Comparison

Poodoku vs Word Bloom Hexagonal

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

Head to head
About

Poodoku

A cozy logic puzzle game blending Sudoku mechanics with a whodunit mystery. Solve daily puzzles by deducing suspect locations based on clues to find out who had an accident. Offers multiple difficulty levels and a full archive for offline play.

Highlights
  • Daily new puzzles
  • Multiple difficulty levels
  • Full puzzle archive
  • Interactive tutorial
  • Streak tracker
  • Mark cells with X
  • Light/dark mode
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Poodoku is a cozy logic-puzzle whodunit for the whole family. Someone pooped in the house. You have a small cast of suspects, a floor plan, and a handful of clues. Read each clue, place each suspect in the right room, and the last empty square is the poop — the room it's in reveals the culprit. Every day brings three fresh puzzles — Easy, Medium, and Hard — across a 365-day archive so you can catch up whenever life gets busy. When you're ready to level up, Hard+ teasers open the trickiest 5-room grids. WHAT MAKES IT TICK Poodoku borrows the "one per row, one per column" backbone from sudoku or queens and pairs it with logic clues from a whodunit — "I was on the sofa," "I was beside the plant," "I was in the same room as Milo." Every puzzle is uniquely solvable through pure deduction. No luck. No shortcuts to the answers. FEATURES • New puzzles every day + full archive • Three difficulties every day, plus Hard+ bonus grids • Interactive tutorial that teaches the whole clue vocabulary • Streak tracker with an optional 7pm reminder • Mark cells with an X while you think • Drag-and-drop, auto-mark, and candidate-location hints — pick the input style that fits you • Light + dark mode, storybook art, big-tap targets • Optional Cats Pack: swap the default cast for 20 hand-drawn cat suspects FAMILY FRIENDLY Poodoku's puzzles are kid-approachable without dumbing anything down. It's the kind of game a 7-year-old and a grown-up can solve together on the couch. Cute art, gentle stakes ("someone had an accident"), no violence, no ads. QUIET, RESPECTFUL DESIGN • No ads, ever • No account required, we respect your privacy and don't sell your information • No urgency timers, no lives to refill, no dark patterns • One-time purchases only — no subscriptions • Play offline; the archive ships in the app If you enjoy Sudoku, KenKen, Nurikabe, Picross, or a good whodunit, Poodoku will feel like home.

About

Word Bloom Hexagonal

Features
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Relax, discover words, and watch your hexagons bloom. Word Bloom Hexagonal is a relaxing word puzzle for players who love words, clever challenges, and calm casual gameplay. Place words around themed hexagons, discover the connections, and complete each puzzle at your own pace. No complicated rules. Just satisfying word discovery wrapped in a beautiful hexagonal experience. A fresh take on word puzzles • Arrange words around themed hexagons • Discover words that belong together • Complete satisfying hexagonal puzzles • Enjoy a relaxing challenge at your own pace • Play whenever you have a few minutes to unwind Whether you're looking for a peaceful brain teaser, a casual word game, or something satisfying to play during a break, Word Bloom Hexagonal is made to be easy to pick up and enjoyable to master. Think. Connect. Bloom. Can you find every word and complete the hexagon?

Screenshots

Poodoku4 screens
Word Bloom Hexagonal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Word Bloom Hexagonal at none against Poodoku's 1. Word Bloom Hexagonal also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.5). Poodoku's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence 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. Poodoku sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Word Bloom Hexagonal asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Poodoku ships an update weekly, Word Bloom Hexagonal every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Poodoku versus Word Bloom Hexagonal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPoodokuWord Bloom Hexagonal
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 8 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.515.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size73 MB81 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNuthatch Networks LLCADRIAN RODRIGUEZ LAZARO

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Poodoku

One-time1
  • Cats Pack$1.99
None

Word Bloom Hexagonal

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Poodoku free?
Poodoku is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Word Bloom Hexagonal free?
Word Bloom Hexagonal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Poodoku or Word Bloom Hexagonal have ads?
Word Bloom Hexagonal shows ads; Poodoku does not.
Which is updated more often, Poodoku or Word Bloom Hexagonal?
Poodoku ships an update weekly, and Word Bloom Hexagonal every 8 days. Most recently, Poodoku was updated on October 20, 2026 and Word Bloom Hexagonal on October 21, 2026.

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