▻Sudoku + is a puzzle game for iOS and Android offering 36,000 Sudoku variations with competitive leaderboards.
Product velocity
Dormant
Daily rank 🇺🇸
#34
▼6Games · paid
Sentiment
4.8
83k reviews
Nemesis
Sudoku.com - Number Games
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
Users hire the app for focused, ad-free mental exercise that remains playable offline, serving a need for low-friction, high-volume logic puzzles.
For Puzzle enthusiasts seeking high-volume, varied Sudoku gameplay with competitive social features.
What does it look like?
Key features
Calculates scores based on number value and completion speed with a time-decay multiplier
Ranks scores and win streaks against friends and global players via iOS Game Center integration
Offers 36,000 puzzles across standard, X, Hyper, Percent, Color, and Squiggly variations
How much does it cost?
Monetization splits by platform: direct purchase on iOS versus ad-supported inventory on Android.
Velocity
Dormant developmentnew contentShow more...
The app has effectively ceased development, with only one release recorded in the last 14 months. The latest release, which introduced a new 'Handcrafted Classics' category, occurred on March 16, 2026, followed by a complete lack of updates. Given the significant gap since the last activity, the development momentum is classified as zombie status.
Who built it?
PeopleFun CG
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What do users think recently?
Review voice lately leans thrilled. Users appreciate minimalist ad-free design allows for focused mental exercise during daily play sessions, but report inconsistent scoring algorithms fail to reward speed and accuracy during puzzle completion.
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
What users say, by theme
- Minimalist ad-free design allows for focused mental exercise during daily play sessions
- Inconsistent scoring algorithms fail to reward speed and accuracy during puzzle completion
102 of 102 recent reviews analyzed · high confidence · Thrilled overall
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Competitive landscape for ▻Sudoku +
How's the Games market?
The app maintains a #50 Paid rank in its category in the US, while its grossing rank lags behind free-tier discovery. This gap signals that the current monetization model underperforms relative to the app's high user retention.
Read the market outlookThe rivals identified
By Easybrain Ltd
Dominates the market with massive scale and a high-frequency release cadence that keeps the product at the top of search results.
- Maintains a massive, active user base that creates a significant network effect for global leaderboards.
- Aggressive release cycle of six updates in six months ensures constant feature refinement and bug squashing.
- Deeply integrated ecosystem allows for cross-promotion across their extensive portfolio of puzzle titles.
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Key takeaways for ▻Sudoku +
Where is it heading?
The casual puzzle market is consolidating around high-frequency live-ops, leaving ▻Sudoku + exposed to competitors with faster update cadences. The app's stability is a defensive asset, but revenue growth requires addressing the scoring transparency issues that currently frustrate the most engaged players.
- The 36,000-puzzle library provides a deep content moat that prevents churn, sustaining the app's long-term retention baseline.
- The lack of feature parity on Android creates a growing sentiment drag, which will likely accelerate churn among pro users.
The SWOT
- 36,000-puzzle library prevents early-game churn
- Offline-first architecture sustains engagement in low-connectivity environments
- Ad-free premium tier creates a distinct value proposition
- Auto-fill candidate notes would reduce friction
- Tablet-specific layout optimization would improve retention
- B2B education partnerships remain untapped
Next best moves
Ship candidate auto-fill because it is the top-requested feature → improve power-user retention
+ 1 more prioritized moveThe counter-intuitive read
The app's #50 rank is a hidden strength…
Read the full takeFeature gaps
Real-time candidate auto-fill (available in Sudoku - Brain Puzzle Games but missing here) +1
Since the last report: The app moved from a state of total development stagnation to a minor content release, while user sentiment shifted toward specific complaints regarding scoring logic and feature gaps.
Bottom line
▻Sudoku + retains users through a reliable, ad-free core, but the lack of feature parity and scoring transparency risks alienating the power-user base, so the PM should prioritize logic-tooling updates to defend against high-frequency competitors.
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