# Times Puzzles — Daily puzzles from The Times > Daily crosswords and logic puzzles from The Times and The Sunday Times. (iPhone/iPad app by Times Media Limited (Apps).) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/times-puzzles/id1531296302 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Times Media Limited (Apps)](https://appshunter.io/developer/363976957) - Category: Games, Entertainment, Puzzle, Word - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Rating: 2.80/5 from 5 App Store ratings · 155 written reviews indexed - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 15.1 · 64 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2021-01-20 - Data updated: 2026-08-29 - Monetization: subscription - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/times-puzzles/id1531296302/reviews.md ## What is Times Puzzles? Updated app store description: Are you a crossword obsessive? Or are you just looking for a daily brain boost? Solve the world-renowned Times Crossword, Sudoku and other puzzles with the new puzzle app from The Times and The Sunday Times. Access hundreds of crosswords and puzzles in our two-week archive, and tackle all the latest puzzles to give your mind a real workout. The app enables you to take on and play our puzzles in one place and on the go, allowing you to play anywhere and at any time. Available puzzles: All Times and Sunday Times crosswords, including: Concise Cryptic Quick Cryptic Jumbo General Knowledge Other puzzles include: Sudoku, Killer Sudoku, Futoshiki, Kakuro, KenKen, Lexica, Polygon, Quintagram, Set Square, Suko, Codeword, Brain Trainer and Cell Blocks How do I access The Times Puzzles? The app is free to download and can be read in one of the following ways: - Monthly in-app subscription to The Times Puzzles - Existing members with a Digital subscription can log-in using their The Times & The Sunday Times username and password Please note: - Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase - Your subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period - Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period - You can manage your subscription and switch off the auto-renewal by accessing your Account Settings after purchase - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable - Free trial offer is for new customers only. - At the end of the free trial offer, you will be charged to your iTunes account automatically unless auto-renew is disabled at least 24 hours before that time. - You can cancel anytime. Cancellation goes into effect at the start of your following billing cycle. - A subscription to Times Puzzles does not include access to any other Times Newspapers Limited products, including but not limited to www.thetimes.co.uk, mobile news content and other apps on non-iOS devices. Full T&Cs can be found at http://www.thetimes.co.uk/static/puzzles-app-terms-and-conditions/ We value your opinion and feedback. Our readers’ views are central to ongoing development and improvements. You can send feedback to us directly by visiting: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/help ## Key features - Daily crosswords and logic puzzles - Two-week puzzle archive - Play anywhere, anytime - Concise, Cryptic, Quick Cryptic crosswords - Sudoku, Killer Sudoku, Futoshiki, Kakuro - Brain Trainer and Cell Blocks puzzles ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **Subscriptions** | Subscription | Price | Period | | --- | --- | --- | | 7 day trial then monthly fee | $3.99 | per month | | 7 day trial then monthly fee | $4.99 | per month | | 7 day trial then monthly fee | $6.99 | per month | ## What do users think of Times Puzzles? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 👍 Enjoyable puzzles - 💡 Convenient to have puzzles in one place - 👍 Good value for money **Cons** - 🐛 Puzzles not saving progress - 🐛 Puzzles not marking as completed - 🐛 Crashes and bugs - 🐛 Notifications and settings issues - 🐛 Keyboard problems and poor usability - 🐛 Puzzles not loading or disappearing **Commonly reported bugs** - Puzzles not saving progress - Puzzles not marking as completed - Crashes and freezes - Notifications and settings issues - Keyboard problems and poor usability - Puzzles not loading or disappearing **Most requested features** - Add Codeword puzzle - Improve Sudoku interface - Add ability to print puzzles - Sync progress across devices - Provide more puzzle types ## Recent user reviews (10 of 155) All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/times-puzzles/id1531296302/reviews.md ### 3/5 — Layout breaks whenever you go to another app and back *2026-07-26* Really irritating - at least on the puzzles I use (polygon, crossword, killer sudoku) on iPad, if you switch to another app and then switch back the layout changes to a much less nice one, and you have to exit the puzzle and go back into it to fix it. Been like this for ages. Oh, and the nag to enable notifications is just user hostile. I don’t want a puzzle app to send me notifications. Nobody wants a puzzle app to send them notifications. There is nothing useful to notify me about. I know new puzzles appear at midnight every single day. So stop nagging me to enable them every time I open the app. ### 1/5 — Worst app designer *2026-07-04, version 2.4.0* They keep updating the puzzle formats for unfathomable reasons - making them objectively harder to interact