# Samurai Sudoku — user reviews

> 116 indexed App Store user reviews of Samurai Sudoku by Stanley Lam, rated 4.62/5 from 374 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/samurai-sudoku/id594421598/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/samurai-sudoku/id594421598.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 276 · 4★ 60 · 3★ 15 · 2★ 7 · 1★ 8

## What do users think of Samurai Sudoku?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 🎮 Excellent variety of puzzle types and game modes
- 🧠 Challenging and mentally stimulating gameplay
- 👍 User-friendly interface and intuitive controls
- 🎨 Well-designed graphics and visual presentation
- ⭐ Addictive and entertaining for extended play
- 🔧 Helpful features like error checking and note-taking
- 💰 Good value for money with multiple puzzle options
- 🎯 Multiple difficulty levels for all skill levels

**Cons**

- 🐛 Frequent app crashes and freezing issues
- 📱 Unresponsive touch controls requiring multiple taps
- 🎥 Video loading problems for weekly puzzles
- 💾 Loss of purchased content and progress after updates
- 📺 Excessive and intrusive advertising
- 👁️ Text and numbers too small for readability
- 🎨 Poor color scheme causing eye strain
- 💳 Expensive in-app purchase pricing model
- 🔄 Orientation/layout issues on certain devices

**Commonly reported bugs**

- App crashes when watching required videos
- Weekly puzzle videos fail to load
- Game freezes mid-puzzle with no progress saved
- Purchased puzzles disappear after app updates or reinstalls
- Ad screens block gameplay with no visible close button
- Unresponsive number input requiring multiple taps
- App locks up permanently in certain situations
- Video orientation mismatch on horizontal device orientation
- Occasional glitches requiring app restart
- Multiple solutions recognized as single correct answer

**Most requested features**

- Auto-fill feature for candidate notes/pencil marks
- Pause button for games in progress
- Left-handed mode option
- Highlight vertical and horizontal lines for easier solving
- Ability to create and submit custom puzzles
- Larger puzzle sizes and more complex variations
- Clue system that provides one hint at a time
- Screen lock to prevent auto-dimming during gameplay
- Bundled subscription option instead of individual pack purchases
- Auto-generate puzzles instead of hard-coded content

## Newest reviews (14 of 116)

### 3/5 — Problème jeux hebdomadaire

*2025-11-18, version 2.17.1*

Impossible de les vidéos, toujours en erreur

### 2/5 — Crashed

*2024-12-04, version 2.17*

crashed, no progress saved. Infuriating.

### 3/5 — Disappointed

*2024-04-11, version 2.16.5*

I love the games. But I have had to change my phone and when I redownloaded the app, my purchases were gone. As were all my completed games - even though this was a re-download (I.e. from the cloud), rather than a new subscription.

### 4/5 — Bien pero…

*2023-12-10, version 2.16.5*

Ojalá tuviese un botón para rellenar todas las anotaciones posibles porque pierdo mucho tiempo escribiendo cada una además de que siempre me faltan y termino por cometer errores en las casillas. Hay otros sudokus que sí lo tienen y son menos estresantes por ese motivo.

### 4/5 — Custom mode

*2023-11-30, version 2.16.5*

You can’t make your own, the screen is all mixed up. Other than that great game.

### 4/5 — Love,love, love

*2023-09-01, version 2.16.4*

I love this game. I have been playing it for years.  I have one suggestion.  It would be nice to have auto fill for the memos.  I have played other sudoku games that have the auto fill feature which I really enjoy.

### 3/5 — Multiple screen taps

*2023-08-17, version 2.16.4*

I enjoy the games, the variety and difference in the games from the normal is very good but sometimes it can be almost impossible to tap the numbers to place them, takes multiple taps and sometimes have to be very hard ones

### 4/5 — Juanga

*2022-09-06, version 2.15.8*

Entretenido y se ejercitan las neuronas

### 4/5 — My experience

*2022-08-09, version 2.15.8*

I love sudoku, but the only issue I have is the game crashing every time I’m in the middle of a puzzle. The game keeps cutting out every time I’m in the middle of tridoku!

### 5/5 — Excelente

*2022-05-21, version 2.15.8*

Me encanta es muy variado, muchísimas gracias

### 5/5 — Love Flower Sudoku

*2022-05-17, version 2.15.8*

It’s a unique challenge.

