# Sudoku Cafe — user reviews > 120 indexed App Store user reviews of Sudoku Cafe by BitMango, Inc., rated 4.70/5 from 191 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sudoku-cafe/id540946844/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sudoku-cafe/id540946844.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 150 · 4★ 29 · 3★ 10 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 1 ## What do users think of Sudoku Cafe? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Easy to learn and play for beginners - 🎨 Clean, attractive graphics and visual design - 🧠 Great mental exercise and brain stimulation - ⚡ Smooth, flawless gameplay mechanics - ✏️ Excellent pencil mark system with number highlighting - 🎮 Multiple difficulty levels appropriately calibrated - ♾️ Endless puzzle variety, never runs out of content - 🎯 Forgiving gameplay with mistake tolerance - 📱 Intuitive, user-friendly interface - 🏆 Engaging scoring and multiplier system - 😌 Relaxing and enjoyable experience **Cons** - 🐛 Game mechanics differ from standard Sudoku (select number first, then square) - 📺 Excessive advertisements, especially in free version - ⏱️ Mandatory timer creates pressure and competition - ❌ Harsh penalty system for mistakes (fail after 3 errors) - 🎨 Monotone grid design makes sectors hard to distinguish - 🔒 Cross-device purchase synchronization issues - ⚙️ Theme/appearance shifts when resuming games - 🎯 Expert level lacks sufficient difficulty for advanced players - 📍 Portrait-only orientation, no landscape mode - 🔔 Repetitive tutorial/instruction popups - 👆 Number tiles positioned too close together, causing accidental clicks **Commonly reported bugs** - Results screen buttons (home/replay) non-functional after completing puzzle - Timer starts automatically when ads play, adding unwanted seconds to score - Theme/tile appearance changes when resuming saved games - Pencil marks disappear from certain board themes after updates - Incorrect number validation preventing correct entries - Game interface becomes slow and unresponsive - Number highlighting feature broken in recent versions - Help page pops up unexpectedly and repeatedly - In-app purchase not recognized across devices in same household **Most requested features** - Ultra-hard difficulty level beyond expert - Option to disable timer and mistake notifications - Ability to turn off penalty system for casual play - Save game feature to resume later - Landscape orientation support - Option to choose between quitting or saving a game - Ability to replay puzzles to improve scores - Puzzle numbering/tracking system - Rewind/undo move functionality - More theme options and visual customization - Option to select cell first, then number ## Newest reviews (19 of 120) ### 5/5 — Rating the game *2024-07-12* I find it very interesting game. I am so happy to play such interesting games, thank you very much. ### 5/5 — 🤟🏼 *2024-07-02, version 24.0510.00* I just love this game A lot of advertisements, but still good ### 4/5 — Confusion *2023-12-12* This game is different than any game I’ve played previously. It’s taking time to get it correct. ### 4/5 — Great graphics *2023-10-03* I can always win at the hardest level; I'd like an even harder level. I love the look of the game, easy to see and use. This is the easiest Sudoku to play and works flawlessly; I would like another layer of difficulty. I too can always win at the hardest level if I am paying attention. ### 5/5 — Great Game *2023-09-06, version 23.0830.09* Great game to pass some time away. Easier play functions than other games of this type. ### 5/5 — Good game? *2023-07-25, version 23.0714.09* The best. ### 4/5 — Great graphics *2023-06-15* I can always win at the hardest level; I'd like an even harder level. I love the look of the game, easy to see and use. ### 5/5 — 재밌다 *2022-10-16* 아주 재밌다 ### 5/5 — Sudoku cafe *2022-08-10, version 22.0728.09* Fun ### 5/5 — Great game *2022-08-03, version 22.0728.09* Best Sudoku game I have played. ### 5/5 — 🤟🏼 *2022-06-25, version 22.0617.09* I just love this game A lot of advertisements, but still good ### 5/5 — Love that I am not bombarded with Ads *2022-04-25* Finally a game that does not play more ads than you have in play time. Very happy with the game. ### 5/5 — Fun and easy *2022-03-28, version 21.0903.09* Clean graphics and well explained rules makes it fun to play ### 5/5 — Excellant *2022-02-28, version 21.0903.09* Very good game! New to sudoku so this is brilliant! ### 5/5 — Fast thinking fun game *2021-10-09, version 21.0903.09* I love how easy this is, from never playing before & now I know I can play for hours ### 5/5 — Bitmango sudoku *2021-08-12* I 💗your sudoku!! I got to expert quickly! The person that said they weren’t advancing must not be too good. ### 5/5 — Great Game but… *2021-07-19, version 21.0608.00* Recent update has made the pencil block disappear from Wood 2 board, please fix it! ### 5/5 — Awesome *2021-05-30* Awesome love it. Ok not thing o don’t like is the instructions coming up all the time ### 5/5 — It’s a challenge *2021-05-23* It really helps me to keep concentrating. I think it is very good game for the elderly. