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Big Bad Sudoku Book
 This app is designed for both iPhone and iPad
  • Price
    Free
  • CategoryGames
  • SubgenrePuzzle
  • First releasedApril 1, 2010
  • Versions8 archived
  • Installable2 of 8
  • AvailabilityStill on the App Store
  • SellerBad Weasel, LLC

RequirementsCompatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 3.0 or later.

Customer Ratings

As of December 5, 2021
     
1,563 Ratings

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The only sudoku game to reach the top of the app store charts. Has been ranked as the #1 app in the overall iPad chart in 10 countries including the United States. A top 10 game in 72 countries!

It's been called the "Best Sudoku Game on ANY platform". Sudoku Book is an essential game for every iPhone or iPad. It's been featured by Apple in What's Hot, New and Noteworthy, Game Center Games, Game Starter Kit, and recently in Popular Puzzlers.

If you like Sudoku you have to try Big Bad Sudoku Book. It's our opinion that many other versions of the game sort of take the fun out of it. They won't let you enter in wrong numbers, and if you ask for a hint they straight up give you the answer to a cell. Why not just put up a puzzle and solve it for you? I'll tell you why, cause that's not fun! Our approach is a lot different. Our hints guide you to answers without flat out giving it away. We provide the tools you need to solve the puzzle with your brain, just like a real paper sudoku book but better!

*** "If Apple made a sudoku game I think it would look like this" - Dytavio ***

Change The Look!! Version 3 adds a fun twist on the classic game with new downloadable themes and challenging new puzzle book campaigns. But this is not a freemium app.. Sudoku Book's core functionality is all included. It has unlimited free play in all levels and all the same features as the previous version plus more.

*** "The whole look is perfect... This is the best sudoku interface of the five sudoku apps I have downloaded. I suspect the rest will be removed from my iPad" - GrayerBeard ***

Puzzle scoring brings an arcade game feel to sudoku and provides a metric for challenges. Sudoku Book uses an exclusive method of scoring games based on the difficulty of each answer - not based on time. Now there are two parts to the puzzle, how to solve it and how to get a higher score.

We listen to our users and have added many features based on user requests. Tech support is available within the app as a direct email to the developer. And we respond. Already in version 3 we've been in contact with many users and are fixing things based on their input.

*** The "Best Sudoku got better. Still the most like pen and paper. I love the interface. New changes made the best better." - pluto6 ***

Sudoku Book 3 adds new puzzle types and a new difficulty level. All puzzles are guaranteed to have a single solution and be solvable without guessing. Harder puzzles do require some advanced solving techniques.

Also added are many new user requested features like auto removal of marks, number counts (how many of each number is on the board), and the ability to turn off manual highlighting and the mistake smudges.

Optimized for the iPhone5 screen!

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1.0
Requires iOS 3.2+
Non-Retina
April 1, 2010
10.5 MB Install Download 1 more copy ›
BigBadSudoku 1.0.ipa · 9.3 MB Encrypted Install Download
2.0
Requires iOS 3.1.3+
Retina (iPhone only)
August 19, 2010
25.8 MB Encrypted Install Download
2.1
Requires iOS 3.1.3+
Retina (iPhone only)
September 16, 2010
26.2 MB Encrypted Install Download
2.1.1
Requires iOS 3.1.3+
Retina (iPhone only)
September 30, 2010
26.2 MB Encrypted Install Download
2.2
Requires iOS 3.1.3+
Retina (iPhone only)
November 3, 2010
22.3 MB Install Download 1 more copy ›
BigBadSudoku 2.2.ipa · 26.4 MB Encrypted Install Download
3.0
Requires iOS 4.0+
Retina
August 8, 2012
50.6 MB Encrypted Install Download
3.1
Requires iOS 4.3+
Retina
September 29, 2012
51.1 MB Encrypted Install Download
3.2
Requires iOS 4.3+
Retina
February 16, 2013
51.1 MB Encrypted Install Download

Chart History

Top Paid · Games · iPad View chart ›
Peaked at #216 (October 18, 2011) · 1 archived capture · Oct 2011
Top Paid · Games View chart ›
Peaked at #396 (March 1, 2011) · 1 archived capture · Mar 2011

Ratings Over Time

sampled from 10 archived captures
DateVersionRatingRatingsPrice
April 25, 2010 — — 224 Free
January 15, 2011 2.2 — 1,215 $0.99
March 12, 2012 — — 1,982 $1.99
July 6, 2013 — — 3,764 Free

From archived App Store listing data, captured by the Wayback Machine.

Archived Reviews

8 of 25
No IOS 11 support
     
by mikepinkerton · October 14, 2017

No longer runs, not updated in 4 years.

Update needed
     
by This is why I don't do these · October 1, 2017

When will this app be updated

Please update for IOS 11!
     
by Dr Optical · October 13, 2017

I’ve been playing this game almost daily for several years now and have enjoyed every bit of it. Big problem now though! It will not run on my iPad or iPhone now that I’ve updated to IOS 11. Please take the time to update it soon. Your efforts won’t go unappreciated.

Great
     
by Map way · February 11, 2018

I love this app! I'm totally bummed it doesn't work with iOS 11.2 !!

64 bit version coming before Christmas! Don’t delete yet.
     
by Mckonold12 · September 25, 2017

That was the reply I got from the email I sent. Hope it’s true.

Love it, But ....
     
by RetiredJake · January 13, 2018

Please update this app to work with ios11

I love this game!!!
     
by leslielicious12 · September 27, 2017

Please update this app!!

Good game, but it requires an upgrade. Won't work on iOS 11.
     
by @annewoof · October 7, 2017

Great game, but the touch controls could be more accurate and efficient. For example, I'd like a way to quickly mark a set of squares with the same number (either entered or notes). Also the scoring is weird. You can get a higher score by guessing than by reasoning it out. I generally don't pay attention to the scores.

Period reviews recovered from Apple's customer-review feeds via the Wayback Machine.