# CryptoQuote — user reviews > 88 indexed App Store user reviews of CryptoQuote by Apps From Outer Space, LLC, rated 2.60/5 from 41 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cryptoquote/id293630545/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cryptoquote/id293630545.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 10 · 4★ 1 · 3★ 8 · 2★ 5 · 1★ 17 ## What do users think of CryptoQuote? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 👍 Enjoyable word game - 💡 Daily challenge feature - 💡 Ability to create custom puzzles - 💡 Interesting and intelligent quotes - 👍 Good value for price - 👍 Fun way to pass time - 👍 Makes you think **Cons** - 🐛 Keyboard issues (oversized, not fitting screen) - 🐛 Daily challenge not accessible/working - 🐛 App crashes/freezes - 🐛 Interface difficult to read/use - 🐛 Ads are intrusive - 🐛 Loss of saved puzzles after updates - 🐛 Political/left-leaning quotes - 🐛 Inconsistent performance across devices/OS versions - 🐛 Difficulty selecting letters - 🐛 Sound cuts out during ads/puzzle changes - 🐛 Repetitive puzzles **Commonly reported bugs** - Keyboard does not fit screen - Daily challenge button is grayed out or inaccessible - App crashes upon opening or during gameplay - Unable to see time vs. others in daily challenge - Game freezes on a blank screen - Interface is wonky and doesn't fit screen - Letters are squeezed together, keyboard too tiny - Saved puzzles are gone after updates - App reads clipboard content on startup - Stuck on a level, keeps returning to the same one - Sound cuts out during ads and puzzle transitions - Letters don't get replaced correctly - App crashes when trying to play new puzzle - Custom puzzle feature does not work on iPad - Letters are huge and screen won't turn - Daily Time Challenge is unreliable (no puzzles, already completed message) - Spelling/grammatical errors and weird symbols - App locks up after completing daily challenge on newer iPhones - Interface is clunky - Keyboard lags badly during challenges - Leaderboard scores seem impossible (cheating) - Custom puzzle input screen is unusable (stuck, no solve button) - Game freezes on a blank screen - Constant crashes after updates - Surnames of quoted individuals are cut off - App no longer works after OS updates - Lost purchased version after OS update, now has ads **Most requested features** - Fix keyboard display issues - Ensure daily challenge is always accessible and functional - Restore ability to input puzzles from newspapers - Add more quotes/puzzles - Improve typography and interface aesthetics - Add dark mode - Allow disabling spelling corrector - Add OCR for newspaper cryptograms - Add frequency table and dictionary search (like Mac version) - Add an 'expert' level - More variety of quote topics - Fix sound cutting out during ads/transitions - Allow giving up on daily puzzle to see solution ## Newest reviews (17 of 88) ### 2/5 — OK, but *2025-12-30* Half the time the daily challenge is not accessible. There's lots of built in puzzles,but the program no longer keeps track of what you've solved and starts at the first one every time you try to choose one. there is no way to advance ### 2/5 — Frustrating service *2023-09-14* The app constantly going down non working daily challenge. Too bad i ve been playing for years and loved the game ### 3/5 — Too much *2023-09-10* Your left leaning quotes get tiresome. How about being a little less political and let us all enjoy solving your puzzles. ### 3/5 — Can’t open the daily challenge *2023-04-08* Can’t open the daily challenge. ### 2/5 — Something’s not right *2023-03-23* I’ve been playing this game, and enjoying it very much, for a long time. Somehow in a recent update the whole interface has gone wonky. Neither the puzzle nor the keyboard fit on the screen anymore, and it’s, at best, very difficult to play. In fact, I’m not gonna play it until this gets fixed. I have tried changing the font sizes in my iPhones accessibility settings, and I have also tried adjusting the font size in the settings of the app. Nothing seems to work. The interface is just terrible. Sorry to see the latest “improvements“ be so poor. **Developer response:** Thank you for taking the time to review our game. What device are you using for CryptoQuote? We did make changes to try to increase the font size as much as possible in response to feedback that the letters were too small, but we take your point that we may have gone too far. Also, we're consciously selecting more quotes by women for the Daily Challenge and have done some auditing of the included quotes. Please let us know support@appsfromouterspace.com if you have any concerns. ### 1/5 — Daily puzzle STILL not working! *2022-11-30, version 5.0.1* Please fix so I can play on my new iPhone 14. ### 1/5 — Daily