Comparison

Hamle vs Sudoku · Offline

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

Head to head
About

Hamle

Explore 15 classic strategy board games, including Chess, Go, and Checkers, with options to play offline against a friend or computer, or compete online in real-time. Features include selectable themes, detailed rulebooks, and customizable profiles.

Highlights
  • 15 classic strategy board games
  • Offline 2-player mode
  • Play against AI
  • Online multiplayer
  • Detailed rulebooks
  • Customizable themes and profiles
Features
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Hamle brings 15 timeless strategy board games together in one beautifully crafted app. Play offline with a friend, challenge the built-in computer or compete online in real time. ◆ 15 CLASSIC STRATEGY GAMES MILL GAMES • Nine Men's Morris — align and capture pieces in this ancient mill game, with flying enabled at three pieces. • Three Men's Morris — quick tactical duels on a 3x3 board. DRAUGHTS & CAPTURE GAMES • Draughts (Checkers) — play Turkish Draughts (Dama), featuring orthogonal movement and flying kings, or International Draughts, with diagonal movement and forced capture chains. • Alquerque — the medieval ancestor of checkers. • Fanorona — Madagascar's classic game of capture by approach and withdrawal. • Lau Kata Kati — a traditional Indian strategy game full of tactical captures. THE CHESS FAMILY • Chess — complete rules including castling, en passant, promotion and draw detection. • Xiangqi — Chinese chess with its river, palace and cannons. Choose symbols, Chinese script or letters. • Shogi — Japanese chess where captured pieces return as your own. Choose symbol, kanji or letter notation. TERRITORY • Go (Baduk, Weiqi) — play on a 19x19 board with Chinese or Japanese scoring, komi and dead-stone marking. HUNT GAMES • Hnefatafl — Viking chess in which one side defends the king while the other hunts him. Includes an optional 3D board. • Bagh-Chal — Nepal's tigers-and-goats duel, with warnings when a tiger can pounce. SOWING • Mangala — Turkish mancala using official TMOF tournament rules: 12 pits and 48 stones. BOARD CONTROL • Disc Flip — flip opposing discs and fight to control the corners. • Surakarta — the Indonesian classic where captures travel around looping corner arcs. ◆ PLAY YOUR WAY • LOCAL 2-PLAYER — pass and play on one device with no internet required. Ideal for family game nights, travel and classrooms. • VS COMPUTER — choose Easy, Medium or Hard difficulty and tap Hint when you need help. • ONLINE MULTIPLAYER — invite a friend to a private room with a short code or use random matchmaking to meet players worldwide. ◆ SMOOTH ONLINE PLAY • Instant room codes for quick invitations • Reliable reconnection after connection drops • One-tap rematches with automatic side swapping • Quick-message chat with a safety filter ◆ DESIGNED FOR STRATEGY LOVERS • Selectable board themes for each game • Distraction-free fullscreen mode • Profiles, custom avatars and match statistics • 102 interface languages with full right-to-left support for Arabic, Hebrew, Persian and Urdu • Faithful rules covering forced captures, mill detection, threefold repetition, superko and more • Clean, fast and lightweight, with no paywalls, energy systems or waiting timers ◆ WHY HAMLE? Every game includes a built-in rulebook explaining setup, movement, captures, winning conditions and history. Learn the rules, practise against the computer and then take your skills online. Instead of offering just one game, Hamle provides a curated library with consistent design and accurate rules. These classics have crossed cultures and centuries; now the whole collection fits in your pocket. Hamle is completely free. Every game and every online or offline mode is available without subscriptions, locked content or hidden fees.

About

Sudoku · Offline

Features
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Sudoku offline — classic 9×9 puzzles on a calm paper board. Play Easy to Extreme at your pace. No account. No energy walls. Just the next logical move. What you can do: - Solve four difficulties from Easy to Extreme - Track best times and stats as you improve - Use notes and named technique hints when you get stuck Why you'll like it: - Clean paper-and-ink themes that stay readable - Digit paint mode and mistake highlights when you want them Perfect for: quiet sessions on the couch or commute — fully offline. Tap Play and start your first puzzle.

Screenshots

Hamle4 screens
Sudoku · Offline4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hamle at none against Sudoku · Offline's 1. Hamle also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, ads 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 · Offline sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Hamle asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hamle ships an update every 4 days, Sudoku · Offline every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Hamle versus Sudoku · Offline: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHamleSudoku · Offline
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIBRAHIM ERDOGANSol Torres

In-app purchases

None

Hamle

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Sudoku · Offline

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99

Questions

Is Hamle free?
Hamle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sudoku · Offline free?
Sudoku · Offline is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Hamle or Sudoku · Offline have ads?
Both Hamle and Sudoku · Offline show ads.
Which is updated more often, Hamle or Sudoku · Offline?
Hamle ships an update every 4 days, and Sudoku · Offline every 2 weeks. Most recently, Hamle was updated on October 9, 2026 and Sudoku · Offline on October 29, 2026.

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