026.

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