Comparison

Murder Sudoku GridNoir vs Linkthrum

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

Head to head
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
Features
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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.

About

Linkthrum

Features
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Linkthrum is a calm logic puzzle: connect the matching colored dots and fill the whole board without crossing lines. 100 LEVELS, FROM FIRST LINE TO 3D CUBE • 50 classic levels from 5x5 to 9x9 • 50 three dimensional cube levels where lines continue across the edges of the cube • Every level is guaranteed solvable and fills the board completely FEATURES • Earn a star for perfect solutions with minimal moves • Share solved puzzles as a picture with friends • Sound and haptics can be turned off, progress is saved automatically • Fully playable offline • English and German NO CATCH • Free, no ads, no in-app purchases • No registration, no data collection Published by Dyslexia Research Center USA. Logic puzzles are a wonderful workout for attention and spatial thinking.

Screenshots

Murder Sudoku GridNoir4 screens
Linkthrum4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Linkthrum at none against Murder Sudoku GridNoir's 1. Linkthrum also leads on ads (none vs shown). Murder Sudoku GridNoir's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price 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. Linkthrum asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Murder Sudoku GridNoir versus Linkthrum: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMurder Sudoku GridNoirLinkthrum
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (31 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings31 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size85 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAdrian AmorDachverband Legasthenie Deutschland e.V.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Murder Sudoku GridNoir

One-time1
  • GridNoir Premium$5.99
None

Linkthrum

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Murder Sudoku GridNoir free?
Murder Sudoku GridNoir is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Linkthrum free?
Linkthrum is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Murder Sudoku GridNoir or Linkthrum have ads?
Murder Sudoku GridNoir shows ads; Linkthrum does not.

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