Classic Sudoku! Hack 2.1 + Redeem Codes
by Cracking the Cryptic
Developer: Nick Carney
Category: Games
Price: $4.99 (Download for free)
Version: 2.1
ID: com.StudioGoya.ClassicSudoku
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Description
***** NOVEMBER UPDATE *****
10 new puzzles, all 100 puzzles are out now!
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Presented by Cracking The Cryptic, YouTube's most popular Sudoku channel, this is the brand new “Classic Sudoku” game that their viewers have been requesting for the last two years!
Simon Anthony and Mark Goodliffe, the hosts of Cracking The Cryptic, have assembled a most extraordinary collection of sudoku puzzles. The sudokus in the game cover a wide range of difficulty with something for everyone - and also require an incredible range of techniques to solve them efficiently! Each of these special puzzles had to qualify for inclusion in the game by passing our rigorous play-testing - a test that NO other sudoku game on the market would pass. This play-testing ensures that a human being has actually thought about the journey you, the solver, will go on as you work through the puzzle. No computer testing here!
Indeed our more advanced puzzles have been carefully designed to showcase some of the diabolical techniques in an intuitive way with the aim of helping solvers UNDERSTAND the patterns involved.
In Cracking The Cryptic’s games, players start with zero stars and earn stars by solving puzzles. The more puzzles you solve, the more stars you earn and the more puzzles you get to play. Only the most dedicated (and cleverest) sudoku players will finish all the puzzles!
Featured authors include (obviously) Simon and Mark but also some other authors who have produced popular puzzles on the channel!
Mark and Simon have both represented the UK many times in the World Sudoku Championship and you can find more of their puzzles (and lots of others) on the internet’s biggest sudoku channel, Cracking The Cryptic.
Features:
100 beautiful puzzles
Many themes to choose from
Hints written by Mark and Simon!
10 new puzzles, all 100 puzzles are out now!
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Presented by Cracking The Cryptic, YouTube's most popular Sudoku channel, this is the brand new “Classic Sudoku” game that their viewers have been requesting for the last two years!
Simon Anthony and Mark Goodliffe, the hosts of Cracking The Cryptic, have assembled a most extraordinary collection of sudoku puzzles. The sudokus in the game cover a wide range of difficulty with something for everyone - and also require an incredible range of techniques to solve them efficiently! Each of these special puzzles had to qualify for inclusion in the game by passing our rigorous play-testing - a test that NO other sudoku game on the market would pass. This play-testing ensures that a human being has actually thought about the journey you, the solver, will go on as you work through the puzzle. No computer testing here!
Indeed our more advanced puzzles have been carefully designed to showcase some of the diabolical techniques in an intuitive way with the aim of helping solvers UNDERSTAND the patterns involved.
In Cracking The Cryptic’s games, players start with zero stars and earn stars by solving puzzles. The more puzzles you solve, the more stars you earn and the more puzzles you get to play. Only the most dedicated (and cleverest) sudoku players will finish all the puzzles!
Featured authors include (obviously) Simon and Mark but also some other authors who have produced popular puzzles on the channel!
Mark and Simon have both represented the UK many times in the World Sudoku Championship and you can find more of their puzzles (and lots of others) on the internet’s biggest sudoku channel, Cracking The Cryptic.
Features:
100 beautiful puzzles
Many themes to choose from
Hints written by Mark and Simon!
Version history
2.1
2020-11-27
10 new puzzles, all 100 puzzles are out now!
2.0
2020-10-10
5 new puzzles
Added continue button to the main menu
Redesigned Level Select menu
- Added ability to sort puzzles by release order, difficulty, required stars
Added continue button to the main menu
Redesigned Level Select menu
- Added ability to sort puzzles by release order, difficulty, required stars
1.09
2020-08-30
10 new puzzles!
1.08
2020-07-01
5 new puzzles!
