# Crossword Solver Silver — user reviews > 99 indexed App Store user reviews of Crossword Solver Silver by Procypher Software Co., rated 3.30/5 from 10 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/crossword-solver-silver/id337794038/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/crossword-solver-silver/id337794038.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 4 · 4★ 2 · 3★ 0 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 3 ## What do users think of Crossword Solver Silver? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 👍 Helpful for crosswords - 👍 Useful tool - 👍 Solves difficult puzzles - 👍 Good dictionary - 👍 Easy to use **Cons** - 😠 Intrusive ads - 🐛 App crashes - 🐛 Keyboard issues - 🐛 Display problems - 🐛 App freezes - 🐛 Unusable after updates - 🐛 Missing common words - 🐛 Poor performance - 🐛 Battery drain **Commonly reported bugs** - App closes when checking second word - Does not work in portrait orientation - SOLVE button behind camera on iPhone - App closes after using 'look up' facility - Display issues on iPhone 11 screen notch - Switch to landscape from portrait is poor - 'Look up' facility loses app functionality - Ads across input space, won't go away - No keyboard - Ads cause app to lock up - Partially blank screen after update - White square on screen, cannot type - Freezes if not connected to internet - Ads obliterate top section, nowhere to type - Keyboard disappears after closing ad - Keyboard does not pop up - Ads pop up over whole screen - Keyboard disappears without trace - App freezes after closing ad apps - Keyboard does not appear after closing ad - Ads intrude to the point of making it unusable - Ads gone balmy, can't clear screen - Keyboard doesn't appear, ads annoying - Ads pop up then keyboard is lost - Ads screw up keyboard access - Keyboard does not appear, useless - Cannot type in a '?', iPad keyboard issue - Cannot rotate or deselect text entry box - App won't work after OS upgrade - Lite version won't do anything without purchase - Stumped by simple words or swamps with useless words - Doesn't do anything, interactive with keyboard - Cannot see crossword, no help - Doesn't solve anything - Expired after short trial, asked to buy full version **Most requested features** - Add missing words to dictionary - Option to pay for ad-free version - Add '?' to letter keyboard - Ability to explore multiple words - Add clue input functionality - Fix cursor placement for '?' - Fix iOS dictionary integration ## Newest reviews (14 of 99) ### 3/5 — No longer works in portrait orientation since last update *2023-01-29, version 5.8* No longer works in portrait orientation since last update, please can you fix. Thanks ### 3/5 — Drains Battery *2023-01-27, version 5.8* Good to use but really drains my battery and since latest update only displays in Landscape not Portrait. So annoying. ### 2/5 — Crossword solver *2022-05-24, version 5.7* On the iPhone this app does not work because the SOLVE button is behind the facing camera. The only way to solve is to rotate the iPhone ### 4/5 — Annoying fault. *2021-09-27, version 5.7* Generally a good app but has the annoying fault that once you use the "look up" facility on a word you cannot carry on to enter another word without turning the whole app off and then re-starting it. ### 2/5 — Bad Update *2021-01-02, version 5.7* I’ve had this app fir 2 years plus & it’s been great. Disappointed with the latest update as the view doesn’t work correctly on IPhone 11 Screen “Notch” screws up the display & app operation is very buggy. Another good app let down by bad update! ### 2/5 — Crossword Solver *2020-12-22, version 5.7* Ruined since latest upgrade. Switch to landscape from portrait poor. “Look up” facility loses the app functionality altogether. MONEY BACK PLEASE ### 2/5 — Annoying ads *2019-04-25, version 5.5.1* These make the app hard to use ### 4/5 — Great for crosswords *2019-02-27, version 5.5.1* Not as useful for other word puzzles where you do not know number and position of missing letters. ### 2/5 — Keeps freezing *2018-07-09, version 5.4.3* Used to be a great app, but now the ads cause it to freeze