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Sven's SudokuPad App User Positive Comments 2024
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✓ Fantastic AppIt gets 5 stars for being the only app of its kind on iOS to allow solving puzzles from all over the internet. Previously, I had a huge bookmark folder of puzzles I had to wait until I was on a desktop to solve, but now I can solve them on my phone, and that is a beautiful thing. Some suggestions: The process of cleaning up pencilmarks can be rather tedious, so auto-pencilmark elimination in row/column when placing digits would be a very nice feature to have as something that could be enabled in settings. Also, while long pressing on a cell highlight similar cells, it would be nice to be able to do this highlighting from the number pad with a long press. For example, if I wanted to highlight all cells with corner marked 5s, I could go to corner marks and hold the 5 button to do so. Currently, I have to have a corner marked 5 with no other corner marks to highlight just the 5s. Some sort of cloud syncing would also be nice so people could continue playing puzzles on different devices. Those features missing aside, this is still the best iOS app for solving sudokus and has earned all 5 of these stars until that stops being true. Edit: also auto-pausing the clock when switching apps would be good. There is some glitchy behavior with the clock in general, but I am not personally reliant on it..Version: 1.3.1.1
✓ Great Sudoku app, but needs an updateThis is a great app for solving the Cracking the Cryptic hand-crafted puzzles featured on the YT channel, as well as any other Sudoku puzzle that you care to enter manually. Puzzles are stored locally, offline, and completion times are stored, so you can build up a nice library of puzzles, abandon a puzzle and pick up where you left off weeks or months later, and compete against your best times. However, this iOS app has fallen far behind the web app in features, and some of the puzzles featured on the CtC YT channel are much harder to solve in this app as a result. Unfortunately, the web app does not scale nicely to mobile touch interfaces and provides no mechanism for storing puzzles. This app needs an update..Version: 1.3.1.1
✓ Wish ListWhen using the CtC web site to solve puzzles you can add pencil marks and when you solved a number the pencil marks associated with that number in the same columns and rows would disappear. Missing that in this app. Wish it was their. I tend to make mistakes because of pencil marked numbers left behind..Version: 1.3.1.1
✓ Not perfect, but uniqueThis app allows you to upload hand crafted puzzles from all over the internet, especially those from Cracking the Cryptic. It’s still evolving, though, so some older puzzles won’t check quite right, or the rules for variants won’t be complete. But the ability to load up and try truly unusual variant puzzles is great, and the interface is solid, with options for how to mark that should satisfy most solvers. A great supplement to Cracking the Cryptic’s other collections..Version: 1.3.1.1
✓ Great app but lost data on upgradeI use this every day for doing the puzzles from the Cracking the Cryptic videos, and it’s great as it allows me to take breaks and come back without losing progress. BUT on installing the upgrade, I lost all the puzzles I had loaded, including ones I was half way through. Won’t be installing any upgrades again unless it’s clear this is fixed..Version: 1.3.1.1
✓ Great appI love using this to solve the CTC puzzles from YouTube..Version: 1.2.1
✓ CtC FanDownloaded the app as a way of supporting Sven and the CtC channel since I can’t afford a Patreon commitment or anything else. The app itself is obviously great, and as others have said, it’s pretty much the best interface I’ve come across for solving sudokus. I wish the feature to input your own puzzles allowed for variations like arrows, killer cages, etc since those things are supported by the app (whenever you import a puzzle from CtC, it has all those features). I’m someone who is interested in learning to set puzzles, and I would love it if this app were my tool for doing so. (Also, pen tool plz. >.<) Thanks for the app regardless! It’s great to have the chance to solve some of the crazy puzzles you see on CtC..Version: 1.3.1.1
✓ Great + feature requestGreat app thanks. Would it be possible to add sort criteria to sort (completed) puzzles by the time take to solve them?.Version: 1.3.1.1
✓ Great!Now that they added support for playing puzzles from CtC I’m very pleased with this app!.Version: 1.1.3
