# Arrow Sudoku

> by Cracking the Cryptic

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1568407537](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1568407537)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1568407537`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Nick Carney
- **Category:** Puzzle
- **Rating:** 4.80 / 5 (45 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.1
- **Last updated:** 2022-05-12
- **First published:** 2021-05-21
- **Size:** 48 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-17
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/arrow-sudoku/id1568407537)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://studiogoya.co/policy/arrow\_sudoku.html](http://studiogoya.co/policy/arrow_sudoku.html)

## Description

Presented by Cracking The Cryptic, YouTube’s most popular Sudoku channel, comes a new game based on our frequently requested variant: Arrow Sudoku.

In Arrow Sudoku, every puzzle contains a handful of "arrows" laid out in unique patterns. The numbers found along the shaft of the arrow must sum up to the number at the base. This simple rule leads to endless variety in the puzzles you will conquer. Fans of our previous game Miracle Sudoku will enjoy the hybrid puzzles we have included in the collection including Arrow Knight and Arrow Sandwich puzzles. These puzzles were curated by Mark and Simon and include puzzles made by them as well as from a large number of guest creators. Fans of Cracking the Cryptic's YouTube channel will recognize many of these authors as some of the most talented creators working today!

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. Of course the difficulty is carefully calibrated to ensure lots of puzzles at every level (from easy through to extreme). Anyone familiar with their YouTube channel will know that Simon and Mark take pride in teaching viewers to be better solvers and, in these games, they always craft the puzzles with the mindset of trying to help solvers improve their skills.

Mark and Simon have both represented the UK many times at 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 arrow puzzles by Simon, Mark and guests from their channel

## Rankings

- #179,632 — Overall
- #91 — arrow

## Review summary

Arrow Sudoku by Cracking the Cryptic is lauded for its handcrafted, non-RNG puzzles, deep variety of arrow-based variants, and strong solving tools like pencil-marking and color coding. The app is well built and consistently high-quality. The main drawback noted by multiple reviewers is the overall difficulty level, which can be daunting for casual solvers.

### Pros

- Hand-crafted, human-constructed puzzles (not computer-generated) across a curated collection.
- Rich variety of arrow sudoku variants and added rule sets (e.g., knight/king move restraints, sandwich, etc.).
- Excellent pencil-marking and color-coding features for solving.
- Polished, well-built app with high-quality, thoughtfully designed puzzles across the Cracking the Cryptic series.

### Cons

- Puzzles can be very challenging/high difficulty, which may deter casual players.

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