Under the hood this time. Purchases and ads now behave more reliably, and a few rough edges are gone. Nothing changes in how you play. Thank you for playing.

LEARN THE GAME INSIDE THE APP A new player is now shown how sudoku works before their first board: one rule seen three ways on a complete grid, then a puzzle you finish yourself. If you already know how to play, Skip is right there in the corner. A REMINDER YOU CAN ACTUALLY FIND The optional daily reminder used to be offered only after a daily challenge, so most players were never asked. It is now offered when you finish any puzzle - in your own time zone, never at night, and off until you switch it on. Plus the usual round of small fixes and polish. Thank you for playing.

HINTS THAT TEACH, NOT TELL The second step of a hint used to hand you the answer. Now it explains the technique instead - which row, column or box does the work - and leaves the last move to you. A FASTER, CALMER START Everything the app does before the first screen now shares one time budget. On a slow or missing connection it stops waiting and opens anyway, and the whole game still works offline. FIXES YOU MAY HAVE FELT Hint and Undo no longer do nothing after an ad closes. A solved puzzle stays solved when you press Undo. The weekly challenge now changes on the right day in every time zone. Sharing opens correctly on iPad. A difficulty level is now a promise about the reasoning a puzzle needs, not just how many clues are on the board. Thank you for playing.

NEW: A DAILY REMINDER, ON YOUR TERMS Finish a daily challenge and you can now switch on one quiet reminder for the next one. You pick the hour, it follows your own time zone, and it never arrives at night. Reminders stay off until you turn them on, and you can turn them off again any time in Settings. A NUDGE WHEN YOU ARE STUCK If you have been staring at the same grid for a while, the hint button now gives a soft pulse. Tap it or ignore it - nothing happens on its own. A SIMPLER END-OF-PUZZLE SCREEN Two clear choices when a puzzle ends: try again, or head back home. Plus the usual round of small fixes and polish. Thank you for playing.

Your progress now has a home - Sign in with Apple or Google (completely optional) and your streak, stats, level and XP are backed up automatically. Get a new phone, sign in, and everything is exactly where you left it. Hints that teach instead of just answering - A hint now works in three steps: first it shows you the region to look at, then it names the technique, and only then does it fill the square. You learn the pattern instead of borrowing the answer. - Hints that point out a wrong digit are always free. Winning finally looks like winning - The grid bursts, the phone buzzes and a short fanfare plays when the last square falls into place. Make it yours - Three backgrounds - Paper, White and Dark - switchable any time from your profile, or set to follow your system appearance. Also in this update - Weekly leaderboard, so you can see how your week stacks up. - A layout that finally fits iPad and landscape properly. - An optional daily reminder at a time you choose, in your own time zone. Fixed - A correct number could still be changed or erased after it turned green. It now stays locked. Under the hood - The app now opens even when the connection is slow, blocked or missing, instead of waiting on a network it may never reach.

This update makes every move feel great: - New interactive How to Play tutorial, with a help button right in the game - Now playable in 20 languages - Satisfying new sounds and haptics for every correct placement - Combo streaks with rising melody and score multipliers - Floating score pop-ups, praise banners and completion waves - New Zen Mode: play free games without a mistake limit - Share your wins and the game with friends from the Profile tab - Bug fixes and performance improvements