Hoplite vs Digital Sudoku ⊞
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hoplite
Engage in challenging turn-based tactical combat on small maps. Strategize your moves carefully to overcome procedurally generated levels and unlock upgrades. Compete with friends on leaderboards and test your skills in daily challenges.
- Turn-based tactical movement
- Procedurally generated levels
- Quest mode with upgrades
- Challenge mode with daily challenges
- Leaderboard rankings
- Hard but fair gameplay
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"Blanket recommendation for this one." - Pocket Tactics (5 stars) "It's very simple to learn, but there's a huge amount of depth to the game" - Touch Arcade (5 stars) Hoplite is a turn-based strategy game focusing on tactical movement around small maps. This game is designed to be hard, yet fair. You'll need to think before you act if you hope to win. Every move counts! Quest Mode: • Make strategical choices to upgrade your abilities as you dive deeper into the underworld. • Earn achievements and unlock access to new upgrades. • Procedurally generated levels give a new experience every play. • Challenge your friends and see how you rank on the leaderboard. Challenge mode: • Jump straight into the action with a randomized set of upgrades. • Try to beat the daily challenge or play predetermined challenges at two difficulty levels.
Digital Sudoku ⊞
This game presents Sudoku puzzles where clues are given as partial seven-segment digital displays. Decode the patterns to reveal the digits and solve classic Sudoku logic. It offers multiple board sizes, difficulty levels, and daily challenges.
- Seven-segment display clues
- Multiple board sizes (4x4, 6x6, 9x9)
- Various difficulty levels
- Daily puzzles and streaks
- Hint system for logical steps
- Achievements and leaderboards
- Light and dark themes
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Digital Sudoku is a Sudoku variant with a twist: every clue isn't a printed number, it's a partial seven-segment display, the kind you'd see on an old calculator or digital clock. Some segments are lit, some aren't — read the pattern, decode the digit, and place it. Once you're solving, it's classic Sudoku logic all the way down. FEATURES • Three board sizes — 4×4, 6×6, and full 9×9 — each with Easy, Medium, and Hard difficulties (9×9 adds Expert). • A new Daily puzzle every day, with its own streak to keep going. • Stuck? Hint walks you through the next logical step instead of just filling in the answer — you still have to place it yourself. • Undo/redo, a mistake-checking readout, and an optional timer you can show or hide. • Achievements and stats track your solves, streaks, and best times per board and difficulty. • Compare your times on a real per-puzzle leaderboard. • Light and dark themes, both designed around the seven-segment look. • Play instantly as a guest — no account or sign-up required. Whether you're decoding your first 4×4 or chasing an Expert 9×9 streak, Digital Sudoku turns a familiar puzzle into something you have to look twice at.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Digital Sudoku ⊞ at Free against Hoplite's $3.99. Digital Sudoku ⊞ also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Hoplite's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (791 vs 2). On in-app purchases 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
Digital Sudoku ⊞ is free to download; Hoplite costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Digital Sudoku ⊞ holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hoplite has 791 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Hoplite ships an update every 3 months, Digital Sudoku ⊞ every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hoplite | Digital Sudoku ⊞ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (791 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 90.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 791 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Ad-supported — better |
| Best chart rank | #90 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Douglas Cowley | Corey Wu |
Customer experience
Hoplite
Digital Sudoku ⊞
Bugs and requests
Hoplite
Reported bugs
2 issues- Crashes on launch with certain OS versions
- Agility upgrade not functioning properly
Requested features
4 requests- More game modes or levels
- Customization options for the character
- Landscape mode support
- Ability to start at higher levels
Digital Sudoku ⊞
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Hoplite
No in-app purchases
Digital Sudoku ⊞
No in-app purchases
Questions
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