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A Puzzle Maker Pro alternative for puzzle books
Puzzle Maker Pro, from BookPublisherTools, is a Windows desktop program with more than 60 puzzle modules. You buy the modules you want once, a sudoku module from $27, or all of them on its Everything plan at $97 a month. It makes puzzles in large batches and lays them out as books, with more layout control in its higher editions. vøiddo does one thing: in your browser, it makes the finished files of a KDP puzzle book, interior and full wrap cover with the spine sized to the page count, and checks both against KDP’s paperback specs. You pay per book, from $3.30, and nothing renews.
| vøiddo | Puzzle Maker Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| How you pay | One-time book credits: $15 for 3 books, $39 for 10, $99 for 30. Credits never expire and nothing renews. | Each module bought once, in editions: Sudoku 9x9 $27 or $47, Killer Sudoku $47 to $147, Standard Word Search $97 or $197. Or every module on the Everything plan: $97 a month or $970 a year. Prices in US dollars, before VAT. |
| Where it runs | In any browser, on Windows, Mac, a Chromebook or a phone. Nothing to install; there is also an API. | A Windows desktop program you install, one person on up to two computers. For a Mac they suggest Parallels or VirtualBox and testing the demo first. Works offline after installation. |
| What you get | The finished book: interior PDF with every solution, full wrap cover with the spine sized to your page count, a signed check of both files, listing text with seven keyword ideas, six preview images. Ready in under a minute. | Puzzles as images (JPG or PNG at 300 DPI, some modules also SVG and PDF), up to 5000 in one run for sudoku. A book interior as PDF, PowerPoint or page images with numbered solutions; their Puzzle Book Studio, for themed and custom books, starts at the Creative edition, and several puzzle sets in one book take Productivity. |
| Selling the books | Yes, under your own name or imprint, from the first book. | Yes: every paid edition lets you sell the finished books on KDP, Etsy or your own store. Their Productivity edition adds selling the puzzles to other publishers. |
| Puzzle types | 18: sudoku, killer sudoku, calcudoku, futoshiki, nonograms, skyscrapers, logic grid puzzles, word search, mazes, cryptograms, word scrambles, number search, kakuro, fill in, crosswords, number fill in, samurai sudoku and jigsaw sudoku, alone or 2 to 18 kinds in one variety book. | 60 and more modules by their Everything page, each bought on its own: sudoku in many sizes and shapes (samurai, jigsaw, killer, 3D cubes), calcudoku, slitherlink, several word searches, criss cross, codeword, word fill, mazes in 2D and 3D, bingo, connect the dots and more. Their nonogram maker is a separate program. |
| Each puzzle checked | By a second, independent program before it is printed: exactly one solution per sudoku, killer sudoku, calcudoku, futoshiki, nonogram, kakuro, fill in, number fill in, samurai sudoku and jigsaw sudoku, each word or number exactly once, one route per maze, every crossword grid read back to exactly its numbered answers, every code decoded back to its quote. | Stated per module: exactly one solution for sudoku, killer sudoku, jigsaw sudoku, sudoku 3D cubes and calcudoku, with sudoku graded by the techniques it needs in seven levels and the rules published. Their Standard Word Search and Mazes 2D Squares pages make no such claim. |
| Page sizes | 6 × 9, 7 × 10, 8 × 10, 8.5 × 11 in and A4, on white, cream or groundwood paper | Any size you set, up to 15 × 15 in, with an optional 0.125 in bleed and mirrored margins |
| Cover | A full wrap cover PDF, typeset from the book’s own puzzles, spine sized to your page count and paper. No pictures, nothing to disclose. | A KDP cover template: a PNG guide of back, spine and front with bleed and safe zones, sized to the page count. In their words, “the template is a guide and not a cover”; you design the cover yourself. |
| KDP file check | Every book, interior and cover: page size, page count, embedded fonts, text inside the margins and gutter, small text, line weight, blank pages, cover size, spine text and the barcode area, in a signed report. If KDP rejects the files within 30 days, the credits come back. | A Warnings panel in Puzzle Book Studio for small text, crowded pages and missing files. Their Terms: “We cannot guarantee that all files generated by our software will always be accepted by these platforms”. |
| Large print | An option on every book: 16 pt and larger, grids in Atkinson Hyperlegible | No large print setting is described; their large print tutorial shows how to work out the sizes yourself. |
| Try first | A sample sudoku book to download, and pictures of a sample book of every kind on its own page | A demo of every module at no charge: watermarked, one puzzle at a time, without the Time Saver add-ons |
| Money back | Unused credits within 14 days of purchase; a book’s credits if KDP rejects its files within 30 days | Their Terms: “For Puzzle Maker Pro, puzzle content, and PLR products, there are no refunds.” They ask you to test the demo before buying. |
Puzzle Maker Pro figures and quotes from their home page, their module, edition and Everything plan pages, their purchase information and Terms, and their Puzzle Book Studio tutorials, read on 25 October 2026. Their pages do not all agree (one calls the licence one-time, another a monthly or yearly subscription), and some prices are marked as sale prices; check their site for today’s terms.
Which one fits
- Puzzle Maker Pro fits when you work on Windows and want a program you keep and run offline, kinds we do not make (slitherlink, codeword, 3D mazes, bingo, connect the dots and many more), your own trim sizes and page art, puzzles from your own word lists, thousands of puzzles in one run, playable puzzles for your website, or the right to sell puzzles to other publishers.
- vøiddo fits when you want finished, checked files for KDP without installing anything: on a Mac, a Chromebook or a phone, the interior and the full wrap cover in one go, large print with one switch, cream or groundwood paper, a cover with no picture to disclose, and your credits back if KDP rejects the files.
- The two work together: their modules for the kinds we do not make, our files for books you want finished, covered and checked in seconds.
Questions
A Puzzle Maker Pro module is bought once. Is it cheaper than vøiddo?
For one kind of puzzle over many books, it can be: their Sudoku 9x9 module costs $27 or $47 once, about what 10 of our books cost ($39). You then lay out each book, design the cover and size the spine yourself, on a Windows computer. Each vøiddo book arrives finished and checked, and our packs cost $15 for 3 books, $39 for 10 and $99 for 30.
Does vøiddo work on a Mac?
Yes. vøiddo runs in the browser, so a Mac, a Chromebook, a tablet or a phone all work, with nothing to install. Puzzle Maker Pro is for Windows; on a Mac their pages suggest running it in Parallels or VirtualBox.
Will KDP accept the files?
Each book passes our check against KDP’s published paperback specs before you can download it. If KDP still rejects the files within 30 days, the book’s credits go back to your key.
Can I get my money back?
At vøiddo, unused credits within 14 days of purchase, and a book’s credits if KDP rejects its files within 30 days (refunds). Puzzle Maker Pro sales are final; its demo is the way to test it first.
Is vøiddo connected to Puzzle Maker Pro?
No. Puzzle Maker Pro is made by BookPublisherTools in the Netherlands, according to its About page; this page compares public prices and features as they were on the date above.
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