Hintoku: Your Sudoku Coach has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Hintoku is 48 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Hintoku User Reviews

Name: Hintoku: Your Sudoku Coach
Rating: 4.8 (43 reviews)

Hintoku: Your Sudoku Coach

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🎮 Games

🎲 Board

🧩 Puzzle

Customer Experience

Positive experience94.3% of reviews

Neutral2.9% of reviews

Negative experience2.9% of reviews

~ Based on 35 written reviews from the US App Store.

Is Hintoku Safe?

Hintoku: Your Sudoku Coach appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Hintoku is 88/100.

This assessment is based on 43 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.8/5.

Safety Analysis

95.3% of ratings point to a safe experience

2.3% of ratings suggest some concerns

2.3% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 43 App Store ratings for Hintoku.

Is Hintoku Legit?

Hintoku: Your Sudoku Coach has limited verification signals. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Hintoku is 48/100.

Based on 48 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

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Intuitive and unique

A great way to learn or get better at sudoku. I thought i was pretty decent, but I’ve been able to learn interesting ways to get better.

Impish Pigeon

23 days ago

Response from developer

Thank you! 🙂 Glad it's showing you some new tricks - even solid solvers usually find a few surprises in the later groups. Happy solving!

Learn strategies

I was solving medium level sudokus but was getting stuck on harder ones. I looked up videos and tutorials on advanced strategies but it was hard to follow them and understand. This app teaches you the strategies and lets you practice those strategies and understand them before moving on to the next one. The hints are great and walk you through the techniques step by step. Awesome app and highly recommend to up your sudoku skills.

Veegeekay

a month ago

Response from developer

Thank you, really appreciate it! 🙂 So glad the learn-practice-understand approach is working for you and that the hints are walking you through the tricky bits. Enjoy climbing through the harder strategies! 🙂

Excellent

An outstanding and truly professional app! It’s incredibly educational and easy to use. I’ve tried many Sudoku-solving apps before, but this one is on a whole different level. It’s by far the best one I’ve used. Highly recommended to anyone who enjoys Sudoku

Shamkhali

a month ago

Response from developer

Thanks so much for the amazing review! 🙂 I’m really glad you’re enjoying Hintoku and that you find it both educational and easy to use. Making advanced Sudoku approachable was exactly the goal. Thanks again for the recommendation - it really means a lot!

Great

I like all the functions and ways to learn new techniques. Highly recommended for sudoku fans wanting to improve their skills

AmWooStar

2 months ago

Improve you soduko

Excellent functions, clear tutorials, auto candidate option

AmiWoo

2 months ago

Great game

Love how you can enter a sudoku puzzle. Love how it automatically puts in the hints after you have entered your puzzle and takes away. The hint marks after you placed a for sure number.

Djw93058

3 months ago

Response from developer

Thank you! 🙂 Really glad the puzzle entry and auto-candidate updates are working well for you. If you haven't tried them yet, v2 also added 3 new prequel strategy groups where you can solve without candidate notes at all - might be a fun change of pace. Happy solving!

Easy Learning

Friendly learning at your pace

papakelkel

3 months ago

Response from developer

Thanks 🙂 Glad the step-by-step approach is working for you!

Great features

I’ve tried a lot of different apps to improve my pattern recognition for solving harder puzzles, and I really like the way this app works. Definitely download.

taliwalt

3 months ago

Response from developer

Happy you like the way Hintoku combines strategy explanations, step-by-step walkthroughs, and in-game hints when you get stuck 🙂 The goal is exactly that - to make pattern recognition easier to build while still letting you solve the puzzle yourself.

Nice teaching aid!

Teaches you all the techniques needed for solving difficult puzzles. I especially love the feature where it tells you the “next technique available” without giving away too much. Great job, developer!

Astrokal

3 months ago

Response from developer

Thanks a lot 🙂 That “next technique available” feature is actually one of the core ideas behind Hintoku - helping players in the right direction without immediately spoiling the puzzle. Really glad you’re enjoying it!

Great app to learning and improving Sudoku

I like this app. It’s easy to use and helps me learn Sudoku step by step. I’ve improved since I started and enjoy playing it. I would recommend it to others.

Rivenza

3 months ago

Response from developer

Thanks a lot 🙂 Really glad the step-by-step approach is helping and that you’re improving while still enjoying the game - that’s exactly what I hoped for when building Hintoku.

Great

Dasaff

3 months ago

Great

I’m learning so much!!

