Comparison

Sudoku· vs Sudoku Mega Bundle

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

Head to head
About

Sudoku·

Engage your mind with a classic Sudoku puzzle game. Enjoy a clean interface and multiple difficulty levels. Track your progress and compete with others.

Highlights
  • Daily Challenge
  • Multiple difficulty levels
  • Note taking
  • Hint system
  • Highlight incorrect values
  • Individual statistics
  • Game Center leaderboard
Features
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Pass the time while you challenge your mind with this classic Sudoku game. The clean, simple layout makes it easy to play for hours at a time. The objective is simple, fill the 9×9 grid with digits so that each column, row, and the nine 3×3 sub-grids contains all of the digits from 1 to 9. Sudoku· features: - Daily Challenge - Four levels (easy, medium, hard, and expert) - Disable numbers once all 9 instances are entered - Note taking ability - Hint (fill in missing number when you are stuck) - Highlight Incorrect Values - Auto Reveal all potential notes - Individual statistics - Game Center with Leaderboard and Achievements Download today for mind-challenging fun.

About

Sudoku Mega Bundle

Explore hundreds of unique Sudoku variations beyond the classic grid. Challenge yourself with diverse puzzle types, difficulty levels, and helpful tools. Enjoy customizable gameplay and track your progress with leaderboards and achievements.

Highlights
  • Hundreds of unique Sudoku variations
  • Multiple difficulty levels
  • Hints and smart notes
  • Savepoint functionality
  • Zoom and customization options
  • Leaderboards and achievements
Features
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Hundreds of unique sudoku varations!!! Including: Killer, Jigsaw, Skyscrapers, 16x16, Samurai, Kropki, Word, Duplex and many more! • Easy, Medium, Hard and Expert difficulties for every game type! • Tons of puzzles guarenteed to have only one solution! • Hints to help when you're stuck, or automatically fill all notes! • Create Savepoints for when you want to make a guess! • Smart notes are automatically removed when placing another cell's correct number! • Easy note taking! Select multiple cells at once! • Zoom in and out of any puzzle to see the numbers better! • Leaderboard and achievements! • Completely customize the game's appearance to your liking! • Current Game Types: 0-9 2-3-4 3D 3D Bishop 3D Black Knight 4-5 4x4 6x6 8x8 10x10 12x12 16x16 16x16 X 37 123 147 12345 Anti Knight Anti Knight Boxless Anti White Knight Jigsaw Anti X Anti X Boxless Ascension Asterisk Atypical Atypical Fractures Big Killer Binary Bishop Black Knight Blackout Blind Killer Boxless Boxless Frame Boxless Pseudoku Brick Butterfly Centers Circular Circular 10 Circular Box Clock Color Columndoku Compressed Consecutive Cross Cube Cube Bishop Cube Black Knight Cube White Knight Deficit Dependency Diamond Digital Disjointed Disjointed Irregular Double Double Cell Double Cube Double Cube Bishop Double Cube Black Knight Double Line Double Ring Doubledoku Doubledoku Bishop Doubledoku Black Knight Doubledoku White Knight Duplex Difference Duplex Plex Duplex Sum Even Extra Space Extra Staircase Flower Fortress Fractured Bridge Fractured Spiral Fractured Staircase Fractured Target Fractured Web Fractures Frame Gattai 3 Gattai 3 Mix NPS Gattai 4 Gattai 4 Mix AMDE Greater Than Greater Than Killer Greater Than Killer Samurai Greater Than Samurai Heptagram Hexadoku Hexagon Hexagram Hexagram Bishop Hexagram Black Knight Hexagram White Knight Isodoku Isodoku Black Knight Isosudoku Jigsaw Jigsaw 6x6 Jigsaw Cube Jigsaw Skyscrapers Killer Killer 16x16 Killer Jigsaw Killer Modulo Killer Parity Killer Product Killer Samurai Killer Skyscrapers Kropki Kropki 16x16 Krychle Krychle 9x9 Layers 4x4x4 Layers 6x6x6 Lean Box Lean Cross Lean Gear Lean Patch Lean Wheel Lean Windoku Little Killer Lucky Seven Mathdoku Min Max Missing Musketry No Touch Nonconsecutive Nonconsecutive Boxless Nonconsecutive Circular Odd Odd Even Big Small Odd Even Big Small Boxless Outside Outside Boxless Palindrome Parquet Block Parquet Block Boxless Parquet Square Parquet Twist Pencil Mark Pentagram Pseudoku Quadruple Quadruple Boxless Queen Regular Samurai Samurai 9-Grid Samurai 9-Grid Kropki Samurai 13-Grid Kropki Samurai 16-Grid Kropki Samurai Kropki Samurai Mix WKSOT Samurai Mix XKJFO Sandwich Scatter Scatter 6x6 Search Nine Search Nine Boxless Sensei Sigma Sigma Circle Skyscrapers Snowflake Snowflake X Sohei Staircase Star Subtwodoku Subtwodoku 6x6 Suguru 5x5 Suguru 6x6 Suguru 7x7 Suguru 8x8 Suguru 9x9 Surplus Swap Symbol Tape Thermo Threedoku Threedoku Mix CFM Tight Fit Touchless Triangle Tricky Tridoku Trinary Triple Triple Mix SVQ Tripledoku Tripledoku Mix OGS Twin Boxes Twodoku Vudoku White Knight White Knight Jigsaw White Knight X Windmill Windoku Wing 3 Wing 5 Word X

