Comparison

Sudoku ◆ vs Sudoku Master Edition

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

Head to head
About

Sudoku ◆

Engage in a classic logic puzzle experience with an endless supply of Sudoku challenges. This app offers a sleek, modern interface designed for relaxing brain exercise, allowing you to hone your deduction skills and improve concentration. Track your progress, earn stars, and enjoy customizable gameplay across all your devices.

Highlights
  • Endless Sudoku puzzles
  • Customizable board and colors
  • Hints, notes, and auto-complete
  • Difficulty levels: easy to expert
  • Progress tracking and stats
  • HD retina graphics for iPhone/iPad
Features
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The most intuitive, polished, and enjoyable Sudoku game in the App Store, fully featured with classic gameplay and an endless supply of Sudoku puzzles. Enjoy the sleekest and most modern Sudoku available with simplistic designs for a relaxing brain exercise. Use deduction and logic to solve puzzles and aim to achieve perfect games without using hints. Test your puzzle-solving skills and rank up from easy to expert level. Play both relaxing and challenging puzzles to improve your concentration, focus, and memory. Your progress is saved so you can return to your game anytime without interruption. What are you waiting for? Download and try it out now! 1. Fully customizable board for a personalized play experience - Choose between round or square cells - Color customization for up to 90 different combinations 2. Great for beginners! - Simple controls for easy gameplay - Hints, Notes, Auto-complete - Toggle helpful settings like Move Suggest or Quick Mode - Learn to play with How-to-Play 3. Track puzzle progress and earn stars - Stats page to track and improve personal times - Complete perfect games to collect stars - Easy, Medium, Hard & Expert difficulties for those wanting a challenge 4. iPhone X/XS/XR and iPad support with HD retina graphics - Visually appealing interface with colorful animations - Enjoy Sudoku across all your devices! Thank you for downloading Sudoku. For fast and friendly support, email us at contact@maplemedia.io. We'd love to hear from you.

About

Sudoku Master Edition

This app offers a comprehensive Sudoku experience with numerous customization options, multiple game modes, and difficulty levels. It features a minimalist design, daily challenges, and Apple Pencil integration for a pen-and-paper feel.

Highlights
  • Customizable themes and fonts
  • Multiple game modes (Lightning, Mistake, Classic, Zen)
  • 5 difficulty levels
  • Adjustable grid styles
  • Note-taking and highlighting features
  • Apple Pencil integration
  • Daily reminders and auto-complete
Features
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***FEATURED AS APPLE'S GAME OF THE DAY IN 40+ COUNTRIES*** SUDOKU MASTER EDITION is classic Sudoku with a wardrobe. Play across dozens of custom themes, jump into limited-time events, and pick your fight across five difficulty levels from Easy to Master. Beautiful, minimalist, and built to keep you coming back. Whether you're a daily solver or just getting hooked, here's what's inside: THEMES & EVENTS - Dozens of custom themes to make the board truly yours - Exclusive limited-time events with rewards you won't find anywhere else - 13 app icons and 26 hand-picked fonts to match your style - Sleek Dark theme for late-night solving PLAY YOUR WAY - Five difficulty levels, from a gentle Easy to a brutal Master - Lightning Mode for fast, high-energy solving - Zen Mode for a calm, distraction-free pen-and-paper feel - Mistake Mode or Classic Mode, however you like to play - Adjustable grid styles and a modern color palette that's easy on the eyes SMART TOOLS - Highlight Helper to spot your next move - Notes for jotting down possibilities (or secret messages, we won't tell) - Auto-complete and Quick Start to skip the busywork - Daily reminders so you never break your streak - In-app tutorial and help for when you need a hand APPLE PENCIL (compatible iPad & Apple Pencil) - A true pen-and-paper experience: scribble numbers and notes by hand - Built-in Notepad to sketch ideas and erase with a tap - No Pencil? Just toggle the notepad off and play as normal Relaxing original soundtrack by EARLYGUARD, endless customization, and more on the way. Download SUDOKU MASTER EDITION and find your perfect game.

