Comparison

Sudoku Haven vs Spinhit

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

Head to head
About

Sudoku Haven

Enjoy a peaceful Sudoku experience with over 450,000 hand-graded puzzles, daily challenges, and 20 calming themes. Play offline with smart hints, built-in trainers, and progress tracking. Optional purchase removes ads and unlocks all features.

Highlights
  • 450,000+ hand-graded puzzles
  • Daily Challenge mode
  • 20 quiet themes
  • Offline play
  • Smart hints and trainers
  • Progress tracking and stats
  • Apple Watch and iMessage integration
Features
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Sudoku Haven is a calmer way to play Sudoku — 450,000+ hand-graded puzzles, a daily challenge, and 20 quiet themes, free and offline. It's a quiet place for your mind on iPhone and iPad, too: soft light, unhurried numbers, and room to breathe between moves. Every puzzle is hand-graded across five difficulties, from gentle Beginner grids to genuinely challenging Extreme. Play a fresh Daily Challenge every day, return to any puzzle in the archive, or generate endless random puzzles whenever you like. Everything is built to keep you in flow: • Smart hints that nudge you forward instead of handing you the answer • Notes, auto-candidates, and gentle highlighting that make tough puzzles approachable • Built-in trainers that teach real solving techniques — hidden singles, naked pairs, X-Wing, and more • 20 hand-tuned themes, light and dark — make the board truly yours • Stats, streaks, and stars that quietly track your progress • A relaxing brain workout you can play offline, with soothing music and soft sound No clutter, no pressure — just you and the next square. Sudoku Haven goes everywhere you do. Glance at the daily puzzle and your streak on your Apple Watch, and challenge a friend to a board right inside iMessage. Compare solve times on Game Center leaderboards, earn achievements, and keep everything in sync across iPhone and iPad with iCloud. A friendly head-to-head multiplayer mode is in mind, too — and the more players who find the Haven, the sooner it arrives. Free to play, with one optional purchase that removes ads and opens up everything. Find your calm and start solving.

About

Spinhit

Features
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Spinhit is a fast-paced reflex game built exclusively for Apple Watch. Throw sticks into the spinning target without hitting the ones already attached. As your score increases, the challenge becomes faster and more demanding. Features * One-tap gameplay * Progressive difficulty * Best score tracking * Smooth animations * Designed exclusively for Apple Watch How far can you go?

Screenshots

Sudoku Haven4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Spinhit at none against Sudoku Haven's 1. Spinhit also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.4). Sudoku Haven's advantage is device support (6 vs 3). On price and update cadence 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. Sudoku Haven sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Spinhit asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sudoku Haven ships an update every 10 days, Spinhit every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Sudoku Haven versus Spinhit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSudoku HavenSpinhit
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPod, Apple Watch
Requires iOS16.413.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size193 MB0 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperEmu WTFEsin Elif DAG

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Sudoku Haven

One-time1
  • Premium Unlock$2.99
None

Spinhit

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sudoku Haven free?
Sudoku Haven is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Spinhit free?
Spinhit is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Sudoku Haven or Spinhit have ads?
Sudoku Haven shows ads; Spinhit does not.
Which is updated more often, Sudoku Haven or Spinhit?
Sudoku Haven ships an update every 10 days, and Spinhit every 2 weeks. Most recently, Sudoku Haven was updated on October 6, 2026 and Spinhit on October 11, 2026.

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