Killer Sudoku by Sudoku.com 12+

Annoying adverts - pay to remove them

An excellent app that used to have mildly annoying adverts has changed into a solid session of adverts with some sudoku squeezed in. It was getting ridiculous - complete a row or column, watch an advert, complete a square, watch an advert. I only kept at it as this is hands down the best killer sudoku app. Eventually I stumped up the cash to remove adverts, and I wish I’d done it ages ago. Now I just hope they don’t try to “improve” it and end up ruining it.
Having removed the adverts on one device they were automatically removed from all my devices.
The only thing that doesn’t work is the record time announcements - yesterday it told me that I’d completed the puzzle in 30 minutes or so, and told me that was the fastest I’d done that level, even though I’d completed one earlier that day (on the same iPad) in 12 minutes. I really don’t care about times or records, but it if it’s going to tell these things it should get them right.

Developer Response ,

Hi! Thanks for your feedback. We are delighted to know you are satisfied with the app. Could you please contact us via the “Help” section inside the app, or at support@easybrain.com? We will check the issue with the time.

Great game but the latest update is a little disappointing

I liked this game enough to pay for the ad-free version (well worth it!) but the new font size is too big as I’m playing on a larger iPad screen, so it’s actually a lot harder to read now than it was before and makes me feel a little dizzy, especially as the notes numbers are still tiny - the change makes no sense since if you can’t read the smaller font to begin with you’ll also struggle with reading the notes.

The new layout also doesn’t give me space at the edge of the screen to dock another app (such as a video app) without covering up important buttons. Previously I was able to have an overlaid app which only covered hint (which I rarely use) and meant I didn’t need to close or move the other app to play comfortably. The new layout means that I cover up the notes button by having my other app in the top right corner which is much more inconvenient. Allowing people to customise the font size and select from a few layout options would be an amazing improvement.

Aside from that, as others have said the game should have more than enough data to gauge my difficulty level but is currently giving me really easy daily challenges.

Great game, but….

This is by far one of the sudoku games I’ve found to date. The ads were a little annoying and overpowering but I eventually bit the bullet and paid for it, the difference without the ads is astounding. It’s smooth and glitch free.

On a negative note, however, and the reason I gave 4 stars rather than 5. Despite buying the ad-free app I find that the progress can’t be synced between devices, indeed if I have to reset my phone for any reason I’ll have to repurchase the app. I tried contacting the game authors and got this response “Unfortunately, at this time we don't offer an option to sync progress between devices or restore it after reinstalling the app. We'll keep this in mind for further improvements and, hopefully, this option will be added in the next app releases. Stay tuned!”, what a shame!

Developer Response ,

Hi, thanks for your feedback. Currently, we do not have such an option. It will be added in the future when synchronization via iCloud becomes available, but we can’t say the exact ETA yet. But your in-app purchase should be restored automatically. Please contact us via the "Help" section in the app if it wasn't.