Close but not quite
I love that you guys have made this app. And it’s great! But I wish the line tool worked like on the web app. Color options, diagonal line drawing etc.
It would be nice if it worked the same way.
Great work on this though! Very helpful.
It would be nice if it worked the same way.
Great work on this though! Very helpful.
Improving the app?
This app is good. Sven’s can you please update it so it is as good as the one on your web page. I don’t mind paying more for an update version. I only bought this a couple of days ago and I find I am just using you website one as it is so much better. I still a beginner at these puzzles so to have a check option to see if I am on the right track, like you website has is a must. Thanks for your devotion to the sudoku community. Blessings
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Out of date
This was a great app, but is so out of date now it does not support lots of tools available on the web.
Almost perfect app!
Would love to see the line drawing tool added and the ability to play fog sudoku puzzles from the website. Other than that great app that I love!
Can’t wait to try this out!
I really like the CTC web interface, my problem is that those puzzles are a bit too hard for me. This interface is by far the best for working sudokus that I’ve found on the App Store, and it works really well on a phone.
Disappointed
I’m very disappointed in this app compared to the free website. When entering pencil marks they are not flagged as conflicting. a vital part in learning sudoku. I hope this is resolved soon
Expected a little more
Have been using your website for months now. And theres a lot of stuff not present in the app which I just downloaded and paid for. 1) no alphabet tool?
2) cant change the colour set (for somebody who’s colourblind, to be able to choose his own colour set which he/she is comfortable with would work wonders)
3) on importing a sudoku from logicmasters, the rules dont get imported, so if you’re playing after a break you wont be able to read the rules again.
4) cant change pen tool colour?
2) cant change the colour set (for somebody who’s colourblind, to be able to choose his own colour set which he/she is comfortable with would work wonders)
3) on importing a sudoku from logicmasters, the rules dont get imported, so if you’re playing after a break you wont be able to read the rules again.
4) cant change pen tool colour?
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Almost perfect
Would give 5 stars but lately whenever I import a puzzle from the cracking the cryptic team the puzzle instructions, or notes, defaults to a standard set of instructions, rather than the bespoke rule set. Hopeful for a quick fix on this.
Desperately needs update
Rules never transfer over to app; And fog sudoku is not supported in the app. I just wouldn’t use this over the webpage.
Favorite Sudoku App
Obviously if you have this app, you know cracking the cryptic. I find that most of the complaints are that there is only a limited set of puzzles (true) but since its more of an importer app for cracking the cryptic + a few puzzles, this isn’t really a problem. I’ve solved hundreds of puzzles because the UI for this app is just simply perfect. The fact that you have two versions of notes, you can color the boxes, you can highlight multiple numbers at the same time.. to die for! I’ve genuinely ely had no regrets buying this and have been using it for years lol. This is also my first app review (at least from what I remember) but I feel the need to review because I love love this app so much.
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Fog
Will there be an update for fog sudoku’s. Web app is very good but I can not track the puzzles I’ve solved. May be a simple upgrade about membership (google log in etc) in web app and keep track of puzzles solved. Thank you for your effort Sven 👏🏾👏🏾🤘🏾
Fewer features than free web version
Excited to buy this app as I’m a big fan of cracking the cryptic, and use the web version of this app a lot. I assumed the app version would be at least as featured (in gameplay), but it is massively behind. The only benefit of the app that was clear to me is that you can save the puzzles you play
Disappointing this isn’t maintained like the web app
Most of the features on the FREE web app don’t work in this. Really disappointing.
Used to be a sudoku app without peers
Unfortunately, cages are broken since the most recent update (over three years ago now)
I’d given up and hadn’t played for years because of this problem. I tried again today and it looks like the dev gave up, too.
I’d given up and hadn’t played for years because of this problem. I tried again today and it looks like the dev gave up, too.
Great when it opens, but has trouble opening
Very good app for adding and solving puzzles, BUT the app freezes most of the time on the loading screen, and I have to close/reopen many times or start it and then leave it for several minutes before it will open.
Uh, Oh!
I started using this puzzle at the beginning level. My first puzzle had 8 numbers already added to one square. When I added the only number possible and clicked the check mark button, I get “Uh, Oh! That doesn’t look quite right”. That is a REAL PROBLEM.
Doesn’t work on Mac
This shows as an option to install on a Mac from the store so I tried it after seeing some cool puzzles on YouTube that linked to this app. However it is VERY buggy on Mac and the controls just go crazy sometimes. Most recently I couldn’t click in a cell no matter what I tried even after restarting the app.
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Great Sudoku app, but DESPERATELY needs an update
This is a great app for creating and solving hand-crafted puzzles. Puzzles are stored locally, offline, and completion times are stored, so you can build up a nice library of puzzles, abandon a puzzle and pick up where you left off weeks or months later, and compete against your best times.
The app offers three kinds of in-cell notes, one using color and two different ways of notating numbers.
However, this iOS app has fallen far behind the web app in features, and some of the puzzles available for download into the app are much harder to solve in this version. Additionally, some features appear to be broken. Most seriously, the feature that shows the defined rules for a particular puzzle rarely transfer over to the app, leaving the user guessing what the correct rules is.
Unfortunately, the web app does not scale nicely to mobile touch interfaces and provides no mechanism for saving puzzles.
This app needs an update.
The app offers three kinds of in-cell notes, one using color and two different ways of notating numbers.
However, this iOS app has fallen far behind the web app in features, and some of the puzzles available for download into the app are much harder to solve in this version. Additionally, some features appear to be broken. Most seriously, the feature that shows the defined rules for a particular puzzle rarely transfer over to the app, leaving the user guessing what the correct rules is.
Unfortunately, the web app does not scale nicely to mobile touch interfaces and provides no mechanism for saving puzzles.
This app needs an update.
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Fantastic
It supports Snyder notation and cell notation. I was getting stuck using the NYT games app, which doesn’t let you have do both.
No Rules for Variants!
You can upload puzzles from the website to play, which is super-cool, but the rules specific to each puzzle don’t follow. It’s a bummer.
