Comparison

Sudoku ◆ vs Sudoku ▦

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 ▦

Enjoy the classic paper-and-pencil puzzle game on your phone with a clean, elegant design. Challenge your mind with multiple difficulty levels and helpful tools to aid your solving experience.

Highlights
  • Thousands of free puzzles
  • Classic Sudoku design
  • Pencil mode for notes
  • Highlight duplicates
  • Optional mistake limit
  • Four difficulty levels
  • Customizable appearance
Features
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Sudoku ▦ is one of the best loved and most popular puzzle games in the world. Now you can play the classic paper and pencil puzzle game right on your phone! With our simple and elegant design, Tripledot’s Sudoku▦ for mobile is the best way to play this timeless classic. Challenge your problem-solving skills with an expert-level game or take a break with a quick game on easy mode. Whether you’re a hyper competitive puzzle solver or just looking for a way to relax, a beginner or a master puzzler, Tripledot’s Sudoku ▦ will let you play the game your way. Choose from four different difficulty levels, and customise your experience with features to help or challenge you. Key Features: - Thousands of well-formed, totally free puzzles - The classic Sudoku design, beautifully recreated on your phone - Use the pencil to make notes right on the puzzle - Highlight duplicates to help you solve the puzzle - Challenge yourself by limiting yourself to three mistakes - Use hints to help you find your way through difficult puzzles - - Play Sudoku your way with our finely tuned customisation - Four perfectly crafted difficulty levels: Easy, Medium, Hard, and Expert. - Highlight duplicates to avoid repeating numbers in a row, column, and block - Automatically Check for Mistakes: Enable auto-check to easily spot your mistakes, or disable it to play a more free-form game - Optional Mistake Limit: challenge yourself to play a perfect game, or relax with unlimited mistakes - Pencil mode: Use the pencil mode to make notes on each cell, which automatically update as you play the game - Statistics: See your best times and streaks for every difficulty level - Autosave: Your puzzles save as you go, so you can come back anytime - Hints: Hints can guide you through the puzzle when you are stuck - Eraser: Made a mistake? Get rid of it by using the eraser feature - Unlimited undo's: Eliminate errors using our unlimited undo feature - Customize appearance: Choose from six different beautiful skins for a game that is as easy on the eyes as it is to play By using Sudoku ▦, you agree to our Terms of Use and Community Guidelines available at https://www.tripledotstudios.com/tos Questions? Email Sudoku_support@tripledotstudios.com for help!

Screenshots

Sudoku ◆4 screens
Sudoku ▦4 screens

Verdict

The call

Sudoku ◆ and Sudoku ▦ both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 75% of Sudoku ◆'s written reviews are positive against 38% of Sudoku ▦'s. Sudoku ▦'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 months). On price, rating, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Sudoku ◆ sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Sudoku ▦ asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Sudoku ◆ against 4.7 for Sudoku ▦. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sudoku ▦ has 104K ratings behind it against 18K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 75% of Sudoku ◆'s written reviews are positive against 38% of Sudoku ▦'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sudoku ◆ ships an update every 6 months, Sudoku ▦ every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Sudoku ◆ versus Sudoku ▦: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSudoku ◆Sudoku ▦
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (18K ratings)4.7 (104K ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.2% of reviews — better37.6% of reviews
Number of ratings18K104K — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size114 MB249 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperDo More Mobile, LLC.Tripledot Studios

Customer experience

Sudoku ◆

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

Sudoku ▦

All ratings104,192 ratings
Positive92.9%
Neutral4.5%
Negative2.6%
Written reviews417 reviews
Positive37.6%
Neutral13.7%
Negative48.7%

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 ▦

From 104K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎮 Great game
  • 💡 Challenging levels
  • 📊 Useful statistics and insights
  • 🧠 Brain-stimulating

Room to improve

  • 🤖 Too many ads
  • 🕰️ Ads disrupt gameplay
  • 🔇 Loud ads disrupt audio
  • 🔋 High battery drain

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 ▦

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Freezing and crashing issues
  • Incorrect number placement detection
  • Daily challenge progress not saving properly

Requested features

4 requests
  • Option to pay to remove ads
  • More customization options
  • Ability to reset puzzles
  • Improved performance on older devices

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Sudoku ◆

One-time1
  • Sudoku Premium$19.99
None

Sudoku ▦

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sudoku ◆ free?
Sudoku ◆ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sudoku ▦ free?
Sudoku ▦ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sudoku ◆ or Sudoku ▦?
Sudoku ▦ is rated higher. Sudoku ◆ averages 4.6 out of 5 from 18K ratings, while Sudoku ▦ averages 4.7 from 104K ratings.
Do Sudoku ◆ or Sudoku ▦ have ads?
Both Sudoku ◆ and Sudoku ▦ show ads.
Which is updated more often, Sudoku ◆ or Sudoku ▦?
Sudoku ◆ ships an update every 6 months, and Sudoku ▦ every 2 weeks. Most recently, Sudoku ◆ was updated on November 1, 2026 and Sudoku ▦ on November 1, 2026.

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