VariantDoku

Every variant, one app.

A curated iOS app for killer, thermo, arrow, German whispers, XV and more. A daily challenge with a leaderboard, an advanced hint engine, and offline solving — no ads, no trackers.

1,880 puzzles
Daily new challenge
Download on the App Store

What's inside

Built for variants

Killer, thermo, arrow, German whispers, XV, Kropki and more — variant rules are first-class, designed in from the ground up.

Advanced hint system

Stuck on a step? A variant-aware hint engine reads your pencil marks and walks you through the next logical deduction with clear animations — never just "here's a digit."

Daily challenge & leaderboard

A fresh puzzle every day, with a Game Center leaderboard that ranks clean solves by time. Come back daily and climb.

Offline solving

Solve anywhere. Your progress, pencil marks, and full undo history stay on device — no connection needed.

No ads, no trackers

Free to play, with an optional Variant+ subscription. Your gameplay is never sold or turned into telemetry.

Search that gets it

Find puzzles by rule, constraint, or theme. Semantic search understands "killer with thermos" or "gentle arrow" — not just exact tags.

Learn the variants

New to variant sudoku? Start with a plain-English rules guide — each one covers how the variant works and the techniques that crack it.

Acknowledgements

Puzzle generation, validation, and difficulty research use CP-SAT techniques and Interactive Sudoku Solver (ISS) by sigh as offline analysis tools. ISS is MIT licensed.

Shout-out to Logic Masters Germany, Sven from SudokuPad, and Cracking the Cryptic for their influence on the variant sudoku community.