Classic Sudoku! Downloads & RevenueClassic Sudoku! · App Store & Google Play
Classic Sudoku! by Nick Carney is on App Store and Google Play. Active Users (MAU & DAU), Downloads, rankings, keywords, revenue, and rating totals.
Full timeline · 25 events in the last 12 months
- 📈Classic Sudoku! charting in a new countryiOSVietnam
- 📈Classic Sudoku! entered the top 100iOSTop Paid · Games · ZA
- 📈Classic Sudoku! charting in a new countryiOSSouth Africa
- 📈Classic Sudoku! new best rank in the overall chart: #97iOSTop Paid · All Apps · NL
- 📈Classic Sudoku! entered the top 100iOSTop Paid · All Apps · NL
- 🆕Classic Sudoku! first spotted by AppInsiderAndroidUnited States (found via similar)
- 📈Classic Sudoku! entered the top 100iOSTop Paid · All Apps · SE
- 📈Classic Sudoku! entered the top 10iOSTop Paid · Board · GB
- 📈Classic Sudoku! entered the top 100 in 2 chartsiOSTop Paid · Puzzle · DE · Top Paid · Puzzle · US
- 📈Classic Sudoku! charting in a new countryiOSSouth Korea
- 📈Classic Sudoku! entered the top 100 in 2 chartsiOSTop Paid · Board · FR · Top Paid · Puzzle · FR
- 📈Classic Sudoku! entered the top 10iOSTop Paid · Board · ID
- 📈Classic Sudoku! entered the top 100iOSTop Paid · Puzzle · RU
- 📈Classic Sudoku! entered the top 10iOSTop Paid · Board · RU
- 📈Classic Sudoku! entered the top 100 in 3 chartsiOSTop Grossing · Board · ID · Top Paid · Puzzle · ID · Top Grossing · Board · RU
- 📈Classic Sudoku! entered the top 100iOSTop Paid · Puzzle · CA
- 📈Classic Sudoku! entered the top 100iOSTop Paid · Games · TW
- 📈Classic Sudoku! entered the top 100 in 2 chartsiOSTop Paid · Games · NL · Top Paid · Games · SE
- 📈Classic Sudoku! charting in a new country in 3 chartsiOSNetherlands · Sweden · Taiwan
- 📈Classic Sudoku! entered the top 100iOSTop Paid · Puzzle · AU
- 📈Classic Sudoku! charting in a new country in 3 chartsiOSIndonesia · Italy · Russia
- 🆕Classic Sudoku! first spotted by AppInsideriOS#40 in Top Paid · Board · Australia
- 📦Classic Sudoku! version 2.3.1AndroidCompatibility updates
- 🆕Classic Sudoku! released on the App StoreiOS
- 🆕Classic Sudoku! released on Google PlayAndroid
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Games › Board PaidClassic Sudoku! at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-10-06. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
A premium puzzle game featuring 100 human-curated Sudoku puzzles designed by the hosts of the Cracking The Cryptic YouTube channel, targeting enthusiasts seeking rigorous logic challenges and educational hints. The app is currently charting strongly in paid board and puzzle categories across Russia, Indonesia, and the UK, with a notable #2 position in the Russian paid board charts indicating high regional monetization potential.
Similar apps: Sudoku.com, Cracking The Cryptic: Killer Sudoku, Simon's Cat
Puzzle Minimalist Abstract medium sessions Premium
#sudoku #logic #single-player #offline #educational #casual
App Store
App details
Google Play
App details
Classic Sudoku! downloads & installs
Both stores, worldwide. Bands are open; exact numbers are free with an account.
| Store | Downloads / day | Lifetime installs |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | – | 10k+ |
| Google Play | – | 10k+ Measured |
| Total | – | 50k+ Confidence |
How this is calculated
Where Classic Sudoku!'s downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where it ranks now
Both stores, across every country we track.
| Store | Best rank | Charting in | US Top Free | US Top Grossing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| App Store | #45 Games › Board Paid | 10 of 30 countries | – | – |
| Google Play | – | 0 of 23 countries | – | – |
Full chart lists: App Store · Google Play.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisReview momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
Ratings
Both stores. Store data, measured.
| Store | Rating | Ratings |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 4.7 ★ | 250 |
| Google Play | 4.5 ★ | 1k 131 written reviews |
| Both stores | 4.5 ★ weighted by ratings | 1.3k |
What users say about Classic Sudoku!