1.07
2020-05-27
5 new puzzles
Landscape support
Dark mode theme
Landscape support
Dark mode theme
1.06
2020-05-03
5 new puzzles!
Performance settings, choose between High Quality and Battery Saver in Gameplay Settings page 2
Increased number of level select icons per row
Performance settings, choose between High Quality and Battery Saver in Gameplay Settings page 2
Increased number of level select icons per row
1.05
2020-03-30
5 new puzzles!
Lowered frame-rate to reduce battery usage.
Increased number buttons size.
Lowered frame-rate to reduce battery usage.
Increased number buttons size.
1.04
2020-03-05
5 new puzzles, 55 puzzles total!
Larger number buttons
Larger number buttons
1.03
2020-02-04
5 new puzzles
1.02
2020-01-01
5 new puzzles!
Fixed some typos
Tool mode now highlights the selected number
Fixed some typos
Tool mode now highlights the selected number
1.01
2019-11-27
Fixed an issue where hints weren't displaying properly and widened the grid size.
1.0
2019-11-25
Ways to hack Classic Sudoku!
- iGameGod (Watch Video Guide)
- iGameGuardian for iOS (Watch Video Guide) or GameGuardian for Android (Watch Video Guide)
- Lucky Patcher (Watch Video Guide)
- Cheat Engine (Watch Video Guide)
- Magisk Manager (Watch Video Guide)
- CreeHack (Watch Video Guide)
- Redeem codes (Get the Redeem codes)
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Ratings
4.7 out of 5
244 Ratings
Reviews
Pyromonkey83,
The Best Sudoku App on the App Store. Period.
Simon and Mark have done it again, and this time have brought even more to the party than with their sandwich sudoku app (which still receives excellent updates each and every month as promised). The dual notes capability (which can be turned on in the options) gives a comprehensive capability to pencil marks and notation that far surpass any other app. Each of the 5 early puzzles I've completed have all felt unique and challenging, without being absolute gimmes. The guest puzzles from the master of Thomas Snyder are beautifully designed and very enjoyable to solve as well.
Unlike other sudoku apps that generate random puzzles with an algorithm, these puzzles are clearly handcrafted with care, each giving a certain amount of designed logic that cannot be found with computer made sudoku. For those who love handcrafted puzzles from Nikoli or GMPuzzles, this is the app for you.
While no advanced logic has been required as of yet, I fully expect the difficulty to ramp up significantly as they have done in the sandwich app, and I can't wait to see those puzzles!
Unlike other sudoku apps that generate random puzzles with an algorithm, these puzzles are clearly handcrafted with care, each giving a certain amount of designed logic that cannot be found with computer made sudoku. For those who love handcrafted puzzles from Nikoli or GMPuzzles, this is the app for you.
While no advanced logic has been required as of yet, I fully expect the difficulty to ramp up significantly as they have done in the sandwich app, and I can't wait to see those puzzles!
Mysteries4aLiving,
UPDATE: Love this app even more
Updated review: I have completed level 26 with 98 stars and I'm even more impressed with this app. The puzzles are all beautifully designed and some are absolutely exquisite. I am learning so much and can see that these will have replay value.
I do have one request: I have fat fingers and sometimes accidentally touch a known value next to the cell I intended to choose. It would be great if known cells could be locked once the values has been inserted.
Kudos to the team who created this app!
Initial review: I’ve been watching Simon’s videos for about a month and was so excited to hear this app was coming. I still have to remember to use the back arrow when I’ve made a mistake so I don’t erase my previous pencil marks, but other than that this app is all I hoped for and more. I’ve completed only five of the puzzles so far and I already feel I’ve learned so much. Thank you for this fun and challenging game and learning tool!
I do have one request: I have fat fingers and sometimes accidentally touch a known value next to the cell I intended to choose. It would be great if known cells could be locked once the values has been inserted.
Kudos to the team who created this app!
