Sudoku Master Original vs Sudoku⁹
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sudoku Master Original
Engage in classic Sudoku puzzles with both offline and online multiplayer modes. Challenge players worldwide or compete with friends to climb leaderboards and improve your skills. Customize your game experience with adjustable sound and helpful aids.
- Online Sudoku Challenge mode
- Offline Sudoku puzzles by difficulty
- User profiles and friend system
- Game Center leaderboards
- Customizable sound and aids
- Universal app for all devices
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Sudoku Master, the sudoku always with you! App Free and universal for playing on all your devices! • Online Challenge Enjoy the new Online Challenge mode! Search an opponent in all over the world or challenge your friends, to become the new Sudoku Master! Upgrade your level for increasingly difficult and exciting challenges! • Play You're not ready for the Challenge Online? No problem, play with many levels grouped by difficulty without needs to the internet connection. You can compare your results with those of other players in the ranking of the Game Center. • User profile Go in the screen of your profile and you can search and add friends or other players that you challenged. Check how your online match are going by accessing in the Games Played screen. Reach level 11 and your challenges will be even more challenging! • GameCenter Offline games? Compare your score in the leaderboards, starting from the general one to those dedicated to individual levels of difficulty. Play the already done levels to improve your score until you reach the top of the leaderboard! • Settings Do you want to turn off the background music or just the sound effects? No problem open the settings and you can do that simply. You can also turn on or off the aids, highlight all the numbers that are the same to one that you selected. Have fun!
Sudoku⁹
This logic-based number-placement puzzle challenges players to fill grids with digits 1-9. Each row, column, and 3x3 subgrid must contain all digits without repetition. It's a classic brain teaser for honing deductive reasoning skills.
- Number placement logic
- Row and column constraints
- 3x3 region rules
- Deductive reasoning challenge
- Classic brain teaser
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Fill in the empty squares with digits so that each row, each column and each 3×3 region contains all of the digits from 1 to 9.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Sudoku⁹ at 5.0 against Sudoku Master Original's 2.0. Sudoku⁹ also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). Sudoku Master Original's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 9 months). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Sudoku⁹ holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.
Sudoku Master Original ships an update every 6 weeks, Sudoku⁹ every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sudoku Master Original | Sudoku⁹ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ABLE SRL | Alexander Berson |
Customer experience
Sudoku Master Original
Sudoku⁹
In-app purchases
Sudoku Master Original
No in-app purchases
Sudoku⁹
No in-app purchases
Questions
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