Screenshots

Sudoku·3 screens
Sudoku Mega Bundle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sudoku· at none against Sudoku Mega Bundle's 4. Sudoku· also leads on ratings volume (17K vs 2.9K) and iOS requirement (13 vs 17.1). Sudoku Mega Bundle's advantage is review sentiment (78% vs 66%). On price, rating, update cadence 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 Mega Bundle sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Sudoku· asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Sudoku· against 4.8 for Sudoku Mega Bundle. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sudoku· has 17K ratings behind it against 2.9K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 66% of Sudoku·'s written reviews are positive against 78% of Sudoku Mega Bundle's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Sudoku· versus Sudoku Mega Bundle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSudoku·Sudoku Mega Bundle
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (17K ratings)4.8 (2.9K ratings) — better
Positive reviews65.7% of reviews78.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings17K — better2.9K
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13 — better17.1
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB94 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperTim O's Studios, LLCGammaLateral LLC

Customer experience

Sudoku·

All ratings17,294 ratings
Positive94.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative2.0%
Written reviews397 reviews
Positive65.7%
Neutral9.8%
Negative24.4%

Sudoku Mega Bundle

All ratings2,889 ratings
Positive96.6%
Neutral2.1%
Negative1.3%
Written reviews141 reviews
Positive78.0%
Neutral7.1%
Negative14.9%

User reviews

Sudoku·

From 17K App Store ratings

What we love

  • ⭐ Excellent sudoku game
  • 👍 Easy to use and understand
  • 🧠 Helps exercise the brain
  • 💤 Relaxing and calming

Room to improve

  • 🙄 Excessive ads and interruptions
  • ⏱️ Ads affect game timer
  • 🔇 Cannot mute or control audio
  • 🐛 Bugs and crashes

Sudoku Mega Bundle

From 2.9K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Variety of games
  • 👍 Customizable options
  • 🚀 Challenging puzzles
  • 👍 User-friendly interface

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Bugs and glitches
  • 💸 Intrusive ads
  • 🔒 Locked difficulty levels
  • 🔒 Inability to close ads

Bugs and requests

Sudoku·

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Game freezes or crashes after updates
  • Timer issues due to ads
  • Difficulty closing ads or navigating UI
  • Incompatibility with newer devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • Option to pay for ad-free version
  • Ability to pause and restart games
  • More detailed performance tracking
  • Customizable color themes

Sudoku Mega Bundle

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App crashes after update
  • Ads causing game to freeze or redirect
  • Incorrect puzzle solutions
  • Pencil marks not working as expected

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to input game seed
  • Option to turn off zoom
  • Ability to modify color of lines in Killer Sudoku
  • Addition of 6x6 Killer Sudoku
  • Ability to take notes in pencil mode without errors

In-app purchases

None

Sudoku·

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Sudoku Mega Bundle

Subscriptions1
  • Remove Ads$1.991 Month
One-time3
  • Get 20 Hints$0.99
  • Get 50 Hints$1.99
  • Remove Ads$9.99

Questions

Is Sudoku· free?
Sudoku· is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Sudoku Mega Bundle free?
Sudoku Mega Bundle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Sudoku· or Sudoku Mega Bundle?
Sudoku Mega Bundle is rated higher. Sudoku· averages 4.7 out of 5 from 17K ratings, while Sudoku Mega Bundle averages 4.8 from 2.9K ratings.
Do Sudoku· or Sudoku Mega Bundle have ads?
Both Sudoku· and Sudoku Mega Bundle show ads.
Which is updated more often, Sudoku· or Sudoku Mega Bundle?
Sudoku· ships an update every 2 months, and Sudoku Mega Bundle every 2 months. Most recently, Sudoku· was updated on October 15, 2026 and Sudoku Mega Bundle on October 13, 2026.

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