Initial review: I’ve been watching Simon’s videos for about a month and was so excited to hear this app was coming. I still have to remember to use the back arrow when I’ve made a mistake so I don’t erase my previous pencil marks, but other than that this app is all I hoped for and more. I’ve completed only five of the puzzles so far and I already feel I’ve learned so much. Thank you for this fun and challenging game and learning tool!
Vendavalez,
Absolutely outstanding!
I love this app! Each puzzle is great in its own right and the options available to solve the puzzles are better or on par with anything else I have found. If there was one thing I would add to a wish list is the capacity to review the puzzle after I’m finished. As in the timer stops and I can go back on the history of actions to see what my process was. Specially to compare against the hints if I didn’t use them to see if I used what was hinted or if I came up with something else. But that is minor compared to everything else that this app gets right. If you love Sudoku definitely get this app!
Robert Ryan,
Great puzzles, but coloring of squares really confusing
I love this curated list of puzzles, but the UI for coloring of squares is extremely confusing (or buggy). I am able to solve complicated sudoku puzzles, but I really struggle with how to, for example, mark these three squares in yellow, and these other four in blue. Everything else in this UI is relatively intuitive, but not the coloring of squares.
Just the UI for picking a color is weird. I should be able to tap on the three colored circles on the left to change color, but nine times out of ten, it doesn’t change color. (And it has white outline around two colors ... what does that mean?!?) And even when I have a color selected, for the life of me I can’t consistently say “ok, make these three squares yellow.”
Other than that, the game is great, but this feature makes it super annoying, should one want to color squares...
Just the UI for picking a color is weird. I should be able to tap on the three colored circles on the left to change color, but nine times out of ten, it doesn’t change color. (And it has white outline around two colors ... what does that mean?!?) And even when I have a color selected, for the life of me I can’t consistently say “ok, make these three squares yellow.”
Other than that, the game is great, but this feature makes it super annoying, should one want to color squares...
Nn1324659876,
Great game
Great game. I love the hand made puzzles; and simultaneously hate how hard they’re getting, lol.
It could use some UI updates though. There’s a lot of dead space at the top. I would suggest moving the grid as far up as possible. That would give enough room for the numbers to become two rows as opposed to one. A lot of my errors come from accidentally taping the wrong number because the buttons are so small. Also with moving everything up, it move the number from the edge of the screen. I often come back to the game with an error of 5 because of swiping up to exit the app. It just tends to put a 5 in sometimes when leaving the game. Speaking of the number buttons, it would be nice if the buttons dimmed momentarily when pressed; just a visually feedback to know you pushed the button.
A feature I’d like would be if there is only one note left in the cell, double tapping that cell would fill it in with the number of that note.
I don’t know how much of this is possible, because I assume the other versions of Sudoku you guys make are built off the same base UI.
It could use some UI updates though. There’s a lot of dead space at the top. I would suggest moving the grid as far up as possible. That would give enough room for the numbers to become two rows as opposed to one. A lot of my errors come from accidentally taping the wrong number because the buttons are so small. Also with moving everything up, it move the number from the edge of the screen. I often come back to the game with an error of 5 because of swiping up to exit the app. It just tends to put a 5 in sometimes when leaving the game. Speaking of the number buttons, it would be nice if the buttons dimmed momentarily when pressed; just a visually feedback to know you pushed the button.
A feature I’d like would be if there is only one note left in the cell, double tapping that cell would fill it in with the number of that note.
I don’t know how much of this is possible, because I assume the other versions of Sudoku you guys make are built off the same base UI.
Crystyl Woods,
Great app(s)!
These puzzles are great! I love that they have put time into a variety of features to help you play the way you want, wit highlighter functions and center or corner notations. It’s great! Their other games are fantastic as well!
If I might make a small suggestion to make it (IMO) better? If possible, Let there be an option to auto deselect the cell when you put a definitive number in there. Not with pencil marks, but a solution number. There have been several times I’ve tried to swap number focuses and not realized I still have a cell selected from having put in a 5 or something.
