Sudoku by MobilityWare+ (2021) [/]
Apr 15 2024
I haven't played Sudoku until I started with Good Sudoku+ on Apple Arcade.
Sudoku by MobilityWare+ (2021) [/] This is the second one I tried. MobilityWare seems to have a bunch of basic card games and such on the App Store. Their version of Sudoku is also fairly basic though colorful.
You get a partially filled board. There are two edit modes: one to put in the little numbers (to specify possible values of a cell) and one to set the number on the cell.
When you are adding little numbers it helpfully highlights numbers that are not currently in the same house (though ignores rows and columns so you have something to do) and if you tap an invalid value it gives you a little shake "no".
When setting a number if you get it wrong it gives another little shake then removes the little number since you know it's wrong. If you set the number right it removes the little number from house, row and column cells. Once there are only a few cells left (and maybe also if the solution is certain) then you can just auto-finish the puzzle.
Other than there's no other helpful bits. You can't do other highlighting. There is no undo. No recover board to solvable state in case you really mess up (though I guess unnecessary since it doesn't let you put in invalid cell numbers).
I'd say this version would be more familiar to people who are used to pen and paper sudoku where you get no help so any help is great. I would not recommend this version though, especially for beginners because there is no help, tutorial, nor learning techniques section. Wait until next week when I review a better Sudoku app.
Sudoku by MobilityWare+ (2021) [/] This is the second one I tried. MobilityWare seems to have a bunch of basic card games and such on the App Store. Their version of Sudoku is also fairly basic though colorful.
You get a partially filled board. There are two edit modes: one to put in the little numbers (to specify possible values of a cell) and one to set the number on the cell.
When you are adding little numbers it helpfully highlights numbers that are not currently in the same house (though ignores rows and columns so you have something to do) and if you tap an invalid value it gives you a little shake "no".
When setting a number if you get it wrong it gives another little shake then removes the little number since you know it's wrong. If you set the number right it removes the little number from house, row and column cells. Once there are only a few cells left (and maybe also if the solution is certain) then you can just auto-finish the puzzle.
Other than there's no other helpful bits. You can't do other highlighting. There is no undo. No recover board to solvable state in case you really mess up (though I guess unnecessary since it doesn't let you put in invalid cell numbers).
I'd say this version would be more familiar to people who are used to pen and paper sudoku where you get no help so any help is great. I would not recommend this version though, especially for beginners because there is no help, tutorial, nor learning techniques section. Wait until next week when I review a better Sudoku app.