Comparison

Raku Sudoku vs SamePop!

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

Head to head
About

Raku Sudoku

Enjoy a premium Sudoku experience with no ads or subscriptions. This app offers six difficulty levels, including challenging 17-clue puzzles curated by a mathematician. Track your progress and compete on leaderboards.

Highlights
  • Distraction-free design
  • Six difficulty levels
  • Legendary 17-clue puzzles
  • Notes, error checking, hints
  • Progress tracking and highscores
  • Game Center leaderboards
Features
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A premium classic Sudoku experience – no ads, no subscriptions. Raku Sudoku is designed for players who value clarity, focus, and thoughtful gameplay. Six difficulty levels from Easy to Ludicrous, including legendary 17-clue puzzles curated by mathematician Gordon Royle – the purest and most challenging grids in classic Sudoku. Pay once. Play forever. No distractions. Features · Clean, distraction-free design · Six difficulty levels — Easy to Ludicrous · Legendary 17-clue puzzles by Gordon Royle · Notes, error checking, and hints · Progress tracking and highscores · Game Center leaderboards

About

SamePop!

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Pop your way to a perfectly empty board. SamePop! takes the classic same-color puzzle and gives it a glossy glass makeover: tap any group of two or more matching blocks to pop them, watch the rest tumble down and slide together, then line up your next big move. THINK BIGGER, SCORE BIGGER Small pops are fine. Huge pops are the whole game. Scoring rewards patience — one giant single-color group is worth way more than a dozen little ones. Herd your colors, build a monster group, then pop it for a number that makes the leaderboard sweat. CHASE THE ALL-CLEAR Empty the entire board and grab a +1000 bonus. It's tougher than it looks — and dangerously satisfying once you pull it off. ONE GAME, EVERY SCREEN Play the full-screen board on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, and Apple Vision Pro. Same game, same glossy pop, from your pocket to your living room. WHAT'S INSIDE • Simple to learn, genuinely deep to master • Game Center leaderboard and achievements • Colorblind-friendly palette option • No ads, no timers, no nonsense — pay once, play forever Ready? The board's full. Get popping.

Screenshots

Raku Sudoku4 screens
SamePop!2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Raku Sudoku at Free against SamePop!'s $0.99. SamePop!'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and device support (5 vs 2). On update cadence, ads 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

Raku Sudoku is free to download; SamePop! costs $0.99 up front. Raku Sudoku sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. SamePop! asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Raku Sudoku ships an update every 2 weeks, SamePop! every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Raku Sudoku versus SamePop!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRaku SudokuSamePop!
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS17.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPaulin Design ABPETALUMAPALMER LLC

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Raku Sudoku

One-time1
  • Premium Unlock$3.99
None

SamePop!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Raku Sudoku free?
Raku Sudoku is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SamePop! free?
SamePop! costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Raku Sudoku or SamePop! have ads?
Neither Raku Sudoku nor SamePop! shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Raku Sudoku or SamePop!?
Raku Sudoku ships an update every 2 weeks, and SamePop! every 9 days. Most recently, Raku Sudoku was updated on October 25, 2026 and SamePop! on October 8, 2026.

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