### 2/5 — Die app crasht leider immer wieder

*2022-05-02, version 2.15.7*

Manchmal stürzt die App mitten im Spiel ab und macht es dadurch schwer ein spiel zu Ende zu bringen…

### 5/5 — Addictif

*2022-03-02, version 2.15.6*

Prenant, génial pour tuer le temps!

### 5/5 — Great app

*2022-01-31, version 2.15.4*

I love this app and have been using it for years on my iPad! Love the variety and the various levels. The ONLY issue that I have, is with playing it on my iPhone. I attempted to send an email, but it just wouldn’t go through.
On the iPhone, I find I am having to tap certain numbers multiple times before it will appear in the box, if even then. I did try to see if it needed to be updated. Nope, wasn’t that. Then tried turning the phone completely off, then turning it back on and that didn’t do it either. Is there possibly a glitch in programming? I really don’t want to delete it from the phone, but needless to say, this IS a frustrating problem!

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Game stop working

*2025-12-29*

All of sudden in the last week the weekly puzzle videos stop loading for access to new videos.

### 1/5 — Numbers are way too small

*2025-10-07, version 2.17.1*

Note numbers are way too small for older adults.

### 1/5 — denied multiple star solutions

*2025-03-23, version 2.17.1*

denied multiple star solutions

### 1/5 — These colours …

*2022-12-29, version 2.16.3*

… are atrocious, love samurai sudoku, but it’s impossible to look at this for long.

### 1/5 — Since the new update just boring

*2022-03-21, version 2.15.6*

Now you have to pay for nearly every variant. Since then it is boring, I played all the free, and there are weekly only 5 new…. And the Highscore is put to zero again… just sad

### 1/5 — Maj

*2021-11-29, version 2.15.4*

Lors de la dernière mise à jour les sudokus achetés ont disparus

### 1/5 — What a ripoff

*2020-09-16, version 2.13.6*

I had to delete and reinstall because of an ad that wouldn’t go away, and lost everything I’d purchased.

Apple should monitor these more closely.

### 1/5 — Unplayable! Way too many advertising !

*2019-05-31, version 2.13.2*

Since a few weeks the intensity of adds made this game unplayable! 
Even if I just do nothing I get 30 sec ads every few minutes. 

I‘m going for alternative sudoku games

### 1/5 — Can’t play Samurai anymore

*2018-10-31, version 2.13*

I can’t play the Samurai Sudoku game on my iPad any more. An ad screen pops up and blocks the screen. The problem is I’m holding screen horizontally and ad runs vertically - so you can’t click or see the close “x”. 
This is my second review with no response. I used to play without a problem. Now I have to reboot and even that doesn’t always work.

### 1/5 — 返して下さい

*2018-01-05, version 2.8*

前に買った問題が無くなりました。時々思い出してしていたのに。元に戻して下さい。

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — Game stop working

*2025-12-30, version 2.17.3*

All of sudden in the last week the weekly puzzle videos stop loading for access to new videos and games.

### 5/5 — Video

*2025-12-08, version 2.17.2*

Impossible de voir les videos pour jouer.

### 5/5 — FEW ADS, EASY TO SWITCH BACK AND FORTH

*2025-08-20, version 2.17.1*

Love this particular sudoku game! Easy to switch from placing a number and placing possible numbers. Highly enjoy THIS VERSION!

### 5/5 — It’s a thinker

*2025-03-31, version 2.17.1*

This is a great game.
Not like the regular game that one makes you think but this one really makes you think.  Not boring.
I like this game better!

### 5/5 — Puzzles

*2024-11-23*

Trouble with some of these puzzles, you can only go so far and then you have to guess. That is not how you should solve them. You should be able to solve them, but you can’t. So what I’m going to do now, is delete them. What is the point if you can’t solve them.

### 5/5 — ❤️

*2024-09-09, version 2.17*

I truly enjoy it

### 5/5 — Addicting

*2023-03-11*

I am really enjoying this. Hard to stay away

### 5/5 — Sudoku Variety

*2023-02-04, version 2.16.3*

I love the variety this app has! Gabby

### 5/5 — Fun and inventive

*2022-12-06, version 2.16.3*

I enjoy seeing so many puzzle variations. What a wonderful app. Thanks for creating it!

### 5/5 — Rating

*2022-11-26, version 2.16.3*

So far I Love it!

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