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Hello HN, I've created a new Sudoku app for iOS and Android that prioritizes simplicity and privacy. It's free to download and use, and I'd be grateful for any feedback or suggestions. Features: > 4 difficulty levels, accessible at any time > No personal data collection of any kind > Clean, minimalistic design that focuses on the game > Takes up significantly less space than other popular apps (by a factor of about 10x) > Minimal use of advertisements I was frustrated by how many of the popular Sudoku apps feel excessively over-engineered, consume a lot of storage space and some that even…

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    Clean, minimalist & joyful Sudoku app for iPhone and iPad

    2023

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    Hi HN! I'm the developer of rdx, a mildly popular ad-free, privacy and user friendly Reddit client. This time, I made something for a very specific use case: solving chess puzzles with no internet. Why? Well, my Wi-Fi is terrible in the bathroom—and that's where I do some of my best thinking. I tried printing out “mate in X” puzzles to solve offline, but they weren’t fun without interaction. So I built OffChess. OffChess is an iPhone/Android app that contains over 100,000 chess puzzles, fully offline and completely ad-free. You can solve puzzles by category (Mate in…

    2025 · offchess.com

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    A clean take on a classic game. No distractions - just fun!

    2020

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    Sudoku3

    Pure Sudoku – No ads, no lives, no nonsense

    Feb 2026

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    A hazzle free sudoku experience for iOS

    Apr 2026 · apps.apple.com

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    Ad-free, offline Sudoku that rewards every solve

    Jul 2026 · yveskopmann.app

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    Source: https://github.com/alabhyajindal/sudoku/blob/main/index.html

    2024 · sudoku-aj.netlify.app

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    Free offline Sudoku. No ads, no login.

    Mar 2026

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    Hi HN, I've been working on this Sudoku web app for the past couple of years, on and off during free weekends and afternoons. I started working on it because I was bored during COVID, and Cracking the Cryptic had just become popular on YouTube, which got me wondering how hard it could be to make a Sudoku app. The main idea is for the app to understand the constraints and know how to solve Sudoku grids (and not just be a simple Sudoku drawing/playing app). When it comes to classic Sudoku, the solver doesn't support anything more complicated than X-Wing, but it understands the…

    2025 · sudokuvariants.com

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    Hi, I wanted to share a simple game I wrote. It's a sliding pieces puzzle like many others. I have focused a lot on making the experience smooth and minimalistic and the levels being challenging in a way a sudoku or chess puzzles could be. I had no prior knowledge of game development and while it feels like someone competent could build this game in a week I spent over two years and hundreds of hours to bring this game to life. My journey went through: - thinking it will be a PC game - being overwhelmed by the amount of different game frameworks - hiring an indie dev to bootstrap the game in…

    2023 · kuboble.com

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    Sudoku without the noise. No ads, no accounts, no pressure.

    Jul 2026 · apps.apple.com

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    Sudoku: Pure Edition is the last Sudoku app you'll ever need

    Jun 2026 · apps.apple.com

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    Sudoku, 2048 and a logic puzzle, in one app.

    Jul 2026 · logiqura-ads.web.app

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    Sudoku with no forced ads, 17-clue puzzles, and offline play

    Jul 2026 · play.google.com

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    Track Your IQ While Solving Sudoku - The Smartest Puzzle App

    Jan 2026

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    Pure logic, minus the grind.

    Jan 2026

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    The 10kb Sudoku: No Ads, No Tracking, 100% Client-Side.

    Jan 2026

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    It's like a mix between Picross (Nonograms) and Polyominoes. It's a minimalist puzzler which has no text, no tutorials (none required) and no ads set in a relaxing environment. App Store: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/shapeuku-shape-puzzle-game/i... Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dtbgames.s... I have a bulk load of Android promo codes to give away, so if you'd like one let me know! (Sorry iOS users, I have no free codes left!)

    2018

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    I posted a version of this over a year ago but decided to rebuild it recently. Bored Spreadsheet is a collection of quick and easy games that look like a spreadsheet from a distance. I have tightened the app to be a collection of 6 games: Minesweeper, 2048, solitaire, sudoku, a market trading game and a daily reconciliation puzzle where the player must find bad data in a fake table. The games are free to play but sign up is required to submit your scores to the leaderboard. As was the original intention over a year ago, I hope this proves useful to those office workers who have a lot of…

    Jun 2026 · boredspreadsheet.com

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    Nuzzle77

    Number puzzle game like sudoku.

    2017

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    Train your brain with many levels

    Mar 2026

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    Free online sudoku with Killer mode and Evil difficulty

    May 2026 · sudoku247online.com

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