STutor vs Honeycomb
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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.
Honeycomb
Engage your mind with a relaxing yet challenging word puzzle game. Form words using all available letters on a hexagonal grid to solve over 500 unique puzzles. Enjoy daily challenges and create your own puzzles to share.
- Over 500 hand-crafted puzzles
- Daily Challenge with 3 new puzzles
- Puzzle Maker for custom puzzles
- Hexagonal grid gameplay
- Dark Mode
- Accessibility features
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We made Honeycomb for vocabulary and puzzle lovers! This word game is for you if you want a relaxing game that will still make you think. You need to form the right words using all of the letters to fill in the puzzle, but this can be quite tricky on a hexagonal grid! It's satisfying to beat each level, and a cute bee will pop out to celebrate when you do. You can play over 500 hand-crafted puzzles that vary in difficulty, and the Daily Challenge has 3 new perplexing puzzles each day. Some puzzles have fun themes like Animals or Baking, while other puzzles have no theme for a bigger challenge. If you're feeling creative, you can use the Puzzle Maker to build your own puzzles to share with your friends. And if you send your puzzle to us, we will feature it in one of the Community Packs! Oh, and we've got a Dark Mode, of course. GAME FEATURES • Over 500 hand-crafted puzzles • Daily Challenge with 3 puzzles every day • Puzzle Maker to create puzzles for your friends • A cute bee to cheer you on • Dark Mode ACCESSIBILITY FEATURES • High Contrast Colors mode • Textured Tiles mode
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Honeycomb at every 5 weeks against STutor's every 28 months. Honeycomb also leads on ratings volume (40 vs 1) and chart position (#59 vs unranked). STutor's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 71%) and price ($0.99 vs $1.99). On rating, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
STutor costs $0.99 and Honeycomb $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for STutor against 4.9 for Honeycomb. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Honeycomb has 40 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of STutor's written reviews are positive against 71% of Honeycomb's.
STutor ships an update every 28 months, Honeycomb every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | STutor | Honeycomb |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.9 (40 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 71.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 40 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 28 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #59 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Robert Carlson | Spiralburst Studio, LLC |
Customer experience
STutor
Honeycomb
In-app purchases
STutor
No in-app purchases
Honeycomb
No in-app purchases
