# Cryptogram - Word Puzzle Game — user reviews > 63 indexed App Store user reviews of Cryptogram by Berkay Saglam, rated 4.70/5 from 467 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cryptogram-word-puzzle-game/id1549190465/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cryptogram-word-puzzle-game/id1549190465.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 369 · 4★ 72 · 3★ 13 · 2★ 5 · 1★ 8 ## What do users think of Cryptogram? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Simple and intuitive user interface - 🎮 Multiple difficulty levels for all skill levels - 📚 Wide variety of quote categories - 💰 Minimal ads compared to other apps - 🧠 Engaging and mentally stimulating gameplay - ⚡ Smooth performance and low resource usage - 🏆 Competitive league and leaderboard features - 🎨 Customizable themes and color schemes - 🎯 Non-intrusive ad placement - 🆓 Free-to-play model without aggressive monetization **Cons** - 📺 Inappropriate and explicit ads appearing - 🐛 Ads freezing the app mid-gameplay - 📊 Data server issues affecting leaderboards - ⚠️ GDPR compliance and data privacy concerns - 💳 Payment issues with hint purchases - 🎮 Game completion glitches - 📱 Portrait-only mode limiting usability - ⌨️ Keyboard layout settings not persisting - 🔄 Data loss when switching devices - 🎯 Hint system providing irrelevant suggestions **Commonly reported bugs** - Ads freezing application and preventing progress - Game completion not registering despite solving puzzle - Hint system providing letters not in cryptogram - Settings reverting to default after closing app - Keyboard layout settings not saving properly - Hints charging payment without delivering hints - Progress not syncing across devices - Leaderboard showing impossible scores suggesting cheating - Puzzle categories and leaderboards unavailable **Most requested features** - Home screen widget functionality - Filter and search for favorite quotes - Ad-free premium version option - Color-coded cipher letters for pattern recognition - Landscape mode support for tablets - League chat functionality - Ability to change username - Legendary mode for competitive battles - User-submitted quote categories - Set progression levels for sense of completion ## Newest reviews (13 of 63) ### 4/5 — Very good. Can u add widget? *2026-02-12, version 1.4.15* I like the game, it is fun to play can u make so that we can add a widget to our front page? Additionally can u make so that we can filter the favorite quotes. ### 2/5 — Seems to have lost its data server *2025-12-22, version 1.4.15* No longer has the ability to get puzzle categories or leaderboards ### 3/5 — Ads freeze up *2025-12-20, version 1.4.15* I love the game, but twice today it went to ad and wouldn’t go any further. I’m not downloading it again today, but will try again in the future to see if you’ve fixed it. ### 3/5 — Inappropriate Add *2025-10-07, version 1.4.15* I was really enjoying this word puzzle game - Until…some VERY inappropriate images appeared in an ad. Too bad. Not too many ads, but when rated R material shows up i’m done ### 4/5 — Good game *2024-08-05, version 1.4.15* Fun to play and for once do not overdo the ads (a pleasure in itself). ### 2/5 — Banner ads distracting *2024-05-26, version 1.4.15* Enjoyed the game except the banner add directly over the keyboard is WAY too distracting and annoying. Deleted it. ### 3/5 — Would be great if it didn’t steal my money *2024-03-14, version 1.4.15* The app itself is fun, but TWICE I’ve tried to buy hints and it’s taken the payment but not given me any hints. Disappointed in that as I do love the game ### 4/5 — Please offer no adds *2024-02-08, version 1.4.14* I enjoy this app very much, and I play all day long. I would really enjoy an ad-free version. ### 4/5 — Thanks *2024-01-05, version 1.4.13* For creating something easy and intuitive to use. ### 5/5 — It’s amazing but one thing *2023-11-23, version 1.4.13* I love this game but it has a glitch sometimes. I’ll complete a game and it’ll say I still have to finish it even though I did. ### 5/5 — Code break *2023-10-20, version 1.4.12* Pleasant word game; four levels; lots of categories; non intrusive ads. ### 3/5 — No Landscape Mode *2023-10-15, version 1.4.12* I use an iPadPro with an attached keyboard. The keyboard makes it easier for one to enter data. However, portrait