Comparison

Ready Raven vs CrispSudoku

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

Head to head
About

Ready Raven

Features
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Meet Raven, the personal mascot at the heart of a puzzle game made to feel sharp, playful, and seriously hard to put down. ReadyRaven is built for players who love that perfect mix of quick satisfaction and real mental challenge. Every session drops you into clever puzzles that test logic, memory, focus, pattern spotting, numbers, and problem-solving, all inside one polished world with its own personality. Raven is more than just a face in the app. She gives Ready Raven its identity, turning your progress into something that feels personal. As you play, you build streaks, earn rewards, unlock new looks, and keep pushing yourself to improve. The result is a puzzle experience that feels alive, rewarding, and easy to come back to every day. Ready Raven is designed to keep things fresh. Instead of repeating the same kind of challenge over and over, the app gives you variety, momentum, and a strong sense of progression. One moment you are solving something calm and tactical, the next you are racing through a completely different kind of brain-bending challenge. That constant change is what makes every session feel new. And when you want more than solo play, ReadyRaven lets you challenge your friends and compete in multiplayer. It is a fun way to turn puzzle-solving into something social, competitive, and personal. Climb, improve, protect your streak, and show who can stay sharpest under pressure. Why players love ReadyRaven: * A puzzle game with real variety and personality * Raven as your signature mascot and companion * Quick sessions that are easy to jump into anytime * Streaks, progression, unlocks, and rewards * Competitive friend challenges and multiplayer play * A polished experience built for people who genuinely enjoy puzzles Whether you play to relax, to focus, to improve, or to compete, ReadyRaven gives you a puzzle world that feels smart, stylish, and rewarding from the first session. Stay sharp. Keep your streak alive. Challenge your friends. Fly with Raven. Privacy Policy: https://ravenrecognition.onrender.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://ravenrecognition.onrender.com/terms Support: https://ravenrecognition.onrender.com/support

About

CrispSudoku

Features
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CrispSudoku is a polished, ad-free Sudoku game with real depth — five rule variants, six grid sizes, and a built-in tutor that explains how to solve every board. PLAY YOUR WAY • Five variants: Classic, Jigsaw (irregular regions), Sudoku-X (diagonals), Killer (summed cages) and Thermo (digits climb along each thermometer) • Six grid sizes: 4Ɨ4, 6Ɨ6, 8Ɨ8, 9Ɨ9, 10Ɨ10 and 12Ɨ12 • Four difficulties, from Easy to Expert • A new Daily Challenge every day — the same board for everyone LEARN AS YOU PLAY • "Explain the solve" walks through any board step by step, naming each technique (naked singles, hidden singles, locked candidates, X-wing and more) • "Next logical step" hints tell you what to play next, and why • Every puzzle gets an honest difficulty rating based on the hardest technique it actually requires THOUGHTFUL TOUCHES • Pencil-mark notes, unlimited undo, and live conflict highlighting • A mistake limit that scales with difficulty • Per-difficulty hint budgets, so hints stay meaningful • Beautiful themes you unlock as you play • Achievements, streaks and detailed statistics PRIVATE BY DESIGN • 100% offline — no account, no ads, no tracking, no data collection • Every puzzle is guaranteed to have exactly one solution CrispSudoku is free software, open source under the GNU AGPL-3.0.

Screenshots

Ready Raven4 screens
CrispSudoku4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: CrispSudoku at 15.0 against Ready Raven's 18.5. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
Ready Raven versus CrispSudoku: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReady RavenCrispSudoku
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightlyFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.515.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size57 MB20 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperSEBASTIAN ROLAND LUNDBERGChristian Strobele

In-app purchases

None

Ready Raven

No in-app purchases

None

CrispSudoku

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ready Raven free?
Ready Raven is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CrispSudoku free?
CrispSudoku is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Ready Raven or CrispSudoku have ads?
Neither Ready Raven nor CrispSudoku shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ready Raven or CrispSudoku?
Ready Raven ships an update fortnightly, and CrispSudoku fortnightly. Most recently, Ready Raven was updated on November 9, 2026 and CrispSudoku on November 10, 2026.

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