✓ Almost everything you could want**Strengths: This is easily the best way to solve a Sudoku puzzle whether it is one from CtC or one from another source. I had been hoping for something like it since I first used the CtC web app for the videos. Very easy to use and makes me want to solve more puzzles again after putting them down a few months ago. **Areas for improvement: It would be very helpful if it had the ability to use the phone camera to autodetect a puzzle that is on paper instead of having to manually enter each number in a custom puzzle. It would also help if the timer automatically paused if switching to another app or turning off the phone..Version: 1.2.1
✓ A Few RequestsI love CTC and I love the dual pencil notation idea of Sven’s solver. However, there are a few quirks I think could be improved. Double-tapping an empty cell deselects everything else, but the taps have to be spaced precisely for this to work. There is a little empty space in the bottom left corner of the screen, maybe tapping there could unselect everything. I would LOVE a way to select all pencil marks of a certain candidate. The other CTC apps do this and it’s very convenient. Double-tapping a filled cell highlights all cells of that number. This is helpful, but it would be great if selecting a digit in the number pad did this. Maybe each “version” of the number pad (number, corner marks, and center marks) could highlight all candidates of that type. This app is SO CLOSE to being the perfect solver, especially with the ability to enter puzzles. I agree with the other reviewer that an auto-detector would be amazing, but not necessary for a perfect app. The suggestions above (especially the ability to highlight all of a particular candidate) would make it a perfect solver. Thanks Sven!.Version: 1.3.1.1
✓ Would recommendThe tools from cracking the cryptic are definitely available here. That is awesome. I would love to see two updates though. First I would love to see the ability to change the font-size of the corner pencil-marks. In my opinion being able to make them smaller would make it easier to differentiate center marks from pencil marks. Second I would like to see the ability to import puzzles via camera or an imported photo..Version: 1.3.1.1
✓ Good but…It would be nice if the app supported nonstandard sudoku rules..Version: 1.2.5
✓ Nice but a few quirksLayout doesn’t work that well on iPad, sometimes have to rotate several times to fix. Also all history got wiped when I last updated. But convenience of opening CTC puzzles via link is great. And interface is good..Version: 1.3.1.1
✓ Almost perfectGreat app for solving sudokus. I wish the timer would automatically pause when exiting the app or locking your phone though..Version: 1.3.1.1
✓ Good but some improvement suggestionsI love this app and the YouTube channel so much!!! The one thing I would prefer is to have an account system so I can share progress and puzzles between the Steam version and the app version..Version: 1.3.1.1
✓ I like this app very much but……I lose all the puzzles I’ve imported or keyed in manually after an app update. Very frustrating. This would easily be the best sudoku app if not for that..Version: 1.3.1.1
✓ Cool appGreat for using to solve sudokus and the controls feel great. That said I would love support for multitasking so that I can pull up a notes app alongside when solving harder puzzles.Version: 1.3.1.1
✓ Good but please consider…Great that I can now load my own puzzles. Please add the gameplay options: 1) to highlight both filled cells and cells with notes for the same digit with a single action. 2) add the option to automatically remove notes of the same digit within a box where an entry is made. These are really useful features of the original CTC app. Then it will become 5 stars from me. Thanks for considering..Version: 1.3.1.1
✓ BugsPlease fix the cage bug - cage color is being changed from black to white, so cages are invisible. This bug has been in the app for a long time. Please fix!.Version: 1.3.1.1
✓ A better timer?This app is almost perfect, it just needs a better timer. I just wish the timer could tell if you’re actively on the app because having to close the app completely or pause and then unpause the puzzle is annoying and easy to forget. I would guess that only 1/3 of my puzzle times are accurate because of me forgetting to pause/unpause and it means I can’t really compare completion times or properly gauge what level my sudoku skill is at. I hope that there’s a fix for the timer in the future..Version: 1.3.1.1
✓ Everything it does, it does wellAn indespensible tool for fans of Cracking the Cryptic, as the links below each puzzle can be opened in the app, and the puzzles can be saved for later. It's a little behind on features compared to the web interface, but I assume that's because the website is the testbed for new features before they are ported to the local apps..Version: 1.3.1.1
