Comparison

Sudoku vs Sudoku Master

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

Head to head
About

Sudoku

Features
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Sudoku, the daily way. A brand-new puzzle every morning, a hint system that actually teaches you, and a clean board that gets out of your way. Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned solver, this is Sudoku built to make you better. A PUZZLE EVERY DAY • Fresh Daily Challenge with a calendar to keep your run going • Build streaks and watch your stats climb over weeks and months • Five difficulties, from relaxed Easy to brutal Extreme (Expert & Extreme unlock with Pro) HINTS THAT TEACH, NOT CHEAT Most apps just hand you the answer. This one shows you WHY. Our visual hints highlight the exact row, column, or box to focus on and walk you through real techniques — single candidates, hidden singles, pointing pairs, X-Wings and more — step by step, so next time you spot it yourself. BUILT TO FEEL GREAT • Satisfying animations when you complete a row, column, or box • Smart notes to pencil in candidates • Mistake tracking so you can play safe or push your limits • A How to Play guide that gets you started in seconds PLAY YOUR WAY • Fully playable offline — no signal required • Compete on the Game Center leaderboard, split by difficulty • Available in English, Svenska, Deutsch, Español, Français, Italiano and Português Train your brain a little every day. Download and start your streak today. Sudoku Pro (optional one-time purchase) unlocks the Expert & Extreme difficulties, Statistics, unlimited Hints and full Daily history. Terms of Use (EULA): https://vinterstudio.com/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://vinterstudio.com/games/sudoku/privacy

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Sudoku Master

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Most Sudoku apps give you the answer. Sudoku Master teaches you how to find it. Every hint works in three steps. First it shows you where to look. Then it explains why. Only if you ask does it fill in the digit — and only that step costs points. Each hint names the technique it used and links to its lesson, so the next time that pattern appears you'll spot it yourself. HINTS THAT TEACH • Where to look → why → the answer, one step at a time • Hints respect your pencil marks and work from your notes • Wrong entries are explained: which cell or house clashes, and why LEARN THE TECHNIQUES • Illustrated lessons for fourteen techniques, from Scanning and Hidden Singles through Pointing and Naked Pairs to X-Wing, Swordfish and XY-Wing • Practice mode: drops you into a real puzzle at the exact moment that technique is the next step, pencil marks already in • The Rules, a 16×16 guide, an X-Sudoku guide, a glossary and a solving routine used by strong players PUZZLES YOU CAN TRUST • 9×9, giant 16×16 grids (digits plus A–G), and X-Sudoku, where both long diagonals must hold every digit too • Easy, Medium, Hard and Expert — every puzzle verified to have exactly one solution, so it never needs guessing • Easy puzzles need only singles; Hard and Expert genuinely need the advanced techniques • Puzzle Info shows which techniques the solver needed, so you know what to look for • Daily Challenge — the same puzzle for everyone, with streaks BUILT FOR THINKING • Pencil marks, auto-notes, unlimited undo and redo • Hold a number to pencil it in • Row, column and box highlighting; matching-digit highlighting • Optional mistake checking and three-mistake limit — or play it like paper • Statistics, best times and scoring that rewards clean solving • Share your result when you solve • Six colour themes, light and dark mode COMPETE AND KEEP THE STREAK • Game Center: weekly best-time leaderboards for every difficulty, an all-time daily-streak board and 15 achievements • Home and Lock Screen widgets for the Daily Challenge • An optional daily reminder at a time you choose IPHONE AND IPAD • Full landscape layouts on iPhone and iPad • Hardware keyboard support on iPad: digits, arrows, undo, notes and hints • Progress, statistics and achievements sync between your devices with iCloud FREE, WITH ONE OPTIONAL PURCHASE Play unlimited 9×9 puzzles, X-Sudoku, the Daily Challenge and the Basics and Intermediate lessons for free, with three explained hints a day. Premium is a single one-time purchase — no subscription — that unlocks unlimited hints, the Advanced lessons, 16×16 puzzles and removes ads. No account needed.

Screenshots

Sudoku3 screens
Sudoku Master4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Sudoku at none against Sudoku Master's shown. On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Sudoku sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Sudoku Master sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
Sudoku versus Sudoku Master: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSudokuSudoku Master
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB10 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperPehr Andreas VesterlundNusaif Valappil

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Sudoku

One-time1
  • Sudoku Pro$3.99
1 purchases

Sudoku Master

One-time1
  • Premium$4.99

Questions

Is Sudoku free?
Sudoku is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sudoku Master free?
Sudoku Master is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Sudoku or Sudoku Master have ads?
Sudoku Master shows ads; Sudoku does not.
Which is updated more often, Sudoku or Sudoku Master?
Sudoku ships an update weekly, and Sudoku Master weekly. Most recently, Sudoku was updated on November 10, 2026 and Sudoku Master on October 31, 2026.

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