Murder Sudoku GridNoir vs Murder & Method
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 1500+ murder sudoku cases
- Themed casebooks
- Daily logic challenges
- Deductive reasoning gameplay
- Suspect and clue cards
- Progress saved locally
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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.
Murder & Method
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The Society receives the files that even the Yard cannot close. You are its newest candidate. Every case begins with a floor plan, a handful of people and their statements. Each row and each column contains exactly one figure. The murderer is whoever was alone in a room with the victim. Every statement is true. Every case has a solution, and the cards prove it. Everything you need to find it is right in front of you. No guessing. No clock. No luck. Just deduction. HOW TO PLAY • Read the statements. Each card reveals something about where a person was standing. • Reconstruct the scene. Place the figures, eliminate what is impossible and keep track of what remains open. • Ask the Inspector. If you get stuck, three levels of hints are available – each a little more explicit, always based on your own board. • Make your accusation. The Society does not ask for suspicion. It asks for proof. THE LONDON CASEBOOK 120 files. London, 1928–1940. A séance in Chelsea. A boxing hall after midnight. The Underground at night. A diamond office in Hatton Garden. An incident high above the rooftops of St Paul’s. Across twelve years, guests, suspects and victims return again and again. Some names disappear. Others return. The casebook can be browsed chronologically or by file series. The cases lead from your first admission file to the Master Files. The difficulty grows not through ever larger boards, but through what matters: the depth of the deduction. THE PRACTICE ROOM Members also gain access to the Society’s practice room. There, earlier crime scenes are reconstructed with new casts and recombined again and again. No one dies. Everyone learns. AN ILLUSTRATED WORLD Painterly character portraits, illustrated crime scenes and furnishings, and a casebook inspired by the London of the late 1920s and 1930s. Murder & Method is fully available in English, German, Italian, Spanish and French. MEMBERSHIP The ten files of the admission examination are free. Those who pass may join the Society. A single purchase unlocks the remaining 110 files of the London Casebook. Introductory price until 31 December 2026. The regular price applies thereafter. No ads. No subscription. No account. No tracking. No energy. No coins. Fully playable offline on iPhone and iPad. Made in Düsseldorf by Lindhavn Studio.
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The clearest difference is ads: Murder & Method at none against Murder Sudoku GridNoir's shown. Murder Sudoku GridNoir's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 5 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Murder Sudoku GridNoir sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Murder & Method sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Murder Sudoku GridNoir ships an update every 3 days, Murder & Method every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Murder Sudoku GridNoir | Murder & Method |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (31 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 31 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 85 MB | 79 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Adrian Amor | Jan Hendrik Wergin |
In-app purchases
Murder Sudoku GridNoir
- GridNoir Premium$5.99
Murder & Method
- Full London Casebook$0.99
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