Comparison

Sudoku Express vs Mazy Lock

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

Mazy Lock

Navigate a realistic physics-based labyrinth by tilting your device. Guide a puck through movable walls and obstacles to reach the finish hole, collecting numbers to unlock a safe combination. Offers multiple difficulty levels and calibration options for a personalized experience.

Highlights
  • Realistic physics simulation
  • Movable maze walls
  • Safe combination lock puzzles
  • Device tilt controls
  • Multiple difficulty levels
  • Game Center integration
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Mazy Lock is a movable labyrinth game with the realistic works which is controlled by your movements. Your goal is to open the safe combination lock. Tilting device you can guide the puck and keep the obstacles and movable maze walls under control at the same time. Put the puck in the finish hole at each level and you will gain a subsequent numbers to complete the lock code. You can calibrate for a suitable playing position. Features: • 4 categories of combination locks (18 different levels of difficulty) • Shadows • Calibration • Realistic Physics • Game Center Support

Screenshots

Sudoku Express2 screens
Mazy Lock3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Mazy Lock at Free against Sudoku Express's $3.99. Mazy Lock also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 23%) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). Sudoku Express's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 5 months). On ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Mazy Lock is free to download; Sudoku Express costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sudoku Express ships an update every 6 weeks, Mazy Lock every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Sudoku Express versus Mazy Lock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSudoku ExpressMazy Lock
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating4.5 (84 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews23.1% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings84 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB68 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPheinex, LLCSergey Yurasov

Customer experience

Sudoku Express

All ratings84 ratings
Positive86.9%
Neutral4.8%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive23.1%
Neutral30.8%
Negative46.2%

Mazy Lock

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

Sudoku Express

No in-app purchases

None

Mazy Lock

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sudoku Express free?
Sudoku Express costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mazy Lock free?
Mazy Lock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Sudoku Express or Mazy Lock have ads?
Neither Sudoku Express nor Mazy Lock shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sudoku Express or Mazy Lock?
Sudoku Express ships an update every 6 weeks, and Mazy Lock every 5 months. Most recently, Sudoku Express was updated on October 24, 2026 and Mazy Lock on October 18, 2026.

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