Challenge *2022-11-21, version 5.0* In the new app the Daily Challenge is a gray button telling me I have missed the puzzle and a new one will be available ‘hours’ from now! It has said the same thing every day since the new app launched. Please fix. I have really enjoyed this puzzle for a long time now and miss it. ### 1/5 — Cryptoquote *2022-11-18, version 5.0* Since the revision of the app, it no longer fits on my ipad. Terrible. I have to scroll, print is huge, very confusing. ### 3/5 — Please bring back the old spacings! *2022-11-18, version 5.0* I’ve been playing this game for more years that I care to admit, and the thing I liked about it was the spacing of the letters.It was visually a much more comfortable game to play than many of its competitors. Now the letters are squeezed together and the keyboard is so tiny that it’s hard to hit the right word with my big fingers. I feel bad complaining because you said you spent a lot of time redesigning it, but I don’t think it was time well spent. Also, if there are 2000 quotes, why did you start off with that same tired Erica Jong quote about advice being something you ask for when you already know the answer? I’ve seen that one come up so many times and that was the first one I got today. ### 3/5 — New app not working *2022-11-17* I have played the Daily Challenge every morning and it is no longer available. The Daily Challenge button is ghosted out. ### 1/5 — I liked the old version *2022-11-17* Please tell me that you are going to add back the feature of inputting the CryptoQuote from various sources like the daily paper, if not, I think I will be deleting the app, have enjoyed immensely over the years, but not now. ### 1/5 — Horrible update. *2022-11-16, version 5.0* All of my saver puzzles are gone . I can no longer input a scrambled puzzle to solve. You have desecrated this app ### 2/5 — Maybe the last update improved iPad function, but... *2022-05-22* I’ve enjoyed this app for a long time, but the daily challenge now no longer functions. It appears to have something to do with newer iPhones with no home button. After completing the challenge, the app simply locks up and there’s nothing one can do but force quit out. ### 1/5 — this app snoops *2022-01-25, version 4.0.5* This app reads whatever is in your Cut and Paste buffer every time it starts up and does God-knows-what with it. Given Apple’s “paste from laptop” feature this can be very dangerous. ### 3/5 — I love the game but it has a bug *2021-11-25* I love this game but I’m stuck on a level where every time I beat it I go to the next level but it keeps me at the same level. ### 3/5 — Quirky *2020-11-05* I like to listen to music or books while playing. EVery ad and every time you move to a new puzzle, the sound cuts out. This is irritating and will make me stop using this app, ### 1/5 — Ruined by ads update *2019-09-29* Another great app that I’ve had a lot of fun playing in the past, that I now have to delete because it shoves ads in your face. I just want the app I used to have so much fun playing. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — CryptoQuote *2026-03-06, version 5.0.2* Not able to see keyboard ### 1/5 — Can’t open the daily challenge *2026-01-20, version 5.0.2* Can’t open daily challenge ### 1/5 — New update needed for update *2024-10-19* Well,, I like some of the changes you have made. However NOW the keyboard does not fit the screen. So it is impossible to complete the puzzle. I have used this app for many years and I have enjoyed it. Get the keyboard correct and I will give 5 stars. Ok. Update. Still no action. Still impossible to use. The keyboard is still oversized. Not to scale for use on the phone. ### 1/5 — New update needed for update *2024-10-14* Well,, I like some of the changes you have made. However NOW the keyboard does not fit the screen. So it is impossible to complete the puzzle. I have used this app for many years and I have enjoyed it. Get the keyboard correct and I will give 5 stars. Ok. Update. Still no action. Still impossible to use. The keyboard is still oversized. Not to scale for use on the phone. ### 1/5 — New update needed for update *2024-10-09* Well,, I like some of the changes you have made. However NOW the keyboard does not fit the screen. So it is impossible to complete the puzzle. I have used this app for many years and I have enjoyed it. Get the keyboard correct and I will give 5 stars. ### 1/5 — New update needed for update *2024-09-23* Well,, I like some of the changes you have made. However NOW the keyboard does not fit the screen. So it is impossible to complete the puzzle. I have used this app for many years and I have enjoyed it. Get the keyboard correct and I will give 5 stars. ### 1/5 — Issues w selecting letters *2024-04-17, version 