# MoonDoku: Sudoku Nights — A cozy daily puzzle with a cat

> A cozy daily puzzle with a cat (iPhone/iPad app by Connor Baskauskas.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/moondoku-sudoku-nights/id6780370081 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Connor Baskauskas](https://appshunter.io/developer/1893800704)
- Category: Games, Board, Puzzle
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 16.4 · 90 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-09-29
- Data updated: 2026-10-09

## What is MoonDoku?

MoonDoku is a Sudoku game built for the end of the day. No ads waiting between puzzles, and no solve lost for taking your time. Just a board, a quiet sky to solve it under, and something to come back to tomorrow.

ONE PUZZLE, EVERY NIGHT — FREE

At midnight a new Nightly arrives — the same board for every player, wherever they are. It's the one puzzle a day everyone shares, it takes about as long as a cup of tea, and it's free every night, no account needed. Like every board in the game, it has hints for when it goes stubborn, and matching digits and the row, column and box you're working in light up as you go.

EVERY NIGHT BECOMES A STAR

Each Nightly you finish places a star in your own sky, and nothing in the game ever takes it away. Night by night your stars join up into constellations — a bell, a mug of cocoa, a crescent moon, a kitten. A figure takes seven stars or more, and each month offers four to choose from. Miss a night and nothing is undone: your drawing waits in the sky for your next star.

THE FULL GAME, ONE PURCHASE

Want more than one a night? The full game opens five thousand puzzles, from Easy to Expert, graded so a Hard is honestly hard and no board ever needs a guess. One purchase, yours forever — no subscription, nothing recurring, and it works with Family Sharing.

TEN WORLDS TO SOLVE IN

Rain over a neon bay, moonlight on a quiet sea, sakura in the dark, palms under a neon sun that never sets. Ten painted worlds, gently moving, all included, and you can switch between them mid-puzzle.

LOFI AND AMBIENCE, BUILT IN

MoonDoku FM plays three stations — chillhop, lo-fi jazz, downtempo — with an ambience mixer over the top: cafe, rain, fireplace, ocean, storm, each at three levels. Start your own music or a podcast and MoonDoku steps aside instead of talking over it.

A CAT WHO LIVES HERE

There's a cat on the home screen. She blinks, she looks around, her tail flicks, and now and then she looks up when the world outside her window changes. Tap to pet her; press and hold to change her coat — tuxedo, calico, tabby, siamese, a longhaired ragdoll, eight in all — and she keeps it.

PLAYS ANYWHERE, ASKS FOR NOTHING

The full game's five thousand puzzles live on your iPhone or iPad, so once they're yours they play fully offline — on a plane, on the subway, in a cabin with no bars. (The Nightly is dealt fresh at midnight, so it needs a connection.) No account needed to play. Sign in with Apple or Google if you want your Nightly streak and your sky to follow you between devices, and to see where your Nightly time ranks — and skip it entirely if you don't.

Free every night. No ads, no subscriptions, no energy meters, and tonight's puzzle is open to everyone. Built for iPhone, and for iPad in both orientations.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Full Game Unlock | $4.99 | one-time |


## Is MoonDoku safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess MoonDoku.

## Is MoonDoku legit?

MoonDoku: Sudoku Nights has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for MoonDoku is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 4 releases)

### 1.3 — 2026-10-08

MoonDoku now speaks Brazilian Portuguese, and it follows the language iOS picks for it from your whole list of preferred languages.

Also in this update:
• Ginkgo Moon, a tenth world: golden leaves drifting over a moonlit lake.
• The cat purrs when you pet her, answers each pat a little differently, and has small moments of her own.
• In tonight's last hour, the Nightly card shows how much of the night is left. Once you've solved it, it shows when the next one arrives.
• Plus smaller fixes.

### 1.2 — 2026-10-01

A small fix for “Your sky”: the count of stars and constellations now has a line of its own, and in German, Spanish and Chinese each number stays with its word.

### 1.1 — 2026-09-30

MoonDoku now speaks German, Spanish and Simplified Chinese. It follows your device's language, or you can pick one just for MoonDoku in Settings.

Also in this update:
• The first wrong number on a board now tells you why it doesn't fit.
• Last night's unfinished Nightly waits for you on the home screen, and a board you finish after midnight still counts for its own night.
• The cat has more ways to answer when the world outside her window changes.
• Plus smaller fixes.

### 1.0 — 2026-09-30

No release notes.

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