mode makes it harder to enter data than no keyboard at all and this app won’t change to landscape mode. It’s useless to me. ### 5/5 — Doesn’t make sense!!! *2023-06-14, version 1.4.5* I just wanted to say that the high score leaderboard doesn’t make sense 🥸 the highest score currently is 1,700,000 if that person on average solves a legendary one every minute without using hints he will have to be playing for two days and six hours at least that is 54 hours of the week 😵‍💫 i did the math😂 ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Inappropriate ads *2025-12-19, version 1.4.15* Very inappropriate ads of Ladies in the bottom banner of game screen the whole time. Uninstalling! ### 1/5 — Porn ads *2025-12-01, version 1.4.15* The game was fine but suddenly there were porn ads popping up. Absolutely awful!!!! Deleted this immediately! ### 1/5 — Unable to use without paying or providing unfettered access to personal information *2025-07-27, version 1.4.15* Won’t be giving it another looks. Scammers ### 1/5 — Ruined by ads *2024-08-26, version 1.4.15* I used to love this app. Now I can’t even read the quotes when I complete them without having to sit through lengthy ads. Deleting immediately. ### 1/5 — GDPR compliance is a joke *2024-07-28, version 1.4.15* The app is fun to play with, however it's not possible to deny consent to data harvesting. Once you try to do so the app will present you with the GDPR form. ### 1/5 — Recent reduction in variety of quote and cheating *2024-03-09, version 1.4.15* Most quotes seem to come from a corrupt evangelist called Sunday Adelaja (they are all get rich banal rubbish). Also it seems there is a cheating by other players. One player miraculously got 100,000 points in a matter of a few hours when previously (virtually impossible with the slow servers) it would take them over a day. Save your time. Deleted ### 1/5 — ads for tiktok every 2 levels *2024-01-25, version 1.4.14* ...in my case that was roughly every 90 seconds. no thanks! ### 1/5 — ⭐️ *2022-10-11, version 1.4.4* Would be better if there were set levels so you could feel a sense of completion. ### 1/5 — Clavier AZERTY ou ABC seulement *2022-09-11, version 1.4.4* J’ai mis le paramètre pour le clavier QWERTY, cependant c’est le clavier AZERTY qui est présent. J’aime bien le principe de l’app, mais je suis incapable de l’apprécier avec ces claviers. ### 1/5 — Azerty… really? *2021-08-02, version 1.2.9* Playing in french, not living in France. Can’t fet rid of the Azerty keyboard… so annoying ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Fun *2026-08-11, version 1.4.15* It’s a fun, challenging and addictive game. I enjoy it tremendously. ### 5/5 — Simple but fun *2025-10-13, version 1.4.15* The game is created without all the extra steps of lots of options and separate pages it gives you difficulty levels, genres, and the interface is easy. I appreciate a fun and easy to play game created for all types of players. ### 5/5 — Great mind tool *2025-06-27, version 1.4.15* Great tool to keep your mind sharp. Wish there were less ads. ### 5/5 — Great game *2025-06-02, version 1.4.15* I love this game. Very few ads is a game changer for me. And you can choose your experience level. Plus themes to choose from. All in all, download this game. I don’t think you will be disappointed. ### 5/5 — Like the categories *2025-04-04, version 1.4.15* Really been enjoying the Dad Jokes! 😂 ### 5/5 — cryptogram stays winning *2024-09-29, version 1.4.15* ive had the app for a while and its so swag, ads arent too bad either though they can be long ### 5/5 — Excellent! *2024-09-07, version 1.4.15* Excellent game. Mature game with inspirational quotes. Relaxing but also challenging. Opportunities to rank. ### 5/5 — My favorite! *2024-08-31, version 1.4.15* This is my favorite brain stretch! Challenging and fun!! ### 5/5 — Holy moly *2024-08-15, version 1.4.15* Holy moly after completing the very easy tutorial you can pick popular and choose from a bunch of genres and I’ve been using anime and it has a bunch of good quotes and I’ve been grinding ### 5/5 — Engaging *2024-04-02, version 1.4.15* I always seem to come back to this game when I am between flashy graphics games. It has that calming quality and actually sets your mind in gear --- *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 2026-08-29.*