Best Cracking The Cryptic Apps &amp; Games

4.4😊(208 ratings)

FreeIn-App Purchases

This app offers a curated collection of handcrafted Sudoku puzzles from world-renowned constructors. Explore classic and unique variants, with new puzzle packs released regularly. A free introductory pack is included with download.

What We Love

🚀 Best sudoku app
👍 Great variety of puzzles
👍 Excellent user interface
👍 Challenging and fun puzzles
👍 Constant updates with new puzzles

Room to Improve

🐛 Hints are often incorrect or unhelpful
🐛 Bugs and crashes, especially after updates
🔋 Battery draining issues
🔒 Too many in-app purchases required to access content

Classic Sudoku! by Nick Carney

by Cracking the Cryptic

Strong Contender

4.7😊(249 ratings)

$4.99

#95in Games

This app offers a collection of 100 expertly crafted Sudoku puzzles, curated by popular YouTube hosts. Puzzles range in difficulty and are designed to teach advanced solving techniques. Earn stars by solving puzzles to unlock more challenges.

What We Love

🚀 Excellent interface
👍 Intuitive and customizable
🧠 Challenging and well-crafted puzzles
💡 Dual notation feature
👍 Helpful hints and tips
🧠 Puzzles designed by real people, not algorithms

Room to Improve

🐛 Incorrect or confusing hints
🔋 High battery consumption
🔍 Difficulty finding completed puzzles
📱 Lack of iPad support and landscape mode
🔍 Puzzles not always unique

Miracle Sudoku by Nick Carney

by Cracking the Cryptic

Worth Considering

4.8😐(117 ratings)

$4.99

This app offers 100 challenging Sudoku puzzles with unique variants like Non-Consecutive, Miracle, Thermo, and Sandwich Sudoku. Puzzles are designed by experts from a popular YouTube channel to help players improve their logic and problem-solving skills.

What We Love

🤩 Fantastic puzzles
💡 Great variety of puzzles
👍 Well-designed app
💯 Hand-crafted puzzles
🚀 Smooth gameplay
🌟 Addictive and fun
🧩 Clever puzzle design
✨ Unique variant sudoku
👍 Good value for money
✅ Intuitive interface (for some)
💡 Killer calculator addition
👍 Well-paced difficulty

Room to Improve

🤔 UI different from original CtC
⭐ Star system is boring
😩 Older UI is frustrating
🤔 Puzzles can be too easy
🐛 Some hints are incorrect
❓ Clues hard to follow
🔄 Puzzles repeat patterns
😔 Misrepresented puzzle count
📉 Slow update pace
😵 Puzzles can be too difficult
🐛 Visual bug on rotation
🤔 Some puzzles lack unique solution
🤔 Non-consecutive constraint can be flawed
🤏 Small number/color picker buttons

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