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Only problem *2021-01-02, version 20.1015.00* Cannot select cell first like other version ### 1/5 — Double adds??? *2019-03-02, version 2.1.48* I’m deleting it. ### 1/5 — Interesting themes but very buggy *2017-05-12, version 2.1.2* Like many Sudoku games, you fill in the boxes with a number from 1-9 and also from horizontal and vertical. It's timed as well with a score and a multiplier. The faster you finish, the higher your score is and the higher your multiplier is. I think the start is 156x then lowers. They have two themes. Big white box or small brown boxes. I love their system where you can put little numbers in boxes AND it shines green to let you know where the number is. So you can have several numbers in all the boxes but the ones with a 2 in it will shine green if 2 is selected. So the bugs... after finishing the game, you can select the menu, play another, and settings. When you select one, the ad will automatically play. So if you click "play another game", the timer will start as well. It messes with your score and the fastest time you can close it is at 5 seconds. So 5 seconds is added to your time. Another bug is when you close the game, sometimes the theme can shift to the other theme. I usually use the small brown boxes and it will shift to the big white boxes. I have to pause the game, go to settings, and change the theme. Seems like a waste of time for me for such a small bug. Hopefully all these bugs can be fixed soon. Before this recent update (on 4/14), this was a 5-star app. Not so much anymore. Update: Don't give me ads on how "Trump is on a roll". His healthcare is a huge negative for women, rape victims, and people with HIV/AIDS. 1 star. ### 1/5 — Having trouble with a blip....... *2015-10-23, version 2.0.14* On completing a sudoku a result screen comes on from the right detailing your time & runs without mistakes. It has 2 tabs on the top left hand side, one to return to the home screen & the other to replay the puzzle but neither seem to work so I cannot play again. I have to exit the game & wait a few hours then I go back in & its on the home screen where I choose which difficulty I want to play. Please can you help me BitMango. Thank you from your biggest fan Rachael x ### 1/5 — Suduko cafe *2015-06-02, version 2.0.6* Too many errors not allowing correct numbers to be entered into the grid. This seems to have become a problem with last update. Frustrating to say the least. Always enjoyed it prior to this. ### 1/5 — Latest version is terrible *2013-07-02, version 1.5* Great game but the latest version has ruined it. The interface is really slow now, number highlighting is broken, and that new help page keeps popping up. Please give me back the previous version. ### 2/5 — Wish I Had Played the Free Version First *2024-09-03* Disappointing. I bought the game without playing it, based on my experience with another game from this developer. The grid is so monotone it can be difficult to see which sector you’re working in as the board fills up. The mechanics of selecting the number first, then the square is backwards from the other sudoku games I’ve played and not my preference. There’s no way to turn off the timer and I don’t like it reminding me of a “broken run” and FAIL if I make more than three mistakes. Sometimes you accidentally fat finger. I just want to play sudoku without it feeling like a competition. Not relaxing at all. I’ll know to play the ad version on games first to make sure I like it. Deleting this one. ### 2/5 — Bad update *2013-07-03, version 1.5* Loved the game and played it daily...update this week has caused numbers to be crowded....no longer fun to play. ### 2/5 — 별로에요. 별점믿고 깔았는데 지움. *2013-02-08* 편하긴 이게 뭐가 편합니까? 너무 불편해요. 메모와 확정입력을 변경할때마다 화면 오른쪽 맨 위까지 손을 가져가 구석의 버튼을 눌러야 하고, 숫자입력시 이동애니메이션 때문에 반응 속도가 느린게 답답함을 증폭시켜 무겁게 느껴짐. 스도쿠문제들 자첸 나쁘지않은데 문래빗 스도쿠하다 이거하려니 인터페이스가 나빠 승질나서 못하겠어요. 스도쿠 처음하시는 분은 괜찮을듯. ### 3/5 — So far, not challenging *2020-05-04* I raced through the obligatory lower levels to get to expert rank which it would not allow me to choose sooner. So far I am judging there to be too many given clues for an expert level puzzle. Also, while I appreciate the ad supported model, which at least allows me to try before I buy, I am looking at a minimum 40 seconds between each sudoku of ads. On the plus side the banner ad in the puzzle is not situated in such a way as to cause you to accidentally click the ad. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Hours of fun *2026-08-02* This game is highly addictive and provides endless hours of fun… I highly recommend it. **Developer response:** Hello! It’s great to hear you're enjoying the experience. Your feedback keeps us going—thanks for being with us! 😊 ### 5/5 — Simply awesome *2026-05-17, version 2604.0.3* You can get addicted to this game easily. I love it ### 5/5 — Good. *2025-12-25* Good! **Developer response:** Hello! We appreciate your positive feedback. We’ll keep striving to make our game even better for you. 🌟 ### 5/5 — Great game *2025-12-15, version 25.0709.00* Challenging and fun. Great brain exercise. ### 5/5 — Adds issue for me but great *2025-08-03, version 25.0709.00* Trying to purchase add free but since another member of my family did on their iPad it won’t accept to make me repaid for it on my iPad nor will it remove the adds Little frustrating but fantastic sudoku game the level are as advertised easy is so, and on and on Love it!! ### 5/5 — Great graphics *2025-07-14* I can always win at the hardest level; I'd like an even harder level. I love the look of the game, easy to see and use. This is the easiest Sudoku to play and works flawlessly; I would like another layer of difficulty. I too can always win at the hardest level if I am paying attention. **Developer response:** Hello, thank you for your honest feedback regarding the difficulty. We’re always working to improve the game and make it more enjoyable for everyone. We appreciate your opinions and your time playing the game. ### 5/5 — 굿 *2025-05-27* 너무 재밌어여 **Developer response:** 긍정적인 피드백 감사드립니다! 유저분들이 계속 재미있게 플레이할 수 있도록 노력하겠습니다 ### 5/5 — Adds issue for me but great *2025-04-17, version 25.0410.00* Trying to purchase add free but since another member of my family did on their iPad it won’t accept to make me repaid for it on my iPad nor will it remove the adds Little frustrating but fantastic sudoku game the level are as advertised easy is so, and on and on Love it!! ### 5/5 — It is an excellent Rating the game *2025-02-22, version 25.0203.00* I find it very interesting game. I am so happy to play such interesting games, thank you very much. ### 5/5 — Rating the game *2024-12-28* I find it very interesting game. I am so happy to play such interesting games, thank you very much. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. 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