Support
Something broken, or an idea? Email me.
Email me
Write to contact@blockbrewer.nl. If it’s about a level, mention its number, and tell me which phone and which iOS or Android version you use.
Restore your purchase
- Open Brewdoku on the phone where you want the ads gone.
- Tap the gear on the home screen to open Settings.
- Tap Restore purchase. Use the same Apple Account (iPhone) or Google account (Android) you bought it with.
The purchase is tied to your Apple Account or Google account, not to me, so it comes back after a reinstall or on a new phone of the same kind. A purchase on iPhone doesn’t carry over to Android, or the other way round: the two stores are separate. If it doesn’t come back, email me with the date from your store receipt.
Deleting your data
Brewdoku has no account and sends me nothing, so all your game data is on your phone. Delete the app and it’s gone from the phone; a phone backup you made earlier may still hold a copy until that backup is replaced. If you emailed me, ask and I’ll delete our emails too.
Ads
- Ads only come between puzzles, after you solve a level. Never in the middle of one.
- None in your first session, none in levels 1 to 15, and none after the Daily Brew.
- After that, at most one every three solved levels, with at least two minutes in between.
- Videos only play when you ask for one: for three extra hints, to repair a streak, or to open a Daily Brew older than thirty days.
- Remove ads is a one-time purchase. It takes away the ads between puzzles and adds a free hint every day. The videos stay, for when you want them.
Settings worth knowing
- Patterns on tables gives every table a pattern next to its colour.
- Auto X crosses out the spots next to and in line with your cups. It is off until you turn it on.
- Show rule breaks is on at first. Turn it off and a wrong cup is no longer marked, and then it does not cost a bean either.
- Sound and vibration are soft, and you can switch either one off.
Common questions
Is Brewdoku free?
Yes. Brewdoku is free to play with light ads between puzzles, never during one. If you prefer no ads, you can remove them with one purchase, or get the Supporter pack (Google Play) with no ads, three free hints a day, every old Daily Brew and a gold rim cup. There is no subscription.
Does Brewdoku work offline?
Yes. All levels and the Daily Brew play without an internet connection.
How is Brewdoku different from sudoku?
There are no numbers. You place cups: one in every row, every column and every colored table, and two cups may never touch, not even diagonally. If you know star battle puzzles, it works the same way. Every puzzle has one solution you can reach by logic alone.
When can I play Brewdoku?
Brewdoku is on the App Store for iPhone and on Google Play for Android phones. There’s no iPad version. You can also play one on the home page.
How do the controls work?
Tap a spot to mark it with an X, and tap it again later to clear it. Double tap or hold a spot to place a cup, and tap a cup to lift it. Drag across spots to mark several at once. Undo takes back your last move; hold Undo to go back to before a mistake.
How do hints work?
Three steps. The first shows where to look and is free. Explain tells you why and costs one hint. Do it for me then makes the step. You start with three hints, get a free one every new day, and can watch a short video for three more if you like.
What are beans?
Your score for a puzzle. A level pays up to three beans. Each hint you pay for and each visible mistake costs one, and you always keep at least one. Replay a level any time to earn a better score.
Do I have to finish every level of a block?
No. Solve ten levels of a block and the next block opens.
How do the streak and the stamp card work?
Solve the Daily Brew on its own day and you get a stamp. Seven stamps in a row fill the card and earn a Coffee Filter. You can hold two filters, and a filter is used by itself on a day you miss.
I missed a day and lost my streak.
On the day you find the streak broken and the day after, you can repair it by watching a short video. If you start again instead, reach seven days within thirty days and your old streak is added back.
Can I change my ad consent?
Where the consent form applies (the EEA, the UK and Switzerland), open Settings and tap Privacy choices to see the form again and change your answer.
I saw an ad that should not be there.
Open Settings and tap Report an ad. It opens an email to me with the time the last ad was shown, so I can look it up.
Is there a timer?
Only if you want one. Turn on Show time in Settings to see a clock while you play. There’s no countdown either way.
I’m colour-blind. Can I still play?
Yes. Turn on Patterns on tables in Settings and every table gets its own pattern next to its colour. You can try it on the puzzle on the home page.
Can Brewdoku remind me to play?
Yes, if you turn on Daily reminder in Settings. It’s off until you do, and then it sends one gentle notification every day at 9:00 for the new Daily Brew.
Will my progress move to a new phone?
Brewdoku has no account and no cloud save, so your progress lives on your phone and isn’t synced between devices. A phone backup you make yourself may include it. A purchase to remove ads can always be restored, see above.
A puzzle seems to need a guess.
It should never happen: every puzzle has exactly one solution that logic can reach. Tap Hint to see the next step with its reason. If you still think something is off, email me the level number.