Comparison

Mini Sudoku vs CipherBreaker

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

Head to head
About

Mini Sudoku

Engage in a quick and satisfying logic challenge with a smaller grid size. This game offers four difficulty levels and a daily puzzle to keep your mind sharp. Enjoy helpful tools and an ad-free experience with a one-time purchase.

Highlights
  • 6x6 grid size
  • Four difficulty levels
  • Daily puzzle
  • Notes and hints
  • Auto-check mistakes
  • Ad-free experience
Features
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The friendlier 6×6 number puzzle — a quick brain workout, any time. Now with Classic 9×9 too. Smaller grid. Same satisfying logic. Mini Sudoku is perfect for players who want a fast, focused challenge without hours of commitment. FOUR DIFFICULTY LEVELS • Easy — great for beginners • Medium — a step up • Hard — think carefully • Expert — sharpen your mind NEW: CLASSIC 9×9 Want the full-size grid? Switch to Classic 9×9 on the home screen — the same clean design, notes and hints, four levels of its own, and your game saved if you're interrupted. A short tutorial walks you through the 9×9 rules. DAILY PUZZLE A fresh puzzle every morning. Track your streak, build the habit. HELPFUL TOOLS • Notes to plan your moves • Hints when you're stuck • Auto-check highlights mistakes instantly • Timer to track your personal best CLEAN & AD-FREE No ads. No clutter. Just you and the puzzle. UNLOCK ONCE, PLAY FOREVER Start with a free trial. Love it? One small payment unlocks everything — for life. No subscription, ever.

About

CipherBreaker

Engage in a pure deduction game where every puzzle is solvable through logic alone. Investigate cases, gather evidence, and crack hidden codes using smart reasoning. This app offers a variety of challenges to test and sharpen your thinking skills.

Highlights
  • Pure logic deduction
  • Case Files investigations
  • Seven distinct game modes
  • Daily Challenge with streaks
  • AI opponents for practice
  • Clean, focused design
Features
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Think you're sharp? Prove it. CipherBreaker is a pure deduction game with zero luck involved. Every code can be cracked by logic alone — if you're good enough. Read the clues, eliminate the impossible, and close in on the answer one calculated guess at a time. This isn't another match-three with a brain-game label slapped on it. It's the real thing: a test of reasoning that rewards how you think, not how lucky you are. WHY CIPHERBREAKER - Pure logic, zero luck — every puzzle is solvable by deduction alone - Case Files — seven investigations: work the scene for evidence, then deduce the Final Code - 7 distinct modes — from gentle warm-ups to brutal challenges that will humble you - Daily Challenge — one shared puzzle a day, build your streak, prove your consistency - Sharpen up against AI opponents that push you to think faster and cleaner - A clean, focused design that gets out of your way and lets you think HOW IT WORKS Crack a hidden code using feedback after each guess. Sounds simple. It isn't. The best players don't guess more — they guess smarter, turning every clue into the next deduction. Master the logic and the codes fall fast. Get sloppy and they'll bury you. CASE FILES Chapter 1, FIRST SHIFT: seven cases on one night floor, and nobody else is awake. Every stage you solve recovers a piece of evidence, and the clues you earn are what let you deduce the case's Final Code. Miss a stage and that lead goes cold — you close the case with less to go on. Stars, XP and tokens per case, and a Detective Rank that climbs from Rookie to Master Cipherbreaker. FOR PEOPLE WHO LIKE TO THINK If you love logic puzzles, number games, code-breaking, or anything that makes your brain actually work, CipherBreaker was built for you. No filler. No fluff. Just deduction, sharpened to a point. Can you crack every code — or will the code crack you? Download CipherBreaker and find out how sharp you really are.

Screenshots

Mini Sudoku4 screens
CipherBreaker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Mini Sudoku at none against CipherBreaker's shown. Mini Sudoku also leads on ratings volume (23 vs 1). CipherBreaker's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs fortnightly) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. Mini Sudoku sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and CipherBreaker sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Mini Sudoku against 5.0 for CipherBreaker. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mini Sudoku has 23 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mini Sudoku ships an update fortnightly, CipherBreaker every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Mini Sudoku versus CipherBreaker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMini SudokuCipherBreaker
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (23 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings23 — better1
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB60 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLe Duc HungOzgur Cetintas

Customer experience

Mini Sudoku

All ratings23 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

CipherBreaker

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

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Mini Sudoku

One-time1
  • Unlock Full Version (Lifetime)$2.99
6 purchases

CipherBreaker

One-time6
  • Pocket Pack$0.99
  • Standard Pack$2.99
  • Remove Ads$2.99
Show 3 more
  • Starter Pack$2.99
  • Premium Pack$7.99
  • Mega Pack$19.99

Questions

Is Mini Sudoku free?
Mini Sudoku is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CipherBreaker free?
CipherBreaker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Mini Sudoku or CipherBreaker?
Mini Sudoku and CipherBreaker are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 23 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Mini Sudoku or CipherBreaker have ads?
CipherBreaker shows ads; Mini Sudoku does not.
Which is updated more often, Mini Sudoku or CipherBreaker?
Mini Sudoku ships an update fortnightly, and CipherBreaker every 2 days. Most recently, Mini Sudoku was updated on November 10, 2026 and CipherBreaker on November 5, 2026.

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