# Cryptogram · Cryptoquote Game — user reviews > 415 indexed App Store user reviews of Cryptogram · Cryptoquote Game by Matthew Murphy, rated 4.70/5 from 7,025 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cryptogram-cryptoquote-game/id931157057/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cryptogram-cryptoquote-game/id931157057.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 5,543 · 4★ 1,052 · 3★ 192 · 2★ 92 · 1★ 146 ## What do users think of Cryptogram · Cryptoquote Game? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Great help - 👍 Fun, enjoyable and great mental exercise - 👍 Challenging but not too difficult - 👍 Keeps brain active - 👍 Excellent game for code crackers - 👍 Enjoyable and stimulating - 👍 Excellent game, better than Sudoku - 👍 Always creative - 👍 Excellent app, better than paper version - 👍 Excellent for improving concentration - 👍 Great for writers and word lovers - 👍 Excellent game, no frills - 👍 Challenging and thought-provoking - 👍 Keeps the brain ticking over - 👍 Excellent for learning substitution ciphers **Cons** - 🐛 Possible app replication or hacking - 🔍 Ads are too frequent, long, and intrusive - 🔍 Ads are distracting and disruptive - 🔍 Ads are impossible to remove - 🔍 Ads are loud and jarring - 🔍 Ads take too long to close - 🐛 Game freezes or goes blank - 🐛 Repeated puzzles - 🔍 Quotes can be politically or religiously biased - 🐛 Stats/progress are periodically deleted **Commonly reported bugs** - Possible app replication or hacking - Game freezes or goes blank - Repeated puzzles - Stats/progress are periodically deleted **Most requested features** - Dark mode option - Ability to save completed quotes - Option to choose difficulty level or quote category - Ability to pause/resume game - Unused letter board - Ability to track stats and progress - Option to pay for ad-free version ## Newest reviews (15 of 415) ### 4/5 — Skip the stupid romance quotes *2026-08-21, version 1.47* There are so many wonderful actual quotes. No need to include sappy text from dime store romance novels. ### 3/5 — Cryptogram *2026-08-18, version 1.47* The ads are too long ### 2/5 — Impossible Ads *2026-08-13, version 1.47* Fun game but the ads are so long and hard to close out. ### 4/5 — Too many ads *2026-07-30, version 1.47* Ads are very long and after nearly every game. Ads are for games I already play. ### 4/5 — Could be the perfect app! *2026-07-18, version 1.47* I LOVED this app before it went through some changes several months ago. It doesn’t save my progress all the time, the default “auto advance” feature is really annoying (I have to reset often to get rid of it) and I find more repetition of quotes than before…sometimes even back to back. I can deal with the ads, but I wish the “new and improved version would revert back to the original. Still a really good, user friendly app and fun to play. ### 3/5 — Game ok; ads not *2026-05-17, version 1.47* Game itself is okay but ads are ridiculously long and difficult to exit from. ### 2/5 — Meh *2026-05-13, version 1.47* The game is fine in the app but the ads are more annoying than the online version ### 4/5 — Too many ads *2026-05-06, version 1.47* Deleted this app even though I thoroughly enjoyed it. I just couldn’t tolerate the ads and there is no way to buy out of the ads. ### 5/5 — Very good cryptogram game! *2026-04-26, version 1.47* I enjoy solving cryptograms very much, and I love a good challenge. I was looking for a cryptogram game to play on my iPhone, and I found this one on my third try. I’m so glad I did! I tossed the first couple of cryptogram games I downloaded in favor of this one. Thanks!!! ### 5/5 — So far… *2026-04-10, version 1.47* I love it. I downloaded it a few days ago.. So, I’ll update my review if things change (seriously)! ### 5/5 — Love this game *2026-04-09, version 1.47* The more I play this game the more I enjoy it. As much I enjoy the challenge of solving the quotes , I equally enjoy reading the quotes and taking a moment to ponder their meanings. ### 4/5 — Nice game *2026-04-05, version 1.47* I really like this game but dislike all the ads that pop up between each one. I don’t play it as long because of that. ### 2/5 — Ads too long *2026-04-01, version 1.47* Your ads are getting ridiculous. They used to be short. Now some of them run over 2 minutes+. And they have the nerve to say that their games are free of ads… Hypocrites!!!!! ### 4/5 — Perfect, except... *2026-04-01, version 