Play It Your Way • Tap a square, then tap a number — the classic style you know from other sudoku apps now works beautifully alongside brush painting • The square stays selected so you can swap digits, pencil notes, or erase without re-tapping • Prefer painting? Pick up a number key and tap squares to place it everywhere — both styles work together seamlessly Smarter Hints • Hints now help step by step instead of just filling in a square • Made a mistake? The first hint shows every wrong entry; the next can clear them (your pencil notes come right back) • Stuck on a clean board? A hint points out a square you can solve right now — and only reveals the answer if you ask again • Every hint explains what it did, right on the board The Daily, Front and Center • Open the app each day to a fresh Daily invitation — with your streak on the line • Set your daily reminder for whatever time suits you • Check Friends' Times on today's leaderboard from the home screen, the Daily card, and the moment you finish A Clearer Board • Pencil notes are bigger and easier to read • Focus a number and every square where you've penciled it lights up — spot your candidates at a glance • Bold, clean outlines mark every placed copy of the focused number • Select a square and its row, column, and box are gently shaded Faster, More Tactile • Snappier animations — every tap responds instantly • Placing, removing, selecting, and erasing each have their own feel • Complete all nine of a number while painting and your brush moves on to the next one automatically • Erase mode now shows exactly which squares it will clear Accessibility • Full VoiceOver narration for every placement, note, hint, and mode change • Bigger touch targets throughout the number pads Happy solving!

The Daily is here! A brand-new puzzle every day. The same one for everyone. Come back daily, build a streak, and see how you stack up. The Daily • One fresh puzzle a day, shared by every player • Build a streak by solving every day with a one-day grace so a single busy day won't reset it • Track your streak, total solves, and a 12-week calendar right in Statistics • Share a spoiler-free result grid to challenge your friends • New global Daily leaderboard for hint-free solves • Finished early? Check back any time during the day to review your board or share again • Optional daily reminders so your streak never slips Hints • Stuck? Tap the hint button for a nudge. It flags a wrong number, or reveals just enough to get you moving again • Free and unlimited • Solve with zero hints for a "Perfect". The only solves that reach the leaderboards, so going it alone still earns bragging rights Nice touches • Completed numbers now show a checkmark on the keypad, so you can see your progress at a glance • Tap a shared puzzle or Daily link to jump straight into the app • Cleaner, easier-to-read puzzle pages on the web As always: no ads, no tracking, just Sudoku. Thanks for playing, and keep the feedback coming!

Smart Cell Highlighting & Improved Readability - NEW: Related cells are now highlighted when you select a cell - see the entire row, column, and 3x3 box at a glance - NEW: Cells with the same number are highlighted, making it easier to spot patterns and conflicts - Larger, clearer numbers throughout the game for easier reading - Enhanced pencil mark visibility in cells - Bolder palette buttons for easier number selection Thank you for playing Apparent Sudoku!

• Fixed an issue where game times could be incorrectly recorded after restoring a saved game • Added friend competition: see how your Game Center friends did on the same puzzle after you complete it • Redesigned welcome screen with a fresh, modern look • Leaderboard times now display with improved precision Thank you for playing Apparent Sudoku!

Game Center Leaderboards • Compete globally! Your best completion times are now submitted to Game Center leaderboards • Separate leaderboards for Easy, Medium, Hard, and Extreme difficulties • Access leaderboards from the skill level menu Fresh Puzzles • 50,000 newly generated puzzles with improved difficulty grading • Puzzles are now categorized using solving technique analysis for more accurate difficulty ratings Improved Layout • Toolbar moved to bottom of screen on iPhone for easier one-handed play • Better button accessibility during celebration animations Keyboard Support • Tab key now switches between note and value entry modes Bug Fixes • Fixed issue where Easy difficulty always returned the same puzzle

• New in-app feedback form for easier communication • iOS 26 support with beautiful Liquid Glass design • New celebration animations when completing puzzles • Various bug fixes and performance improvements

Apparent Sudoku now supports the latest StoreKit frameworks for allowing users to upgrade to Sudoku Pro.

Apparent Sudoku now supports Scribble for iPad while using Apple Pencil! Draw in any square to fill in your answer or use the palette buttons, or doodle anywhere on screen! This version also fixes a bug in the undo manager.

• The game will now remember your played game state even if you force quit the app. • Fixed a bug that would leave notes in cells, incorrectly highlighting those cells when you move to another number. • Your Winning Game Percentage won't be affected until you quit a game. Previously, new games increased the number of games played (and negatively affected your game statistics).