Sudoku Challenges is our new App Store name, reflecting the multiplayer experience at the heart of the game: competitive races, collaborative Together mode, daily leaderboard challenges, and weekly leagues. Match chat now opens full screen with a clearer circular close control, plus more reliability improvements.

New in 2.2.44: • Play Now has a lively green Sproutoku animation, a fresh mint card, and clearer text. • First-puzzle guidance is more polished, with a smoother transition into Home. • Blitz labels are clearer, and multiplayer status and timer spacing is easier to scan. • More interface polish and reliability improvements.

New in 2.2.43: • Solve Together results now appear reliably after completion, with Continue Together kept visible. • Completed Together matches no longer show an incorrect Reset action. • Race progress and result animations are clearer, with improved gameplay layout and controls. • Additional reliability and polish across multiplayer and Sudoku gameplay.

New in 2.2.42: • Blitz adds fast multiplayer races on very easy 9×9 Sudoku boards, with powerups enabled. • Race win-rate stats now stay consistent between Profile and History. • New notification and advertising-privacy onboarding explains each choice before iOS asks. • More compact onboarding layouts with fully tappable buttons.

Challenge a Friend now has a cleaner, clearer design on the completion screen. This update also improves app reliability and install measurement.

Start a solo puzzle faster with the new Play Now card. After finishing a solo game, you can turn it into an async challenge and share the invite with a friend. This update also refines the completion experience and improves reliability.

Start playing faster: the blocking first-puzzle onboarding has been removed. New players can still open Learn Sudoku from Home, and notification setup now appears when the app launches. This update also includes reliability improvements.

Improves AI Coach with clearer step-by-step guidance, makes Solve Together and match notifications more reliable, and adds accessibility, localization, and gameplay refinements.

Adds timely announcements and app recommendations to Home, with mobile-friendly thumbnails and smarter placement around Learn Sudoku. Also fixes a brief offline-mode flash when returning to the app and includes the latest reliability improvements.

Multiplayer results now appear at the right moment, with clearer Race and Solve Together completion screens. Continue solving with the same partner, add players from match profiles, and browse a redesigned Game History with filters and richer result details. This update also includes reliability and accessibility improvements.

Add friends directly from Daily and Weekly leaderboards through player profiles, with clearer request and friendship states. This update also improves Friends attention indicators, messaging reliability, multiplayer continuity, and Daily Challenge visuals.

Friend requests now show clearer pending badges and request counts across the app. Notifications and email have been polished, and opening a friend-request notification now refreshes the request list immediately.

Earn Sparks by watching a rewarded ad, with fewer ad interruptions throughout the app.

Earn Sparks and use new powerups during multiplayer games. Community profiles are clearer, faster, and available in more languages. Daily play, matchmaking, and multiplayer results are more reliable.

The AI coach tutorial now fits comfortably on one screen, with clearer guidance, stable loading placeholders, and a polished completion flow. This update also adds a consent-aware banner during the lesson and a full-screen ad after completion for players who have not removed ads.

Learn Sudoku step by step with a new interactive coach. Get a guided next move, ask why it works, request a smaller clue, or choose Show Me when you are stuck. This update also improves Daily Challenge result sharing, adds clearer in-game status feedback, and polishes completion screens throughout the app.

Improved chat player profiles so longer About Me text displays in full and remains easy to read.

Add or remove your profile photo and update your bio from the new Profile screen. See player photos directly on daily time and streak leaderboards. Gold, silver, and copper styling makes the top three rankings easier to recognize. Also includes improved Home profile access, account controls, and Community reliability.

Community is here. Browse Daily Newsfront conversations in a card-based feed; search, filter, and sort posts; vote; publish with links or photos; and join threaded discussions. This update also improves card text layout, moves the Home banner between News and Community, and adds privacy-conscious Community analytics.

Race opponent progress and game statistics now display reliably without truncation. This update also adds a localized update prompt when a newer required version is needed, along with improved pencil-mark behavior and Daily Challenge fair-play safeguards.

News is now tailored to your inferred market while keeping general stories in the mix. Article source links include clearer referral attribution, Daily Newsfront links open more reliably in the app, and this release includes additional stability improvements.

This update improves advertising reliability and measurement across Pure Sudoku. • Daily completion ads preload while you play and transition cleanly into results • Banner and leaderboard ad placement is more reliable across screen sizes • Privacy consent and ad-free purchases are respected before ads load • Improved analytics accuracy for games, news, multiplayer, purchases, and ads • Additional stability and performance improvements throughout the app

Pure Sudoku has a new way to move through your day. • Redesigned Home with dedicated Home, Race, Together, and Solo sections • A richer Daily Challenge experience with leaderboards and streak competition • PS News category browsing with natural left-to-right swiping • Centered category navigation, smooth page transitions, and skeleton loading • Preloaded and cached news feeds so previously viewed categories appear instantly • New cooperative, competitive, and solo entry points are easier to find • Reliability and polish throughout the app

Improves analytics accuracy for ad-supported play and includes minor reliability improvements.

Fixes PS News refresh and cancellation handling, improves Daily Challenge consistency, and resolves several gameplay, accessibility, localization, and reliability issues.