Cracking the Cryptic

Cracking the Cryptic


Curated Sudoku Puzzles


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1.2.8for iPhone, iPad and more
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Nick Carney
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187.4 MB
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Mar 28, 2024
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About Cracking the Cryptic

Line Sudoku

Line Sudoku is a pack devoted to sudokus involving… LINES! Each puzzle features one or more of the popular “lines constraints” that often feature in variant puzzles on Cracking The Cryptic, including Renban, German Whispers, Palindromes, Region Sum and Ten Lines!

We’re thrilled that Line Sudoku includes puzzles by Phistomefel, Qodec, Clover, zetamath, Jay Dyer, Tallcat, Mr Menace, Peter Veenis, Joseph Nehme, Richard Stolk, Prasanna Seshadri, Tyrgannus and Full Deck & Missing A Few Cards! In addition, Mark and Simon have written hints for the challenging puzzles themselves so these hints are meaningful and, above all, educational.

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Welcome to the brand new Sudoku app from YouTube’s most popular Sudoku channel, Cracking The Cryptic.

Unlike other Sudoku apps, we feature handcrafted and curated puzzles from the world’s best Sudoku constructors. Each collection features puzzles made by various authors that are now familiar names to those who follow the channel. Authors like Phistomefel, Clover, Sam Cappleman-Lynes, Christoph Seeliger, Richard Stolk, jovi_al, Qodec, Prasanna Seshadri and of course, Simon and Mark!

Downloading Cracking the Cryptic will give you access to our two launch packs. Our first free collection is a variety pack by Prasanna Seshadri featuring 7 puzzles inspired from our previous Sudoku apps; Sandwich, Classic, Chess, Thermo, Miracle, Killer and Arrow Sudoku. Our first paid collection is Domino Sudoku, a new variant not featured in our previous apps with puzzles from our amazing constructors.

We’ll be releasing more free and paid packs in the future so keep an eye on the app for more Sudoku content from Cracking The Cryptic!

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Domino Sudoku

Domino Sudoku is named after its domino-like appearance with X's, V's, white dots and black dots placed between cells on the grid. Each puzzle features one or more of these domino types with them all having a different effect: an X means digits in the two cells in the domino must sum to 10; a V means they sum to 5; a white dot means the digits are consecutive; and, finally, a black dot means the digits must be in a 1:2 ratio (ie one of the digits must be double the other).

As you can imagine, when you allow the world’s best Sudoku makers to use these rules they are in their element and they’ve made another set of masterpieces for this collection with a huge amount of variety! We’re thrilled that Domino Sudoku includes puzzles by Christoph Seeliger, Sam Cappleman-Lynes, Richard Stolk, Prasanna Seshadri, Phistomefel, Qodec, Clover and jovi_al. In addition, Mark and Simon have written hints for the challenging puzzles themselves so these hints are meaningful and, above all, educational.
As a bonus, Studio Goya has curated 10 generated beginner puzzles so that players of all skill levels can enjoy Domino Sudoku!

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. Of course the difficulty is carefully calibrated to ensure lots of puzzles at every level (from easy through to extreme).

So do join us as we continue to try to revolutionize Sudoku app genre.
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What's New in the Latest Version 1.2.8

Last updated on Mar 28, 2024
Old Versions
- 5 new Lines puzzles
- 2 new holiday puzzles
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Version History
1.2.8
Mar 28, 2024
- 5 new Lines puzzles
- 2 new holiday puzzles
1.2.7
Feb 15, 2024
Fixed the solution for Valentine's Day #1.
1.2.6
Feb 15, 2024
Added the knight's restriction to Valentine's Day #1
1.2.5
Feb 13, 2024
New bonus Holiday Pack featuring Valentine's themed puzzles!

5 new puzzles in the Lines Pack!
1.2.4
Feb 5, 2024
Fixed a typo
1.2.3
Feb 1, 2024
5 new puzzles in the Lines puzzle pack!
1.2.2
Dec 14, 2023
5 new Line puzzles!
New options to keep track when replaying puzzles.
1.2.0
Nov 3, 2023
Performance Mode Update!
- Performance mode has been completely overhauled to greatly reduce battery consumption

5 new puzzles for the Lines Variety Pack!
1.1.16
Oct 3, 2023
Fixed a puzzle in the lines pack
1.1.15
Oct 1, 2023
Our brand new Lines Variety Pack is available now!

- several fixes and changes to the lines pack
1.1.14
Sep 29, 2023
Get the new Lines Variety Pack, available now!

5 new Domino puzzles, all 100 Domino puzzles are now released!
1.1.13
Aug 9, 2023
5 new puzzles added to the Domino Sudoku pack!

Fixed a bug that caused some partial kropki puzzles to be labeled as full kropki puzzles on the rules screen.
1.1.12
Jul 15, 2023
- 10 new puzzles added to GAS Volume #2, all 60 puzzles are now available!
- 5 new Domino puzzles
1.1.11
May 31, 2023
5 new Domino puzzles and 10 new GAS Volume #2 puzzles
1.1.10
May 5, 2023
New puzzles for our Domino and GAS Volume #2 packs
1.1.9
Mar 21, 2023
GAS Volume #2 is out now!

- 5 more Domino puzzles
1.1.8
Jan 31, 2023
5 new Domino puzzles
10 new GAS puzzles

Improvements/changes to the GAS pack interface
1.1.7
Dec 29, 2022
December Update:
- 5 new Domino puzzles
- 10 new GAS puzzles
1.1.6
Dec 3, 2022
New Puzzles!
- 5 more Domino puzzles
- 10 more GAS puzzles
1.1.5
Oct 30, 2022
The GAS Pack is available now! 60 amazing puzzles featuring a huge amount of variety from the brilliant minds of Clover, Sam Cappleman-Lynes and Philip Newman. 30 puzzles are available now with 30 more coming over the next three months.
- 5 more Domino puzzles
- Minor changes and bug fixes, read more in the patch notes in-game
1.1.4
Sep 16, 2022
5 more Domino Sudoku puzzles!

More QOL updates and minor fixes
1.1.3
Aug 30, 2022
Minor bug fixes
A few days ago, Cracking the Cryptic passed 500,000 subscribers! To celebrate, 23 amazing puzzle setters from the channel have created a free variety pack, available now!


We've released a number of UI/QOL updates. Read the in game patch notes for more information.
1.1.2
Aug 29, 2022
A few days ago, Cracking the Cryptic passed 500,000 subscribers! To celebrate, 23 amazing puzzle setters from the channel have created a free variety pack, available now!


We've released a number of UI/QOL updates. Read the in game patch notes for more information.
1.1.01
Aug 21, 2022
Domino Sudoku: 5 more puzzles are available now!





A New UI: We have listened to your feedback and have completely overhauled the puzzle UI! Find out more in the in-game patch notes.

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Improved Eraser button
1.1.0
Aug 20, 2022
Domino Sudoku: 5 more puzzles are available now!



A New UI: We have listened to your feedback and have completely overhauled the puzzle UI! Find out more in the in-game patch notes.

Cracking the Cryptic FAQ

Click here to learn how to download Cracking the Cryptic in restricted country or region.
Check the following list to see the minimum requirements of Cracking the Cryptic.
iPhone
Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
iPad
Requires iPadOS 12.0 or later.
iPod touch
Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
Cracking the Cryptic supports English
Cracking the Cryptic contains in-app purchases. Please check the pricing plan as below:
GAS Volume #1
$2.99
GAS Volume #2
$2.99
Domino Sudoku Pack
$4.99
Lines Variety Pack
$4.99

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