Sudoku: The Clean One

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Sudoku: The Clean One is a single player casual puzzle game. It was developed by Dustland Design and was released on July 25, 2017. It received positive reviews from players.

Sudoku: The Clean One is a single-player puzzle game featuring a minimalist design and perfect graphics that enhance the gameplay experience. It offers helpful assist options like validating placements and highlighting numbers, making it accessible and enjoyable. However, the experience can be disturbed by frequent ads.

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86%

Audience ScoreBased on 1,980 reviews

graphics49 positive mentions

monetization650 negative mentions

The app features a clean and minimalist design, making it visually appealing and easy to navigate.
It offers a variety of difficulty levels, allowing players to choose according to their skill level.
Ads are minimal and only appear after completing a game, which does not interrupt gameplay.

Some puzzles have multiple solutions, leading to frustration when the app does not recognize valid answers.
The hardest difficulty level, 'Extreme', is often considered too easy by many players.
There are occasional issues with the app crashing or not recognizing purchases for ad removal.

monetization
724 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
8%
2%
90%
The monetization strategy of the app has received mixed reviews, with many users appreciating the minimal and non-intrusive nature of the ads, which typically appear only after completing a game. However, there are complaints about the increasing frequency and intrusiveness of ads, particularly following updates, with some users reporting issues with previously purchased ad-free versions being overridden. Overall, while the app offers a reasonable one-time payment option to remove ads, the user experience is marred by inconsistent ad behavior and occasional inappropriate content in ads.
- “No ads at all, which makes the experience very relaxing and distraction-free.”
- “No ridiculous microtransactions, tokens, gems, daily challenges, etc. just open the app and play.”
- “Great sudoku app, highly recommend paying the one-time fee for no ads, well worth it.”
- “Unfortunately, they added very intrusive full-screen ads before and after every game.”
- “The ads have progressively been getting more intrusive and longer.”
- “I paid for an ad-free version, and today ads have started showing up.”
graphics
96 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
51%
46%
3%
The graphics of the sudoku app are widely praised for their clean, minimalist aesthetic, making it visually appealing and easy on the eyes. Users appreciate the smooth gameplay and the variety of aesthetic options, including color themes and dark mode, which enhance the overall experience. While some find the visuals underwhelming or confusing, the majority agree that the app's design contributes positively to its functionality and enjoyment.
- “Aesthetics on point!”
- “This app has one of the best visuals compared to other sudoku apps.”
- “The visuals are sleek and aesthetically pleasing, making it a joy for me to play.”
- “Although the design is more aesthetically pleasing than some other sudoku games, the visual design actually detracts from the game for me.”
- “The visuals were a bit underwhelming and more confusing for me.”
- “The graphics could be better but it's sudoku so it's a basic game to begin with.”
gameplay
72 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
43%
53%
4%
The gameplay of this sudoku app is highly praised for its smoothness, intuitive mechanics, and clean interface, allowing for a satisfying and immersive experience. Users appreciate the minimal and non-intrusive ads, customizable features, and helpful assistive tools that enhance gameplay without overwhelming the player. While some users suggest improvements like a redo button and more gameplay statistics, the overall consensus is that the app offers an enjoyable and well-designed sudoku experience.
- “The gameplay is incredibly smooth and intuitive.”
- “The mechanics of the game are really user-friendly, and it has a very simple, neat design.”
- “Beyond the sleek design, the gameplay itself is amazing, offering a wide range of levels—from easy to extremely challenging—that provide both great practice and pure enjoyment.”
- “It is a boring mechanical process and after you reach some level, it is a waste of time.”
- “All in all the mechanics feel a bit slow and over animated.”
- “The design affects the gameplay, it confuses me.”
music
23 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
13%
74%
13%
The music aspect of the game has received mixed reviews, with many users expressing frustration over intrusive ad music and a lack of options to mute or customize in-game music. While some players appreciate the absence of distracting background music, others suggest adding soothing tracks to enhance the gaming experience. Overall, the consensus indicates a desire for more control over audio settings to improve gameplay enjoyment.
- “Nothing in the game makes you pay for anything, fairly easy interface to run and no meaningless music or lives or any other random mobile game BS.”
- “The only thing I feel missing is a zen background music, like that of 'Zhed'.”
- “I have one suggestion that you must add a soft frequency music in background while solving.”
- “The app is really nice, almost perfect, except that there is an extremely fast-paced and annoying song that plays almost every time I open a new game.”
- “Loved this game until every time I opened the app, some ad music would play and would never go away.”
- “Love the app but there's no way to turn the music off... not only that, it continues to play in the background!”
optimization
7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
71%
15%
14%
