It’s more of a game than solving a puzzle
It’s not a bad Sudoku, it’s just not what I am looking for. You can play a “game” of Sudoku, choosing a difficulty level. Initially easy & medium are open, as you play more of a difficulty level, a new level will open. Or you can choose a daily challenge, I think that is somewhere between easy & medium.
If you are a beginner this probably a great app to start as it has all kinds of features to help you. Like highlighting a row, column & block, highlighting the number you just entered. Using notes to list the possible numbers for a square and auto removing them. You can also turn all that off - which I did. I found the highlighting rather annoying.
If you are just playing the “game” I’m assuming the goal is to score the highest points, the faster you solve the more points. I just want the challenge of solving the puzzle. I don’t care about scoring points. I didn’t like if screwed up the puzzle and wanted to restart I had to erase the numbers in each square individually, there was no reset puzzle option. I play The NY Times Sudoku and that is what I am looking for not a game option. I still have it 5 starts as it is an easy game, with different levels of play. It’s not the apps fault it is not what I want.
If you are a beginner this probably a great app to start as it has all kinds of features to help you. Like highlighting a row, column & block, highlighting the number you just entered. Using notes to list the possible numbers for a square and auto removing them. You can also turn all that off - which I did. I found the highlighting rather annoying.
If you are just playing the “game” I’m assuming the goal is to score the highest points, the faster you solve the more points. I just want the challenge of solving the puzzle. I don’t care about scoring points. I didn’t like if screwed up the puzzle and wanted to restart I had to erase the numbers in each square individually, there was no reset puzzle option. I play The NY Times Sudoku and that is what I am looking for not a game option. I still have it 5 starts as it is an easy game, with different levels of play. It’s not the apps fault it is not what I want.
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Excellent app
But why? Why? Are the evil levels soooo easy. They are all exactly the same, they all form the same pattern. The expert levels are much more varied and challenging. I don’t even bother playing the evil levels any more, too boring.
I can’t comment on the ads because l purchased the app, l always do if I like it. Life is too short to watch ads. I love the way you can just slide your finger around the screen to fill in numbers and the numbers are clear and bold.
I don’t like the fact that 99.9% of my ‘mistakes’ are simply because a finger hit a random number or because my tap didn’t switch modes from possible numbers to final numbers, but l guess they want you to make lots of mistakes if it forces you to watch more ads. I wish you had to double tap to confirm a final number which would eliminate all those ‘mistakes’.
Having said that l love the app and find it one of the most user friendly sudoku apps l have tried.
ETA. I have come back to playing this after a few months break as l got bored, the levels have changed, but it is still far too easy. I am no genius, but there is no challenge in any of the levels other than to beat your own time.
I can’t comment on the ads because l purchased the app, l always do if I like it. Life is too short to watch ads. I love the way you can just slide your finger around the screen to fill in numbers and the numbers are clear and bold.
I don’t like the fact that 99.9% of my ‘mistakes’ are simply because a finger hit a random number or because my tap didn’t switch modes from possible numbers to final numbers, but l guess they want you to make lots of mistakes if it forces you to watch more ads. I wish you had to double tap to confirm a final number which would eliminate all those ‘mistakes’.
Having said that l love the app and find it one of the most user friendly sudoku apps l have tried.
ETA. I have come back to playing this after a few months break as l got bored, the levels have changed, but it is still far too easy. I am no genius, but there is no challenge in any of the levels other than to beat your own time.
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Response from developer
Hi! Thank you for your feedback! We’re glad you enjoy the app’s user-friendly design and features. We understand your concerns about the "evil" levels and accidental mistakes. Your suggestions for more variety and a double-tap confirmation are noted and appreciated. Thanks for your support. We’ll strive to improve future updates!
Used to be a great app but now it’s too cluttered and you can’t turn the scores off
This used to be a great app but now there’s a distracting animated score at the top of the screen that can’t be turned off. I’ve tried deleting and reinstalling - I turn off scoring and animated scoring in settings but as soon as I play a game it comes back and vanished out of the options in settings. This has ruined the app for me, I don’t care about the score - it’s all about the time - and it’s so distracting it’s making it very hard to actually play the game any more. I paid to remove ads as I loved this app and wanted to support it but this has made it unplayable. Either it’s a bug or a terrible design decision. Either way I hope the developers comment here when it’s been changed because right now I won’t be able to use it any more as it’s made it unplayable for me. The last straw came when a score related animation came up DURING A GAME and totally distracted me, affecting the time it took. Seriously, not cool. Please get rid of this nonsense.
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Response from developer
Hello! Thank you for sharing your feedback with us. We understand that not all players may enjoy the changes. While the animations can be disabled in the settings, the score feature is not optional. We prioritize player feedback and continually test new ideas, bringing in only the most popular features. Your input is valuable to us, and we’ll keep it in mind as we work to improve. 💚