Best Cryptic Crosswords vs TapTapSudoku
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Best Cryptic Crosswords
Engage with 300 professionally crafted cryptic crosswords designed for accessibility. Enjoy a smooth puzzle experience on your devices with features like zooming, landscape mode, and helpful tools.
- 300 professional cryptic crosswords
- 12 free puzzles
- Pinch and zooming grid
- Landscape mode with clue list
- Cheats and answer checking
- British style puzzles
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300 professional cryptic crosswords puzzles set by Michael Curl from www.bestforpuzzles.com. 12 free puzzles with all features enabled and no ads. These are accessible cryptic puzzles set by a top setter. Features: - great for iPads and iPhones - pinch and zooming grid - landscape mode with clue list - cheats and answer checking - Resume button - British style puzzles - no ads - great value
TapTapSudoku
Enjoy a pure daily Sudoku experience with this straightforward game. It offers three difficulty levels and is completely free, with no ads or data collection. Focus solely on solving puzzles without distractions.
- Pure Sudoku gameplay
- Three difficulty levels
- No ads
- No data collection
- Free to play
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Why another Sudoku app? We developed this app for the pure pleasure of a daily sudoku. No other app is so easy to play. Just you solving a game. It's free of charge. No ads. We don't collect any data. Three levels: manageable, challenging, impossible. If you like the app, consider rating it, so that others get to enjoy it too.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TapTapSudoku at none against Best Cryptic Crosswords's 7. TapTapSudoku also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 7 months). Best Cryptic Crosswords's advantage is ratings volume (316 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating and ads 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. Best Cryptic Crosswords sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. TapTapSudoku asks for nothing beyond the download.
TapTapSudoku holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Best Cryptic Crosswords has 316 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Best Cryptic Crosswords ships an update every 7 months, TapTapSudoku every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Best Cryptic Crosswords | TapTapSudoku |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (316 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 316 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Teazel | Miguel Albrecht |
Customer experience
Best Cryptic Crosswords
TapTapSudoku
Bugs and requests
Best Cryptic Crosswords
Reported bugs
3 issues- Purchases disappearing after device change
- App crashing issues
- Anticipatory cursor movement causing unintended letter changes
Requested features
4 requests- Clue explanation feature
- More varied and challenging clues
- Ability to track completed clues
- Regular updates with new puzzle packs
TapTapSudoku
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Best Cryptic Crosswords
- pack of cryptic crosswords$0.99
- pack of Cryptic Crosswords5 variants$0.99
- get all 6 cryptic packs$3.99
TapTapSudoku
No in-app purchases
Questions
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