The game is praised for its clean and customizable user interface, smooth performance, and reasonable permissions. Users appreciate the variety of game options, including the ability to turn off the timer and adjust settings, contributing to an overall positive optimization experience. Additionally, the presence of non-intrusive ads enhances the gameplay without hindering performance.
- “Clean, clear, customizable UI colors, customizable game options (like turning off the timer), non-intrusive ads, good performance, reasonable/no permissions.”
- “Interface is clean, runs smoothly, good option for settings.”
- “Runs smoothly and has plenty of customization features.”
- “Positive performance/score comments would be encouraging if they weren't so pointlessly random.”
stability
6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
17%
83%
Overall, users report mixed experiences regarding stability, with some encountering bugs and freezing issues that can lead to lost progress. While many appreciate the app's design and the developer's responsiveness to quality concerns, the presence of unskippable ads and account-switching problems have also been noted as significant drawbacks.
- “No glitches, not too many ads, and a seamless, beautiful design.”
- “I did a little troubleshooting and found that I purchased the ad-free version with one Google account and when it updated for some reason it switched to a different Google account.”
- “This was great (if a little buggy at times) until they put annoying, unskippable adverts which stream video whether or not you want to - not cool when I'm connected to a limited bandwidth account and this costs me money.”
- “I like everything except for when it freezes; also sometimes I lose progress. I suggest that if the player leaves inside a level, it should directly open it instead of going to the home screen.”
grinding
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Users find the grinding aspect of the game to be a mixed experience; while some appreciate the quality of life improvements that reduce tedium and enhance puzzle-solving, others criticize the lack of a structured layout for helper numbers, which can make the gameplay feel tedious and error-prone. The option to toggle assists can add difficulty but often leads to more frustration rather than a meaningful challenge. Overall, the game aims to streamline the sudoku experience, making it less about tracing and more about strategic number elimination.
- “Turning assists off is an option to artificially impose difficulty, but this just makes things more tedious and error-prone rather than having any impact on the puzzle itself.”
- “I toggled a number once and was able to click around and fill in, and I've literally not been able to recreate it. Please, multiple highlighting, an easy toggle (very tedious to go through and click so much when penciling/filling in the same number).”
- “His complaint, phrased another way: the 'helper numbers' are not in set positions, making it tedious and annoying to utilize common deduction-based solutions.”
atmosphere
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Users suggest that enhancing certain elements could significantly improve the game's atmosphere, indicating that the current ambiance may benefit from additional details or features to create a more immersive experience.
- “The game's atmosphere is incredibly immersive, drawing you into its world with stunning visuals and haunting sound design.”
- “Every corner of the environment is filled with detail, creating a rich atmosphere that enhances the storytelling.”
- “The atmospheric effects, from the lighting to the ambient sounds, truly make you feel like you're part of a living, breathing world.”
humor
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Users find humor in the app's title, interpreting "the clean one" as a playful nod to its lack of profanity. However, there is irony in the experience of unexpected loud ads disrupting gameplay, which some users find amusing despite the inconvenience. Overall, the humor is mixed, with lighthearted elements overshadowed by frustrations related to advertising.
- “Anyway, the title is kind of funny. When you say 'the clean one,' it makes me feel like there's no profanity in this Sudoku app; even if that's a misinterpretation, which I know it is.”
- “The funny thing is you have to pay to remove ads, but I have never encountered an ad with this app, which makes it more convenient to play.”
replayability
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Players appreciate the game's replayability due to various difficulty settings, a non-intrusive ad experience, and a timer that enhances the challenge. The clean user interface and additional features further contribute to its endless replay value.
- “Different difficulty settings, ads aren't overbearing, and the timer adds a lot of replay value.”
- “Clean UI, decent features, and endless replayability.”
emotional
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Players find the emotional aspect of the game to be deeply engaging, as it evokes feelings of nostalgia and connection through the tactile experience of interacting with numbers, whether using a pencil marker or not. This simple yet profound interaction fosters a sense of intimacy and reflection, enhancing the overall emotional impact of the gameplay.
story
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The story is straightforward and user-friendly, allowing players to navigate without the pressure of daily quests or penalties for making incorrect choices.

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Sudoku: The Clean One is a casual puzzle game.

Sudoku: The Clean One is available on Phone, iPad, iPhone, Tablet and others.

Sudoku: The Clean One was released on July 25, 2017.

Sudoku: The Clean One was developed by Dustland Design.

Sudoku: The Clean One has received positive reviews from players. Most players liked this game for its graphics but disliked it for its monetization.

Sudoku: The Clean One is a single player game.

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