Comparison

Monodoku vs Barndoku!

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

Head to head
About

Monodoku

This logic puzzle game challenges you to place animals in a grid based on color and row/column constraints. Progress through themed worlds, daily challenges, and unlock achievements. Play offline or share puzzles with friends for rewards.

Highlights
  • Queens-style logic puzzles
  • Animal and color matching
  • Themed worlds and unlockables
  • Daily challenges and streaks
  • Offline play
  • Share puzzles with friends
Features
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One animal in every color. One satisfying solution. Monodoku is a Queens-style logic puzzle full of playful animals and colorful worlds. Rule out impossible squares, follow the clues, and find the perfect spot for every animal. THREE SIMPLE RULES • One animal in every row. • One animal in every column and color region. • Animals cannot touch, even diagonally. Tap to add an X. Double-tap to place an animal. Start with a guided tutorial and small boards, then take on puzzles up to 10×10. Hints explain a logical next step, while Locate reveals a correct animal placement when you need a little help. YOUR NEXT LITTLE ESCAPE Begin in Safari, then unlock downloadable worlds such as Cat Café, Dog Park, Parrots, and Ocean. Each brings its own animals, artwork, and atmosphere. Earn theme credits by playing. A REASON TO COME BACK Unlock Daily Challenge at Level 21. Keep a daily streak, earn useful rewards, collect achievement badges, and climb the league by earning stars as you solve puzzles. PUZZLE WITH A FRIEND Share a puzzle with your time, mistakes, and tools used. Friends play in their own favorite theme. Earn 1 Hint + 1 Locate for each friend who completes your puzzle, up to 5 friends per day. Open the game online on the device that sent the invitation to receive rewards. PLAY YOUR WAY Play campaign puzzles offline. Downloaded themes stay available offline too. Sync progress across Apple devices using the same account with Game Center/iCloud; internet access is required for syncing. Friend rewards, downloads, and video rewards also require internet access. Contains ads and optional in-app purchases. Optional Premium subscriptions remove banner and interstitial ads and include daily tool gifts; optional rewarded videos remain available. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled in your App Store account settings. Prices and billing periods are shown before purchase. Support: https://monodoku.com/support Privacy: https://monodoku.com/privacy Terms: https://monodoku.com/terms

About

Barndoku!

This logic puzzle game combines Sudoku rules with a charming farm theme. Players place animals in a grid, ensuring no two animals touch, even diagonally. It offers daily challenges, leaderboards, and customizable player faces.

Highlights
  • Sudoku-style logic puzzles
  • Farm animal theme
  • Grid-based deduction
  • Daily challenges and streaks
  • Leaderboards
  • Customizable player avatars
Features
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Barndoku is a logic puzzle with the rules of sudoku and the charm of a farm. Every board is a grid of coloured pens. Place exactly one animal in each row, each column and each pen, and never let two animals touch, not even at the corners. That's the whole rulebook. The thinking is in working out where an animal can't go, fencing off those cells, and watching the last possible spot reveal itself. If you enjoy star battle, sudoku or any one-per-row logic puzzle, you'll feel at home in the barn. HOW A PUZZLE PLAYS • Tap a cell to fence it off when you know no animal can live there. • Double-tap to place an animal when only one spot remains. • Boards grow from a 4×4 warm-up to 10×10 brain-benders. • Stuck? A hint points at the next deduction. A reveal shows a cell outright. Both refill every hour. A LITTLE EVERY DAY • Daily Streak: solve one puzzle a day, keep the flame alive, earn prizes on day seven. • Leaderboard: each solve lays eggs. Climb past the other farmers before the day resets. • Daily Challenge: one big board shared by everyone, with your finishing time ranked against the crowd. MAKE IT YOURS • Every animal you reveal for the first time unlocks it as your face, with its own frame. • Pick a handle, wear your favourite face, and see your name on the board. MADE FOR GROWN-UPS WHO LIKE A THINK No timers on the ladder, no lives, no penalties for taking your time. Pattern Mode swaps the colours for patterns if that reads better for you. No sign-up. Your progress is saved automatically and you can delete it from Settings at any time. Questions or ideas? hi@somalabs.ai

Screenshots

Monodoku4 screens
Barndoku!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Barndoku! at none against Monodoku's 6. Barndoku! also leads on ratings volume (153 vs 23). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. Monodoku sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Barndoku! asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Monodoku against 4.7 for Barndoku!. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Barndoku! has 153 ratings behind it against 23, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Monodoku ships an update every 2 days, Barndoku! every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Monodoku versus Barndoku!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMonodokuBarndoku!
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (23 ratings)4.7 (153 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings23153 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 3 days
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size175 MB51 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperAppverse LLCSoma AI

Customer experience

Monodoku

All ratings16 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral6.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Barndoku!

All ratings119 ratings
Positive92.4%
Neutral5.0%
Negative2.5%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Monodoku

Subscriptions6
  • Monodoku Premium Weekly$3.997 Days
  • Monodoku Premium Plus Weekly$6.997 Days
  • Monodoku Premium Monthly$7.991 Month
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  • Monodoku Premium Plus Monthly$14.991 Month
  • Monodoku Premium Yearly$34.991 Year
  • Monodoku Premium Plus Yearly$69.991 Year
None

Barndoku!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Monodoku free?
Monodoku is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Barndoku! free?
Barndoku! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Monodoku or Barndoku!?
Barndoku! is rated higher. Monodoku averages 4.7 out of 5 from 23 ratings, while Barndoku! averages 4.7 from 153 ratings.
Do Monodoku or Barndoku! have ads?
Both Monodoku and Barndoku! show ads.
Which is updated more often, Monodoku or Barndoku!?
Monodoku ships an update every 2 days, and Barndoku! every 3 days. Most recently, Monodoku was updated on October 31, 2026 and Barndoku! on November 10, 2026.

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