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Sudoku - Classic Sudoku Puzzle
Oakever Games · 2,948,227 ratings · ★ 4.7
4.7
★★★★★
2,948,227 ratings
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Top complaints - extracted from 48 negative reviews
Recurring phrases mined from 1-2★ reviews. The bigger the percentage, the more users have the same problem. Fix the top 2-3 in your version and you have product-market fit on day one.
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"game"
16 negative reviews mention this · 33% of all complaints
★★★★★ "The game itself is great, but the support is non-existent. I've opened up a few chat tickets and emailed with no response. It makes me sad that the developers' hard work is spoiled by bad management." - Samantha Sneed
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"play"
12 negative reviews mention this · 25% of all complaints
★★★★★ "1. Why are Grandmaster LVL PvP still on easy grids? they should be on expert at least. 2. Why do my opponents gain wins after I defeat them? I've tested this 10+ times, often vs the same player back to back. they always gain a victory after…" - Matt Ahern
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"adds"
6 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Too many adds" - navin maram
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"every"
5 negative reviews mention this · 10% of all complaints
★★★★★ "i play everyday when I am free,that's very nice ." - BABU OK
📋 All 48 negative reviews
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The game itself is great, but the support is non-existent. I've opened up a few chat tickets and emailed with no response. It makes me sad that the developers' hard work is spoiled by bad management.
Too many adds
i play everyday when I am free,that's very nice .
I paid for a year subscription about 2 weeks ago and now it says I need to pay for premium. I contacted the support team but it's been 2 days and haven't gotten a response. Without paying it's not worth it to play. The ads are insufferable.
ads can't close on Android. careless
Ads are too intrusive and hard to get out of. fine. show me a video but don't hide the next button.
the worst sudoku app I've seen
way too many ads spend more time watching ads then playing
OK game until recently. Now ad for RayBan sunglasses frequently interrupts middle of game , cannot be removed except restarting the ap. Now additional unremovable ads. Goodbye.
"This app is not available in your region." But why???
Non stop ads, it's terrible. Start a game, ad. Restart instead of continuing, ad...
No idea how this is over 1 star. The ads last way too long and there is way too many find another sodoku ap.
Game will not sync. Shuts app off. Enjoy the game but not syncing does not help
excessive ads . drains battery rapidly and the device can become over heated in offline mode.
too many adds at this point
You can play a few games a day if you have 18 hours to watch inescapable ads for 3 games. absolute waste of time.
the ads are too long and difficult to cancel while I agree with your need for ads..there are some ads that come up for longer than 30 seconds and sometimes make it impossible to close..temu ads are the worst of them all..
too much ads
every time i try and play a game it gives me an ad before it starts, which would be fine it it didn't cause my playstore to open automatically and backing me out of the game when i get back to the app most of the time, causing me to have to watch another ad over and over, most of the time 5 to 6 times before i can actually start a game
too many adds
I was playing this game for two years or even more, I had high rank in game, it was my favorite hubby. I've recently updated the app and it won't let me in because of my region!!! it's offensive and ridiculous!!!
Too much ads
the ads really really annoying, when i started playing it's appears in every single game, I'll try to close but the ads always redirect me to playstore or other apps that i installed, can you make the ads more friendly to user, it's very stressfull
to many ads
5 min ads?
hot tip: turn on airplane mode before you play this game so you don't have to deal with the awful ads they make you watch before and after every game.
I hate how all of the same number will appear throughout the puzzle when you find one. Why even call it a puzzle if it requires no thought.
if you on your internet, you will see a lot of long long ads. which don't have the close button. so you have to finally close the app . and you will not play the game because of ads and ads. lol app
Tried downloading it again. Still a ridiculous amount of ads just to play a puzzle, and they are absolutely intolerable ads. Don't give me that rhetoric about being needed to be a free game. That can be done without THAT many ads. A lot of people choose to watch extra ads for help. You don't need to force several on someone for each puzzle.
I like this game very much and I play it but the boring advertisements coming on it seem very rubbish to me. I advise people not to download this game because the advertisements coming on it will annoy you.
Using the app since January. All was fine up until last month when it stopped syncing and would keep showing an error message "sync failed please check network settings" but there is no network issue on my end.
used to love this version but now the ads are unskippable and take you to the Google store every time, usually with no way of getting back to the game without closing and opening the app again. I'm over it. the gameplay is great but the ads ruin it.
many adds
Can't get back to the game after a ad plays!
I can't even play due to the ads
There are too many ads now. It's up to two ads for every level, one before and one after. Without the ads, this would be a 4/5 star game. But the ads are intrusive now. DO NOT DOWNLOAD THIS SUDOKU. THERE ARE OTHER FREE, NO ADS VERSIONS.
random websites pop up when you're in the game. you've got a phishy game here trying to tell me my phone needs to be scanned
It's Ads says no ads..and it has a lot of them. I am here to freshen up my mind not watching your ads.
Excessive amount of adds, some of them are phishing sites
1. Why are Grandmaster LVL PvP still on easy grids? they should be on expert at least. 2. Why do my opponents gain wins after I defeat them? I've tested this 10+ times, often vs the same player back to back. they always gain a victory after I have defeated them. 3. Please remove auto-complete from PvP games!
There is no shortage of Sudoku games that can be purchased instead of rented. Consequently, it does not make sense to allow this one to bleed oneself dry with recurring subscription fees week after week, month after month and year after year until last judgment day. This milkingware has therefore been replaced with a competitor product and was subsequently uninstalled.
This used to be my only game I played on phone. like, literally it was my only daily game on phone. now after the latest update it says it's not available in my region! am I not allowed to even play an offline sudoku game?
I get you need ads for revenue but to have to MAKE me close out the SAME AD more than once is ridiculous. and then also when I pause for a FEW seconds I get an ad?
I really enjoy the settings and the interface, but the amount of ads is taxing. in the way out is to click, as if you're going to install it at the Play Store, then cancel and back out. You usually have to wait a certain time before that's even an option.
Most ads are impossible to close. Even after a long time watching. Sorry, I don't like forcing me doing what I don't want. Uninstall.
Good but doesn't mention if your opponent is a real player or a bot. It also doesn't support custom matches to play against your friends.
It's fine. ads suck.
way too mmany adds
Sentiment summary
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Positive (4-5★)
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Neutral (3★)
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Negative (1-2★)