Comparison

Collaborative Sudoku vs Drift

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

Head to head
About

Collaborative Sudoku

Engage in real-time Sudoku challenges with friends on a shared grid. This app offers live updates, collaborative note-taking, and a minimalist design for a smarter, team-based puzzle experience.

Highlights
  • Real-time collaborative gameplay
  • Shared puzzle rooms
  • Live player move updates
  • Shared notes and markings
  • Clean, minimalist design
  • Optimized for iPhone and iPad
Features
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Solve Sudoku Together Collaborative Sudoku turns the classic number puzzle into a shared experience. Play on the same grid with friends and solve Sudoku together in real time. Work as a team, share ideas, and enjoy a smarter way to play. Features • Real-time collaborative Sudoku gameplay • Shared puzzle rooms with friends • Live updates as players make moves • Shared notes and candidate markings • Clean, minimalist design • Optimized for iPhone and iPad Download now and experience Sudoku as a team.

About

Drift

Features
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DRIFT is a daily puzzle of quiet, compounding tension. Every card carries three traits — color, shape, and pip count. Build a chain where each card changes EXACTLY ONE trait from the last. Bank a chain and it scores its length squared, so the long ones are worth far more — if you can hold your nerve. Hidden in the deck are Decay cards that cut your longest live chain in half, and rare Prism wildcards that link to anything. Push your luck, or bank early? That’s the whole game. Everyone gets the same deck each day — compare your run, keep your streak, and climb the Mastery ranks. • DAILY — one shared, seeded puzzle every day, with a Wordle-style shareable result. • JOURNEY — 30 hand-tuned puzzles across three regions; earn up to three stars each. • ENDLESS — fresh decks anytime, no pressure, no streak. • PROGRESS — medals, Mastery ranks, achievements, and unlockable themes. • PURE — no ads, no accounts, no tracking. 100% offline. Color-blind friendly. One deck. One trait at a time. How long can you go?

Screenshots

Collaborative Sudoku4 screens
Drift4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Drift at every 8 days against Collaborative Sudoku's every 3 weeks. Collaborative Sudoku's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Collaborative Sudoku ships an update every 3 weeks, Drift every 8 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Collaborative Sudoku versus Drift: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCollaborative SudokuDrift
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJason HuangNicholas Larson

In-app purchases

None

Collaborative Sudoku

No in-app purchases

None

Drift

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Collaborative Sudoku free?
Collaborative Sudoku is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Drift free?
Drift is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Collaborative Sudoku or Drift have ads?
Neither Collaborative Sudoku nor Drift shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Collaborative Sudoku or Drift?
Collaborative Sudoku ships an update every 3 weeks, and Drift every 8 days. Most recently, Collaborative Sudoku was updated on October 31, 2026 and Drift on October 31, 2026.

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