Comparison

Sudoku Professional vs Killer Aid

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

Head to head
About

Sudoku Professional

This app offers an extensive collection of free Sudoku puzzles for all skill levels. It features an advanced help system, auto-note taking, and a user-friendly interface with pencil mode and a hint system. Save and resume multiple games, and enjoy daily challenges.

Highlights
  • Unlimited free Sudoku puzzles
  • Advanced help system
  • Auto Note feature
  • Pencil mode
  • Hint system
  • Save and resume multiple games
  • Daily games
Features
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Discover Sudoku Professional: Your Ultimate Sudoku Experience! Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned expert, Sudoku Professional is designed for everyone! Dive into an extensive collection of unlimited FREE puzzles that guarantee endless fun and challenge. Our advanced help system enhances your gameplay by allowing you to highlight rows, columns, and blocks for your selected square, making it easier to strategise your next move. The innovative Auto Note feature saves you time by automatically entering notes for each square and keeping them updated as you fill in numbers. With a user-friendly large board, pencil mode for note-taking, and a superb hint system, you'll have all the tools you need to conquer every puzzle. Plus, you can check for mistakes and easily save and resume multiple games at any time! Join us for daily games and enjoy a Sudoku experience like never before. Download Sudoku Professional today and take your puzzle-solving skills to new heights!

About

Killer Aid

This app assists players in solving challenging Killer Sudoku puzzles by providing tools to calculate and filter number combinations for cages. It helps identify duplicate numbers and offers a calculator optimized for specific solving strategies.

Highlights
  • Cage combination calculation
  • Duplicate number highlighting
  • Filter tools (Exclude, Include AND, Include OR)
  • Optimized calculator for Killer Sudoku
  • Help and strategy resources
Features
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If you've struggled to complete tricky, tough, or deadly Killer Sudoku puzzles then this App could be for you. It provides a suite of tools to aid finding the minimum number of combinations that add up to each cage’s sum. The results are clearly displayed with any duplicate numbers highlighted in red. The target number of cells and their sum is entered using the edit tool. This presents a pick list of cells and sums values to simplify their selection and prevent invalid entries. It is also possible to select the display of combinations with duplicate values. Filter tools help reduce the possible combinations. Three variants of filter are provided namely: ・Exclude ・Include AND ・Include OR The exclude filter removes any combinations that contain the specified numbers. The "include AND" filter reduces the combinations down to those that include all the specified numbers. The "include OR" filter facilitates including combinations that contain one or more of a set of numbers. These three filter types can be combined together. Cage combinations can also be manually deleted. A calculator tool, optimised for solving Killer puzzles, is provided. This helps with some of the solving strategies (e.g. determining the sums of “innies” and “outies” - remainders inside and outside the a 3 x 3 square, row or column). The calculator includes formula text to keep track of entries. Lastly a support menu provides access to help, Killer Sudoku solving strategies and references sources of Killer Sudoku puzzles.

Screenshots

Sudoku Professional3 screens
Killer Aid4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Killer Aid at none against Sudoku Professional's 3. Killer Aid also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 75%). Sudoku Professional's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 7 months). On price, rating, device support and iOS requirement 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 Professional sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Killer Aid asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Sudoku Professional against 4.9 for Killer Aid. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Killer Aid has 43 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 75% of Sudoku Professional's written reviews are positive against 100% of Killer Aid's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sudoku Professional ships an update every 6 weeks, Killer Aid every 7 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Sudoku Professional versus Killer Aid: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSudoku ProfessionalKiller Aid
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.9 (43 ratings)
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings243 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 7 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12 — better12.4
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChris GuylerTrevor Butler

Customer experience

Sudoku Professional

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Killer Aid

All ratings42 ratings
Positive97.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative2.4%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Sudoku Professional

One-time3
  • 1000 Coins$2.99
  • 10000 Coins$8.99
  • Advert Free$19.99
None

Killer Aid

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sudoku Professional free?
Sudoku Professional is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Killer Aid free?
Killer Aid is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sudoku Professional or Killer Aid?
Sudoku Professional is rated higher. Sudoku Professional averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Killer Aid averages 4.9 from 43 ratings.
Do Sudoku Professional or Killer Aid have ads?
Sudoku Professional shows ads; Killer Aid does not.
Which is updated more often, Sudoku Professional or Killer Aid?
Sudoku Professional ships an update every 6 weeks, and Killer Aid every 7 months. Most recently, Sudoku Professional was updated on November 1, 2026 and Killer Aid on November 1, 2026.

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