with. Just awful ### 1/5 — Paywall *2026-07-04* Poorly designed. I can play the free games through safari but not through your own app? Insane. ### 3/5 — Please fix the UI! *2026-07-03* Great puzzles but the lazy app design results in problems where most recently, every time I reopened the cryptic jumbo the whole puzzle reset and I lost all progress . Happened 15 times before I gave up and printed it instead. Now every time I open I get the portrait narrowed appearance (holding it in landscape) with no clues on the size and have to reorientate to landscape to refresh. This is EVERY time I reopen the puzzle. The support is next to useless. They take days to answer the first query, just to ask for your name and email address before they can investigate. Then truly unhelpful - I.e., uninstall and reinstall. Well that didn’t work, so how about you fix the app instead! ### 2/5 — Broken again and again *2026-06-30, version 2.4.0* On Thursday Picle went wrong - refused to accept the map location I entered. On Friday it worked. Tuesday and it’s broken again. Looks like a new version because each game opens with a “how to play” pop-up. And all past scores are lost. And every time the app opens it asks about notifications. Very irritating. ### 1/5 — The BUG *2026-06-13, version 2.4.0* Avoid ap until this is resolved as all your answers are deleted ### 2/5 — Buggy and lacking synchronisation *2026-06-13, version 2.4.0* Sadly prompts to turn on notifications every time, and lacks any synchronisation between iPhone/iPad versions of the same app, and no sync to the Times Live app puzzles. The (unrelated) NYT Games app does this far better, perhaps they would swap notes with their developers! At least, so far, it doesn’t have the annoying bug from Times Live of randomly opening the browser to display ads. ### 4/5 — Latest Update - ah *2026-06-01, version 2.4.0* Love the new games but as ever something new messes the old. The format of many existing games is now either minuscule or off the scale and needs multiple openings or a reboot or huge persistence to get to open in right size and format. Tweak needed asap ### 1/5 — Painful to Use on iPad *2026-05-02* As others have mentioned, the app currently has a major bug where it doesn’t remember state when closing a puzzle, or closing the app. This means that it will ask you to go through the “New Crossword Design” tutorial quite often, won’t remember whether you want to show word breaks or not, and will clear a puzzle when you close it and go back in. There’s also an annoying thing where your subscription in the app doesn’t align with having a subscription on the website, so you need to create a new account and new subscription to use the web version of the puzzles, so you can’t keep progress. AWFUL! **Developer response:** Good morning, we are sorry to hear of your issue regarding this. However you feedback is greatly appreciated and will certainly be passed onto the app development team to review. Many thanks. ### 2/5 — Big glitches *2026-04-24* Recently I have had major problems with this app. I can do the crossword, but it doesn't save my progress unless I complete the puzzle in one go. If I close the app and come back later, the grid is blank. Same with Polygon. Quintogram doesn't work at all. ## Frequently asked questions about Times Puzzles ### What kind of puzzles are available? The app offers a wide variety of puzzles including all Times and Sunday Times crosswords (Concise, Cryptic, Quick Cryptic, Jumbo, General Knowledge). It also features logic puzzles such as Sudoku, Killer Sudoku, Futoshiki, Kakuro, KenKen, Lexica, Polygon, Quintagram, Set Square, Suko, Codeword, Brain Trainer, and Cell Blocks. ### How do I access the puzzles? The app is free to download. Access to the puzzles requires a monthly in-app subscription to The Times Puzzles. Existing Digital subscribers of The Times & The Sunday Times can log in with their credentials. ### Is there a free trial available? Yes, a free trial offer is available for new customers. At the end of the trial, you will be automatically charged unless auto-renewal is disabled at least 24 hours prior to the end of the trial period. ### Can I cancel my subscription? Yes, you can manage your subscription and switch off auto-renewal by accessing your Account Settings after purchase. Cancellation takes effect at the start of your following billing cycle. ### What devices is this app compatible with? Based on the provided information, the app is available on iOS devices. A subscription to Times Puzzles does not include access to other Times Newspapers Limited products or content on non-iOS devices. ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 2.4.0 — 2026-05-20 Now updated to include three of our new puzzles: Wordhunt, Picle and Quizle. ### 2.3.1 — 2026-03-10 Log in and puzzle retrieval updates. ### 2.3.0 — 2026-03-03 Codeword now added to the App, plus Suko has been renamed to Sakuro. Minor background bug fixes. ### 2.2.0 — 2025-09-18 This update contains a new puzzle, Times Ponder, released every Friday. Thank you for subscribing and please contact us at care@thetimes.co.uk if you need assistance or have any feedback. ### 2.1.0 — 2025-05-21 This update contains behind-the-scenes fixes to improve your experience. 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User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-29.*