Sudoku Express vs A Short Tale
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sudoku Express
Enjoy a classic Sudoku experience with a clean, minimalist interface designed for focused puzzle-solving. Customize your game with multiple color and font options. Offers over 1,000 unique puzzles across easy, medium, and hard difficulties for extended gameplay.
- Minimalist flat UI design
- Easy noting system
- Multiple color schemes
- Font selection for customization
- 1,001 unique puzzles per difficulty
- Easy, Medium, and Hard difficulty levels
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The classic Sudoku game at its best for iOS! A version for those who just want to solve the puzzles. A minimalist, flat UI design and easy noting allow you to focus on the point of the game, which is solving the puzzles! Multiple color schemes and font selections allow you to customize the experience to your preferences. With 1,001 unique puzzles each for the included Easy, Medium and Hard puzzles, you will be challenged for hours, days and weeks.
A Short Tale
Embark on a first-person point-and-click adventure where you shrink to toy size and explore a brother's room. Solve puzzles, collect items, and uncover clues in a charming, nostalgia-inducing environment with trademark humor.
- First-person point and click adventure
- Toy-sized room exploration
- Charming and nostalgic environment
- Humorous puzzles
- Glitch Camera for clues
- Item collection and usage
- Auto-save feature
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"For anyone who just wants to play a game chock-full of fun and unusual puzzles while exploring a charming and nostalgia-inducing environment, A Short Tale provides plenty of entertainment for a few hours." – AdventureGamers Shrink down and experience a childhood bedroom like never before in this heartwarming first-person point-and-click puzzle adventure. Years after losing his younger brother Ben, Jason returns to the place where everything changed forever. Drawn back by a mysterious presence, he makes one impossible wish—to be small again. Suddenly, an ordinary bedroom becomes a vast world filled with towering furniture, hidden secrets, clever puzzles, and unforgettable memories. Explore every corner, collect useful items, uncover hidden clues, and solve challenging escape room-style puzzles as you unravel an emotional story about family, loss, and growing up. If you enjoy point-and-click adventures, escape room games, hidden object puzzles, and story-rich mystery games, A Short Tale is for you. Features • Immersive first-person point-and-click adventure. • Explore a giant bedroom from a tiny perspective. • Solve clever puzzles and escape room-inspired challenges. • Collect items, discover hidden clues, and unlock new areas. • Use the unique Glitch Camera to reveal secrets and keep track of clues. • Emotional story filled with nostalgia, mystery, and discovery. • Beautiful atmospheric soundtrack. • Signature Glitch Games humour. • Auto-save ensures you never lose your progress. • No ads or in-app purchases. Can you uncover the memories hidden within a room that once felt like home? – Glitch Games is a small independent game studio from the UK, creating premium mystery, escape room, and puzzle adventure games that players around the world love. Follow us for updates, news, and behind-the-scenes content: Discord: discord.gg/glitchgames Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GlitchGames/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/glitch.games Newsletter: https://glitch.games/newsletter Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theglitchgames/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GlitchGames
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Verdict
Sudoku Express and A Short Tale both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 74% of A Short Tale's written reviews are positive against 23% of Sudoku Express's. A Short Tale also leads on chart position (#189 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). Sudoku Express's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 5 months). On price, rating, ratings volume 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
Sudoku Express costs $3.99 and A Short Tale $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Sudoku Express against 4.6 for A Short Tale. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 84 and 245 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 23% of Sudoku Express's written reviews are positive against 74% of A Short Tale's.
Sudoku Express ships an update every 6 weeks, A Short Tale every 5 months. Both last shipped on September 20, 2026.
| Parameter | Sudoku Express | A Short Tale |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | $3.99 |
| Rating | 4.5 (84 ratings) | 4.6 (245 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 23.1% of reviews | 74.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 84 | 245 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #189 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 290 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pheinex, LLC | Glitch Games |
Customer experience
Sudoku Express
A Short Tale
Bugs and requests
Sudoku Express
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
A Short Tale
Reported bugs
3 issues- Camera/photo album icon overlap issue
- Crossword puzzle glitch causing game to freeze
- Missing puzzle elements preventing completion
Requested features
3 requests- Hint system or built-in walkthrough
- Improved navigation and screen loading times
- More logical and intuitive puzzle design
In-app purchases
Sudoku Express
No in-app purchases
A Short Tale
No in-app purchases
Questions
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