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No ads. No packs. No subscription — ever. Just an endless supply of samurai and classic sudoku, generated fresh on your device, every time. The samurai boards are five overlapping 9x9 grids, and every puzzle is checked for a unique solution before you ever see it. Plays fully offline.
INFINITE PUZZLES, FIVE DIFFICULTIES
- Samurai and Classic boards, from gentle Beginner to fiendish Expert
- Difficulty tuned by the actual solving techniques each puzzle requires
- A fresh Daily Classic and Weekly Samurai for everyone, with streaks
SCAN PUZZLES FROM PAPER
- Point your camera at a newspaper or book puzzle and play it in seconds
- Reads both Classic and Samurai grids, entirely on-device
PLAY IT YOUR WAY
- Smart hints that name the technique, from naked singles to X-Wings
- A guided Learn mode that teaches real solving techniques step by step
- Pencil marks with auto-candidates, plus full undo and redo
- On iPad, write digits by hand with Apple Pencil
- Combo scoring: clear a row, column and box in one move for a 4x multiplier
COMPETE AND COLLECT
- Game Center time leaderboards for the Daily and Weekly
- 21 achievements with hand-carved hanko seal badges
- Share a puzzle and race a friend on the very same board
YOURS, EVERYWHERE
- Plays fully offline
- iCloud keeps your progress in sync across your devices
- Localized into 10 languages
ONE PRICE, NOTHING ELSE
- No ads, no in-app purchases, no subscription
- No accounts, no tracking, no data collected
Five grids as one. Pick up the brush.
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What's New in SamuraiKu
1.0.5
September 8, 2026
Printed puzzles scan more reliably. The small, soft print in newspapers and puzzle books now reads first time more often. The board's outer edge is drawn to match the lines inside it.
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