new addiction
Love it! Wish I could afford a membership.
Good but would love to be able to highlight
I’m quite a visual thinker, so being able to colour-code and highlight different parts of a clue myself would really help me work through the wordplay independently. Currently, the highlighting is tied to the hints, which can give away more than I’d like.
It would be great to have a separate highlighting tool that lets us visually break down clues without spoiling the challenge!
Intelligent, fun puzzles that make you think!
The best app of its kind.
Free Cryptic Courses!
Brilliant
It is absolutely free for that one clue but I felt I was getting such a good deal I did upgrade for one month to the paid version.
This provided lots of mini crosswords and ability to do older clues which predated when I joined. This made the learning process even more speedy but I did not feel I was making enough use of other areas eg collaborating on clue writing.
When I have learnt a bit more I will consider rejoining the member area.
It was very easy to cancel the membership so don’t worry you will be trapped in a constantly renewing sub.
One comment I have is that for someone like me the extras are not worth the monthly fee but perhaps they should offer 2 stages of membership one with less features but maybe at half the price. They may well make more money this way!
THE cryptic crossword app
No customer service
Response . Very annoyed
‘An internet connection is required for this part of Minute Cryptic’
Fantastic Puzzles
Not bad
A lot of the cryptic are written by members and therefore have some faults or need you to reconstruct a word without any indicators making them near impossible without a clue.
Not beginner friendly AT ALL, they really should provide some easier cryptics for learning as that would help introduce new people to the hobby.
App has lots of potential but isn’t very well executed, i hope to see the developers making some improvements.
Response from developer
I'm worried this review might give readers the wrong impression of Minute Cryptic. If you're someone who likes to learn by doing, the free daily clue is a great way for you to get started - it's free forever and comes with hints plus a 2 minute explanation video of that day's clue at the end. We've found this to be a fantastic way to introduce new people to solving cryptics! And we also have three free courses to play through - the best place to start. On the clues themselves, every cryptic publication makes editorial trade-offs - few clues are entirely compromise free - and Minute Cryptic's reflect a particular style that might not be to your taste. No hard feelings - other publications prioritise different styles and you might find something that clicks for you elsewhere. All our clues are workshopped with Liam Runnalls, our head clue writer, and embody a style and set of cryptic values that won't appeal to every solver. So, they're not unpolished, they're just opinionated. Angas (the guy in the videos)
Obsessed
Got me into cryptics!
Fails
Response from developer
Hi, thanks for trying the newest version of the app and for finding an edge case! We received similar feedback about the letter and we think it's to do with text-size settings. We've pushed a fix for it. Can you please try again and let us know if that's fixed that issue for you? If not, we'd love it if you could send us an email at support@minutecryptic.com so that we can dig into it further. Thanks again - Angas