5.0.2* Have to try to select letter multiple times. Seems the game isn’t recognizing correctly where u are selecting. ### 1/5 — Not compatible with IOS 17.1.2 *2024-01-14* Looks like they have not kept pace with iPhone IOS changes. I am deleting and will check back later to see if the app is updated. Sorry to lose this one. It used to be pretty good. **Developer response:** Thank you for taking the time to review our game. What device are you using for CryptoQuote? We did make changes to try to increase the font size as much as possible in response to feedback that the letters were too small, but we take your point that we may have gone too far. Also, we're consciously selecting more quotes by women for the Daily Challenge and have done some auditing of the included quotes. Please let us know support@appsfromouterspace.com if you have any concerns. ### 1/5 — Daily Challenge *2023-04-10* In the new app the Daily Challenge is a gray button telling me I have missed the puzzle and a new one will be available ‘hours’ from now! It has said the same thing every day since the new app launched. Please fix. I have really enjoyed this puzzle for a long time now and miss it. ### 1/5 — Upgrade does not show full screen *2023-03-26* I loved the old version, 4.5 stars. Today I noticed an upgrade was available and now the app is unplayable. On my iPad there is only a partial keyboard viewable even if I change the font size. Once I was able to pull the keyboard up so I could see the bottom row of key but I am still missing the letters on the right edge of the keyboard. I can not find the old options, for letter count, etc. I have deleted the app because it is no longer playable. I sent an email with screens captures of the problems through your web site but have not received a reply. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Unable to Get a New Puzzle 08/25 *2025-08-10* Haven’t been able to get a new puzzle for some time. Tried to contact using the help email address but messages wouldn’t go through. What’s going on? ### 5/5 — Excellent Game! *2024-02-27* Absolutely love this game! This is my go to app when I’m winding down my day and getting ready for bed. I always find it interesting that the shorter ones seem to be so much harder to solve than the longer ones! ### 5/5 — Love the game/glitches are frustrating *2023-07-10* I’ve enjoyed your app for years. However I haven’t been able to see my time v others for a very long time. Your app says you use GameStop. I’ve been registered with it for years but I can’t see my results on your app. Finally I have to ask what’s going on? It used to be so simple. ### 5/5 — I miss it :-( *2017-10-26, version 3.0* This had been the only app I used every day for, geez, years. I want to say 6 years since I got my first iPad. ### 5/5 — Super happy that a new version is on its way *2017-09-11, version 3.0* I really like the daily time challenge, especially that I can see where I ranked. I also love the feature of making your own puzzles. ### 5/5 — PLEASE *2017-05-21, version 3.0* Please update your great app so that it will continue to work on newer devices and future updates. I start my day with your daily challenge. ### 5/5 — Awesome *2013-05-07, version 2.6* I love this app! My favorite is the daily challenge! ### 5/5 — Nice app *2012-04-30, version 2.4* Yay they seem to have fixed all the bugs! It no longer thinks I already played the daily challenge and the timer is fixed too. Works great, and it's well layer out. A little small for big fingers but not bad! ### 5/5 — I love this game! *2010-09-09, version 0* I play it all the time. I don't care if the UI is plain; more than that would be too much of a distraction. My three complaints: 1) the quotes fall into only 3 or so categories of topics; 2) I'm doing the "hard" puzzles and not having much difficulty; and 3) there should be more quotes provided, especially at the "hard" level. An update of additional quotes, more variety of topics and an "expert" level would be nice. ### 5/5 — Daily time challenge *2010-08-08, version 0* I love the app, but the daily time challenge is too easy to cheat at. Just start it, solve almost to completion - but before entering the last letter, exit the app and start again. It then becomes a "how fast can you type" challenge instead of how fast to solve. Those with 2 devices and copies of the app will always be able to "cheat" (they probably cheat at solitaire too). I'd say once you start a daily challenge, you either finish it or lose your chance to submit an "official" score that day. Another improvement would be to show a distribution of # users by solution time to see what percentile your solution time falls in if you did not make the top ten. --- *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 2026-09-03.*