Terms

Terms of use

Last updated 1 November 2026

These terms apply when you play Magic Sudoku on the web at play.magicsudoku.app or in our iPhone and Android apps, and when you create an account. By playing, you agree to them. Our privacy policy explains how we handle your information.

Who we are

Magic Sudoku is provided by The Software Station (Pty) Ltd, a company registered in South Africa (registration number 2019/073147/07) at Somerset Links Office Park, Ground Floor, Gleneagles Building, Somerset West, 7130, Cape Town, South Africa.

In these terms, "Magic Sudoku", "we" and "us" mean The Software Station (Pty) Ltd. Write to support@magicsudoku.app about Magic Sudoku or anything in these terms.

Using Magic Sudoku

We give you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to play Magic Sudoku for your own enjoyment. You may not copy, sell or republish the puzzles, explanations or artwork, except puzzles you set yourself or as the licences named in a puzzle's credits allow.

You agree not to:

• submit false results or ratings, or try to manipulate shared figures;
• use bots, scripts or scraping to access the game or its servers;
• try to break, overload or get around the security of Magic Sudoku, or access another person's account;
• use Magic Sudoku in a way that breaks the law.

Accounts

You can play without an account. If you create one, give a real email address you can receive mail at and keep your sign-in secure; you are responsible for what happens under your account. Accounts are for people aged 18 or over, or younger players with the consent of a parent or guardian. You can delete your account at any time in the game, as the privacy policy describes. We may suspend or close an account that breaks these terms, and will tell you why unless the law prevents us.

Free launch offer and early sign-up rewards

• Until the end of 11 December 2026, South African time, every puzzle is free to play with a Magic Sudoku account. Some puzzles stay free to play without an account.
• An account created before the end of 11 December 2026 keeps the four starter bundles for as long as the account exists, and gets 30% off the price of a Magic Sudoku membership for as long as the account exists and we offer one.
• The rewards belong to that account. They cannot be transferred, sold or exchanged for money, and deleting the account ends them. We may refuse the rewards to accounts created to misuse the offer, such as many accounts for one person.
• Membership and paid bundles are not available yet. When they are, we will publish their prices and terms before you can buy them.

Your progress

Puzzle progress is saved on your device, not in your account. Clearing your browser's data or deleting the app removes it, and we cannot recover it.

Puzzles and credits

The game, its explanations and artwork belong to us or our licensors. Some puzzles come from other creators and are used under their licences, such as Creative Commons Attribution 4.0, or are in the public domain. Each puzzle's Credits & licence link in the game names its source, licence and any changes. Puzzles set by players belong to their setters, as the next section explains.

Puzzles you set

With a Magic Sudoku account you can set puzzles for other players. Before you submit one, you choose a setter name and agree to the setter terms in the game. This section sets out those terms in full. Your drafts are private. A puzzle you submit is published in the Workshop for members to play, credited to your setter name.

When you submit a puzzle:

• It must be your own work, not copied, and not generated by someone else's tool. The game refuses a puzzle that matches one already in Magic Sudoku.
• You give us a licence to publish it. The licence is non-exclusive. It lets us publish the puzzle in Magic Sudoku on the web and in our apps, including in paid bundles, with the difficulty, hints and explanations the game works out for it. Wherever we publish it, we credit it to your setter name.
• You keep the right to publish it elsewhere too. The puzzle stays yours, and you can share or sell it anywhere else.
• We may remove it if it breaks these terms or players report it. A puzzle reported by several players is hidden automatically. We review reports and may put a puzzle back if it does not break these terms.

Setter names and titles. Your setter name and your puzzle titles are shown to other players. They must not be offensive, and your setter name must not pretend to be someone else, such as another player, a well-known person or Magic Sudoku. The game refuses some words, and a setter name another setter already uses.

Reporting and blocking. If a community puzzle is offensive, broken or copied, report it in the game; please report only puzzles that really have a problem. The setter is never told who reported it. You can also block a setter so that their puzzles stay hidden from you, and unblock them at any time.

Suspension. If you break these terms as a setter, we may suspend you from setting puzzles. While you are suspended you cannot submit puzzles, and your published puzzles and setter profile are hidden from other players. The game shows you if you are suspended; email us if you think we have made a mistake.

Collection credits. Credits you earn as a setter belong to your account. They can only be spent in the game, cannot be transferred or exchanged for money, and end if you delete your account.

Deleting your account. If you delete your account, we delete your setter name, drafts and credits and every puzzle you published, including any in a Community bundle, and players can no longer play them. The privacy policy lists everything that deletion removes.

Availability and changes

We work to keep Magic Sudoku running well, but we provide it as it is and as available. We may change, add or remove puzzles and features. If we stop offering Magic Sudoku, we will give reasonable notice in the game.

Liability

To the extent the law allows, we are not liable for indirect or consequential loss, or for loss of progress saved on your device. Nothing in these terms limits rights you have under consumer protection law that cannot be excluded, including South Africa's Consumer Protection Act, or our liability where the law does not allow it to be limited.

Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of the Republic of South Africa. If you live elsewhere as a consumer, you also keep the protections your own country's law gives you.

Changes to these terms

If we change these terms, we will update them here and change the date at the top. If a change significantly affects you, we will tell you in the game before it takes effect. Questions? Email support@magicsudoku.app.