Comparison

SudoSodoku vs Bare Sudoku

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

Head to head
About

SudoSodoku

Features
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$ sudo solve [sudo] password for logic: ******** > root access granted. SudoSodoku is the only sudoku that treats you like root. You are not filling in numbers. You are breaching a grid. Puzzles generate behind a live breach log. Victories detonate matrix rain and end the only way they should: ACCESS GRANTED. THE TERMINAL - Authentic green phosphor on deep dark glass, all monospaced - Mechanical-keyboard haptics on every keystroke - A victory sequence with an ELO ticker and rank-up ceremonies THE GRID - Infinite procedural puzzles, graded by a logical solver (0-100) - Four difficulty flags: --easy --medium --hard --master - Smart pencil notes with auto-clear and compound undo - An optional play clock that only counts active time THE LADDER - A real ELO rating with anti-smurfing, from SCRIPT_KIDDIE to THE_ARCHITECT - Game Center leaderboards that rank performance, never spending: global ELO plus fastest-time boards per difficulty PURE LOGIC. ZERO NOISE. - No ads. No lives. No pay-to-win. No guilt mechanics. - Every animation respects Reduce Motion. Sounds are never forced. root@ios:~$ ./execute_

About

Bare Sudoku

Enjoy a pure Sudoku experience with no distractions. This app offers four difficulty levels, intelligent hints that teach solving techniques, and fast input options. Play offline with your game saved directly on your device.

Highlights
  • Four difficulty levels
  • Hints that teach techniques
  • Fast input and note-taking
  • Offline play
  • Mistake marking option
  • Dark mode and landscape support
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Bare Sudoku is Sudoku with nothing in the way. No ads, no account, no tracking, no internet. Open it and play. FOUR LEVELS Easy, Medium, Hard and Expert. Every puzzle has exactly one solution and can be solved by logic alone; you never have to guess. HINTS THAT TEACH A hint points to the next cell you can fill and names the technique: a single candidate, the only place for a digit in a row, column or box, locked candidates, pairs and triples, X-Wing, Y-Wing, Swordfish or XYZ-Wing. Tap again to place the digit. FAST INPUT Tap a cell then a digit, or tap a digit twice to lock it and fill several cells in a row. Notes, undo, erase, fill all notes with one tap, mistake marking you can turn off, and highlights for the row, column, box and same digits. SMALL AND HONEST The whole app is about 150 KB. Your game is saved on the device and continues where you left off. Dark mode, landscape, English and Turkish. Open source under the MIT license.

Screenshots

SudoSodoku4 screens
Bare Sudoku4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Bare Sudoku at 6 against SudoSodoku's 1. Bare Sudoku also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
SudoSodoku versus Bare Sudoku: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSudoSodokuBare Sudoku
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequency—Weekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple TV, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB0 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKai ChenAlparslan Selcuk Develioglu

In-app purchases

None

SudoSodoku

No in-app purchases

None

Bare Sudoku

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SudoSodoku free?
SudoSodoku is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bare Sudoku free?
Bare Sudoku is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do SudoSodoku or Bare Sudoku have ads?
Neither SudoSodoku nor Bare Sudoku shows ads.

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