Comparison

Backword vs Sudoku Muse!

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

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About

Backword

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Backword brings four free word games and a Word of the Day together into one daily ritual to get your brain moving; plus a tougher weekly crossword. Play Backword, a clever six-letter word game where the answer reveals from the end. Solve a fresh daily crossword. Unscramble the Anagram. Find the missing link in Midword. Then take on a deeper weekly crossword when you want a bigger challenge. Every day counts. Build the highest score you can across all four games over a rolling 14-day period, climb the rating tiers, and see how long you can sustain the top level. Track your progress, protect your streaks, use hints when you need them, and return to the archive whenever you want another puzzle. Whether you have two minutes or twenty, Backword gives you a satisfying word challenge to come back to every day. Features: - Free daily Backword puzzle - Free daily Crossword - Free daily Anagram - Free daily Midword - Weekly Crossword - Word of the Day - Rolling 14-day score - Rating tiers to climb and maintain - Streaks, stats, and completion tracking - Puzzle archive - Hints when you get stuck - Optional Pro upgrade for an ad-free experience, unlimited archive access, and unlimited hints Currently only supports English language Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Sudoku Muse!

This logic puzzle game challenges you to place cats in specific regions without them touching, using deduction. It offers thousands of levels and an endless mode for continuous brain training. Play offline with a gentle tutorial and daily challenges.

Highlights
  • Cat placement logic puzzles
  • Thousands of levels
  • Endless mode
  • Daily challenges
  • Offline play
  • Gentle tutorial
Features
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Looking for a puzzle that calms you down and keeps your brain spinning? Cat Sudoku! is a pure logic game where every aloof little cat needs a spot of its own. The rules are simple, the deduction runs deep: place exactly one cat in each colored region — never in the same row or column, and never touching another cat, not even diagonally. Read the board, mark impossible squares with a cross, and reason your way to the one arrangement that works. A gentle tutorial eases you in, 10,000+ levels and an endless mode keep the challenge coming, and a fresh Daily Challenge lands every day. No numbers, no internet required — just you, the cats, and a quiet moment of focus, anywhere you go.

Screenshots

Backword4 screens
Sudoku Muse!3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sudoku Muse! at none against Backword's 2. Sudoku Muse! also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 8 days) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Backword sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Sudoku Muse! asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Backword ships an update every 8 days, Sudoku Muse! every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Backword versus Sudoku Muse!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBackwordSudoku Muse!
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.8 (228 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—84.6% of reviews
Number of ratings—228 — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Ad-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB115 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperSean WilliamsCyberGame Limited

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Backword

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Pro Pass7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Annual Pro Pass7 Days trial$11.991 Year
None

Sudoku Muse!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Backword free?
Backword is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sudoku Muse! free?
Sudoku Muse! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Backword or Sudoku Muse! have ads?
Both Backword and Sudoku Muse! show ads.
Which is updated more often, Backword or Sudoku Muse!?
Backword ships an update every 8 days, and Sudoku Muse! every 2 days. Most recently, Backword was updated on October 23, 2026 and Sudoku Muse! on October 21, 2026.

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