Kudos

Sudoku that teaches.

Every hint shows the next logical step and names the technique behind it. Use a technique, earn credit for it. Earn enough, earn its badges.

Get Kudos for iPhone and iPad

Free to play. One purchase unlocks everything, for your whole family.

A hard puzzle with a hint highlighted: 'Hidden single (box). In box 1, 1 can only go in R1C1.'

Learn the techniques, not just the answers

Every puzzle can be solved by logic alone. Kudos shows you how, one technique at a time, and gives you kudos for using them.

Learn

20 techniques, each with a lesson that stops a real puzzle right where it's needed. Drills, a technique of the week, and a journey that grows with you.

An X-Wing lesson, its candidates highlighted on the board.

Play

A new daily puzzle at every level, 110,000 more from Easy to Extreme, and a rating that rises when you solve puzzles above it.

The Play tab: today's daily, the game in progress, a random puzzle and your rating.

Create

Scan a puzzle from the newspaper and play it with hints, or make your own and see how hard it is. Share any puzzle with a link, or challenge a friend.

The Create tab: scan a puzzle, the puzzle setter, and your saved puzzles.

Kudos where it's due

Badges for every technique you use, streaks, stats, and a replay of every solve.

110,000puzzles, each graded by the techniques it needs
20techniques, from hidden singles to chains
138badges to earn
5levels, Easy to Extreme

Free to play. Pay once.

No ads. No subscription. No account.

Free

  • Every daily puzzle, at every level
  • Easy and Medium puzzles
  • Any puzzle a friend sends you
  • 3 hints a day

Full game, one purchase

  • Hard, Expert and Extreme: 50,000 more puzzles
  • Every lesson, drill and practice set
  • Unlimited hints, auto notes and scans
  • Shared with your family through Family Sharing

Private by design

Kudos collects nothing. It works offline, scans are read on your phone, and your progress syncs through your own iCloud.

No tracking No ads No account Works offline iCloud sync