Killer Sudoku CTC Negative Reviews

Killer Sudoku CTC App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024

Killer Sudoku CTC app received 12 complaints, negative comments and reviews by users. Have you ever had a bad experience using Killer Sudoku CTC? Can you share your negative thoughts about killer sudoku ctc?

Killer Sudoku CTC for Negative User Reviews

✓ Difficulty curve too steepOne thing I’ve liked about the CTC apps is that they generally have a pretty gracious difficulty curve where you slowly get introduced to more concepts relating to the sudoku variant. Consequently, I’ve found it a bit harder to develop an intuition for this one. I felt almost completely lost after the first few. Of course I’m still learning, but I’ve had to view the hints quite a bit. I think for example after you get the 12 cage in puzzle 5 the logic is quite accessible most people would be able to figure it out. However getting that cage is a multi step process where you have to look quite a bit ahead to understand. I definitely don’t think that deserves to be a 3 star puzzle for that reason..ConfusedSkyVersion: 1.0

✓ Marred by nigglesMy favourite form of sudoku, so was really looking forward to CTC version. Great puzzles! But: - navigation between screens is (like the other CTC apps) counter-intuitive at first - typos in some hints (e.g. 26) - several unexplained leaps in hint logic (e.g. Puzzle 18 last hint) - undo/redo history lost if you go out of a game to the settings and back into it again - some themes fail to show when a number has been completed. Oh, and no sign of more puzzles needed to get to having 100 available by the end of the first year..PuzzlehoundVersion: 1.0

✓ AlrightThe puzzles are interesting and creative, but some of the hints have typos and make complete lot unexplained leaps of logic. The interface is also a bit clumsy and could do with some polish. If you can overlook these flaws however, the underlying puzzles are solid..TACDVersion: 1.0

✓ 2 major issues stop this being perfectI love watching the CTC YouTube channel so have just bought this and completed several puzzles. There are 2 major issues that need resolving: 1) I would like to be able to look at the calc / allowed combinations screen at the same time as looking and completing the puzzle. To do this I’d like there to be an option to reduce the size of the floating calc/combinations screen AND be able to drag it anywhere on the screen so it’s not in the way of the part of the puzzle I’m focusing on 2) I would like the option in the settings that the small numbers I type into a given cell are displayed in the order I type them. So for instance if I type 5142 I would like to see 5142 and not 1245 Otherwise excellent. But these 2 issues mean I can’t enjoy this app until this is resolved. So currently waste of £4.99. I will change this review and star rating if these are both fixed. Thank you.GazenerVersion: 1.0

✓ Not quite there yetI’m sure the quality of these puzzles is excellent, and I look forward to trying them once the app receives a key improvement. Current the corner pencil marks do not display in the same location in various cells depending on whether or not the cell contains a cage total, making it much more difficult to scan the grid and much less satisfying to use the app. I will be happy to update my review and increase my star rating once this is fixed, but at present I cannot recommend the app..AhhhntzVersion: 1.0

✓ Beautiful app, not so good puzzlesThe app is beautiful, however I don’t like the puzzles so much. Most of them require brute force solving. By that I mean you have to take a guess and keep going until you hit a contradiction, then you guess again..Alex-iVersion: 1.1

✓ Good puzzles but an average interface for the priceI’m enjoying the puzzles - definitely challenging! However I really don’t like the interface for a few reasons: - numbers are really small down the bottom and it’s easy to tap the wrong one (especially when noting) - can’t see the combos and the board at the same time. The calc also clears the deselected options after tapping away - can’t tap to erase all notes from a cell, have to manually erase each one which is super annoying - have to switch between notes and numbers to put in a solution (doesn’t convert last note to a number or have option to double-tap to convert a note to a number) - the hints are a good feature but again can’t see the board at the same time so they are hard to use Things I like: - Option to select multiple non-continuous cells with multi-select button - entering a number clears that number from notes in the same row/column/cell - option to colour, add an X to a cell and enter 2 sets of notes Before downloading this app I used dailykillersudoku.com a lot on my phone and while the puzzles are MUCH better here, except for the few things I mentioned above, I think their layout and interface is better. I also liked their “see how I’m doing” option to check progress without turning on show errors. The question mark feature was also useful. This could be done with highlights but it’s annoying to switch tools (notes to highlight) to have to use it, rather than selecting multiple cells and tapping highlight or X.Cage_repVersion: 1.1

✓ Unusable after last updateLove the puzzles in this app, but after the last update, the app is unusable in landscape mode (iphone 13 pro max). Clues are automatically displayed and when they are, they're just a tall and skinny column that you can't even read. It's a small bug that completely destroys the app's usability..MoskowizzleVersion: 1.2

✓ Good puzzles, terrible helpThe puzzles are well designed and extremely challenging! Unfortunately, if you’re not as smart as the Cracking The Cryptic crew, the in-game hints often seem to be focused on conserving space over explaining their logic, which often leads to hints asserting facts not in obvious evidence, which doesn’t help the user understand what they’re doing wrong..Jmc003Version: 1.1

✓ Game#2 has bad cages that can’t be solvedLower left square has 3 cages with one space left and yet the total is already 45. So can’t solve puzzle 2, which is required to get enough stars to move to puzzle 3. Checked for updates to fix problem but none available..TolatorVersion: 1.0

✓ Great layout, but some of the puzzles are poorly rated.Best interface of any killer sudoku app on the market. Big problem, though. The puzzles authored by “Cracking the Cryptic” are much more difficult than puzzles rated similarly by other authors. Since this was developed by CTC, it would seem that they are not good judges of their own puzzles. It leads to random difficulty spikes that are frustrating for players like myself just learning the ropes..Greenie213Version: 1.2

✓ Poor readability lets down great gameI need to start by saying the Killer is my favourite sudoku puzzle type. But the Killer creates the biggest readability challenges, and the app doesn't yet meet the challenge. For those with less than perfect eyesight, even on an ipad it can be difficult to tell apart corner notes from the cage numbers. In landscape mode the grid is smaller than it needs to be: please use some of the spare space to enlarge it. The overlay of the hints, and the additional combination screen in portrait mode is problematic too ... with no ability to move it, it normally obscures the part of the grid you're trying to work on. The navigation between menus in this and the other games in the series is also pretty odd. I'm used to it now, but at first I got confused trying to get back to play the game. As others have said there are also typos, and not all of the controls are explained well to start with..PuzzlehoundVersion: 1.0

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