Killer Sudoku - Puzzle Games Reviews

by Boss Jinbe

Been playing this version because the ads only came up upon completion, restarting, or to get hints or extra “try’s”.

Recently, the ads started to automatically pop up mid-game and direct the focus to Safari with a suspicious FQDN (generic/random-prefix dot cloudfront) asking user to take a survey. This is a huge security risk and entirely unacceptable. I’ve uninstalled KillerSudoku .

by Skim8

I love the game and have no complaints about actual gameplay; however, KillerSudoku itself wreaks havoc on my phone. Anytime it’s open, my phone starts to freeze. Every single time. The ads are incredibly annoying. I have to sit through several ads at various times throughout a game, before every game, and after every game. $15 to remove ads is a ridiculous price to play a game that’s free online with no ads. With the hassle of phone issues and a crazy number of ads, it’s just not worth it. There are better options out there.

by EharmonyScam

All of a sudden I noticed that I will be in the middle of playing when my browser pops open with a page I never asked for. I am not even clicking on an ad. I will be in the process of playing and it switches. Beware! I don’t know who it is sending data to. This used to be a great company. I have been playing their regular sudoku for years.

by Drew982647

I have been playing this game almost daily for over two years now. I have been thinking about going ad free but since it was $15 (for forever) I held off. Recently, every single time you pause the game or check another app/text you have to watch an ad to resume (no matter for how long it was paused). I opened KillerSudoku today and decided to treat myself because the ads were so annoying and there is only a subscription ad-free option. I am not paying $2.99 a month for freaking sudoku ad free. This is greedy and I am finding a new app to use that doesn’t take advantage of their users. Not everything should be a subscription.

by Samej28473627364

This game shows you an ad before and after each level. I’m actually fine with that as they are usually short and the game is fun. Now the game just sits in “test mode” which just shows you an ad for google developers…. And won’t ever actually play the game. Have to turn my Wi-Fi and internet off to play anymore.

by Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaghjuvgft

Really liked this game but if you start a tournament game and want to finish it later, it takes the board out of the tournament and counts it as a regular game. Several times I completed an expert level board to then have to re do the same board to get it to count. I end up having to take screenshots every time I leave in case it wipes it. I’m switching to another sudoku app

by Adbrow06

I have been enjoying the game for a while. KillerSudoku was easy to use and I enjoyed having the occasional challenge available. However the recent ads being played are ridiculous and inappropriate. I’m looking to play sudoku not watch ads featuring explicit language, etc. I was hoping it was just a one time thing but since there is no way to restrict the ads that I could find I just deleted KillerSudoku altogether.

by Andrew James Boetto

Along with the issues of having to play a puzzle more than once or losing your progress like is mentioned in other reviews, there is an issue where the screen freezes on a puzzle and locks your phone completely. It’s always happens when I’m listening to something with airpods, and the sound continues but the screen is locked and won’t turn off or even let you power cycle to restart your phone. Eventually it will power cycle on its own to restart, but until then your phone is useless and you can’t pause or stop the audio you’re playing.

by Seatatthetable

Even doing a 4x4 puzzle the game is often slow and laggy, not able to keep up with taps. I suspect it's something to do with the loads of ads the game is trying to load, or data it's snooping in the back ground, because the game animations themselves should be almost zero load. It's like someone tried to make the slowest sudoku game.

by UberMike55

Latest update: 2.6.0 killed the gameplay for me and makes taking notes so much more difficult the game is unplayable for me. I tried many different apps and although not perfect, this was the best until the latest update.

by Yehayahe

I like this game, but when I updated the version, my history from the old version didn’t come with it. Old version interrupted you at least twice mid-game with adds. In a concentration/calculation game like this, that’s so annoying. Leave adds between games! Be able to carry history of your games between versions would be definite improvements!

by Valkinker

The game runs and offers scaling difficulty. Spent a lot of time playing. However, the terms recently changed and KillerSudoku collects a lot more data, including geo location, than it requires. Do not download if this is something you care about.

