5.2.7
2017-04-25
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
2014-12-18
Minor bug fixes.
5.2.2
2014-10-26
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
2014-10-12
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
2014-09-24
Added a new difficulty level: Maelstrom. Now supports iOS 8 and the new iPhone 6 & 6 Plus. Various minor bug fixes.
5.1.4
2013-01-28
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
2012-10-27
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
2012-04-02
Improved support for the new iPad retina display. Fixed user backgrounds sometimes going white during play.
5.0.1
2012-03-24
Improved support for the new iPad retina display. Various other minor bug fixes.
5.0
2011-11-09
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
2011-08-17
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
2011-08-09
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
2011-04-12
Fixed a problem with correcting puzzles scanned from camera. The pencil button no longer grays out inappropriately.
4.0.3
2011-03-17
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
2011-02-08
Minor updates and bug fixes.
4.0.1
2010-12-14
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
2010-10-20
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
2010-08-13
Fixed an intermittent crash. Fixed an issue where the menus stopped responding. Various minor stability improvements.
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3.4.2
2010-07-24
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
2010-06-04
The bottom row of buttons are now easier to tap. Game clock no longer runs during in-app full screen ads.
3.3.3
2010-05-27
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
2010-03-18
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
2010-01-27
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
2009-12-10
Added 5 saved game slots, expanded statistics, show solvable, manual coloring, is solvable, undo until solvable, and play another game features.
3.1.1
2009-11-21
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.