Comparison

Goritaire vs Icon Sudoku

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

Head to head
About

Goritaire

A single-player game where players expand a gorilla habitat by growing the troop and managing banana supply. The goal is to align seven or more gorillas on the ground while ensuring no gorilla is left without food to avoid defeat.

Highlights
  • Single-player gameplay
  • Gorilla troop expansion
  • Banana supply management
  • Habitat growth mechanics
  • Victory condition: 7+ gorillas aligned
  • Defeat condition: Gorilla starvation
Features
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Where did gorillas come from? What are gorillas? Where are gorillas going? A single-player game of gorillas— That is Goritaire! Fill the jungle with gorillas! Expand the gorilla habitat by growing the troop while ensuring a steady supply of bananas. To achieve victory, seven or more gorillas must be aligned on the ground. However, if any gorilla is left without food, defeat follows—marking the total collapse of the troop.

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

Goritaire4 screens
Icon Sudoku4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Icon Sudoku at every 2 days against Goritaire's every 9 days. Goritaire's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, 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. Goritaire sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Icon Sudoku sells 13 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Goritaire ships an update every 9 days, Icon Sudoku every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Goritaire versus Icon Sudoku: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGoritaireIcon Sudoku
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (20 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews61.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings20 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size264 MB495 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperARC SYSTEM WORKSAustralia's Computer Techs Pty Ltd

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Goritaire

One-time1
  • Goritaire Plus Upgrade$4.99
13 purchases

Icon Sudoku

One-time13
  • Vet Pack$0.99
  • Chef Pack$0.99
  • Barista Pack$0.99
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  • 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 Goritaire free?
Goritaire 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 Goritaire or Icon Sudoku have ads?
Neither Goritaire nor Icon Sudoku shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Goritaire or Icon Sudoku?
Goritaire ships an update every 9 days, and Icon Sudoku every 2 days. Most recently, Goritaire was updated on October 22, 2026 and Icon Sudoku on October 28, 2026.

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