Comparison

STutor vs Sudoku Institute

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

Head to head
About

STutor

This app assists in solving Sudoku puzzles by offering three levels of hints and employing five logical solving strategies. It allows manual puzzle entry or input via an 81-character string, with options to save, recall, and manage puzzles. The app validates entries against its solution and displays possible numbers for incorrect moves.

Highlights
  • Three levels of hints
  • Five logical solving strategies
  • Manual puzzle entry
  • 81-character string input
  • Puzzle saving and management
  • Entry validation against solution
  • Display of possible numbers
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STutor (for SUDOKU TUTOR) is a no-nonsense sudoku solving APP that can display three level of hints while you are solving a puzzle. There are no AD's; no "in-APP-purchases". Just a program to help you advance your Sudoku solving skills. STUTOR solves puzzles using 5 strategies following a logical sequence of methods. The sequence and methods are described in five (5) HELP screens. STUTOR is most appreciated when it displays clues for solving those pesky Friday/Saturday more advanced puzzles. No more disappointing unsolved puzzles. Puzzles are entered manually in a Sudoku grid or by entering (or pasting) an 81 character string. Puzzles can be saved, recalled, changed, deleted, and reordered in the Archive. Upon pressing any of the bottom buttons (except clr), STUTOR will validate and solve the puzzle. Any subsequent user entries will be compared with the solution. A valid entry is entered into the puzzle. If the entry does not correspond to the solution, all the "possibles" or minis are displayed for that cell. If minis are already displayed, the entered number is removed from the minis. Swiping more that two cells in a row will display minis in the row. Ditto for a column or a group. Swiping through more than two rows, columns or groups will display all minis. The "hint" button toggles between a text only hint and one that also displays a clue on the puzzle. The STEP button displays all hint details and alters the puzzle accordingly.

About

Sudoku Institute

This app teaches advanced Sudoku solving techniques with animated tutorials and step-by-step explanations. It offers training puzzles, a real-time answering system, and endless challenges to help players master the game.

Highlights
  • Professional solving techniques with animated tutorials
  • 9 training puzzles per technique
  • Real-time answering system with dynamic steps
  • Solver for player-inputted puzzles
  • Endless challenge levels (Normal, Difficult, Legend)
  • Track winning streaks and rewards
Features
Currently charting
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The fun of playing Sudoku is logical reasoning. In the current Sudoku APPs, the biggest problem is that it can’t show the solving techniques and explaining them. When players get in trouble, they can either guessing, or let the APP to help fill a baffling number. Players still confused, and can not grow. Sudoku Institute solved the problem completely. Sudoku is one of the best puzzle games in human history, and there are plenty of fans around the world. The vision of Sudoku Institute is helping players to experience the magical world of Sudoku, and boarded the peak. Sudoku Institute is game, but also tutorials. ——— TECHNIQUES There are the world's most professional solving techniques in Sudoku Institute, each skill has a detailed animated tutorials and explanation. They include Last Value, Hidden Single in box, Hidden Single in line, Pointing, Claiming, Naked/Hidden Pair, Triplet, Quad, X-Wing, Swordfish, Jellyfish, Skyscraper, Two Strings Kite, Turbot Fish, X-Chain, Group X-Chain, XY-Chain. ——— TRAINING There are 9 training puzzles for each technique. From easy to difficult, gradually deepened. ——— ANSWERING SYSTEM Sudoku Institute has created a powerful real-time answering system, she can show the details of the problem-solving steps dynamically. ——— SOLVER The Solver can solve sudoku puzzles that players input. Whenever players have doubts about a puzzle, they can get an answer from the Solver. ——— ENDLESS CHALLENGE Sudoku Institute provides three challenge levels for "Normal", "Difficult" and "Legend", which contains endless Sudoku puzzles. In the challenge levels, you can challenge your winning streak, gains and rewards.

Screenshots

STutor4 screens
Sudoku Institute4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: STutor at 5.0 against Sudoku Institute's 3.9. STutor also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 58%) and in-app purchases (none vs 6). Sudoku Institute's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 28 months) and ratings volume (14 vs 1). On price, ads, monetization model 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

STutor costs $0.99 and Sudoku Institute $0.99 up front. Sudoku Institute sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. STutor asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

STutor holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sudoku Institute has 14 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of STutor's written reviews are positive against 58% of Sudoku Institute's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

STutor ships an update every 28 months, Sudoku Institute every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
STutor versus Sudoku Institute: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSTutorSudoku Institute
Price$0.99$0.99
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better3.9 (14 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better58.3% of reviews
Number of ratings114 — better
Update frequencyEvery 28 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank#120 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRobert Carlson大胜 纪

Customer experience

STutor

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Sudoku Institute

All ratings14 ratings
Positive71.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative28.6%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive58.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative41.7%

In-app purchases

None

STutor

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

Sudoku Institute

One-time6
  • 60 GEMS$0.99
  • 190 GEMS$2.99
  • 320 GEMS$4.99
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  • 750 GEMS$9.99
  • 1890 GEMS$25.99
  • 3800 GEMS$49.99

Questions

Is STutor free?
STutor costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sudoku Institute free?
Sudoku Institute costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, STutor or Sudoku Institute?
STutor is rated higher. STutor averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Sudoku Institute averages 3.9 from 14 ratings.
Do STutor or Sudoku Institute have ads?
Neither STutor nor Sudoku Institute shows ads.
Which is updated more often, STutor or Sudoku Institute?
STutor ships an update every 28 months, and Sudoku Institute every 10 days. Most recently, STutor was updated on September 21, 2026 and Sudoku Institute on September 18, 2026.

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