Comparison

Sudoku vs ECHO LOOP

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

Head to head
About

Sudoku

This game offers a pure Sudoku experience with no ads or internet required. It features five difficulty levels, smart notes, and error highlighting to help you train your brain. Track your progress with detailed statistics and enjoy a satisfying haptic feedback experience.

Highlights
  • No ads or internet needed
  • Five difficulty levels
  • Smart notes and error highlighting
  • Detailed statistics
  • Offline play
  • Haptic feedback
Features
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The Sudoku app that gets out of your way. No ads. No internet needed. No gimmicks, just you and the puzzle. Whether you need five minutes of focus or an hour of deep thinking, Sudoku fits your pace. Five difficulty levels take you from your very first puzzle to challenges that will genuinely stump you. Features: - Never lose track of a possibility, smart notes update automatically - Catch mistakes instantly with optional error highlighting - Add a challenge with an optional mistake limit - Lock a number, then place it with a tap on each cell - Undo anything, as many times as you need - Five difficulty levels: Easy to Extremely Hard - See how you improve with detailed statistics - Pick up where you left off on any device with iCloud - Play offline. No connection, no interruptions - Available in English, German, Spanish, French, Japanese, Korean, and Swedish - Haptic feedback for a satisfying feel

About

ECHO LOOP

Features
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The blocks you cleared come falling back. This is a falling-block puzzle where your toughest opponent is yourself. Every piece you place is recorded — and each time the clock loops around, it returns to the board in the same column, the same shape. Clearing lines alone won't save you: your own history piles up until it swallows the board. Clear lines through the returning shadows to erase their records for good and grow your score multiplier. How long can you hold back the tide of your own moves? Features - A run takes just a few minutes — perfect for short breaks - Easy controls: slide to move, tap to rotate, flick down to drop - No in-app purchases. Ads appear only occasionally on retry — never during play - A rule you won't find anywhere else: your moves become your enemies - Clear through the shadows to build your score multiplier - Works offline. Beat your best, then take on the world leaderboard

Screenshots

Sudoku4 screens
ECHO LOOP3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Sudoku at none against ECHO LOOP's shown. ECHO LOOP's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, 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

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

Sudoku ships an update every 3 weeks, ECHO LOOP every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Sudoku versus ECHO LOOP: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSudokuECHO LOOP
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (80 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings80 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEdvin LindenRYO TAKENO

In-app purchases

None

Sudoku

No in-app purchases

None

ECHO LOOP

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sudoku free?
Sudoku is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ECHO LOOP free?
ECHO LOOP is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Sudoku or ECHO LOOP have ads?
ECHO LOOP shows ads; Sudoku does not.
Which is updated more often, Sudoku or ECHO LOOP?
Sudoku ships an update every 3 weeks, and ECHO LOOP every 3 days. Most recently, Sudoku was updated on October 29, 2026 and ECHO LOOP on October 20, 2026.

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