Candy Crush Saga vs Sven's SudokuPad

How do Candy Crush Saga and Sven's SudokuPad compare on difficulty, ad pressure, in-app-purchase pressure and what real reviewers say? A side-by-side look, grounded in App Store data.

	Candy Crush Saga	Sven's SudokuPad
Genre	Puzzle	Puzzle
Price	Free	Paid
Difficulty	hard	variable
Ad intensity	high	none
In-app-purchase pressure	high	none
Typical session	variable	long
Rating	4.7 / 5	3.3 / 5
Ratings count	3,988,014	117
Reviews say	What players like Addictive core match-3 gameplay with escalating difficulty Free to play with offline support Daily rewards and time-limited events for engagement Common complaints Aggressive ad placement and hard-to-close ad windows causing accidental clicks Pay-to-win mechanics with removed ad-based rewards after updates Technical bugs including crashes, freezing, and broken iPad UI	What players like Excellent UI/interface for solving Sudoku puzzles Supports multiple notation types (Snyder, cell, color notes) Ability to import and create custom puzzles Common complaints Missing save progress feature; puzzles lost mid-solve Rules and variant instructions fail to import from web Mac version is broken and unusable (controls unresponsive)

Candy Crush Saga — Match-3 puzzle game where you blast candies through thousands of levels while navigating aggressive monetization and intrusive ads. (rated hard difficulty, high ad pressure) Sven's SudokuPad — A Sudoku puzzle solver and creator with an elegant interface, but hampered by missing features and technical issues compared to its web counterpart. (rated variable difficulty, none ad pressure)

Data: Apple App Store, as of 2026-08-24. Last updated 2026-08-24.