Comparison

Sweeper Sinclair vs Icon Sudoku

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

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About

Sweeper Sinclair

Battle hordes of monsters with weaponized cleaning supplies in this action roguelike. Survive endless waves, level up with new abilities, and upgrade your stats to delve deeper into increasingly challenging dungeons.

Highlights
  • Weaponized cleaning supplies combat
  • Fast-paced survivor roguelike gameplay
  • Infinite dungeon progression
  • Collectible item system with permanent upgrades
  • 24 unique cleaning-themed weapons and abilities
Features
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The dungeon is filthy. The monsters are relentless. You have a mop. Sweeper Sinclair is an action roguelike where you play as a janitor fighting through endless waves of skeletons, creatures, and supernatural horrors using weaponized cleaning supplies. Survive, level up, and prove that cleanliness is next to deadliness. *CLEAN HOUSE* Swing your mop through hordes of enemies. Lob bleach bottles that leave corrosive puddles. Launch toilet brushes like piercing javelins. Spray toxic fumes. Every cleaning tool becomes a weapon in the wrong hands. *SURVIVE AND EVOLVE* Each run starts simple but grows chaotic. Collect experience from fallen foes to level up and choose new abilities. Build your perfect loadout from dozens of abilities and items. *DELVE DEEPER* Victory is just the beginning. Complete each level by surviving the timer, then push into harder dungeons where enemies grow stronger and more numerous. Your abilities carry forward. How deep can you go? *COLLECT AND UPGRADE* Discover lunchbox items that permanently boost your stats. Build your collection and grow stronger with every run. *KEY FEATURES* - Fast-paced survivor roguelike gameplay - 24 unique cleaning-themed weapons and abilities - Infinite dungeon progression with escalating difficulty - Collectible item system with permanent upgrades - Quick sessions perfect for mobile play From the first swing of your mop to the deepest delve, Sweeper Sinclair delivers addictive roguelike action with a fresh twist. Time to take out the trash.

About

Icon Sudoku

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Icon Sudoku takes the classic logic puzzle you love and reimagines it with icons in place of numbers. Same satisfying deduction, a fresh look that makes every puzzle feel new. ICONS NOT YOUR THING? We're hurt. Deeply. But we'll get over it. Tap 123 Numbers on any puzzle, or flip the switch on the home screen, and play every puzzle in plain old numbers, free. Switch back to icons whenever you like. When you win, the pictures sneak back in to celebrate with you. NINE ICON PACKS Choose an occupation pack and solve with its themed icons. Each pack brings its own art, mascot, music, and mood: Space, the free starter pack Barista Teacher Nurse New Parent Founder Retail Chef Vet Or unlock every pack at once, including every pack we add later, with one purchase. HOLIDAY SPECIALS A month before each big US holiday, its own board of 25 puzzles opens with holiday icons, colors, music and falling fireworks, leaves, eggs or snow, from New Year's and Valentine's Day to Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas. Play them in any order, look for the surprise hiding on every board, and clear the board to win that year's trophy. TROPHY ROOM Every holiday trophy and Monthly Challenge clear, on one shelf. Win a holiday again the next year and its trophy counts up. FOUR DIFFICULTIES From relaxed Easy puzzles to brain-bending Expert, with hundreds of hand-tuned levels across chaptered level maps. Earn up to three stars per puzzle: one for finishing, one for skipping hints, one for a clean solve with no mistakes. MONTHLY CHALLENGE A fresh set of 50 puzzles every month, playable in any order, that mixes the packs you own. Clear milestones for coin rewards and climb the monthly leaderboard against friends. BUILD A STREAK Solve at least one puzzle a day to grow your streak and earn daily bonuses, with milestone rewards along the way. HELP WHEN YOU WANT IT Reveal a cell when you're stuck, re-roll a puzzle that isn't clicking, and turn on optional live feedback to catch mistakes as you make them. You're always in control of how much help you get. NEW TO SUDOKU? A quick tour walks you through your first puzzle, and you can replay it any time from Settings. PLAY IN YOUR LANGUAGE English, Spanish, French, German and Brazilian Portuguese, with every pack's logo drawn in your language. Made for iPhone, iPad and the folding iPhone. PLAY YOUR WAY Game Center leaderboards and achievements, iCloud sync so your progress follows you across devices, and a calm, clean interface designed to get out of your way. Icon Sudoku is the work of Shawn Taylor, a U.S. Army veteran of two combat deployments, Kosovo and Iraq, and the author of a series of occupation-themed activity books. This game is a companion to those books, built to keep your mind sharp one puzzle at a time. Download Icon Sudoku and find your pack. No Ads. No tracking. Just games.

Screenshots

Sweeper Sinclair4 screens
Icon Sudoku4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Icon Sudoku at none against Sweeper Sinclair's shown. Icon Sudoku also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks). Sweeper Sinclair's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, in-app purchases 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. Sweeper Sinclair sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Icon Sudoku sells 13 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sweeper Sinclair ships an update every 3 weeks, Icon Sudoku every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 28, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Sweeper Sinclair versus Icon Sudoku: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSweeper SinclairIcon Sudoku
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size127 MB495 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperPixel Lake LimitedAustralia's Computer Techs Pty Ltd

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Sweeper Sinclair

One-time10
  • Spare Change$0.99
  • Tip Jar$2.99
  • Petty Cash$4.99
Show 7 more
  • Supply Run$4.99
  • Paycheck$9.99
  • Stockpile$14.99
  • VIP Pass$19.99
  • Bonus Pay$19.99
  • Vault Heist$29.99
  • Hazard Pay$49.99
13 purchases

Icon Sudoku

One-time13
  • Vet Pack$0.99
  • Chef Pack$0.99
  • Barista Pack$0.99
Show 10 more
  • Teacher Pack$0.99
  • Nurse Pack$0.99
  • New Parent Pack$0.99
  • 5,000 Coins$0.99
  • Founder Pack$0.99
  • Retail Pack$0.99
  • Live Mistake Feedback (Expert)$0.99
  • Live Mistake Feedback (Hard)$0.99
  • Live Mistake Feedback (Medium)$0.99
  • Every Pack$5.99

Questions

Is Sweeper Sinclair free?
Sweeper Sinclair is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Icon Sudoku free?
Icon Sudoku is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Sweeper Sinclair or Icon Sudoku have ads?
Sweeper Sinclair shows ads; Icon Sudoku does not.
Which is updated more often, Sweeper Sinclair or Icon Sudoku?
Sweeper Sinclair ships an update every 3 weeks, and Icon Sudoku every 2 days. Most recently, Sweeper Sinclair was updated on October 28, 2026 and Icon Sudoku on October 28, 2026.

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