Comparison

Poodoku vs Bramble

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

Bramble

A vibrant puzzle game where strategic fruit placement triggers satisfying chain reactions and adorable character animations. Match four or more fruits to clear them, aiming to meet stage objectives with no time limits or lives. Enjoy colorful visuals and simple controls for a relaxing yet engaging experience.

Highlights
  • Adorable living fruits with expressive reactions
  • Stage objectives for clear goals
  • Satisfying chain reactions and cascading pops
  • Strategic shape rotation for perfect placement
  • Colorful garden visuals with lively animations
  • High score challenges
  • Simple one-handed controls
Features
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**Bramble is a colorful fruit puzzle where clever placement creates satisfying pops, cascading combos, and adorable reactions.** Drag fruit shapes onto the board and connect **4 or more matching fruits** to make them pop. Complete each stage by collecting the fruits you need — but choose your placements carefully. Every shape changes the board, and one good move can trigger a huge chain reaction! The fruits aren't just puzzle pieces, either. They're little characters that react as you play — from happy and excited to worried when things get crowded. ### HOW TO PLAY • Drag fruit shapes onto the 6×8 board • Connect 4 or more matching fruits to pop them • Collect the required fruits to complete each stage • Tap a shape to rotate it before placing • Fruits fall under gravity, creating new matches and opportunities • Trigger chain reactions for bigger combos and higher scores ### FEATURES • **Adorable living fruits** with expressive reactions • **Stage objectives** that give every puzzle a clear goal • **Satisfying chain reactions** and cascading fruit pops • **Strategic shape rotation** to find the perfect placement • **Colorful garden visuals** with lively animations and effects • **High scores** to beat as you master each stage • **Simple one-handed controls** made for quick or relaxing sessions **No time limits. No lives. No pressure.** Take your time, rotate your pieces, complete your fruit targets, and watch the board burst into colorful cascades. **Can you collect them all and master every stage?** Developed by MPG Studio.

Screenshots

Poodoku4 screens
Bramble4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Bramble at 5.0 against Poodoku's 4.5. Bramble also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.5). Poodoku's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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. Poodoku sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Bramble asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bramble holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Poodoku ships an update weekly, Bramble every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Poodoku versus Bramble: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPoodokuBramble
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (4 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings4 — better2
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 9 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS26.515.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size73 MB78 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNuthatch Networks LLCMariyan Petrov

Customer experience

Poodoku

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bramble

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Poodoku

One-time1
  • Cats Pack$1.99
None

Bramble

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Poodoku free?
Poodoku is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bramble free?
Bramble is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Poodoku or Bramble?
Bramble is rated higher. Poodoku averages 4.5 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Bramble averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Poodoku or Bramble have ads?
Bramble shows ads; Poodoku does not.
Which is updated more often, Poodoku or Bramble?
Poodoku ships an update weekly, and Bramble every 9 days. Most recently, Poodoku was updated on November 5, 2026 and Bramble on October 31, 2026.

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