From the 50 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Mixed but leaning positive (70% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for its features and content, and its design. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and the design.
What people like
- Features & content: “Needs the features of the CTC web app”
- Design: “It could use some UI updates though”
- Fun: “Much more of a challenge without being overwhelming, and the puzzles are truly gorgeous”
- Crashes & bugs: “Not sure if it was a glitch in my app or if it was the puzzle itself”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription
- Design: “sudokuexchange.com has the UI I was expecting”
About Classic Sudoku!
10 new puzzles, all 100 puzzles are out now!
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Presented by Cracking The Cryptic, YouTube's most popular Sudoku channel, this is the brand new “Classic Sudoku” game that their viewers have been requesting for the last two years!
Simon Anthony and Mark Goodliffe, the hosts of Cracking The Cryptic, have assembled a most extraordinary collection of sudoku puzzles. The sudokus in the game cover a wide range of difficulty with something for everyone - and also require an incredible range of techniques to solve them efficiently! Each of these special puzzles had to qualify for inclusion in the game by passing our rigorous play-testing - a test that NO other sudoku game on the market would pass. This play-testing ensures that a human being has actually thought about the journey you, the solver, will go on as you work through the puzzle. No computer testing here!
Indeed our more advanced puzzles have been carefully designed to showcase some of the diabolical techniques in an intuitive way with the aim of helping solvers UNDERSTAND the patterns involved.
In Cracking The Cryptic’s games, players start with zero stars and earn stars by solving puzzles. The more puzzles you solve, the more stars you earn and the more puzzles you get to play. Only the most dedicated (and cleverest) sudoku players will finish all the puzzles!
Featured authors include (obviously) Simon and Mark but also some other authors who have produced popular puzzles on the channel!
Mark and Simon have both represented the UK many times in the World Sudoku Championship and you can find more of their puzzles (and lots of others) on the internet’s biggest sudoku channel, Cracking The Cryptic.
Features:
100 beautiful puzzles
Many themes to choose from
Hints written by Mark and Simon!
Classic Sudoku! App Store
Classic Sudoku! is #45 in Games › Board Paid in United Kingdom and charting in 10 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
24 Sep 2026 Games › Board PaidClassic Sudoku! at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-10-06. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
A premium puzzle game featuring 100 human-curated Sudoku puzzles designed by the hosts of the Cracking The Cryptic YouTube channel, targeting enthusiasts seeking rigorous logic challenges and educational hints. The app is currently charting strongly in paid board and puzzle categories across Russia, Indonesia, and the UK, with a notable #2 position in the Russian paid board charts indicating high regional monetization potential.
Similar apps: Sudoku.com, Cracking The Cryptic: Killer Sudoku, Simon's Cat
Puzzle Minimalist Abstract medium sessions Premium
#sudoku #logic #single-player #offline #educational #casual
Classic Sudoku! on the App Store
App details
Classic Sudoku! downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where Classic Sudoku!'s downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | Games › BoardPaid | #45 |
| Australia | Games › BoardPaid | #63 |
 India | Games › BoardPaid | #64 |
| United Kingdom | Games › PuzzlePaid | #176 |
 Brazil | Games › BoardPaid | #89 |
 South Korea | Games › BoardPaid | #200 |
 France | Games › BoardPaid | #175 |
 Saudi Arabia | Games › BoardPaid | #85 |
 Indonesia | Games › BoardPaid | #114 |
 Vietnam | GamesPaid | #179 |
 United Arab Emirates | Games › BoardPaid | #104 |
Apps near Classic Sudoku! on the chart
Games › Board Paid, around #45.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisReview momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about Classic Sudoku!
