:) Sudoku

:) Sudoku



Free

5.2.7for iPhone, iPad and more
9.5
841 Ratings
Jason Linhart
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9.6 MB
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Feb 1, 2019
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About :) Sudoku

With daily games at 17 difficulty levels, novices and expert players alike will appreciate :) Sudoku. Our tutorial, extensive feature set, and advanced hint system offer something for every player. The more you play, the more you will enjoy it!

For unlimited puzzles, check out our other Sudoku products: :) Sudoku + (paid) and Sudoku Joy (free).

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. Use our hints to ease those frustrating moments and to learn how to be a better player.

Features include:

- 17 difficulty levels, something for everyone
- Tutorial teaches you new techniques
- Large, high contrast digits are easier to read
- Advanced techniques at the higher levels, including X-Wings, sashimi fish, and coloring
- User interface optimized for fewer touches
- Choice of six color schemes
- Never covers up the board while you are playing
- Infinite undo/redo
- Undo to the last solvable position
- Board solvable indicator
- Automatic or manual pencil marks
- Save your game while you try alternatives
- 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

All games are true Sudoku, with symmetry and a single solution that can be discovered by logic alone. If you doubt that a puzzle can be solved by logic, simply have the hint system explain it to you step by step.

If you enjoy Sudoku daily, this is the app for you!
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What's New in the Latest Version 5.2.7

Last updated on Feb 1, 2019
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
May 9, 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 29, 2014
Minor bug fixes.
5.2.2
Nov 4, 2014
Minor bug fixes.
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.
5.1.5
Feb 20, 2013
Switched the Sudopedia links to use a working mirror of Sudopedia, since 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.
5.1.3
Nov 6, 2012
Removed swipe left/right to change Info Bar mode, which was causing more trouble than it was worth. Other minor bug fixes.

Version 5.1 added support for the iPhone 5 and iOS 6.
5.1.1
Sep 30, 2012
Now supports the iPhone 5 and iOS 6. Added new play button layouts, including a choice of one or two keypads on the iPhone 5 and iPad, buttons along the bottom on iPad Landcape, and a layout with the new Info Bar on older iPhones. Added the new Info Bar to several of the play layouts, with the current difficulty level, the current play time, and a choice of displaying the hint penalty, your previous best time, or continuous hints. Various other minor bug fixes.
5.0.2
Apr 3, 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 17, 2011
Added a daily wildcard game, featuring Styles of Play. New scrolling menu layout saves taps. Menu option to go directly to the next of Today's games. Option to tweet your solving time. Improved iOS 5.0 support. Various other minor features and bug fixes.
4.1.2
Sep 7, 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. Added empty rectangles to alternating inference chains. Added a few new glossary entries. Improved settings descriptions. Various minor bug fixes.
4.0.4
May 18, 2011
On the iPad version, added "Tall or wide right" and "Tall or wide left" rotation limits. Added a few new glossary entries. The pencil button no longer grays out inappropriately. Other minor bug fixes.
4.0.3
Mar 25, 2011
Added support for rotation on iPhone & iPod Touch, including an alternate button layout with separate pencil buttons. On the iPad, in landscape mode, the button panel can now appear on either the left or the right and includes pencil mark buttons. 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 5, 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 causing statistics to not be gathered. Other minor bug fixes.
4.0
Oct 10, 2010
Added two difficulty levels, now goes up to Nightmare. You can now e-mail a puzzle once you complete it. New expanded congratulations message at the end of the game when you set a personal record. Expanded and reorganized the Learn interface. Added manual Medusa coloring. Added 16 new digit fonts, including letters. Plus numerous minor fixes and improvements.

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3.4.3
Aug 11, 2010
Fixed an issue where menus stopped responding. Various minor stability improvements.

If you Enjoy Sudoku Daily, please rate it 5-stars in iTunes! Your 5-star reviews and ratings keep the updates coming.
3.4.2
Jul 16, 2010
Settings are now saved correctly in iOS 4. Version 3.4 features include: Multitasking support for iOS 4. Retina display support for iPhone 4. Improved screen transitions on iPad. Indicates when today's game was started but never finished.
3.4
Jun 19, 2010
Multitasking support for iOS 4. Retina display support for iPhone 4. Improved screen transitions on iPad. Indicates when today's game was started but never finished. iPad portrait mode no longer grays out the pencil button when it could be useful. Time no longer keeps running at the end of the game. Various other minor bug fixes.
3.3.2
May 11, 2010
iPad portrait mode now shows difficulty level and has separate digit and pencil mark buttons. Save and Exit now exits correctly.
3.3
Apr 8, 2010
Now supports iPad. Fixes a problem with dim screen and notifications.
3.2.1
Mar 23, 2010
Added a "Dim Screen" setting for nighttime play. Assorted bug fixes.
3.2
Jan 14, 2010
Reorganized the in-play menu, and added several small features: Set Bookmark, Return to Bookmark, Save and Exit, Rotate, and Mirror.
3.1.2
Dec 11, 2009
Shaking now triggers an Undo. Minor bug fixes.

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