# Crossword Solver — user reviews > 79 indexed App Store user reviews of Crossword Solver by Havos, rated 4.30/5 from 149 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/crossword-solver/id668459828/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/crossword-solver/id668459828.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 104 · 4★ 20 · 3★ 10 · 2★ 3 · 1★ 12 ## What do users think of Crossword Solver? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 👍 Great for crosswords - 💡 Useful for anagrams - ✅ Versatile tool - 📚 Comprehensive dictionary - 🚀 Fast and efficient - 🎯 Solves many puzzles - 🌟 Invaluable assistance - 💯 Works very well - 👍 Easy to use - 💡 Good for Wordle - 👍 Highly recommended - 💡 Useful as reference - 👍 Excellent solver - ✅ Flexible and ambivalent - 💡 Great for cryptics - 👍 Very good app - ✅ Brilliant app - 👍 Good vocabulary - 💡 Useful for word games - 👍 Handy and versatile **Cons** - 🐛 UI needs update - 🐛 Some rare words missing - 🐛 Not recognizing simple words - 🐛 Inconsistent word recognition - 🐛 Poor user interface - 🐛 Can't figure out keyboard - 🐛 Some words don't exist - 🐛 Outdated interface - 🐛 Clumsy keyboard - 🐛 Confusing interface - 🐛 Spelling/translation errors - 🐛 Missing common words - 🐛 Not English English - 🐛 Difficult to use initially - 🐛 Limited functionality for cryptic clues - 🐛 Not fitting on screen - 🐛 Losing right/bottom edge - 🐛 Only half screen in landscape - 🐛 Unusable with enforced timeouts - 🐛 Ads ruin usability **Commonly reported bugs** - App redirects to App Store - Enforced full-screen ad timeouts - Screen fitting issues (landscape/portrait) - App not working on iPad - Cannot report problems - Not recognizing simple words - Keyboard issues (spaces, cases) - Game Center forced login - App Store redirection on launch **Most requested features** - Option to submit words - Improve keyboard input - Add definition input - Allow input of word length - Update UI to be more professional - Fix screen fitting issues on various devices - Allow users to input definitions ## Newest reviews (14 of 79) ### 3/5 — Upgrade issue *2023-08-20* Great app but after the last upgrade the app does not fit my screen properly and I lose the right hand edge. Using iPhone 14, IOS 16.6 ### 4/5 — Review *2023-01-24* Very good indicates almost 100% of words ### 2/5 — Not as good as it used to be. It’s not recognising simple words!!!! *2022-11-11* I used to use this a lot but for some reason it has changed are you not updating or are you out of business? ### 2/5 — Too many rare words *2022-08-10* Did not have ‘cling’. Not enough regular words. ### 4/5 — A great help! *2021-09-26, version 5.3* Very useful! ### 4/5 — Libre46 *2021-04-01* Précieux. Fonctionne très bien. Dictionnaire assez complet mais avec quelques omissions étonnantes, parfois ### 4/5 — No more words to decipher *2020-06-02* This used to be a great crossword solver. But today when I tried to put in a word , all it came up with “word” or “person”, but not dr??? or whatever word I choose WITHOUT question marks. Literally all it had were words like Person, details, but not the word I was looking for. Diane ### 5/5 — Excellent App *2019-10-30* Works very well. Wouldn’t be without it. ### 5/5 — Great app! *2019-09-22* Great app ### 5/5 — Magnifique application *2019-09-21* Bien organisé ### 5/5 — Fantastic for anagrams *2019-08-31* ...including multi-word. Easy to use. ### 5/5 — Crossword solver *2019-04-01* Excellent- solved many a puzzle! Wouldn’t be without it- great stuff thank you!👍 ### 5/5 — Solver *2019-01-25, version 4.1.2* Works like a charm... ### 5/5 — Crossmate *2018-11-09, version 4.1.2* I got an app few years ago called crossmate it was brilliant then the iOS 10 update came in and made the app not work, I hunted for a long time to get the same app but one that works with iOS 10 or above, I have finally found it, it’s just the same format but better I am really happy with this app. The person who said when he opened the app it took him to the App Store, it’s just not possible it’s like pressing the Amazon app and getting eBay. No this app is the bees knees ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Good app shamefully ruined. *2024-01-25* I used this app for years and accepted the banner adverts as the price for it being free. A new release just installed, (Jan2024), effectively makes it unusable with enforced “timeouts” having to watch full screen adverts unless you subscribe. Oh well, plenty more fish in the crossword solvers sea. Good bye and good riddance. ### 1/5 — Latest upgrade 5.4.1 fails *2023-08-22* Does not work on iPad. Cannot report problem. Was working on 5.4. Help ### 1/5 — Nag *2022-11-29, version 5.3* Nagging gets you one star ### 1/5 — G Bock *2021-07-18* Can’t access any words through portal! Extremely poor user interface! ### 1/5 — Une étoile c’est trop *2021-02-08* Complètement nul.Ne tient pas du tout compte des lettres posées. ### 1/5 — Crossword solver *2019-12-30* NO WAY! Couldn’t even get simple words like PANDA tried several different words - even if you put the full word in it didn’t recognise it. Sorry but it just don’t work. ### 1/5 — Keyboard *2018-08-27* Can’t figure out keyboard. How do you get spaces & mixed upper & lower cases ### 1/5 — Another useful program ruined by poor programming *2017-11-17* Started off ok, ran for a few weeks without problems then every time the program is launched, it automatically opens the App Store at some random app (probably paying for the advertising). Any attempt to return to the solver just bounces straight back into the App Store. Now I don’t mind some advertising but this “ improvement” makes this app unusable. I’ve seen this happen with other apps that had to be deleted. I’d give it minus 5 stars if I could. ### 1/5 — SPAM SPAM SPAM *2017-11-09, version 4.1.2* To be honest I can’t say if this app is any good. As soon as I opened it I was redirected to the App Store. I typed a word....redirected to App Store l. Tried again.....redirected to App Store. Deleted ### 1/5 — Game Center???? *2017-09-11* Pourquoi cette f###tue application m'oblige-t-elle à me connecter à cette c###nerie de Game Center ? ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Marvellous *2025-11-07* Cracking app that serves a multitude of uses ### 5/5 — Xword Solver *2023-08-23* Only half a screen in landscape after the upgrade Thank you ### 5/5 — It was great until v5.4 *2023-08-21* Now doesn’t fit on an iPhone 11 screen. Right hand and bottom edge lost ☹️. Please fix !! Rapid reaction with 5.4.1. Fixed . Thanks ! ### 5/5 — Doesn’t fit on screen *2023-08-20* Was a great app but now, since update, doesn’t fit on iPhone screen so unusable. ### 5/5 — Best one I see *2023-05-02* It has dictionary in app, and splits things so that you can see words by rare or common ### 5/5 — Very good *2023-02-09* This is a great solution that I’ve used for cryptics for years. Invaluable for cheating at Wordle!! ### 5/5 — The only app…………. *2022-08-04* The only app you need to help with any type of crossword. My saviour in several puzzling clues! ### 5/5 — Brilliant! *2020-12-25* Convenient, versatile and useful for many puzzles. ### 5/5 — Good *2020-11-24, version 5.2.2* Good ### 5/5 — Useful App *2020-10-14* Great app to fill in gaps of crossword answers and to find anagrams too. Some words provided do not actually exist but these are few. I would like the option of submitting words that the app doesn’t have so that they can be approved of and added to the Xword Solver increasing the possibilities of finding the answers for all of us. --- *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 2026-08-21.*