Comparison

Críptico vs Murder Sudoku GridNoir

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

Head to head
About

Críptico

Features
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¡Tus nuevos juegos favoritos viven aquí! Crucigrama críptico, sudoku, adivina la palabra y encuentra el pangrama: cuatro puzzles nuevos cada día. CRÍPTICO El puzzle diario de crucigramas crípticos en español. Cada pista tiene dos capas: una definición directa y un juego de palabras que hay que descifrar. Cinco intentos. Anagramas, palabras escondidas, reversiones, homófonos... La superficie de la pista está diseñada para despistarte. Tu trabajo es separar el ruido de la señal. Incluye una guía completa para aprender las técnicas del críptico desde cero. COLMENA Forma el máximo de palabras posibles con las siete letras del panal de hoy. Todas deben incluir la letra central. Encuentra un pangrama, una palabra que use las siete, y suma puntos extra. PALABRA Adivina la palabra de cinco letras en seis intentos. Verde, amarillo o gris te dicen si vas por buen camino. SUDOKU Tres niveles cada día, fácil, medio y difícil, con modo de notas y cronómetro opcional. Cada juego tiene su propia racha, independiente de las demás. ¡Intenta mantener todas encendidas, perderlas duele! Puedes jugar sin cuenta. Con una cuenta gratuita, tu racha se guarda en la nube, sincronizada en todos tus dispositivos, y puedes añadir amigos y comparar puntuaciones en un ranking diario, semanal, mensual o histórico, con el desglose de puntos de cada juego. Un puzzle nuevo cada día, en los cuatro juegos.

About

Murder Sudoku GridNoir

Engage in over 1500 logic puzzles presented as murder mysteries. Solve daily challenges by deducing suspect placements on a grid using clues. Progress through themed casebooks and uncover the culprit without any guessing.

Highlights
  • 1500+ murder sudoku cases
  • Themed casebooks
  • Daily logic challenges
  • Deductive reasoning gameplay
  • Suspect and clue cards
  • Progress saved locally
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GridNoir turns murder sudoku into a large, living logic puzzle collection. Play 1500+ cases across themed casebooks, from classic crime scenes to cruise ships, hotels, campuses, trains, museums and more. Open a daily challenge, read the suspect cards, inspect the rooms and place each person on the grid. Each suspect belongs in one row and one column. Every clue narrows the possibilities until the victim, the culprit and the crime scene finally make sense. No guessing. No account. Just deduction. Features: - 1500+ murder sudoku cases and daily challenges - Themed casebooks with different locations and suspects - Crime-scene boards with rooms, objects and clue cards - Suspects, victims, rooms, objects and alibis - Helpful hints, score summaries and case-closing results - Optional rewarded ads for extra hints or early case access - Progress saved on your device If you search for crimoku, murdoku, murder sudoku, criminal sudoku, detective puzzles, whodunit games or logic grid puzzles, GridNoir gives you a new case to reason through, one square at a time.

Screenshots

Críptico4 screens
Murder Sudoku GridNoir4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Críptico at 5.0 against Murder Sudoku GridNoir's 4.5. Críptico also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). Murder Sudoku GridNoir's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks) and ratings volume (30 vs 3). On price, ads, 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. Murder Sudoku GridNoir sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Críptico asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Críptico holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Murder Sudoku GridNoir has 30 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Críptico ships an update every 3 weeks, Murder Sudoku GridNoir every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Críptico versus Murder Sudoku GridNoir: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCrípticoMurder Sudoku GridNoir
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better4.5 (30 ratings)
Positive reviews—60.0% of reviews
Number of ratings330 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Ad-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB85 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperLlorenc Poy VenturaAdrian Amor

Customer experience

Críptico

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Murder Sudoku GridNoir

All ratings30 ratings
Positive86.7%
Neutral6.7%
Negative6.7%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative30.0%

In-app purchases

None

Críptico

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Murder Sudoku GridNoir

One-time1
  • GridNoir Premium$5.99

Questions

Is Críptico free?
Críptico is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Murder Sudoku GridNoir free?
Murder Sudoku GridNoir is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Críptico or Murder Sudoku GridNoir?
Críptico is rated higher. Críptico averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Murder Sudoku GridNoir averages 4.5 from 30 ratings.
Do Críptico or Murder Sudoku GridNoir have ads?
Both Críptico and Murder Sudoku GridNoir show ads.
Which is updated more often, Críptico or Murder Sudoku GridNoir?
Críptico ships an update every 3 weeks, and Murder Sudoku GridNoir every 3 days. Most recently, Críptico was updated on October 14, 2026 and Murder Sudoku GridNoir on October 7, 2026.

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