✓ Underrated appI didn’t buy this app for a long time, despite being a big CTC fan, because I didn’t see the point of it! However now that every CTC puzzle now contains a link to open the puzzle in the app, I now have a history of hundreds if not thousands of puzzles to have a go at, all for the price of a half a beer! The only thing I can think of that needs improving is that some kind of puzzle sync across devices would be very helpful. OneDrive/iCloud/Dropbox please! I also miss DailyKillerSudoku’s handy number reckoner but that’s because I’m bad at arithmetic. I assume that something like this doesn’t exist in this app already means it will never be implemented..Version: 1.1.3
✓ Great ApplicationLove the application and the large collection of puzzles from Cracking the Cryptic. Loses a star for not saving it's data to iCloud or similar. Places your progress at risk and prevents you from playing a puzzle on multiple devices (e.g. an iPhone on the go and an iPad when you're at home)..Version: 1.3.1.1
✓ Great and getting betterI love the app. Since finding CtC I have been spoiled with solving Sudoku with their web browser app. This doesn’t have all the functionality (ability for non classic sudoku) much to many peoples chagrin, but it will soon. Even without it I’m loving it. I’m finally getting through my World of Sudoku book by Akash Doulani now that I have an app (that I like) to solve them in. I’m no good with pencil and the other puzzle site is not to my liking. Everyone should buy it just to put in classic puzzles from sudoku books..Version: 1.0.1
✓ Useful for your own puzzlesOther review not entirely accurate as ‘no other reason to buy’ as this app also allows you to add your own puzzles. Useful for adding other published puzzles, like The Times, and then play them with the CTC standard notations..Version: 1.2.5
✓ IncredibleThis is hands down, bar none the most exceptional Sudoku app on the market. As a daily solver of complex variant Sudokus, I can say that the tools in this app allow me to solve puzzles that, for me, would be otherwise unsolvable. If you’re interested in Sudoku, you should definitely pay the few bucks for this app, and check out Cracking the Cryptic on YouTube, Patreon, and the other apps Cracking the Cryptic has released in the App Store (particularly, in my opinion, the Arrow Sudoku app)..Version: 1.3.1.1
✓ Please fix before next update!Excellent App for Sudoku but latest update has wiped all puzzles in my library that I had taken the time to put in, but not had a chance to solve. Please can you fix this before the next update so that it doesn’t happen again?.Version: 1.3.1.1
✓ 1.3.1.1 update deleted all existing puzzles1.3.1.1 update deleted all my existing puzzles. I was building up a nice library so its a bit sad. Still a great app overall and hopefully future updates won’t have the same problem..Version: 1.3.1.1
✓ Great app. Needs few more optionsDear developers, please add option to keep puzzles in folders..Version: 1.3.1.1
✓ Love it!Terrific app. Such a great experience for such a tricky situation— solving sudoku variants on your phone. I’ve gotten hundreds of hours of enjoyment out of it with no end in sight. I only wish this app had the letter option that the webapp has! Sven? Any chance? Thank you for a really great app!.Version: 1.3.1.1
✓ A terrific appAn excellent app for solving classic sudoku puzzles The puzzles are very easy to input. It even has a few built-in for the keen solver..Version: 1.0.1
✓ A nearly great appThe best part of this app is the auto import from CtC’s YouTube channel. Being able to simply import the puzzles makes trying new puzzles a breeze. The UI is also easy and intuitive, though it has some quirks—more later. The maddeningly worst part of the app is that updates discard all saved puzzles and progress, resetting it to a fresh install. I’d take 2 stars off but that would be a bit unfair. I can’t stress how aggravating it is to have some puzzles that you want to save be lost. Tracking those down is not a simple processes, and even when you do, your progress is lost. The documentation could be improved. There are lots of hidden shortcuts that you eventually stumble upon, but are not obvious; for instances, simple ways to remove pencil marks but not center numbers. It is also a bit jolting since the UI is very different from other CtC apps, but you do get used to the difference after a while. Some suggested improvements: It would be very useful to allow puzzles to be renamed and also support notes. And, at least for the iPad, supporting split screen would make entering new puzzles from other sources more easy. Also, you cannot use the Apple pencil to click back to the main puzzle list. And finally, the highlight matching cells feature is quirky at best: you often have to double-click several times to get it to work..Version: 1.3.1.1
✓ Update deleted existing puzzlesJust a warning this update deleted all of my existing puzzles :(.Version: 1.3.1.1
✓ Worth every cent.Best sudoku app for solvers..Version: 1.0.1