From the 50 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Mixed but leaning positive (70% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for its features and content, and its design. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and the design.
What people like
- Features & content: “Needs the features of the CTC web app”
- Design: “It could use some UI updates though”
- Fun: “Much more of a challenge without being overwhelming, and the puzzles are truly gorgeous”
- Crashes & bugs: “Not sure if it was a glitch in my app or if it was the puzzle itself”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription
- Design: “sudokuexchange.com has the UI I was expecting”
About Classic Sudoku!
10 new puzzles, all 100 puzzles are out now!
-------------------------------------
Presented by Cracking The Cryptic, YouTube's most popular Sudoku channel, this is the brand new “Classic Sudoku” game that their viewers have been requesting for the last two years!
Simon Anthony and Mark Goodliffe, the hosts of Cracking The Cryptic, have assembled a most extraordinary collection of sudoku puzzles. The sudokus in the game cover a wide range of difficulty with something for everyone - and also require an incredible range of techniques to solve them efficiently! Each of these special puzzles had to qualify for inclusion in the game by passing our rigorous play-testing - a test that NO other sudoku game on the market would pass. This play-testing ensures that a human being has actually thought about the journey you, the solver, will go on as you work through the puzzle. No computer testing here!
Indeed our more advanced puzzles have been carefully designed to showcase some of the diabolical techniques in an intuitive way with the aim of helping solvers UNDERSTAND the patterns involved.
In Cracking The Cryptic’s games, players start with zero stars and earn stars by solving puzzles. The more puzzles you solve, the more stars you earn and the more puzzles you get to play. Only the most dedicated (and cleverest) sudoku players will finish all the puzzles!
Featured authors include (obviously) Simon and Mark but also some other authors who have produced popular puzzles on the channel!
Mark and Simon have both represented the UK many times in the World Sudoku Championship and you can find more of their puzzles (and lots of others) on the internet’s biggest sudoku channel, Cracking The Cryptic.
Features:
100 beautiful puzzles
Many themes to choose from
Hints written by Mark and Simon!
Latest updates
More from Nick Carney
Classic Sudoku Android
Not in a tracked Google Play top chart right now.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
Classic Sudoku on Google Play
App details
Classic Sudoku downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where Classic Sudoku's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where it ranks on Google Play
Every top 200 chart it appears in across 23 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Not in a Google Play top chart right now. | ||
Ratings
Google Play, worldwide.
About Classic Sudoku
Simon Anthony and Mark Goodliffe, the hosts of Cracking The Cryptic, have assembled a most extraordinary collection of sudoku puzzles. The sudokus in the game cover a wide range of difficulty with something for everyone - and also require an incredible range of techniques to solve them efficiently! Each of these special puzzles had to qualify for inclusion in the game by passing our rigorous play-testing - a test that NO other sudoku game on the market would pass. This play-testing ensures that a human being has actually thought about the journey you, the solver, will go on as you work through the puzzle. No computer testing here!
Indeed our more advanced puzzles have been carefully designed to showcase some of the diabolical techniques in an intuitive way with the aim of helping solvers UNDERSTAND the patterns involved.
In Cracking The Cryptic’s games, players start with zero stars and earn stars by solving puzzles. The more puzzles you solve, the more stars you earn and the more puzzles you get to play. Only the most dedicated (and cleverest) sudoku players will finish all the puzzles!
Featured authors include (obviously) Simon and Mark but also some other authors who have produced popular puzzles on the channel!
Mark and Simon have both represented the UK many times in the World Sudoku Championship and you can find more of their puzzles (and lots of others) on the internet’s biggest sudoku channel, Cracking The Cryptic.
Features:
40 beautiful puzzles on launch
5 new levels every month for the first year (a total of 100 levels!)
Hints written by Mark and Simon!