Art Puzzles vs Murder Sudoku
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Art Puzzles
Assemble intricate jigsaw puzzles featuring famous fine art masterpieces. Enjoy a relaxing, ad-free experience with tactile interactions and calming visuals. Compete on leaderboards or play in Zen mode to simply appreciate the art.
- Dozens of hand-curated fine art puzzles
- Square-piece puzzle design
- Relaxed, Easy, Medium, and Hard modes
- Global leaderboards
- Soothing visuals
- Art history information
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Artizen is a beautiful ad-free fine art jigsaw puzzle game. Assemble puzzles of famous masterpieces with Artizen, a cozy jigsaw-style puzzle game built around square pieces and timeless art. Reassemble iconic paintings and artworks across art history—from the quiet glow of the Renaissance to the bold colors of Post-Impressionism—at your own pace. Each puzzle is crafted from high-resolution artworks lovingly selected from nine rich artistic eras from the Renaissance to Post-impressionism and beyond. Whether you’re unwinding after a long day or settling in with a cup of tea, every puzzle offers a gentle, tactile experience. Smooth interactions, satisfying haptics, and calming visuals make it easy to lose yourself in the process of rebuilding a masterpiece piece by piece. Want a dash of competition with your calm? Climb the leaderboard with your best solve times across difficulty levels. Race yourself, challenge friends, or simply enjoy watching your skills improve. Or play in Zen mode and ignore scores altogether and simply enjoy the art. Features • Dozens of hand-curated fine art puzzles. • Square-piece puzzle design for a satisfying, modern twist. • Relaxed, Easy, Medium, and Hard modes. • Global leaderboards with scores for best time and best # of moves. • Soothing visuals for a cozy experience. • Learn as you play with art history information for each piece. Discover the world’s greatest art, one puzzle at a time. Privacy Policy: https://www.catspaw-systems.com/PrivacyPolicies/ArtizenPrivacy.html
Murder Sudoku
Engage in a daily deduction puzzle where a Sudoku-style grid transforms into a crime scene. Use logic and clues to identify the culprit and solve a new mystery each day. Enjoy a relaxed, cozy whodunit experience with multiple difficulty levels.
- Daily new murder mystery cases
- Sudoku-style deduction grid
- Pure logic-based gameplay
- Multiple difficulty levels (5x5, 6x6, 7x7)
- Offline play
- Daily leaderboards
- Cozy, non-grim theme
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Solve one fresh murder every day. Murder Sudoku: Cozy Culprits is a daily deduction puzzle where a sudoku-style grid becomes a crime scene. Read the clues, place each suspect in the only spot that fits, and unmask the culprit sharing the victim's room. No trivia, no luck — just you, the evidence, and one solvable answer. A NEW CASE EVERY DAY Wake up to a fresh mystery, the same one for every detective worldwide. Build a streak, race the daily leaderboard, and share a spoiler-free result card — the cozy-noir puzzle ritual for your morning coffee. PLAY BY DEDUCTION, NEVER GUESSING Every case is proven to have exactly one solution, reachable by pure logic. Place suspects so no two share a row or column, follow clues about who sat beside the lamp or bordered the study, and watch the truth narrow to a single arrangement. FAIR AND RELAXED - Tap any clue to see exactly what it means on the board - Pencil marks and multi-step undo to think it through - Optional hints when you want a nudge — never forced - Three difficulties daily: 5x5, 6x6, and a fiendish 7x7 COZY, NOT GRIM Charming hand-crafted suspects, warm hand-drawn rooms, and a gentle whodunit tone. A murder mystery you can solve in your slippers. - A daily case + a 240-case Detective campaign - Streaks, stats, and Game Center leaderboards - Fully offline — solve anywhere, no account needed - Play in your language, wherever you are Can you close today's case?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Art Puzzles at 4.9 against Murder Sudoku's 3.7. Art Puzzles also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (67 vs 3). Murder Sudoku's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 11) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, monetization model, 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. Art Puzzles sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. Murder Sudoku asks for nothing beyond the download.
Art Puzzles holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Art Puzzles has 67 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Art Puzzles ships an update every 2 weeks, Murder Sudoku every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Art Puzzles | Murder Sudoku |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (67 ratings) — better | 3.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 97.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 67 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 138 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Catspaw Systems LLC | ALEJANDRO PORTILO GUERRERO |
Customer experience
Art Puzzles
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In-app purchases
Art Puzzles
- Lifetime Gift$1.99
- Unlock Renaissance Collection$2.99
- Unlock Spanish Gold Age Collection$2.99
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- Unlock Rococo Collection$2.99
- Unlock Neoclassicism Collection$2.99
- Unlock Romanticism Collection$2.99
- Unlock Dutch Golden Age Collection$2.99
- Unlock Impressionism Collection$2.99
- Unlock Baroque Collection$2.99
- Unlock Post Impressionism$2.99
- Lifetime Unlock$9.99
Murder Sudoku
No in-app purchases
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