1.47* Exactly the cryptogram game I've been looking for. However, it would be just a bit better there were a one-time purchase option for no ads. The ads run a bit long. ### 5/5 — Fun Cryptogram App *2026-03-27, version 1.47* I really enjoy playing word games & I play several different cryptogram puzzle apps. This one is by far my favorite. It allows you to check to make sure you haven’t made mistakes along the way that’ll throw the whole thing off without having to watch an ad every time. It is also just the right difficulty level. The apps that have super hard to solve puzzles also seem to be the ones that make you watch ads every time you turn around. If you like word puzzles, you’ll probably enjoy this app. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Word choices are AWFUL! *2026-07-23, version 1.47* Maybe the game is written in a foreign country, but half the terms, we had never heard of!! Within 20 or so levels, the game was completely unplayable. ### 1/5 — Intrusive ads *2026-06-05, version 1.47* I’ve deleted this app. The first time I played, an ad appeared of a teenage girl’s headshot jiggling up and down (inappropriate but not explicit). I could not stop this, so I closed and reopened the app. Soon after, the entire screen was hijacked by a video game that would not close. ### 1/5 — Love and hate *2026-05-28, version 1.47* I have loved this app for years. But now, unfortunately I cannot bear the ads which you cannot exit out of. They are too long. I’m sorry to say I must move on to another app. Too bad there isn’t an option to pay a one time fee to opt out of ads. I’m sad. Goodbye ### 1/5 — Ads unbearable *2026-05-04, version 1.47* Been playing for years but the ads have been getting more and more cumbersome. The last update made the ads unbearable, looking for new cryptogame ### 1/5 — Ruined by ads *2026-04-04, version 1.47* It was a good app until they changed it by bringing in ads which can’t be closed. ### 1/5 — Offensive Ads *2026-01-20, version 1.46* The last thing I want to see advertised is women that are topless in sexually provocative poses. The ad banner at bottom of the game does not go away and is offensive. ### 1/5 — too many ads *2025-11-19, version 1.46* i think this game is fun, but the amount of long, unskippable ads does drive me crazy. i wish there was an option to pay a small fee and remove the ads! ### 1/5 — Games *2025-11-18, version 1.46* I keep running out of games and it takes a long time for new games to be up loaded ### 1/5 — Not Easy - Knowledge of a lot of Quotes needed *2025-11-18, version 1.46* Most cryptogram apps will say like GYV=THE and you have to fill it in yourself but this one you just have to guess and filling in one will automatically fill in others. ### 1/5 — Sorry to be leaving *2025-10-09, version 1.45* I used to love this app, played daily. They just started running advertisements at the bottom…… constant movement that is far too distracting. I am very saddened to stop, loved the quotes, enjoyed being timed, and watching my perfect game percentages. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — My favorite. *2026-08-22, version 1.47* Of all the games out there, Cryptograms is my favorite game! ### 5/5 — How cryptograms should be *2026-07-06, version 1.47* No locked letters, no hints, no timers. Just pure cryptograms. ### 5/5 — 114 bug fix needed *2026-06-25, version 1.47* Lock won’t unlock ### 5/5 — The Best App *2026-06-04, version 1.47* Very few games make me think! Cryptograms do. I enjoy the challenge and fun completing the puzzles, they make me think. ### 5/5 — Cryptograms *2026-06-01, version 1.47* Good for the brain! ### 5/5 — Ads are long and hard to exit out of *2026-05-10, version 1.47* Ads are very long and hard to exit out of. This is the only thing I don’t like. Other than the ads, the puzzles are great. ### 5/5 — Simply Puzzles *2026-05-10, version 1.47* This is the simplest app. No weird cartoons or characters, just puzzles. But I would really like to be able to opt out of ads with a one-time payment. The ads are sometimes inappropriate and they’re all too long and obnoxious. ### 5/5 — Great Review *2026-05-04, version 1.47* The Best Cryptogram App ### 5/5 — Great Cryptograms *2026-05-03, version 1.47* Fun and easy to use ### 5/5 — Great quotes! *2026-04-27, version 1.47* Each and every quote has substance and a good amount of difficulty. --- *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 2026-08-31.*