Sudoku Master: Learn & Solve
Nusaif Valappil Games iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Sudoku Master: Learn & Solve is a free Games app for iPhone and iPad by Nusaif Valappil. Requires iOS 18.0. Updated September 30, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 10 MB
- Age 12+
- Updated
- Sep 30
- 2026 · v1.2
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About Sudoku Master: Learn & Solve
Most Sudoku apps give you the answer. Sudoku Master teaches you how to find it. Every hint works in three steps. First it shows you where to look. Then it explains why. Only if you ask does it fill in the digit — and only that step costs points. Each hint names the technique it used and links to its lesson, so the next time that pattern appears you'll spot it yourself. HINTS THAT TEACH • Where to look → why → the answer, one step at a time • Hints respect your pencil marks and work from your notes • Wrong entries are explained: which cell or house clashes, and why LEARN THE TECHNIQUES • Illustrated lessons for fourteen techniques, from Scanning and Hidden Singles through Pointing and Naked Pairs to X-Wing, Swordfish and XY-Wing • Practice mode: drops you into a real puzzle at the exact moment that technique is the next step, pencil marks already in • The Rules, a 16×16 guide, an X-Sudoku guide, a glossary and a solving routine used by strong players PUZZLES YOU CAN TRUST • 9×9, giant 16×16 grids (digits plus A–G), and X-Sudoku, where both long diagonals must hold every digit too • Easy, Medium, Hard and Expert — every puzzle verified to have exactly one solution, so it never needs guessing • Easy puzzles need only singles; Hard and Expert genuinely need the advanced techniques • Puzzle Info shows which techniques the solver needed, so you know what to look for • Daily Challenge — the same puzzle for everyone, with streaks BUILT FOR THINKING • Pencil marks, auto-notes, unlimited undo and redo • Hold a number to pencil it in • Row, column and box highlighting; matching-digit highlighting • Optional mistake checking and three-mistake limit — or play it like paper • Statistics, best times and scoring that rewards clean solving • Share your result when you solve • Six colour themes, light and dark mode COMPETE AND KEEP THE STREAK • Game Center: weekly best-time leaderboards for every difficulty, an all-time daily-streak board and 15 achievements • Home and Lock Screen widgets for the Daily Challenge • An optional daily reminder at a time you choose IPHONE AND IPAD • Full landscape layouts on iPhone and iPad • Hardware keyboard support on iPad: digits, arrows, undo, notes and hints • Progress, statistics and achievements sync between your devices with iCloud FREE, WITH ONE OPTIONAL PURCHASE Play unlimited 9×9 puzzles, X-Sudoku, the Daily Challenge and the Basics and Intermediate lessons for free, with three explained hints a day. Premium is a single one-time purchase — no subscription — that unlocks unlimited hints, the Advanced lessons, 16×16 puzzles and removes ads. No account needed.
What’s new
Version 1.2 · Updated September 30, 2026
X-SUDOKU A new variant where both long diagonals must also hold every digit. The board draws them so you always see which cells are involved, the hint engine reasons about them like any other house, and there's an illustrated guide in Learn. Easy through Expert, and it keeps its own save slot and best times — a classic game in progress is never overwritten. GAME CENTER Weekly best-time leaderboards for Easy, Medium, Hard and Expert, an all-time daily-streak board, and 15 achievements that mirror the ones already in the app. WIDGETS Home and Lock Screen widgets for the Daily Challenge — see today's puzzle and your streak, and tap straight into it. DAILY REMINDERS An optional nudge at a time you pick, so a streak doesn't quietly end. ALSO IN THIS UPDATE • Hold a number key to pencil it in • Confetti on a flawless solve or a new best time • Larger accessibility text sizes no longer crowd the grid, the HUD or the toolbar • Hardware keyboard support on iPad: digits, arrows, undo, notes and hints • Statistics and saved puzzles keep a backup if a file can't be read, so progress survives an upgrade • Fixes to hint explanations, the completion sheet and iCloud sync
App privacy
The developer, Nusaif Valappil, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Used to Track You
The following data may be used to track you across apps and websites owned by other companies:
- Identifiers: Device ID
- Usage Data: Advertising Data
Data Not Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Location: Coarse Location
- Identifiers: Device ID
- Usage Data: Advertising Data, Product Interaction
- Purchases: Purchase History
- Diagnostics: Crash Data, Performance Data, Other Diagnostic Data
Used for: Third-Party Advertising, Analytics, App Functionality
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| App | Rating | Price | Last updated | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sudoku Master: Learn & Solve | – | Free | September 30, 2026 | |
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| Sudoku Solver: Scan & Play | 5.0 / 5 (1) | Free | Oct 5, 2026 | Compare |
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