About PuzzleProwl
PuzzleProwl exists because great puzzle games should be clean, fast, and free of clutter — no aggressive ads, no paywalls blocking basic features, no dark patterns designed to frustrate you into paying.
We're building a home for classic logic puzzles done right, starting with Sudoku and expanding from there.
Who We Are
PuzzleProwl was built by Christian Patterson, an IT professional with over 30 years of experience designing, operating, and supporting critical systems — and a lifelong puzzle enthusiast who got tired of the compromises in existing puzzle apps.
This is a passion project, built in public, one puzzle at a time.
Why PuzzleProwl Exists
The puzzle game market is full of apps that start with a great experience and slowly bury it under interstitial ads, forced accounts, and microtransactions for features that used to be free.
PuzzleProwl takes a different approach:
- The puzzles come first — clean interface, no distractions, works on any device
- Free to play — core gameplay is always free, including a free hint every day just for signing in
- Built by a player — every decision is made by someone who actually plays these games
What's Live
PuzzleProwl launched with Classic Sudoku and a set of features built to make it the best version of the game available:
- Five difficulty levels — Beginner through Expert, including a genuinely hard Expert mode that targets the minimum possible clue count
- Daily puzzle — a new puzzle every day, rotating through Easy, Medium, and Hard on a consistent schedule. Sign in to save your streak and share your result
- Puzzle library — hundreds of puzzles available on demand. Progress saves automatically so you can pick up where you left off
- Four-level hint system — hints that teach rather than just solve. Start with a region highlight, step up to a cell highlight, get a technique name, or let the hint fill one cell and explain why
- PWA support — install PuzzleProwl on your home screen and play like a native app, on iOS, Android, and desktop
What's Coming
The roadmap beyond Classic Sudoku includes:
- Killer Sudoku — cage-based variant for players who want an extra layer of challenge
- Samurai Sudoku — five overlapping grids for a serious workout
- Kakuro — the crossword of the puzzle world
- More to come — if it belongs in a puzzle lover's toolkit, it belongs on PuzzleProwl
Our Philosophy
We don't build puzzle games to harvest data or maximize session time. We build them because puzzles are worth building well.
- Clean over cluttered — every element earns its place on the screen
- Honest monetization — the hint system is how we keep the lights on. One free hint a day, tokens for more, a Pro subscription if you play daily. Nothing is hidden behind a wall you didn't see coming.
- Built to last — no VC pressure, no growth-at-all-costs mentality
- Transparent — we share what we're building and why in our dev log
Get in Touch
Have a puzzle you'd love to see on PuzzleProwl? Found a bug? Just want to say hello?
Contact us — we read every message.