# Miracle Sudoku — by Cracking the Cryptic > Challenging Sudoku puzzles with unique variants and expert-crafted hints. (iPhone/iPad app by Nick Carney.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/miracle-sudoku/id1527363795 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Nick Carney](https://appshunter.io/developer/1434235673) - Category: Games, Board, Puzzle - Price: $4.99 - Rating: 4.80/5 from 117 App Store ratings · 57 written reviews indexed - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 11.0 · 48 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2020-08-13 - Data updated: 2026-09-04 - Monetization: free - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/miracle-sudoku/id1527363795/reviews.md ## What is Miracle Sudoku? ***** MAY UPDATE ***** 20 new puzzles, 100 puzzles total! ------------------------------------- Presented by Cracking The Cryptic, YouTube’s most popular Sudoku channel, comes a new game based on one of their most popular videos: Miracle Sudoku. Miracle Sudoku features beautiful puzzles that at first glance look impossible to solve!! Indeed, some of our Miracle puzzles have as few as two givens digits (!) but you will find them all to be solvable with a bit of clever logic! At launch you will be able to play through 4 variants all of which make use of a non-consecutive restraint (ie neighboring cells cannot have two consecutive numbers in them). They are Non-Consecutive Sudoku, classic Miracle Sudoku (non-consecutive + knight + king restrictions), Non-Consecutive Thermo Sudoku and Non-Consecutive Sandwich Sudoku. Each of these variants has a unique feel which refreshes the logic you may be used to, especially in thermo and sandwich sudoku! As with our other games (‘Classic Sudoku’, ‘Sandwich Sudoku’, ‘Chess Sudoku’ and 'Thermo Sudoku'), Simon Anthony and Mark Goodliffe (the hosts of Cracking The Cryptic) have written all the hints for the puzzles. So you know that every puzzle has been play-tested by a human being to ensure that each sudoku is interesting and fun to solve. In Cracking The Cryptic’s games, players start with zero stars and earn stars by solving puzzles. The more puzzles you solve, the more stars you earn and the more puzzles you get to play. Only the most dedicated (and cleverest) sudoku players will finish all the puzzles. Of course the difficulty is carefully calibrated to ensure lots of puzzles at every level (from easy through to extreme). Anyone familiar with their YouTube channel will know that Simon and Mark take pride in teaching viewers to be better solvers and, in these games, they always craft the puzzles with the mindset of trying to help solvers improve their skills. Mark and Simon have both represented the UK many times at the World Sudoku Championship and you can find more of their puzzles (and lots of others) on the internet’s biggest sudoku channel Cracking The Cryptic. Features: 100 beautiful puzzles 4 different variants with more hybrid variants coming post launch Hints crafted by Simon and Mark! ## Key features - 100 challenging puzzles - 4 unique Sudoku variants - Non-consecutive restraint - Expert-crafted hints - Progressive difficulty levels - Hybrid variants coming soon ## Chart rankings - #137 in Top Paid · Board (US App Store) ## What do users think of Miracle Sudoku? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 🤩 Fantastic puzzles - 💡 Great variety of puzzles - 👍 Well-designed app - 💯 Hand-crafted puzzles - 🚀 Smooth gameplay - 🌟 Addictive and fun - 🧩 Clever puzzle design - ✨ Unique variant sudoku - 👍 Good value for money - ✅ Intuitive interface (for some) - 💡 Killer calculator addition - 👍 Well-paced difficulty **Cons** - 🤔 UI different from original CtC - ⭐ Star system is boring - 😩 Older UI is frustrating - 🤔 Puzzles can be too easy - 🐛 Some hints are incorrect - ❓ Clues hard to follow - 🔄 Puzzles repeat patterns - 😔 Misrepresented puzzle count - 📉 Slow update pace - 😵 Puzzles can be too difficult - 🐛 Visual bug on rotation - 🤔 Some puzzles lack unique solution - 🤔 Non-consecutive constraint can be flawed - 🤏 Small number/color picker buttons **Commonly reported bugs** - Hint #2 for puzzle 91 is questionable - Hint for puzzle 40 is incorrect - Some hints are plain false - Hint 7 in the last puzzle is incorrect - Misnamed or wrong coding for puzzles - Puzzle 11 doesn't follow consecutive constraint - Puzzle 9 has two possible solutions - Visual bug when rotating phone to landscape - Number and color picker buttons are too small **Most requested features** - Option to toggle UI formats - Stay on puzzle after solving - Reset app to start over - Add more puzzles - Option to view completed puzzle after finishing - More options for font size and color contrast - Dark mode option - Dedicated Killer Sudoku App ## Recent user reviews (10 of 57) All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/miracle-sudoku/id1527363795/reviews.md ### 3/5 — Disappointed *2025-08-08* I really loved the original CtC app, and wanted to buy another one to give myself some more interesting challenges. I should have just bought a pack on that one. The UI is really different and my brain just can’t get used to it, and I hate the star system because you have to do a bunch of boring puzzles before you can do any actually interesting ones. ### 5/5 — Amazing game! One request: *2025-07-14* I love these puzzles! Sudoku doesn't seem right any more without the non-consecutive constraint. Is there any way we change the programming to stay on the puzzle after it's solved? Sort of a buzzkill for it to disappear at the... moment of completion. ### 5/5 — Love the app, some hints aren’t quite right. *2025-04-20* Puzzle 91, hint #2: … Placing a 4 in 3/5 would