Onyx & Aura Puzzles
Large-print Sudoku and Word Search for adults, designed for people 50+ and anyone who wants bigger text.
Coming soon to Google Play
Free to download · iPhone and Android phones · English only · Shows as “Onyx & Aura” on your home screen
What is inside
Easy on the eyes
- Choose your text size the first time you open the app: five steps, up to 1.8× the standard large size. Change it any time.
- Three looks: Ivory, light like a book page; Onyx, dark and easy at night; and Bold, black and yellow for the strongest contrast.
- Set in Atkinson Hyperlegible, a typeface designed by the Braille Institute for readers with low vision.
Sudoku without pressure
- Easy, Medium and Hard puzzles.
- A number keypad laid out like a phone dial, with labelled Undo, Erase and Pencil keys.
- No mistake limit and no game over.
- “Show me the next step” explains the next move in plain words.
- “Check my numbers” underlines wrong entries, only when you ask.
Word Search your way
- Tap the first letter of a word, then the last letter. Dragging works too.
- Grids of 8×8, 10×10 and 12×12.
- 60 Christmas and winter word lists.
Every day, even offline
- A new Sudoku and a new Word Search every day.
- Works offline: you never need the internet to play.
- Labels for VoiceOver on iPhone and TalkBack on Android.
- No ads, no tracking and no account.
Price
Free to download. Pay once only if you want more.
Always free
- Today’s Sudoku and Today’s Word Search, every day
- Easy Sudoku, as many as you like
- 6 word lists
Full Access, a one-time purchase
An optional in-app purchase that opens Medium and Hard Sudoku and all 60 word lists. It costs $4.99 in the United States; prices in other countries are set by the App Store and Google Play and shown before you pay.
No subscription, no ads, no account.
Privacy
The app collects no personal data. There are no accounts, no ads and no analytics or tracking. Your settings and puzzles stay on your phone. If you buy Full Access, the payment is handled by Apple or Google, not by us.
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