If I might make a small suggestion to make it (IMO) better? If possible, Let there be an option to auto deselect the cell when you put a definitive number in there. Not with pencil marks, but a solution number. There have been several times I’ve tried to swap number focuses and not realized I still have a cell selected from having put in a 5 or something.
Steve.kc,
Save your money
Some of the puzzles have incorrect hints associated with them. They are all ultra-hard and sometimes you can spend hours and hours looking for a solution that just isn’t there and only can you make progress by guessing. The functionality is absolutely fantastic, but due to incorrect hints and getting stuck on puzzles with no chance of making progress without guessing I can only give one star. I cannot justify $5 for this app. This would be better if all of the sudoku apps by cracking the cryptic were combined into one. Then I could justify $5. Maybe if they updated it and added more puzzles then I could also justify the $5. It’s just a waste and I’m sorry I blew $5 on this. I will add it seems only the cracking the cryptic puzzles seem to be flawed, the other writers puzzles are fun and solvable.
Ryanjm33,
Lacks polish
The app lacks a lot of polish, I would not recommend it.
Hints, which are meant to teach you more, use shorthand which is not explained anywhere. They don’t even just highlight on the board, instead they cover it up so you have to remember what it says OR keep flipping between the board and the hint. And often times the hint assumes you were able to get to a certain point in the puzzle, so it might not even help. Other apps can give you a hint based on the current position in the solution where you are at.
The text for instructions is too large and does not respect the default text size on the phone and the scrolling is wrong (does not behave like other windows on the phone).
There is no pause button if you need to step away for a few minutes, you have to exit the puzzle.
The numbers to select are smaller tap areas and feel like they are an after thought in the design.
There are multiple ways to mark the puzzle and the description for how to use them talks as if you know a lot about Sudoku.
Overall, does not feel like an app built for iOS and definitely not for beginners.
Hints, which are meant to teach you more, use shorthand which is not explained anywhere. They don’t even just highlight on the board, instead they cover it up so you have to remember what it says OR keep flipping between the board and the hint. And often times the hint assumes you were able to get to a certain point in the puzzle, so it might not even help. Other apps can give you a hint based on the current position in the solution where you are at.
The text for instructions is too large and does not respect the default text size on the phone and the scrolling is wrong (does not behave like other windows on the phone).
There is no pause button if you need to step away for a few minutes, you have to exit the puzzle.
The numbers to select are smaller tap areas and feel like they are an after thought in the design.
There are multiple ways to mark the puzzle and the description for how to use them talks as if you know a lot about Sudoku.
Overall, does not feel like an app built for iOS and definitely not for beginners.
Rich222222,
Best interface but needs more puzzles
This is by far the best interface available. Dual notation, multi-select cells, and the ability to color cells are spectacular features not found elsewhere. The major shortcoming with the app is the lack of puzzles. While I appreciate the time being put into hand selecting the puzzles provided and suppling valuable hints, as someone who likes to solve multiple puzzles a day, I find myself turning to another app for randomly generated puzzles. Adding the option to play randomly generated puzzles while still using this interface for notation would make this the only sudoku worth having.
nico-suave,
Good puzzles but too many locked puzzles
Enjoyable puzzles so far — I especially liked the initial hint after the first game, and hoped there might be more after each game, but not yet. I am disappointed that, with a paid game, I must (I assume) work my way through the easier puzzles to get to the “locked” ones. I would rather attempt some of the more challenging ones. I don’t want to play a game that feels like busywork!
Oh, I forgot to say that the notation features are terrific — fairly intuitive (except perhaps for how to “get out” of the multiple selection tool) — and clearly made by puzzle-solvers. Other popular apps don’t have nearly so many tools that allow you to use your own notation style.
Oh, I forgot to say that the notation features are terrific — fairly intuitive (except perhaps for how to “get out” of the multiple selection tool) — and clearly made by puzzle-solvers. Other popular apps don’t have nearly so many tools that allow you to use your own notation style.
