Cracking the Cryptic

🇺🇸 United States
Nick Carney  | 
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App Rating
4.7
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Votes
528
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App Age
3y 5m
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Last Update
Dec 02, 2025
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iAP
$2.99 - 4.99

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4.73
4.63
+2%
Number of Ratings (Voted)
528
599.8K
-100%
App Age
3y 5m
6y 9m
-49%
In-app Purchases Price
$3
$30
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Update Frequency
27d
27d
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Title Length
20
23
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22
27
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2 406
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Number of Screenshots
936
1316
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Size
221MB
357MB
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Cracking the Cryptic
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Curated Sudoku Puzzles
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OUR NEWEST PACK – CLASSIC VOLUME #2! Classic sudoku is where it all began, and there is still lots of skill to be deployed to solve classic puzzles, and new techniques to be explored. Nikoli, the Japanese puzzle house, named and popularised sudoku from 1984, and we have commissioned 20 puzzles from them for this Classic Sudoku 2 app. We have also created 20 ourselves, and sourced 20 more from Sam Cappleman-Lynes, the brilliant British sudoku expert. The result is a wonderful 60-puzzle pack which will delight and challenge you. -------------------- Welcome to the brand new Sudoku app from the most popular Sudoku channel, Cracking The Cryptic. Unlike other Sudoku apps, we feature handcrafted and curated puzzles from the world’s best Sudoku constructors. Each collection features puzzles made by various authors that are now familiar names to those who follow the channel. Authors like Phistomefel, Clover, Sam Cappleman-Lynes, Christoph Seeliger, Richard Stolk, jovi_al, Qodec, Prasanna Seshadri and of course, Simon and Mark! Downloading Cracking the Cryptic will give you access to our first free collection – a variety pack by Prasanna Seshadri featuring 7 puzzles inspired from our previous Sudoku apps; Sandwich, Classic, Chess, Thermo, Miracle, Killer and Arrow Sudoku. We also have purchasable packs designed for all skill levels and featuring many unique variants not seen previously. We’ll be releasing more free and paid packs in the future so keep an eye on the app for more Sudoku content from Cracking The Cryptic! }
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Rating
4.7
528 voters

Some Latest Reviews

ScorpionWarrior700
10 Nov, 2025
5
This is the best Sudoku app, hands down. I’ve tried countless Sudoku apps in search of a real challenge, but none satisfied me—until I discovered this one! Finally, a Sudoku app designed for true Sudoku lovers seeking the highest challenge. I highly recommend this app to anyone who loves a real challenge.
AmLt1234567
21 Oct, 2025
4
One issue though: every single time I open the app, between 2 and 4 "Purchase completed" popups appear, although my latest purchase was weeks ago
Tar Alacrin
14 Oct, 2025
1
Even after the latest update, the app still freezes and crashes, to the point where I have to put my phone to sleep to escape the app. Additionally, the app frequently loses all progress on a puzzle. Twice now in the past week I've been 75% done with a puzzle and I've put my phone away for a moment only to find all my progress on the level erased. Additionally additionally, this is more minor, but every time I am immediately greeted by two popups that say "Your purchase has been successful" that I have to close in order to progress. It's just really annoying. Furthermore, in the new fog of war packs, the line tool draws underneath the fog which is really annoying when trying to do arrow and thermo puzzles. It blows my mind that an app as simple as this can possibly even be this buggy. Puzzles are fun though and I like the channel.
eatingfrogs
11 Oct, 2025
5
Some fantastic puzzles here, really well rounded difficulties. I personally really enjoyed the very cheap worm puzzles, and the slightly more expensive fog pack. But there’s a great deal of free content here, and no ads or intrusive marketing.
Ggcgucicugc
06 Oct, 2025
4
New update is cool, but the pen tool is absolutely useless in Fog of war puzzles. let me draw on top of the fog!
RAS9999
29 Sep, 2025
5
This app is my companion for two years now and I cannot recommend it enough
Wasthatwise
29 Sep, 2025
3
It’s a pretty nice app for doing sudoku. It hides puzzle difficulty from you before buying a puzzle pack so it’s impossible to know if you’re about to waste money on a set of puzzles well beyond your ability or tolerance for arcane and complex variant rules. Puzzles come with hints which can be useful, but there are many typos in the row/column references.
Don Pedro Rodriguez
24 Sep, 2025
5
This app is made by people dedicated to their work. It is in my opinion the best Sudoku App on IOS. Challenging puzzles, interesting and properly coded variants, an intuitive UI… it checks all boxes in my book, in a world where most app now get updates using AI tools without a second thought to quality or user experience. From regular updates with properly crafted puzzles (not bot-generated) to the most recent accessibility updates adding color variants and a better toolkit to tackle the challenges, this app is just fantastic. The only thing i’m asking for is GAP Volume 3.
Happy Wheels Enthusiast
19 Sep, 2025
1
Love this app and redownloaded it because I saw they added more puzzles, but now when I open the app after downloading the most recent update, my whole screen is just gray and nothing ever appears! Please fix soon!

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Additional Information
Rating:
4.73
Voted: 528
App Store Link:
Website: -
Email: -
Privacy Policy:
Categories: Board
Size: 220MB
iAP: 2.99 - 4.99 $
App Age: 3 years 5 months
Release Date: Jul 08, 2022
Last Update: Dec 02, 2025
Version: 1.2.34
Version history
1.2.34
Dec 02, 2025
Minor bug fixes
1.2.33
Nov 08, 2025
New Pack: Classic Volume #2! New quality of life update and bug fixes
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