Royal Match vs Sven's SudokuPad

How do Royal Match 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.

	Royal Match	Sven's SudokuPad
Genre	Puzzle	Puzzle
Price	Free	Paid
Difficulty	hard	variable
Ad intensity	high	none
In-app-purchase pressure	high	none
Typical session	medium	long
Rating	4.7 / 5	3.3 / 5
Ratings count	3,787,192	117
Reviews say	What players like Entertaining and addictive gameplay loop Progression system unlocks new castle areas Powerful boosters and collectible rewards Common complaints Levels become impossible without in-app purchases Difficulty spike designed to pressure spending Pay-to-win mechanics targeting spenders with easier levels	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)

Royal Match — Match-3 puzzle game where you restore a royal castle by breaking obstacles and combining power-ups to beat challenging levels. (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.