Comparison

Best Cryptic Crosswords vs Waehere

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 300 professional cryptic crosswords
  • 12 free puzzles
  • Pinch and zooming grid
  • Landscape mode with clue list
  • Cheats and answer checking
  • British style puzzles
Features
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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

About

Waehere

Embark on a coding adventure as a Māori heroine restoring a dystopian city. Solve programming puzzles to re-activate a regenerative hub, learn basic coding concepts, and discover Māori culture and history.

Highlights
  • Learn basic coding concepts
  • Programming style puzzles
  • 3rd person action adventure exploration
  • Restore a regenerative city hub
  • Discover Mātauranga Māori
  • Explore Matariki star connections
Features
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Take on the role of our Māori heroine Maia as she re-activates Tahuna, a broken dystopian regenerative city hub, through easy to learn programming style puzzles. Features: + Free to play + Learn basic coding concepts + Fun 3rd person action adventure exploration + Restore Tahuna, a city designed for an eco-friendly sustainable future + Designed around Matariki, the star cluster Māori use to signify the new year + Meet each of the Matariki stars and learn how they are connected to our world + Discover pieces of Mātauranga Māori (Māori knowledge) within the city + Clear away computer bugs with Maia’s special Wahaika weapon + Set in the world of Guardian Maia featured in Guardian Maia Episodes 1 and 2 + Teacher resources available through our website - https://www.theguardiangame.com You will be guided through Tahuna by Wiremu, an AI assistant, as he helps you to restore the city hub. He will introduce you to each of the Matariki stars as you go on to restore the parts of the city they each oversee. Along the way you'll learn basic coding concepts and discover pieces of Māori culture and history.

Screenshots

Best Cryptic Crosswords4 screens
Waehere4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Waehere at none against Best Cryptic Crosswords's 7. Waehere also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 83%). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Best Cryptic Crosswords sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Waehere asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Best Cryptic Crosswords versus Waehere: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBest Cryptic CrosswordsWaehere
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (315 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews83.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings315 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 7 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better11.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB161 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperTeazelMetia

Customer experience

Best Cryptic Crosswords

All ratings312 ratings
Positive96.2%
Neutral2.9%
Negative1.0%
Written reviews100 reviews
Positive83.0%
Neutral6.0%
Negative11.0%

Waehere

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Waehere

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Best Cryptic Crosswords

One-time3
  • pack of cryptic crosswords$0.99
  • pack of Cryptic Crosswords5 variants$0.99
  • get all 6 cryptic packs$3.99
None

Waehere

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Best Cryptic Crosswords free?
Best Cryptic Crosswords is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Waehere free?
Waehere is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Best Cryptic Crosswords or Waehere have ads?
Neither Best Cryptic Crosswords nor Waehere shows ads.

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