As some of you may have seen a new version of SudokuGrab went out over the weekend.

This version features iCloud synching of your puzzles so if you capture them on one device they’ll be available on all your other devices (this will be the subject of an upcoming blog post in the near future).

I’ve also added support for iPads.

Unfortunately there’s a couple of bugs, I’ve submitted a new version to the app store this evening which should fix the most glaring problems. I’ll work through the remaining issues over the coming weeks - so keep those bug reports coming!

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