Sonar Patrol is a reimagined version of the classical board game Black Box.
The idea behind this interpretation of Black Box is that you are a sonar operator tasked to locate and destroy a group of five enemy subs that have entered your patrol sector (which is imagined as a 8x8 grid).
You will have the ability to launch depth charges to sink the enemy subs, but first you have to locate them.
To do so, you fire sonar pings into the grid from the perimeter.
Depending on where the pings enter and then exit the grid, you have to determine where the subs are located, but remember to use your pings carefully, because you will have only ten available.
Read the in-game help section for the rules of the game, tips and strategies.
Current Version:
1.10
Runs on Android:
9.0 and up
Compatibility note:
The game requires a display with an WVGA resolution or larger
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v1.10
Updated:
- improved support for Android 14
v1.9
Updated:
- dropped support for Android 8.1
- improved support for Android 12 and 13
v1.8.1
Fixed:
- game crashes on devices running Android 11 and higher when toggling the sound on/off
v1.8
Updated:
- dropped support for Android 7.0, 7.1 and 8.0
- removed storage access permissions
v1.7
Updated:
- dropped support for Android 6
- some minor tweaks
v1.6.2
Fixed:
- stats and career progress migration bugfix
The bug fixed in this release, and the one fixed in the previous release, were related to the clean up after the actual migration, your game data was and is safe, it was not lost/corrupted.
v1.6.1
Fixed:
- stats and career progress migration bugfix
v1.6
Updated:
- dropped support for Android 5.1
- switched from storing the game stats and progress on the public storage to storing the data in the game's private folder (therefore complying with the scoped storage access introduced in Android 10), your stats and career progress will be migrated the first time you run the game after updating (keep in mind, from now on, you will lose your progress if you uninstall the game)
v1.5.1
Updated the Privacy Policy link in the About screen.
The policy itself remains unchanged, we just moved our website to a new address.
v1.5
Updated:
- optimizations for devices with Android 9.0 and higher
- dropped support for Android 4.4 and 5.0
v1.4
Updated:
- tweaked permissions support for Android 6.0 and higher
- dropped support for Android Jelly Bean (4.1, 4.2, 4.3)
Fixed:
- custom fonts not loading on devices with the latest versions of Android
v1.3
Updated:
- added support for runtime permissions on devices running Android 6 and newer
- added adaptive app icon for devices running Android 8 and newer
- other minor improvements
v1.2
Updated:
- optimized error handling
- tweaked the app icon
Fixed:
- an issue that could freeze the app when loading the help screen
v1.1
Updated:
- added game stats as a "Career" mode
- added permissions WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE and READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE, in order to store the game stats on the internal storage or SD Card
- created and added the change log at the end of the help screen
- minor tweaks
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