Sudoku Joy

Sudoku Joy



Free

5.2.7for iPhone, iPad and more
9.5
269 Ratings
Jason Linhart
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9.5 MB
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Apr 25, 2017
Update Date
Entertainment
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About Sudoku Joy

Sudoku Joy offers unlimited play at seventeen difficulty levels, the most of any free Sudoku app. This ad supported app offers features comparable to the paid apps! Sudoku keeps your brain sharp, young, and nimble! Relax after a hard day or just pass the time with the puzzle everyone is talking about.

Novices will especially appreciate Sudoku Joy. Our tutorial with practice games, extensive feature set, and advanced hint system are ideal if you are just learning Sudoku. Play more, learn to be a better player, find Sudoku Joy!

Our multi-stage hint system starts with a gentle reminder to get you back on track, and works up to an illustration of the exact technique to use and how it applies to the current board. Our hints ease those frustrating moments and teach you how to be a better player.

Features include:

- Puzzle generator for unlimited play
- Scan puzzles from books/newspaper using camera
- Solver helps you with games from the newspaper
- Seventeen difficulty levels
- Tutorial teaches you new techniques
- Large, high contrast digits are easier to read
- User interface optimized for fewer touches
- Choice of six color schemes
- Never covers up the board while you are playing
- Infinite undo/redo
- Automatic or manual pencil marks
- Manually enter games from the newspaper
- Automatically saves your game when you get a phone call, switch applications, or lock the phone
- Highlighting helps you discover patterns
- Game clock; compares your time to other players
- Avoids graphic frills that distract from play
- Choice of digit styles, including Kanji and Hanzi

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What's New in the Latest Version 5.2.7

Last updated on Apr 25, 2017
Old Versions
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.

Improved compatibility with newer versions of iOS.
Added support for split view multitasking (when available).
Fixes disappearing digits in wild and weird play.
Fixed on/off sliders in Settings sometimes getting "stuck".
Forcing the screen orientation is no longer available. Please use the system supplied orientation lock.
Now requires iOS 8 or newer.
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Version History
5.2.7
Apr 25, 2017
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.

Improved compatibility with newer versions of iOS.
Added support for split view multitasking (when available).
Fixes disappearing digits in wild and weird play.
Fixed on/off sliders in Settings sometimes getting "stuck".
Forcing the screen orientation is no longer available. Please use the system supplied orientation lock.
Now requires iOS 8 or newer.
5.2.4
Dec 18, 2014
Minor bug fixes.
5.2.2
Oct 25, 2014
Minor bug fixes. New in 5.2: Added a new difficulty level: Maelstrom. Now supports iOS 8 and the new iPhone 6 & 6 Plus.
5.2.1
Oct 12, 2014
Fixed the digit pad locking out in some situations. Fixed statistics failing to reset. Various other minor bug fixes. Updated in 5.2: Added a new difficulty level: Maelstrom. Now supports iOS 8 and the new iPhone 6 & 6 Plus.
5.2
Sep 24, 2014
Added a new difficulty level: Maelstrom. Now supports iOS 8 and the new iPhone 6 & 6 Plus. Various minor bug fixes.
5.1.4
Jan 27, 2013
Switched the Sudopedia links to use a working mirror of Sudopedia, as the main site has been down for some time. The iPad version can now show more hint text at one time. Various other minor bug fixes.
5.1.2
Oct 26, 2012
Now supports the iPhone 5 and iOS 6. The iPhone 5 version can optionally display your previous best time or continuous hints. The iPad version now allows a choice of one or two digit pads. Various other minor bug fixes.
5.0.2
Apr 1, 2012
Improved support for the new iPad retina display. Fixed user backgrounds sometimes going white during play.
5.0.1
Mar 23, 2012
Improved support for the new iPad retina display. Various other minor bug fixes.
5.0
Nov 8, 2011
Added Styles of Play - a new way to pick different levels of assistance and try unique challenges. New scrolling menu layout saves taps. Menu option to go directly to the next of Today's games. Added wildcard games. Option to tweet your solving time. Improved iOS 5.0 support. Shows the difficulty of saved games along with the date. Added empty rectangles to alternating inference chains. Fixes a problem with the clock stopping. Fixes a problem where saved games would sometimes vanish or fail to load. Various other minor features and bug fixes.
4.1.1
Aug 16, 2011
Fixed a crash on startup in 4.1. Features from 4.1: Added several optional settings: autofill single pencil marks, prohibit pencil marks, unlimited free hints, prohibit hints, confirm use of hints, limited hints, and related categories for comparison to other players. Added Hint:Solve One Cell. On the iPhone version, added a new UI for exiting hints part way through (tap on the bottom left of hint). On the iPad version, added "Tall or wide right" and "Tall or wide left" rotation limits. Added a few new glossary entries. Improved settings descriptions. Various minor bug fixes.
4.1
Aug 9, 2011
Added several optional settings: autofill single pencil marks, prohibit pencil marks, unlimited free hints, prohibit hints, confirm use of hints, limited hints, and related categories for comparison to other players. Added Hint:Solve One Cell. On the iPhone version, added a new UI for exiting hints part way through (tap on the bottom left of hint). On the iPad version, added "Tall or wide right" and "Tall or wide left" rotation limits. Added a few new glossary entries. Improved settings descriptions. Various minor bug fixes.
4.0.4
Apr 11, 2011
Fixed a problem with correcting puzzles scanned from camera. The pencil button no longer grays out inappropriately.
4.0.3
Mar 17, 2011
On the iPad, in landscape mode, the button panel now appears on either the left or the right and includes pencil mark buttons. Also on the iPad, there is now an orientation lock preference setting. Added Alternating Inference Chain tutorial, examples, and practice games. Other minor bug fixes.