make 6/5 6 and 7/4 7 leaving no place in C5 for 7. Well, based on those 2 placements 7 can only go in 4/5 which is where it’s supposed to go. Clearly I’m missing something. Or is a piece of this hint missing? ### 4/5 — Irritated by Format *2024-12-01* Whilst the puzzles are great, the format is totally different to the CTC app. The CTC app has a number-pad style and I feel this is easier to use as the numbers are bigger and easier to see and click. Wish there was an option to toggle between formats! ### 1/5 — Frustrating UI *2024-08-05, version 1.5* Please update this app to include the UI improvements added in the Cracking The Cryptic app. The older UI is incredibly frustrating once you have gotten used to the new one. ### 5/5 — Love it, but missing one thing *2023-12-07* Love this (and all the other versions) but would like a way to reset the app back to square one so I can start over ### 5/5 — More please *2023-09-09, version 1.5* Love these puzzles. Haven’t added more in over a year though. Let’s get on it ### 3/5 — Why do we have to complete them in order? *2023-07-04* This is a stupid requirement and has left me stuck on a puzzle type I hate after only 3 puzzles. Wish I could get my money back. ### 2/5 — Schönes Design, extrem einfach *2023-03-19* Das Spiel ist schön designt. Auch die Bedienung lässt keine Wünsche offen. Allerdings ist das Spiel extrem einfach zu „schlagen“, wenn auffällt, dass sich entweder die Dreierreihe oder die Dreierspalte innerhalb eines Neunerfeldes in jedem der anderen acht Neunerfelder identisch wiederholt. Getestet in den ersten 20 Levels und in ausgewählten weiteren. So geht der Spielspaß schnell verloren! ### 5/5 — Great *2022-11-01* I love all of their puzzles, but this one is outstanding because of the great variety. Different rule sets lead to a nice variety in the puzzles. I love it, please more! ## Frequently asked questions about Miracle Sudoku ### What is Miracle Sudoku? Miracle Sudoku is a mobile game featuring 100 challenging Sudoku puzzles. It includes four distinct variants: Non-Consecutive Sudoku, classic Miracle Sudoku (with additional knight and king restrictions), Non-Consecutive Thermo Sudoku, and Non-Consecutive Sandwich Sudoku. The puzzles are designed to be solvable with clever logic, even those with few starting digits. ### What makes these Sudoku puzzles unique? The puzzles incorporate a non-consecutive restraint, meaning neighboring cells cannot contain consecutive numbers. Additionally, variants like Miracle Sudoku add knight and king movement restrictions, while Thermo and Sandwich Sudoku introduce unique logical elements that refresh the typical Sudoku experience. ### Who created the puzzles and hints? The puzzles and hints were crafted by Simon Anthony and Mark Goodliffe, the hosts of Cracking The Cryptic, YouTube's most popular Sudoku channel. They are experienced Sudoku players who have represented the UK in the World Sudoku Championship. ### How does the game help players improve? The creators design each puzzle with the goal of helping solvers improve their skills. The difficulty is carefully calibrated across various levels, from easy to extreme, ensuring that players can learn and grow their logical reasoning abilities as they progress through the puzzles. ### Is this app free to play? Yes, the application is free to download and play. It offers 100 puzzles at launch, with the possibility of more hybrid variants being added in the future. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 1.5 — 2022-05-12 20 new puzzles! All puzzles are now released, thank you for playing Miracle Sudoku! ### 1.4 — 2021-10-12 Fixed a display issue during killer hybrid puzzles with some iPads in landscape mode ### 1.3 — 2021-10-07 20 new puzzles! ### 1.2 — 2021-02-02 20 new puzzles Smart hints (beta), computer generated hints that will help you enter in the next number Note: smart hints are not fully supported on all puzzles ### 1.01 — 2020-08-14 Fixed an issue with landscape mode on some iPads. ## Apps similar to Miracle Sudoku | App | Rating | Price | Category | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Sudoku: Variants & Classic](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sudoku-variants-and-classic/id1530683853) | 4.8 (1,588) | Free | Games | | [Tile Journey: Triple Matching](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tile-journey-triple-matching/id1542272980) | 4.5 (2) | Free | Games | | [Number Merger](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/number-merger/id1536321900) | — | Free | Games | | [Marble Jungle: Blast Master 3D](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/marble-jungle-blast-master-3d/id1398645760) | 4.7 (6) | Free | Games | | [PathPix Bubble](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pathpix-bubble/id1366051400) | 4.5 (19) | $2.99 | Games | | [Turn Layers](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/turn-layers/id1538180860) | — | Free | Games | ## More apps by Nick Carney - [Achromatic!](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/achromatic/id1434235674) - [Sandwich Sudoku](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sandwich-sudoku/id1476116705) - [Classic Sudoku!](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/classic-sudoku/id1488838275) - [Chess Sudoku](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/chess-sudoku/id1500654482) - [Thermo Sudoku](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/thermo-sudoku/id1513994223) All apps by Nick Carney: https://appshunter.io/developer/1434235673 ## Related topics [cracking the cryptic](https://appshunter.io/ios/topics/cracking-the-cryptic) --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-04.*