by Calbpk

The game overall is good but you can’t save your spot so if you exit KillerSudoku for more than 30 seconds you have to restart every single time. It is infuriating and seems like an easy fix

by Not Hard To Please

Good game, but after paying for "no ads" I am still getting ads. Not as many but there are still places where you are required to watch ads. Not what I paid for!!!

by Aziende

I really enjoy this game and don’t usually have problems. Recently the game has been erasing my progress on the 6 x 6 Hard. I’m on level 500 and the games has began erasing my completion on the first levels. Even when I redo the levels it won’t say I’ve completed it still, and at first it was only levels 1-2, but now it’s says I haven’t completed levels 1-7. It’s a little annoying as well as the game randomly opening KillerSudoku Store repeatedly with different apps to download when I don’t click on ads. Other than that it’s an enjoyable game.

by Dancinut

First, great game! The ‘hard’ levels are actually hard and challenging, which is perfect for waking up with my morning cup of coffee. And the ads between games are short which allows you to play on fairly quickly.
2 requests to make this a 5 star game. First please give the game a landscape orientation option. When I’m traveling this would allow me to set my iPad on a tray table and enjoy the game instead of holding it in my hand all the time.
Second, please please please stop accepting banner ads that have movement! I don’t mind a banner ad at the bottom of my screen while I play, but lately there is a slots game you’re allowing to advertise and it demo rolls the slots every 2-3 seconds. The constant movement is incredibly distracting and causes my timed games to be much slower! Please make your banner ads static images.
Those 2 things and thus becomes the absolute best version of killer sudoku in KillerSudoku Store!

by Tonelove14

I enjoy the game a lot, but the last puzzle in your time attack series is always horrendous. 300 seconds to fill in 81 squares on a very difficult puzzle makes no sense. That’s less than 4 seconds per square. Then watching an ad to add one minute hardly puts a dent into your progress.

by MMG20906

I enjoy the game but there is a problem with the advanced notes feature. If I return to a partially completed game, the notes will not be the same as when I left. There will be numbers there that I had previously deleted.

Same with getting a hint. I once made the mistake of getting one and it completely filled on all of the numbers on the notes wiping out the progress I had made.

I have taken to photographing what the board looks like when I leave so I can return it to that state when I resume the game. There has to be a better way.

by DevMars2.0

I like the game. I usually play before bed and I liked that I could go back to previous days in the month/year and do those puzzles too but with the update I can no longer do that😭

by Babycaykes

I really love playing this game. Can you add an option in the settings menu for auto lock? I fall asleep playing it all the time and wake up to either a dead battery or my phone still being on, open, and hot because when the game is open it doesn’t allow my phone to lock.

by Cadamson2

I do enjoy it, but I feel like the “hard” games are really simple. A lot of it is given to you just in simple math in the box, like two numbers adding together. But in expert mode, I have not a clue how you would know anything. So it’s not getting that sweet spot where I’m challenged but not frustrated.

by J P Z

I would prefer an option to choose my own level on the daily challenge. Otherwise an interesting, challenging and enjoyable game.

by Sarahyy121

I am playing the sudoku game from guru smart, and today I noticed they released a new killer sudoku app, out of curiosity, I tried this new one, nice! The same simple UI and fluent gaming experience. I also love playing this one, challenging!

by Maggie104

For a bonus, you’ll get 10,000 puzzles to solve where assorted numbers, math symbols, and blank squares appear. At the bottom of each puzzle you get numbers and symbols left out and are disguised as game tiles.

Put each tile in the correct place until all tiles are colored green with a final solving time. Wrong numbers will turn red. When the puzzle is solved, the next puzzle will adjust into activity.

by Jessica Burns

Love the challenges that they come up with, on top of already having different difficulty levels

by Gene Shallot

Game is fine but what wouldn’t give for a dark mode.

by Sweet Brit

I love the Killer edition and cannot wait to try the others. When I downloaded this bundle I couldn’t find a charge for the game but it said it was purchased. ?

Also is there any way to get the number totals in the boxes in a bigger font or some way to zoom in?

I’m loving how you put a flashing box around the singular numbers. Thanx so much. Deb

by полгатурновас

In some games there are several solutions, but KillerSudoku considers only one of them correct.