To be absolutely certain that the invasive popup ads never reappear, the ad network that inserted them contrary to our instructions has been removed.
4.0.2
Feb 7, 2011
Minor updates and bug fixes.
4.0.1
Dec 13, 2010
The "Learn" button in hints was showing the wrong tutorial, fixed. Yellow digit complete highlighting is now disabled when a game is played without assistance of any kind. Using mark mistakes illogical/incorrect is no longer considered to be without assistance of any kind. Added several new glossary entries. On the iPad, fixed a problem that was sometimes causing statistics to not be gathered. Other minor bug fixes.
4.0
Oct 20, 2010
Added 16 new digit fonts, including letters. New expanded congratulations message at the end of the game when you set a personal record. Expanded and reorganized the Learn interface. On the iPad you can now e-mail a puzzle once you complete it. Added manual Medusa coloring. Plus numerous minor fixes and improvements.

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3.4.3
Aug 12, 2010
Fixed an intermittent crash. Fixed an issue where the menus stopped responding. Various minor stability improvements.

If you find Sudoku a Joy, please rate it 5-stars in iTunes! Your 5-star reviews and ratings keep the updates coming.
3.4.2
Jul 24, 2010
Added iPad support, multitasking support for iOS 4, and retina display support for iPhone 4. Now indicates when today's game was started but never finished. Fixed a crash during play. Various other minor bug fixes.
3.3.4
Jun 3, 2010
The bottom row of buttons are now easier to tap. Game clock no longer runs during in-app full screen ads.
3.3.3
May 26, 2010
Now indicates if Today's Games have been started but not completed. Fixes a crash when scanning games from the camera. You can now properly respond to notifications when using Dim Screen. Various minor bug fixes.
3.2.1
Mar 18, 2010
Added two new difficulty levels: Diabolical and Nightmare. Added a "Dim Screen" setting for nighttime play. Fixed a crash when scanning from camera.
3.2
Jan 26, 2010
Now scans puzzles in from newspapers and books using the camera. Reorganized the in-play menu, adding: Set Bookmark, Return to Bookmark, Save and Exit, Rotate, and Mirror.
3.1.2
Dec 9, 2009
Added 5 saved game slots, expanded statistics, show solvable, manual coloring, is solvable, undo until solvable, and play another game features.
3.1.1
Nov 20, 2009
Use your own photos as the menu background.
Added optional single press difficulty selection (instead of the spinner).
Added a new skin: Sand.
Now pauses the clock when the in-play menu is up.
Renamed "Super Simple" difficulty to "Picnic".
When entering a puzzle, the in-play menu now tells you if the board is invalid or not fully entered.

Sudoku Joy FAQ

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Check the following list to see the minimum requirements of Sudoku Joy.
iPhone
Requires iOS 8.0 or later.
iPad
Requires iPadOS 8.0 or later.
iPod touch
Requires iOS 8.0 or later.
Sudoku Joy supports English

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