Tiny Little Crosswords vs ABLOOP PUZZLES
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tiny Little Crosswords
Engage in quick and enjoyable word puzzles with a unique drag-and-drop letter mechanic. Solve daily challenges or explore themed puzzle packs for hours of engaging fun.
- Drag-and-drop letter solving
- Daily puzzles
- Themed puzzle packs
- Multiple difficulty levels
- Quick and easy gameplay
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Tiny Little Crosswords is fun, quick, and easy. We don't give you a zillion clues to slog through because, well, that's already been done. Just drag the letters into the grid to complete the puzzle! This clever little game contains Daily Puzzles as well as puzzle packs with different difficulty levels for hours of thoughtful, puzzling fun! Blue Ox Family Games is proud to bring you this delightful app from the minds of Eric Snider, David Arnott, and Aaron Weissblum. Put down your no. 2 pencil and download Tiny Little Crosswords today!
ABLOOP PUZZLES
Engage your mind with a unique puzzle experience that blends the word-based challenges of crosswords with the numerical logic of Sudoku. Solve intricate grids and expand your vocabulary. Perfect for puzzle enthusiasts seeking a fresh mental workout.
- Crossword and Sudoku hybrid gameplay
- Logic and word-based challenges
- Intricate grid puzzles
- Vocabulary expansion
- Mental workout
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ABLOOP™ - Crossword Meets Sudoku
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: ABLOOP PUZZLES at every 4 days against Tiny Little Crosswords's every 3 months. ABLOOP PUZZLES also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 77%) and rating (4.9 vs 4.6). Tiny Little Crosswords's advantage is ratings volume (13K vs 11). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Tiny Little Crosswords sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and ABLOOP PUZZLES sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
ABLOOP PUZZLES holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tiny Little Crosswords has 13K ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of Tiny Little Crosswords's written reviews are positive against 100% of ABLOOP PUZZLES's.
Tiny Little Crosswords ships an update every 3 months, ABLOOP PUZZLES every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tiny Little Crosswords | ABLOOP PUZZLES |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (13K ratings) | 4.9 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 77.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 13K — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.1 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 92 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Blue Ox Family Games, Inc. | POOLBA LLC |
Customer experience
Tiny Little Crosswords
ABLOOP PUZZLES
Bugs and requests
Tiny Little Crosswords
Reported bugs
2 issues- Daily puzzle crashes on launch
- Ads cannot be closed properly
Requested features
4 requests- Add more puzzle packs
- Implement a free daily puzzle
- Allow letter shuffling
- Improve clue clarity
ABLOOP PUZZLES
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Tiny Little Crosswords
- More Hints$0.99
- On We Go$1.99
- Keep 'Em Coming$1.99
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- World of Entertainment$1.99
- Yet More Fun$1.99
- 3-4-5's$1.99
- Even More Hints$1.99
- Many More Hints$2.99
- Very Many Hints$3.99
- Unlock All Puzzles$9.99
ABLOOP PUZZLES
- 5 Hints Pack$0.69
- 12 Hints Pack$0.99
- 25 Hints Pack$1.99
Questions
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