Comparison

Críptico vs Murder Sudoku

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

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About

Críptico

Daily word puzzles including cryptic crosswords, word building, word guessing, and Sudoku. Track your streaks and compete with friends through daily, weekly, and monthly rankings.

Highlights
  • Daily cryptic crosswords
  • Word building puzzles
  • Word guessing games
  • Multiple Sudoku difficulty levels
  • Streak tracking for each game
  • Cloud sync with free account
  • Friend leaderboards
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

Engage in logic puzzles that blend Sudoku with murder mysteries. Deduce the killer by solving grid-based puzzles using clues and reasoning. Enjoy cozy, hand-illustrated crime scenes and endless cases playable offline.

Highlights
  • Sudoku-style deduction puzzles
  • Murder mystery cases
  • Hand-illustrated crime scenes
  • Endless cases
  • Competitive leaderboards
  • Offline play
  • Pencil notes for theories
Features
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Sudoku meets murder mystery puzzles. Murder Sudoku: Tiny Crimes turns whodunit mysteries into bite-sized logic puzzles. Every case gives you a grid of rooms, a victim, a handful of suspects, and a set of clues. Use deduction to work out where everyone was at the moment of the murder. The rules are simple, the cases are not. No two people can share a row or column, every clue is true, and there is exactly one correct solution. Solve the board and the mystery resolves itself: the suspect left alone with the victim is your culprit. No guessing. No luck. Just clues, logic, and a quiet little crime waiting to be cracked. FEATURES - Sudoku-style row and column deduction, reimagined as detective work - Cozy, hand-illustrated crime scenes full of suspects, rooms, and props - Endless cases, from gentle warm-ups to fiendish expert whodunits - Competitive leaderboards to race other detectives - Pencil notes to track your theories as the case comes together - Pure logic puzzles, every case solvable by reasoning alone - Short, satisfying sessions perfect for a coffee break or a commute - Play fully offline, anywhere - One-time purchase to remove ads. No subscriptions, ever If you love whodunit mysteries, detective games, logic grids, brain teasers, or a clever Sudoku variant, Tiny Crimes hands you a fresh case to crack one clue at a time. Follow the clues. Place the suspects. Find the killer. Can you crack every case?

Screenshots

Críptico4 screens
Murder Sudoku4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Críptico at none against Murder Sudoku's 10. Murder Sudoku's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks) and ratings volume (256 vs 11). On price, rating, ads and device support 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 sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Críptico asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Críptico against 4.8 for Murder Sudoku. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Murder Sudoku has 256 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Críptico ships an update every 3 weeks, Murder Sudoku every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Críptico versus Murder Sudoku: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCrípticoMurder Sudoku
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (11 ratings) — better4.8 (256 ratings)
Positive reviews—76.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11256 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB80 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperLlorenc Poy VenturaAlejandro Jimenez Rico

Customer experience

Críptico

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

Murder Sudoku

All ratings256 ratings
Positive97.3%
Neutral1.2%
Negative1.6%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive76.0%
Neutral12.0%
Negative12.0%

In-app purchases

None

Críptico

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Murder Sudoku

One-time10
  • 10 Hints$0.99
  • 8 Hints$1.99
  • 20 Hints$3.99
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  • Unlock Magic Dungeon$4.99
  • Unlock Grove in Pink$4.99
  • Unlock Dead Man's Cove$4.99
  • Remove Ads$4.99
  • 50 Hints$5.99
  • 1,200 Gems$9.99
  • Remove Ads$9.99

Questions

Is Críptico free?
Críptico is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Murder Sudoku free?
Murder Sudoku is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Críptico or Murder Sudoku?
Críptico is rated higher. Críptico averages 4.8 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while Murder Sudoku averages 4.8 from 256 ratings.
Do Críptico or Murder Sudoku have ads?
Both Críptico and Murder Sudoku show ads.
Which is updated more often, Críptico or Murder Sudoku?
Críptico ships an update every 3 weeks, and Murder Sudoku every 5 days. Most recently, Críptico was updated on November 5, 2026 and Murder Sudoku on November 7, 2026.

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