Cracking the Cryptic

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About this game

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.

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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!
Curated Sudoku puzzles
Updated on
May 26, 2026
Available on
Android, Windows*
*Powered by Intel® technology
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915 reviews
Alan To (xoAlto)
December 4, 2024
Excellent collection of Sudoku variants puzzles to work through with a good interface to mark down numbers and notes. However! The more puzzles you start and/or solve, the slower the puzzle-select menus become. I'm now waiting easily over a minute on a blank screen before the next puzzle can be started, or when navigating from puzzle-collections to puzzle lists!
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Ben Daughtry
June 30, 2024
I like this a lot, my issue is because I can't see the numbers in the circles for the quadruples sudoku, I can't continue through the GAS list. The ability to tap the circles to increase the size until clicked off would be useful. Thank you for this game though, it's putting my mind to use in ways I've never had to before. Ben
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Aditya Mandrekar
April 17, 2024
Great set of puzzles that will almost make your brain hurt. Challenging and rewarding in equal amounts. Still drains battery like no other app, even though the last update improved it somewhat. Edit: the battery usage has worsened, if anything. Even when it's not the app being used, it draws power.
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