if you aren’t connected to the internet. Please repair it so it works in standalone mode! ### 4/5 — Excellent *2018-05-26, version 5.4.1* The ads are annoying,particularly when the keyboard disappears, but I always find it does exactly what it says and helps me compete my nightly crossword. ### 2/5 — Does the job but intrusive and inappropriate ads *2018-05-08, version 5.4* This does help find crossword answers. But you’re forced to wait for an add before you can enter letters, but which time I’ve often forgotten the pattern I want to enter (crossword is also on my phone). An ad came up just now for a search for “mature ladies” with picture of scantily clad mature woman ... not what I’m expecting from a crossword solver (!) ### 4/5 — Very useful *2018-04-17, version 5.4* I make good use of this on occasions when I'm totally stuck, and it usually provides a solution. However, a lot of quite common words are missing - it would be useful to have the facility to add words to its dictionary. ### 1/5 — Intrusive ads *2018-03-16, version 5.4* Over time the ads have become very intrusive and annoying. They pop up regularly. Look elsewhere! ### 3/5 — It’s great *2018-03-14, version 5.4* Very helpful Ads annoying ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — :( *2021-09-02, version 5.7* Didn’t work for me ### 1/5 — Ads are making this unusable *2020-11-24, version 5.7* I have deleted this now because the ads are right across the space for entering the letters and won’t go away. ### 1/5 — No help at all *2020-07-25, version 5.5.1* Dont waste your time ### 1/5 — Ads very intrusive and many times cause app to lock up. *2018-07-11, version 5.4.3* Ads very intrusive and many times cause app to lock up. ### 1/5 — Partially blank scree *2018-07-11, version 5.4.3* Unusable and partially blank screen after the last update on my iPhone 7s ### 1/5 — Cannot use *2018-07-11, version 5.4.3* I have suddenly found this app is impossible to use. Not able to type anything in as there is just a white square on the screen. ### 1/5 — Used to be very useful... *2018-06-25, version 5.4.3* I once made extensive use of this, although a lot of common words are missing from its vocabulary. It's now impossible to use - when it starts, you are smothered with ads, and when the ads clear there is nowhere to type your word, because the top section has been obliterated. It may be incompatible with the latest version of iOS. ### 1/5 — Not good *2018-06-16, version 5.4.3* I have now deleted this App. New adverts are just too much. Shame. ### 1/5 — X word solver *2018-06-15, version 5.4.3* No keyboard ### 1/5 — Ada are appalling *2018-03-17, version 5.4* I’d happily pay for the app to get rid of the damn adverts ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Dictionary *2023-05-10, version 5.8* When finding a word and looking at the definition you can only check 1 word …. When you check word no 2 the app closes ### 5/5 — Brill *2018-12-06, version 5.5.1* Ads or no ads this ap is for me ### 5/5 — Bobstu *2018-08-18, version 5.5* Wouldn't be without it top app!! ### 5/5 — Crossword solver *2018-06-01, version 5.4.1* It’s great. ### 5/5 — Like it *2018-05-27, version 5.4.1* A very useful tool. ### 5/5 — Crossword solver *2018-03-31, version 5.4* A good dictionary and a good help with crosswords. Not fond of the Ads but it's not that bad. ### 5/5 — Useful tool *2018-01-23, version 5.3* Unlike others, I don’t mind the ads. They are not long and I have the time to spare. Annoying that the English spelling are ignored I. Preference to US sometimes but that’s only a minor thing. ### 5/5 — Great App *2017-01-28, version 5.3* Find this very helpful if I do have to cheat. ### 5/5 — Algebraic Maniac *2016-11-12, version 5.2* It is excellent, once I got the hang of how it worked! I had one for ages which was fine until a recent Apple Update when it froze. My son-in-law said it hadn't been updated since 2008. He found yours and I am very happy as I like to cheat! ### 5/5 — XWordSolver solves *2016-10-21, version 5.1* Excellent app. Makes crossword solutions that bit easier to solve. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-07-18.*