✓ Photo puzzle import would be an amazing addition!This is a fantastic app for completing your puzzles. My only request would be the ability to take a photo or scan a puzzle to import it..Version: 1.3.1.1
✓ Phenomenal app! Hopefully more features from the web version are implemented!I've had a lot of fun using this app, it makes solving sudokus much easier. However the web version still has more features that I hope will be implemented like being able to use letters, and cage sums calculators etc. Also please add more colors!.Version: 1.3.1.1
✓ Good but…Just pause the time when I close the app with a puzzle open..Version: 1.3.1.1
✓ Best-of-class sudoku user interface, but app has problemsI absolutely adore SudokuPad, it is the best user interface for solving sudokus bar none. The app itself has some problems though: 1. The last release was 10 months ago. A couple of killer features from the web version are missing: the letter tool and the new extended color palettes, among others. Please give us an update, Sven! 2. It appears like there is a limit to how many puzzles the app can save: after a couple of months of use, new puzzles stopped getting saved. (Lost progress can be very frustrating!) I’ve worked around this by deleting and reinstalling the app, but at the cost of loosing all my favourite puzzles and their solutions. 3. Under iOS, MacOS and iPadOS, the UI doesn’t work as well as it does on a windows machine. In Safari in particular, some keybindings clash with app shortcuts, making things like the letter tool unusable. 4. The number of clicks to go through from a CTC youtube video to opening and saving a puzzle is far too many 5. Opening a puzzle link twice can lead to an infinite save dialog loop Rating 4 stars anyway, because when it works, it’s excellent..Version: 1.3.1.1
✓ The description could be clearer…This app provides the handy annotation tools that Simon & Mark use in their excellent CTC sudoku puzzle videos. Good value if planning to use the link below their videos to upload any of their puzzles to try yourself (once you have purchased this app). No other reason to buy however..Version: 1.2.3
✓ Close to perfectLove the app and what you’ve done with it. One thought, there’s a lot of color blind solvers out there and having an option for lightly patterned grays would be wonderful. Dots, stripes, crosshatch, zigzag, you get it..Version: 1.2.4
✓ Great for solving, updates delete all saved puzzlesBest app for solving puzzles entered from any source manually (or via a link for CtC puzzles). Loses at least a star for updates deleting all saved puzzles and all progress made on the puzzles bundled with the app. This is a huge bummer. Be prepared to lose everything or never update. Would be great if the dev used iCloud to save puzzles and be able to pick up progress on another device..Version: 1.3.1.1
✓ Very good in two waysVery easy to enter classic sudoku puzzles and solve them, and to solve any sudoku puzzle that has been entered into it that you have a link for, including variants. I love the way the solve interface works, too. Outstanding..Version: 1.3.1.1
✓ Good app, but some issuesI bought the app to support Sven and the CTC team. I do their puzzles every day, but I find some puzzles I can’t do in this app due to functionality. Fog of war puzzles don’t cover the cells, rather show you the full grid and the pen tool doesn’t allow you to draw a line diagonally between 2 cells. Good app, but definitely a few tweaks needed.Version: 1.3.1.1
✓ Great App - Would Love the New UpdatesThis continues to be, by far, my favorite method for solving sudokus. The newer features of the web version (e.g., letter tool, enhanced pen features, killer cage calculator) make it even better and I wish some of these made it to the iOS version as well..Version: 1.3.1.1
✓ Update erased my saved puzzles and solve timesLove the app, works just like on Cracking the Cryptic. Be nice to have sepia or gray toned background; dark mode makes puzzles on summary pg hard to see. Update is nice but it erased all my saved puzzles and solve times. Sad I have to enter my puzzles again :(.Version: 1.1.3
✓ Great for CtC fans, okay for people who get puzzles elsewhereGreat app that makes it easy to play puzzles in CtC videos. As far as I can tell, when adding puzzles manually, it doesn’t seem possible to add anything but given digits (no arrows, thermometers, cages etc). Hoping this will be added in the future, as this will definitely become my main sudoku app when it is!.Version: 1.2.1
✓ Problem with latest updateReally like playing this, but as others have found, the latest update this week has wiped my entire history, so I’ve got to start again..Version: 1.3.1.1
✓ Good not perfectI like the Interface but it’s difficult to find fun puzzles for. Wondering if there is somewhere I could find more links to different puzzles. Is there support for killer, thermo or other variants?.Version: 1.3.1.1
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