Comparison

Scan Sudoku vs Bare Sudoku

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

Head to head
About

Scan Sudoku

Features
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Take a picture then play it on your device. It is AI powered scan sudoku app. It give you hints and you can add notes. It will solve it if you ask it to.

About

Bare Sudoku

Enjoy a pure Sudoku experience with no distractions. This app offers four difficulty levels, intelligent hints that teach solving techniques, and fast input options. Play offline with your game saved directly on your device.

Highlights
  • Four difficulty levels
  • Hints that teach techniques
  • Fast input and note-taking
  • Offline play
  • Mistake marking option
  • Dark mode and landscape support
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Bare Sudoku is Sudoku with nothing in the way. No ads, no account, no tracking, no internet. Open it and play. FOUR LEVELS Easy, Medium, Hard and Expert. Every puzzle has exactly one solution and can be solved by logic alone; you never have to guess. HINTS THAT TEACH A hint points to the next cell you can fill and names the technique: a single candidate, the only place for a digit in a row, column or box, locked candidates, pairs and triples, X-Wing, Y-Wing, Swordfish or XYZ-Wing. Tap again to place the digit. FAST INPUT Tap a cell then a digit, or tap a digit twice to lock it and fill several cells in a row. Notes, undo, erase, fill all notes with one tap, mistake marking you can turn off, and highlights for the row, column, box and same digits. SMALL AND HONEST The whole app is about 150 KB. Your game is saved on the device and continues where you left off. Dark mode, landscape, English and Turkish. Open source under the MIT license.

Screenshots

Scan Sudoku4 screens
Bare Sudoku4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Bare Sudoku at none against Scan Sudoku's shown. Bare Sudoku also leads on device support (6 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Scan Sudoku's advantage is update cadence (daily vs weekly). On price and in-app purchases 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

Scan Sudoku ships an update daily, Bare Sudoku weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Scan Sudoku versus Bare Sudoku: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScan SudokuBare Sudoku
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyDaily — betterWeekly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple TV, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB0 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHailemedhn TegegneAlparslan Selcuk Develioglu

In-app purchases

None

Scan Sudoku

No in-app purchases

None

Bare Sudoku

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Scan Sudoku free?
Scan Sudoku is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bare Sudoku free?
Bare Sudoku is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Scan Sudoku or Bare Sudoku have ads?
Scan Sudoku shows ads; Bare Sudoku does not.
Which is updated more often, Scan Sudoku or Bare Sudoku?
Scan Sudoku ships an update daily, and Bare Sudoku weekly. Most recently, Scan Sudoku was updated on October 28, 2026 and Bare Sudoku on October 31, 2026.

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