# Sudoku & Art – No Ads — user reviews > 23 indexed App Store user reviews of Sudoku & Art by Stefan Hoppe, rated 4.36/5 from 2,786 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sudoku-and-art-no-ads/id1464413166/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sudoku-and-art-no-ads/id1464413166.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1,974 · 4★ 322 · 3★ 201 · 2★ 84 · 1★ 202 ## What do users think of Sudoku & Art? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 👍 Good app design - 💡 Penciling feature works well **Cons** - 🐛 Lost progress after app update - 🔒 Locked out of content without subscription - 🔥 Intrusive ads - 🔥 App crashes and freezes - 🔇 No background audio playback **Commonly reported bugs** - Game stats not recording properly - App crashing on launch **Most requested features** - Restore previous Sudoku libraries - Provide more free content ## Newest reviews (3 of 23) ### 2/5 — Decent app *2022-06-03, version 15.7* Overall it serves it purpose of playing sudoku which I really enjoy. Several issues is the amount of ads that I would get forced into watching is… a lot. But my main issue with this is when I play I enjoy listening to music. This app would be fine if it didn’t pause Spotify every few seconds. This was the biggest headache I had been dealing with. Minus occasional ad freezing the game **Developer response:** You can now listen to your favorite podcasts and music while playing! ### 2/5 — Super hard! *2021-06-19* It is nothing like the real one; really it’s not! **Developer response:** If a puzzle feels too difficult, you can choose an easier difficulty before starting a new game. ### 1/5 — Really messed up with the new update *2019-09-28, version 5.3* I absolutely loved this game. Then you did an update. It so horrible that I actually deleted the game. Really sad. Because I loved the last format. This new one is terrible **Developer response:** Please try out the latest version. Thank you. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Lost all progress *2025-10-13* I have been playing for years but when you reworked to the weird art stuff, i no longer have access to any of the sudoku libraries. i was trying to complete the evil book **Developer response:** The previous book progression was replaced with flexible difficulty selection. ### 1/5 — can no longer play without a subscription *2025-09-21* this app was great until it locked me out of all the sudokus and said I need a subscription to play. Seriously no free content? So disappointing. ### 1/5 — Intrusive Ads *2025-09-12* Ads taking over entire screen and not letting complete the game **Developer response:** The app no longer shows ads. ### 1/5 — Ruined *2025-08-18* This app was the best app for sudoku puzzles and now it is ruined!!!! There are these weird art puzzle things now and no sudoku anymore! I’ve had this app for several years and am so sad to see it completely ruined! **Developer response:** It’s still classic Sudoku – now played inside real paintings. ### 1/5 — Ads. And more ads *2022-10-09, version 15.7* Start a puzzle: watch an ad. Finish it: watch an ad. Exit the game and come back: watch an ad. And no, airplane mode doesn’t work when you actually use your device toothed things than just games. **Developer response:** We've removed most of the ads. ### 1/5 — Stop asking to review *2021-11-22, version 14.2* Game asked me to stop and review three times while playing one game in under five minutes. How do you even play if they keep wanting you to review **Developer response:** We've fixed the bug you encountered. ### 1/5 — Waste of time *2020-02-01, version 7.9* Just ADVERTS. Waste of time ### 1/5 — Horrible *2020-01-28, version 7.7* I understand the need for developers to use ads. This app inundates the user with ads before you can ever play the game. There are several sudoku apps that are more user friendly. I will be deleting this app. **Developer response:** We've removed most of the ads. ### 1/5 — This isnt even a game *2020-01-24, version 7.2* Downloaded the game, tried to play a ‘map’ and it only showed me an Ad. Even after waiting for the Ad to finish it stayed there telling me to download another app to play sudoku ### 1/5 — Ads made night mode pointless *2019-11-05, version 5.5* Bright white add really annoying can’t close them ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Exceptionally good for the older brain *2026-02-26* My husband has been playing this version of Sudoku for the past month. I have noticed quite an improvement in his memory issues. We both enjoy trying to identify (guess) the painting underneath before it’s revealed. **Developer response:** Thank you. We love that you’re guessing the painting together. ### 5/5 — Good job *2020-11-09* Thank you **Developer response:** Thank you for your feedback. ### 5/5 — app crashing *2019-11-25* i can no longer even open the app :( i love this app but now i click on it and it immediately crashes since it has been updated **Developer response:** This issue has been fixed. Please update to the latest version. ### 5/5 — Good app *2019-10-04* This is a good app, I like the way it’s designed. Had some trouble when I tried to upgrade to ad free but the developer quickly made it right. If you like sudoku I think this one is pretty good. **Developer response:** Thank you for your feedback. ### 5/5 — Love it. *2019-09-29* Had a rocky start when I paid for premium features and they didn't work, but long story short, everything is sorted. That's thanks to the developer and team being very responsive in helping troubleshoot the issue. As for the app, I really enjoy the puzzles as well as the colors and then choices. Penciling also works great (which cannot be said of all sudoku apps). I have an old 3-star review from when things weren't working under my username 'greenglittergypsy' that I intended to update but it looks like it turned into a new review... Working on removing it. **Developer response:** We appreciate your support. ### 3/5 — Game crashed *2024-06-07* I’ve enjoyed playing this game for a while now, but it seems the application has crashed and will not open again. **Developer response:** This issue has been fixed. Please update to the latest version. ### 3/5 — Stats *2022-12-31, version 16.1* Game is not recording stats? How do I fix? **Developer response:** Press the "Stats" button on the very first screen to see your stats sorted by difficulty level. ### 3/5 — I’m not writing you a review *2020-04-12, version 8.4* Stop asking for a review every time an answer is guess correctly! Other than that, works perfectly. **Developer response:** We've fixed the bug you encountered. ### 2/5 — Annoying UI *2025-09-26* Very easy to accidentally erase all progress **Developer response:** This issue has been fixed. Please update to the latest version. ### 2/5 — No background listening *2022-10-21, version 15.7* Good functionality in-game, but it doesn’t allow podcasts to play simultaneously. If you mute the ads between games, then your podcast will play, but not while actually playing the game. **Developer response:** You can now listen to your favorite podcasts and music while playing! --- *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 2026-07-07.*