Comparison

SharedSudoku vs Sudoku Detective

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

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About

SharedSudoku

Enjoy classic Sudoku puzzles in solo, competitive, or cooperative modes. Sharpen your skills, race against others online, or collaborate on a shared board with real-time move tracking and color-coded contributions.

Highlights
  • Solo, competitive, and cooperative play
  • Three difficulty levels
  • Online multiplayer
  • Real-time collaboration
  • Detailed game statistics
  • Pencil marks and number highlighting
Features
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Shared Sudoku brings the classic number puzzle to life with three ways to play: solo, competitive, and cooperative. SOLO MODE Sharpen your skills with classic Sudoku. Choose from three difficulty levels — easy, medium, or hard — and track your progress with detailed statistics including best times, win streaks, and game history. COMPETITIVE MODE Race head-to-head against another player! Both players receive the same puzzle and compete to solve it first. Connect instantly online — no accounts or internet required. COOPERATIVE MODE Work together on a shared board. See your partner's moves in real time as you collaborate to complete the puzzle. Each player's contributions are color-coded so you can see who placed what. FEATURES • Three difficulty levels with unique puzzle generation • Pencil marks for noting candidates • Undo and redo support • Mistake tracking • Number highlighting — long press any number to highlight all instances on the board • Game statistics: best times, win rates, current and best streaks, game history • Online multiplayer — play with anyone, anywhere • Clean, modern interface with haptic feedback Shared Sudoku is completely free with no ads, no in-app purchases, and no data collection.

About

Sudoku Detective

Engage in a murder mystery logic puzzle game that combines Sudoku-style grids with detective deduction. Place suspects, analyze clues, and reconstruct crime scenes to identify the killer through reasoning and evidence. Each case offers a unique brain teaser challenge.

Highlights
  • Sudoku-style logic with murder mystery twist
  • Detective cases with clues and suspects
  • Logic grid puzzle gameplay
  • Crime case puzzles
  • Solve with reasoning, no guessing
  • Brain teaser challenges
  • Helpful hints
Features
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Sudoku Detective: Murder Case is a murder mystery Sudoku-style logic puzzle game where clues, suspects, and deduction help you find the killer. Every case is a crime scene. Every clue matters. Place suspects on the logic grid, eliminate impossible cells, and solve the case step by step. This is not ordinary Sudoku, and it is not random guessing. It is a detective puzzle built around reasoning, evidence, and deduction. If you enjoy Sudoku games, logic puzzles, murder mystery games, detective games, whodunit cases, crime puzzles, brain teasers, or puzzle games for adults, open your next case file. SUDOKU LOGIC MEETS DETECTIVE DEDUCTION In each case, the board becomes your investigation. Instead of filling numbers, you place suspects, victims, and case elements on a grid. Rooms, furniture, blocked cells, objects, and clues create a unique mystery puzzle. Read each statement carefully. A clue may tell you where a suspect was seen, which room contains an object, who was near the evidence, or which positions are impossible. Combine clues to narrow the board until only one solution remains. SOLVE MURDER CASES You are the detective. The suspects are waiting. The victim has been found. The clues are hidden in plain sight. To solve each murder case, reconstruct the scene using logic. Who could enter the room? Who was beside the evidence? Which suspect could not have been near the victim? Which clue changes everything? Every correct placement brings you closer to the truth. The final solution reveals the killer. WHY PLAY SUDOKU DETECTIVE? • Sudoku-style logic with a murder mystery twist • Detective cases built around clues, suspects, victims, rooms, and evidence • Logic grid puzzle gameplay for fans of deduction games • Crime case puzzles that reward careful thinking • No random guessing required: solve with reasoning • Brain teaser challenges from easy cases to harder investigations • Helpful hints when a case gets difficult • Classic mystery atmosphere with no gore • A fresh puzzle game for Sudoku, whodunit, and detective fans A NEW KIND OF LOGIC PUZZLE Sudoku Detective: Murder Case gives every puzzle a purpose. You are not just completing a grid. You are solving a crime. Some clues are direct. Others only make sense when combined with another statement. Some rooms contain important objects. Some suspects cannot be placed in certain rows, columns, or areas. The best detectives look at every possibility before making an accusation. This case-based structure makes each level feel like a compact investigation: short enough to play in a break, deep enough to challenge your brain. FIND THE KILLER Each mystery asks one question: who is guilty? Use deduction to place every suspect correctly. Rule out impossible positions. Follow the evidence. Catch contradictions. Complete the logic grid and discover who committed the murder. If you like classic detective stories, cozy murder mysteries, crime investigation games, Sudoku-style puzzles, logic riddles, and smart brain games, Sudoku Detective is designed for you. PURE DEDUCTION GAMEPLAY This is not a hidden object game, an escape room, or a simple number puzzle. Analyze the board, compare clues, and solve each mystery with logic. TRAIN YOUR DETECTIVE BRAIN Every case challenges observation, memory, reasoning, and logical thinking. Easy cases teach the rules. Harder cases make you connect clues across suspects, rooms, and board positions. Use hints only when needed. Improve your deduction skills. Build your case-solving instinct one mystery at a time. PERFECT FOR FANS OF Sudoku, logic puzzle games, detective games, murder mystery games, crime case games, deduction puzzles, brain teasers, whodunit stories, mystery case files, logic grid puzzles, and puzzle games for adults. START YOUR INVESTIGATION Download Sudoku Detective: Murder Case and solve murder mystery puzzles with Sudoku-style logic. Read the clues. Place the suspects. Complete the grid. Solve the case. Find the killer

Screenshots

SharedSudoku4 screens
Sudoku Detective4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: SharedSudoku at 5.0 against Sudoku Detective's 4.0. SharedSudoku also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). Sudoku Detective's advantage is ratings volume (15 vs 1). On price, 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. Sudoku Detective sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. SharedSudoku asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SharedSudoku holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sudoku Detective has 15 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of SharedSudoku's written reviews are positive against 86% of Sudoku Detective's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
SharedSudoku versus Sudoku Detective: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSharedSudokuSudoku Detective
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.0 (15 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better85.7% of reviews
Number of ratings115 — better
Update frequency—Weekly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB162 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDan SokolskyCristina Munoz Castillo

Customer experience

SharedSudoku

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Sudoku Detective

All ratings15 ratings
Positive73.3%
Neutral13.3%
Negative13.3%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral14.3%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

SharedSudoku

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Sudoku Detective

One-time1
  • Full Game$4.99

Questions

Is SharedSudoku free?
SharedSudoku is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sudoku Detective free?
Sudoku Detective is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SharedSudoku or Sudoku Detective?
SharedSudoku is rated higher. SharedSudoku averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Sudoku Detective averages 4.0 from 15 ratings.
Do SharedSudoku or Sudoku Detective have ads?
Sudoku Detective shows ads; SharedSudoku does not.

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