Comparison

Sudoku Express vs Lost Treasure 2

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

Lost Treasure 2

Embark on a thrilling treasure hunt across a newly discovered Pacific archipelago. Solve intricate puzzles, explore ancient temples, and uncover hidden clues in this captivating point-and-click adventure game.

Highlights
  • Explore 89 game map scenes
  • Discover ancient temples and structures
  • Solve dozens of puzzles, clues, and items
  • Custom designed HD graphics
  • Dynamic map with fast-travel
  • In-app purchase for walkthrough videos
Features
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Fulfill your treasure hunt craving in this mind-teasing puzzle adventure on a newly discovered archipelago of islands in the Pacific Ocean not far from the Galápagos Islands. Imagine the roar of cannon fire from tall wooden sailing ships as you hunt for pirate treasure in this beautifully designed classic point and click adventure puzzle game. Explore 89 game map scenes as you travel across multiple islands. Follow trails, discover ancient temples, and structures of past tree dwelling inhabitants. Get lost in a vast desert as you search for temples, get trapped in an ancient underground labyrinth. Discover hidden passageways, clues and puzzles along the way! Uncle Henry has been hunting lost treasures for as long as you can remember. His legendary stories of adventure excited your imagination as you were a child growing up. Now with your newly acquired archeology skills, he has been reaching out from time to time for your help in tracking down some of these difficult to find treasures. This captivating adventure game has: - Custom designed beautiful HD graphics! - Custom composed soundtrack and sound effects! - A dynamic map to show the screens you have visited and current location - A camera that takes photos of clues and symbols as you discover them - Dozens of puzzles, clues, and items - Auto saves your progress - Available for phones and tablets! - Instantly move around the map reducing travel time with Fast-travel - Get helpful text hints that nudge you in the right direction - Complete walkthrough videos for each hint and puzzle available as In App Purchase Visit our website to sign up for our newsletter and learn about upcoming games! www.syntaxity.com

Screenshots

Sudoku Express2 screens
Lost Treasure 24 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Lost Treasure 2 at 96% against Sudoku Express's 23%. Lost Treasure 2 also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.5) and ratings volume (280 vs 84). Sudoku Express's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 4 months). On price, ads 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

Sudoku Express costs $3.99 and Lost Treasure 2 $3.99 up front. Lost Treasure 2 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Sudoku Express asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Lost Treasure 2 holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 84 and 280 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 23% of Sudoku Express's written reviews are positive against 96% of Lost Treasure 2's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sudoku Express ships an update every 6 weeks, Lost Treasure 2 every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Sudoku Express versus Lost Treasure 2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSudoku ExpressLost Treasure 2
Price$3.99$3.99
Rating4.5 (84 ratings)4.7 (280 ratings) — better
Positive reviews23.1% of reviews96.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings84280 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB252 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPheinex, LLCSyntaxity Inc.

Customer experience

Sudoku Express

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

Lost Treasure 2

All ratings277 ratings
Positive94.9%
Neutral2.2%
Negative2.9%
Written reviews186 reviews
Positive96.2%
Neutral2.2%
Negative1.6%

Bugs and requests

Sudoku Express

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Lost Treasure 2

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Clues not working as intended in certain locations
  • Occasional freezing or crashes

Requested features

3 requests
  • Ability to view photos/clues while solving puzzles
  • Longer game length
  • More varied puzzles and gameplay elements

In-app purchases

None

Sudoku Express

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Lost Treasure 2

One-time1
  • فتح الأفكار$0.99

Questions

Is Sudoku Express free?
Sudoku Express costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Lost Treasure 2 free?
Lost Treasure 2 costs $3.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sudoku Express or Lost Treasure 2?
Lost Treasure 2 is rated higher. Sudoku Express averages 4.5 out of 5 from 84 ratings, while Lost Treasure 2 averages 4.7 from 280 ratings.
Do Sudoku Express or Lost Treasure 2 have ads?
Neither Sudoku Express nor Lost Treasure 2 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sudoku Express or Lost Treasure 2?
Sudoku Express ships an update every 6 weeks, and Lost Treasure 2 every 4 months. Most recently, Sudoku Express was updated on October 7, 2026 and Lost Treasure 2 on October 20, 2026.

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