Cool Sudoku & Cool Puzzles 4+

I wrote this a while ago and the problem still exist. Today I can’t even get into any of the puzzles - as soon as you try to go into a game the game “closes” (basically while the game is open, the window is minimized.). There’s no way in. To add to the bugs below, I often have games where there’s no way to get rid of the hints without manually erasing each one.

On the one hand, I play these puzzles every day, religiously. But MAN are there some bad bugs. With Kakuro if you’re playing and your phone goes to sleep or you leave the app for any reason, it will clear all of your work. It also defaults to hints on - I have to reset to clear them In all the puzzles, if you restart you get these doubled number choice area like the pen and pencil are on at the same time. For Sudoku X, if you decide to turn on hints or want to clear hints you manually set, that will also erase all your progress. The number of times I have to start over is ridiculous. I’ve been waiting for months for a new version to address them but enough is enough guys!!

While I appreciate the daily puzzles, there are a few frustrating features about the user interface that prevent this from warning five stars. Could I possibly ask the developers to consider these updates?

1. The buttons for pencil and pen are very small and often do not respond to the first touch. I would recommend either of two fixes: a., make the buttons larger and move them to just above the row of numbers; or b., even better, have separate rows of pencil numbers and pen numbers. This would make playing much easier and more enjoyable.

2. Often when playing, one identifies multiple cells that could be a limited set of numbers (for example, the cells that at up to 24 must contain a 7, 8, and 9). But the app does not let players select multiple cells at once, forcing us to enter the same numbers in each cell--a process that, given the small buttons, often leads to mistakes. It would be very useful to be able to select multiple cells to enter pencil numbers.

Why does this app now make your game go POOF if there is any interruption during a game? I see other people are just as frustrated so why isn’t it fixed?

I have been playing Cool Sudoko for years. Love that you added WordSearch but you really need to check out the games. I play this on one of the newest ipads. 1. Not all the words load so you can’t complete some of the puzzles. (Unless you can guess what the last words are)2. The Christmas puzzle has some words in the middle of the puzzle that some people may find offensive. 3. You have in the description on the new update that apparently you will at some point be charged for playing WordSearch unless you would like to submit puzzles but no explanation on how you can do this. 4. In the puzzle Flora the words Rose and Sunflower was listed twice but only once in the puzzle. 5. In Leafy vegetables - lettuce is spelled luttece. Didn’t want to submit this as a review but couldn’t find anywhere to email you.