Viewsta

4 months ago

Excellent layout and design

I downloaded this app because I wanted to improve at Sudoku and not get stumped by the more difficult levels in magazines and such. This app did teach me a lot of techniques that I didn’t know before, and if you’re willing to use the hints, the hints are very well-done and informative. I’ll be honest and say I haven’t been able to understand or apply much beyond the Core Chaining Techniques, but what I’ve learned from just the first few techniques has helped immensely, and I rarely get stumped by commercial puzzles these days, even ones marked as Hard.

But what I’d really like to compliment, is the layout and design of the puzzles and keypad. There’s a little bit of a learning curve, getting used to the format, but after a minute or two, the gameplay is so fast, logical, and efficient, I’m actively irritated by the formatting of other Sudoku apps now. I strongly recommend this app just for the ease of play. I’d like to make the suggestion that the keypad numbers could be darkened out as they’re completed, but besides than that one small thing, all the other Sudoku apps could learn something about facilitating smooth gameplay.

ToinetteC

4 months ago

Response from developer

Thanks a lot for this, really appreciate it! Glad to hear the app helped you improve and that you’re not getting stuck on harder puzzles anymore - that’s exactly what I hoped for. And yeah, chaining takes time, that’s totally normal 🙂 Also really happy you like the controls and overall feel. I spent a lot of time on that, mostly testing and tuning it on myself so it feels fast and natural. And thanks for the tip about dimming completed numbers - makes sense. I designed the app around how I personally play (and I tend not to use that), but I can see how it would be useful, so noted 🙂 Thanks again for the review!

Drawn to make a review

I’ve never written a review for any of the many apps I’ve used, but this app is just too good not to share! This is the handhold and guidence that I was imagining when seeking an app to learn Sudoku, and it is even better than I imagined! I’m 5 strategies in and am certain that I’ll be becoming a Sudoku master!

Rounds face

4 months ago

Response from developer

Wow, thanks! I really appreciate you taking the time to write your first review 🙂 I’m glad the guidance and step-by-step approach match what you were looking for, that’s exactly what I had in mind when building it. And nice progress already - 5 strategy groups in is a great start. You’ve got a few more level 4 groups ahead, and mastering those will let you solve the vast majority of human-solvable Sudokus. Hope you enjoy the journey 🙂

A brilliant app!

I discovered this app from an AI search engine. It is the best one I have come across. It teaches you many basic to very advanced Sudoku solving techniques. It does this by taking you through different levels of technique with demonstrations, several (free) example boards per technique and an impressive hint system that really works without getting out of step or simply taking over.

The free boards per section allow plenty of time to practice each technique you are on. Also, you can get stars for solving a board with a low or zero use of hints and mistakes, if that sort of thing helps your motivation (it did me).

What I don’t understand is why it doesn’t have lots of reviews. This is a real gem, in my opinion. After getting to the end of the 10 free games in the section on XY-wings, I bought the game (£4.99) so that I could practice the technique further, even though I had lots of free sections on even more techniques still to go.

JeffR UK

4 months ago

Drawn to make a review

I’ve never written a review for any of the many apps I’ve used, but this one is just too good to share! This is the handhold and guidence that I was imagining when seeking an app to learn Sudoku, and it is even better than I imagined! I’m 5 strategies in and am certain that I’ll be becoming a Sudoku master!

Rounds face

5 months ago

Response from developer

Absolutely the best!

I’ve been playing sudoku on NYT and getting frustrated when I get stuck. This app gives you exact techniques for when you’re stuck and even the complex tutorials become digestible. Absolutely love this app!

eudorathexplorer

5 months ago

Response from developer

Glad you’re enjoying it - really happy to hear it helps when you get stuck 🙂 Just in case you missed it, there’s an “Own puzzle” option in the main menu - you can retype NYT (or any other) grid there and use Hintoku’s hint/help system on it.

Very helpful

This is perfect for learning new techniques.

ChuckJaxFL

5 months ago

Response from developer

Glad it’s helping you learn — that’s exactly what I was aiming for 🙂

Helpful walkthroughs

Thanks for creating this! I’ve been looking through youtube to understand the concepts, but this made it a lot easier to understand.

-tah-

5 months ago

Most helpful

This app has the best drills, more that any other it is really helping me Improve my skills

bechamboi

5 months ago

Response from developer

Thanks - really glad to hear that 🙂 I put a lot of thought into the practice and structure, so it’s great to know it’s helping you improve. Appreciate the review!