# Sudoku Takumi — Snap it. Solve it. Master it.

> Snap it. Solve it. Master it. (iPhone/iPad app by Masahiro Watanabe.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sudoku-takumi/id6790277241 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Masahiro Watanabe](https://appshunter.io/developer/6790277243)
- Category: Games, Education, Family, Puzzle
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 68 MB
- Languages: American English, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified, China), Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan)
- Released: 2026-08-04
- Data updated: 2026-09-08
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sudoku-takumi/id6790277241/reviews.md

## What is Sudoku Takumi?

Sudoku Takumi — Settle the numbers, Settle your mind.

A proper number-placement (Sudoku) app wrapped in a quiet Japanese aesthetic. Settle the board one move at a time, accompanied by calm sounds. On your commute, on a break, or in the moments before sleep — a little time to focus, quietly.

■ Features

◆ Five difficulty levels, from Beginner to Master
From your very first puzzle to boards that put up a real fight. Plenty of puzzles at every level.

◆ Always pick up where you left off
Unfinished boards are saved automatically, so you can resume the moment you have a spare minute.

◆ Serious tools for serious solving
Pencil marks (candidates), undo and redo, and a timer. Everything you need to think a puzzle all the way through.

◆ Hints and auto-solve when you get stuck
Reveal the next move when you hit a wall. Handy for checking your work, too.

◆ Scan paper puzzles with your camera
Point your camera at a puzzle in a newspaper or magazine and it comes straight into the app (text recognition / OCR). Finish it on your phone.

◆ Make your own puzzles
Create original boards and enjoy the puzzles you built yourself.

◆ Records and rankings
Every puzzle keeps a history of how you solved it — the date, your time, and whether you used hints. Register an account to join the rankings and compare times with other players; your own position is shown even when you are not in the top list.

◆ Japanese sound, Japanese design
An original theme song, background music, and koto sound effects. Each number you place lifts the tone one step. Music and sound effects can each be turned on or off and adjusted from My Page.

◆ Plays offline / start right away, no sign-up
Play with no connection at all. An account is optional — register to keep your records and get more out of the app.

◆ About ads
To keep Sudoku Takumi free, a banner ad appears at the bottom of the play screen, and a full-screen ad may appear when you leave a puzzle you have just solved. Full-screen ads are spaced out so they never appear back to back, and they never interrupt you while you are solving.

■ Great for
- Daily brain training and mental exercise
- Filling spare minutes on a commute or a break
- Winding down with quiet, focused concentration
- Moving the puzzles you solve on paper onto your phone

Today's puzzle makes tomorrow's takumi (master). Take your time with the numbers, at your own pace.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.65.0 — 2026-09-08

Teach me is clearer than ever.

- Hard puzzles are seen through to the end. Puzzles needing several techniques are taught one move at a time
- You see exactly how each digit is settled: "this cell shares a row with one and a column with the other"
- Advanced techniques explain what the links mean first, then run end to end without skipping

### 1.62.0 — 2026-09-06

- "Show me the next move" has been rebuilt. It names the technique first, shows candidates on the grid, and explains when it applies
- Everything it says is now drawn on the grid: chains as lines, the unit in focus as a frame, related cells in colour
- The final step explains why that number had to be the answer
- Easier moves are taught first
- Added more difficult puzzles
- My Page now shows a QR code for inviting friends

### 1.40.1 — 2026-09-05

- You can now use every feature without creating an account. Your records are saved on this device automatically
- Sign up later with an email address and your records and nickname are saved to your account. They survive a new phone or a reinstall, and you can carry on from the same place on another device
- You can set a nickname and join the rankings before you sign up
- Added 13 more solving techniques to Guidance, so harder puzzles can be explained step by step

### 1.29.0 — 2026-08-30

- "Show me the next move" now explains advanced techniques. Instead of revealing an answer when you are stuck, it walks you through what to look at and why a square is decided
- The tutorial has its own bright music, and the board highlights in the order of the explanation: the unit in focus, the supporting squares, then the answer
- Squares filled by the tutorial or by auto-solve are now blue, so they are easy to tell apart from your own entries
- Wording across the app is now consistent

### 1.26.0 — 2026-08-27

- Hints are new: Koma walks you through why the next move works, not just where it goes
- The board highlights what to look at, so you pick up the reasoning itself

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