Chessdoku vs Paddock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chessdoku
This logic puzzle game combines Sudoku-style placement with chess piece attack rules. Solve over 1,500 unique puzzles across five distinct game modes, with a daily challenge for all players. Enjoy a pure, offline experience with no ads or tracking.
- Sudoku-style piece placement
- Chess piece attack logic
- Five unique game modes
- 1,500 puzzles
- Daily challenge
- Offline play
- Hint system with deductions
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Place the given chess pieces so every row and column holds exactly one piece — and no piece threatens another. That's Chessdoku: the discipline of Sudoku, the geometry of chess. NO GUESSING, EVER Every puzzle is generated by a built-in deduction engine and verified solvable by pure logic. Stuck? The hint doesn't just drop a piece — it explains the deduction you could have made. FIVE WAYS TO PLAY - Classic — open square boards, from a gentle 4×4 to the deep end - Panorama — wide boards that bend your instincts - Fortress — frozen pawn walls cut the lines, so extra pieces fit - Command — you place the pawns, and your pieces need them - Torus — borderless boards where attacks wrap around the edges 300 levels in each mode — 1,500 puzzles in all. EVERY DAY, ONE PUZZLE A daily challenge seeded from the date, identical for every player on Earth. Keep your streak alive and share your result, spoiler-free. THINK WITH YOUR HANDS Cross off dead squares with the X tool, pencil-mark individual piece options Sudoku-style, long-press any piece to see exactly what it attacks, and let the app prove it the moment a position becomes unwinnable. FREE TO PLAY The daily challenge, the tutorial, and a generous run of free levels — including the first 100 in Classic — are free to everyone. One optional purchase unlocks all 1,500 levels and every Quick Play preset — no subscription, ever. YOURS, OFFLINE No account. No ads. No tracking. Puzzles are generated on your device and your progress never leaves it. Seventeen handcrafted board themes, including a colorblind-friendly high-contrast set.
Paddock
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Every animal needs its own space. Paddock is a quiet logic puzzle set on a small farm. Fences divide the field into paddocks, and you work out where each animal belongs. Four rules, one right answer, and nothing counting down while you think. THE RULES • One animal in every row • One animal in every column • One animal in every fenced paddock • No two animals may touch — not even diagonally That is the whole game. Everything else is the field it is played on. THREE WAYS TO PLAY Daily Pasture — one puzzle a day, the same one for everyone, with a streak worth keeping. Always free. Journey — 130 hand-curated levels across five chapters, from a gentle 5×5 meadow up to a 9×9 in the highlands. The difficulty rises with the size of the field, never with the pressure. Endless — as many fresh boards as you like. Every one is generated, checked, and guaranteed to have exactly one solution. HINTS THAT TEACH Ask for help and Paddock shows you the deduction, not the answer. It points at the row, explains why the animal has to go there, and only places it if you still want it to. You finish the board knowing something you did not know before. A FARM THAT FILLS IN Solving earns clover, and clover brings animals to the barn — a jersey cow, a sheep, a goat, a highland, an alpaca, a goose, a sheepdog. Nine in all. Put any of them in the field and they play alongside you. QUIET BY DESIGN • Works fully offline, on a plane or underground • No account, ever — nothing to sign up for • Your progress follows you across your own devices through iCloud • VoiceOver throughout, and Reduce Motion respected • English and German • iPhone and iPad PREMIUM Premium opens the full Journey, unlimited Endless boards, the complete Daily archive, every theme and a choice of app icon, and removes ads. Available as a subscription or as a one-time lifetime purchase — the lifetime option is there because not everybody wants a subscription, and it is not going away. The Daily Pasture stays free either way. It is the reason to open the app, and gating it would be the wrong kind of clever. Questions or Feedback? Found a bug, have an idea for improvement, or just want to say hello? We'd love to hear from you. Email: support@play-paddock.app Website: https://www.play-paddock.app Terms and conditions: https://www.play-paddock.app/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Chessdoku at none against Paddock's shown. Chessdoku also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Chessdoku sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Paddock sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Chessdoku | Paddock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | — |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 81 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Matt Falk | Rene Weinhold |
In-app purchases
Chessdoku
- Unlock Everything$4.99
Paddock
- Paddock Premium: 1 Week$2.997 Days
- Paddock Premium: 1 Year$29.991 Year
- Paddock Premium: Lifetime$59.99