Screenshots

Sudoku ◆4 screens
Sudoku Master Edition4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Sudoku Master Edition at every 3 weeks against Sudoku ◆'s every 6 months. Sudoku ◆'s advantage is review sentiment (75% vs 63%). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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 ◆ sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Sudoku Master Edition sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Sudoku ◆ against 4.6 for Sudoku Master Edition. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 18K and 7.9K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 75% of Sudoku ◆'s written reviews are positive against 63% of Sudoku Master Edition's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sudoku ◆ ships an update every 6 months, Sudoku Master Edition every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Sudoku ◆ versus Sudoku Master Edition: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSudoku ◆Sudoku Master Edition
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (18K ratings) — better4.6 (7.9K ratings)
Positive reviews75.2% of reviews — better63.1% of reviews
Number of ratings18K — better7.9K
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size114 MB120 MB
Age rating17++4
DeveloperDo More Mobile, LLC.Hoolatron Studios

Customer experience

Sudoku ◆

All ratings18,471 ratings
Positive92.3%
Neutral5.0%
Negative2.7%
Written reviews258 reviews
Positive75.2%
Neutral8.5%
Negative16.3%

Sudoku Master Edition

All ratings7,906 ratings
Positive92.5%
Neutral3.7%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews382 reviews
Positive63.1%
Neutral12.6%
Negative24.3%

User reviews

Sudoku ◆

From 18K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💎 Colorful and customizable design
  • 📊 Variety of difficulty levels
  • 🎨 Helpful color-coding of numbers
  • 🔍 Useful features like note-taking and mistake highlighting
  • 🧠 Helps keep the mind active

Room to improve

  • 💰 Expensive in-app purchase to remove ads
  • 🔍 Intrusive and frequent ads
  • 🔋 Causes device overheating and high battery drain
  • 🐛 Crashes and issues with restoring purchases
  • 🤖 Automatic number completion can make the game too easy

Sudoku Master Edition

From 7.9K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great app for sudoku
  • 👍 Fun game
  • 👍 Best design and master level is actually hard
  • 👍 Intuitive controls
  • 👍 Customizable

Room to improve

  • 🐛 App freezes and crashes
  • 🔋 Battery drain issues
  • 🐛 Handwriting recognition problems
  • 🐛 Puzzle difficulties are inconsistent
  • 🐛 Ads are disruptive and hard to close

Bugs and requests

Sudoku ◆

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Puzzle solutions not always unique
  • Ads redirecting to App Store without user interaction
  • Issues with app crashing or not loading properly

Requested features

4 requests
  • Landscape mode for iPad
  • Ability to change number color in notes
  • Option to disable automatic number completion
  • Reduce frequency and intrusiveness of ads

Sudoku Master Edition

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • App crashes after completing puzzles
  • Handwriting recognition issues with certain numbers
  • Saved games disappearing
  • Inconsistent behavior when using pencil input
  • Inability to enter wrong numbers
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  • Bugs introduced with recent updates

Requested features

10 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • Ability to import custom puzzles
  • More themes and color options
  • Improved undo/redo functionality
  • Ability to differentiate user-entered numbers from pre-filled numbers
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  • Larger game board size
  • Difficulty progression that feels more balanced
  • Hint system that doesn't reveal full solutions
  • Multiplayer or leaderboard features
  • Ability to pause and resume games

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Sudoku ◆

One-time1
  • Sudoku Premium$19.99
2 purchases

Sudoku Master Edition

One-time2
  • Premium Theme Credit$0.99
  • Remove Ads$7.99

Questions

Is Sudoku ◆ free?
Sudoku ◆ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sudoku Master Edition free?
Sudoku Master Edition is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Sudoku ◆ or Sudoku Master Edition?
Sudoku ◆ is rated higher. Sudoku ◆ averages 4.6 out of 5 from 18K ratings, while Sudoku Master Edition averages 4.6 from 7.9K ratings.
Do Sudoku ◆ or Sudoku Master Edition have ads?
Both Sudoku ◆ and Sudoku Master Edition show ads.
Which is updated more often, Sudoku ◆ or Sudoku Master Edition?
Sudoku ◆ ships an update every 6 months, and Sudoku Master Edition every 3 weeks. Most recently, Sudoku ◆ was updated on November 8, 2026 and Sudoku Master Edition on November 7, 2026.

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