Comparison

Crossword vs Blocalcs

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

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About

Crossword

Engage your mind with a vast collection of daily crosswords, playable offline. Enjoy customizable themes, unlimited hints, and track your progress with player rankings. Collect items and unlock snow globes for added challenges.

Highlights
  • Offline crossword play
  • Unlimited free hints
  • Light and dark themes
  • Player rankings
  • Item collections
  • Snow globe gallery
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Collection of crosswords without the Internet, crossword puzzles for every day. Spend time with the benefit of the mind, check your erudition, find out all the questions and answers. Play for fun and without limits: you can start solving any crossword and use an unlimited number of clues. Why choose our crosswords: - new puzzles that are formed by our team; - hard and easy mode due to keyboard type selection; - switching between light and dark theme; - you can play without internet in offline game; - huge database of questions; - convenient guessing process; - unlimited free hints; - online ranking of players; - optimized for all screen sizes and device types; - tasks for players, collections of items, gallery of snow globes. Game Features: - Supported languages: English, Russian, French, German, Spanish, Italian; - 69000 unique questions in English; - 3650 crosswords in English. Also 12350 crosswords in other languages; - sections of the game: main, additional, purchased and crossword of the day; - full keyboard and simplified; - playing field size 12 by 12; - enlarge the crossword with gestures so that questions can be better seen. Gallery of snow globes: The game has a star currency. You get them for solving crosswords and completing tasks. With this stars you can open layers of snow globes in the gallery. By fully opening the snow globe, you will receive diamonds. Item collections: You have the opportunity to collect items based on different themes. For solving some crosswords you will receive items. Collect all the collection items and earn more diamonds. Player ratings. The game has online ratings of players. The first rating is based on the number of solved crosswords. The second rating is based on the time of guessing the crossword. The third by count of diamonds. Rating is formed by players, that active during the last seven days. Levels that have been solved using no more than two clues participate in the ratings. Diamonds can be obtained for solving some levels, for completely collecting a collection of items, or for completely opening all elements of every picture in gallery. In the rating settings, you can set an avatar by linking a social network. You can also change the default name to your own there. The game is suitable for the whole family. It contains advertising. If you have any questions, you can contact us by mail, through social networks or directly in the application through the "Contact us" section. We wish you a pleasant time with our game "Crossword: Puzzle collection"!

About

Blocalcs

Features
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Blocalcs is a puzzle where you have a grid between 4 and 49 blocks and you must choose two neighbouring blocks and a operation for these blocks to interact with each other. If the result is zero, both blocks will disappear. You win if all blocks disappear.

Screenshots

Crossword4 screens
Blocalcs4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Blocalcs at none against Crossword's 2. Blocalcs also leads on ads (none vs shown). Crossword's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 34 months) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.6). On price and device support 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. Crossword sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Blocalcs asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Crossword ships an update every 5 weeks, Blocalcs every 34 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Crossword versus Blocalcs: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCrosswordBlocalcs
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (35 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings35 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 34 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size172 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVitaly MishinAlex Freitas Soares

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Crossword

One-time2
  • 50 Crosswords$2.99
  • Disabling advertising$6.99
None

Blocalcs

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Crossword free?
Crossword is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Blocalcs free?
Blocalcs is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Crossword or Blocalcs have ads?
Crossword shows ads; Blocalcs does not.
Which is updated more often, Crossword or Blocalcs?
Crossword ships an update every 5 weeks, and Blocalcs every 34 months. Most recently, Crossword was updated on October 24, 2026 and Blocalcs on October 27, 2026.

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