Crossword Light vs Peg Jump
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Crossword Light
Solve daily crossword puzzles from various newspapers on your mobile device. Get hints, view clues, and track your progress. This light version includes 40 puzzles, with more available in the full version.
- Daily crossword puzzles
- Hints available
- View clues
- Track improvement
- Leaderboard
- Social media integration
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Play crossword puzzles right on your iPhone or iPod touch. Each day many newspapers provide their crossword puzzles online; Crossword Light lets you solve a selection of what's out there; get hints, view clues, and track how quickly you're improving! This is a light version of our Crosswords game. Try it out with 40 brand new puzzles included. If you like it, please try the full version! • More than a months' worth of puzzles to play • Nearly unlimited puzzles from many different sites in the full version • Hints available • Leaderboard • Twitter and Facebook integration
Peg Jump
Experience classic family fun with this digital adaptation of a beloved board game. Challenge yourself to solve intricate puzzles by strategically jumping pegs to remove them, aiming to leave just one behind. Enjoy nostalgic gameplay on your iPhone and iPad.
- Classic peg solitaire gameplay
- Simple yet challenging puzzles
- Jumping peg mechanics
- Nostalgic family fun
- Triangle and English board options
- New boards and puzzles via add-on
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The Original Peg Jump. Downloaded by Millions. Peg Jump provides that old fashioned family fun - on your iPhone and iPad! Peg Jump is sure to bring back those childhood memories. Whether it's laying in your grandparent's living room, watching Judge Wapner on The People's Court™, or waiting for your Chicken n' Dumplins at your local Cracker Barrel™. Peg Solitaire has been a family favorite for years! This little game is simple, yet surprisingly challenging. Moves are made similar to checkers, by "jumping" pegs to remove them. Can YOU leave only one peg? Already know how to solve the famous triangle puzzle? Give the english board a try! The Peg Jump Pro add-on provides a new board, 30 new challenging puzzles, and has all the Peg Jump fun, without the ads.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Peg Jump at 4.1 against Crossword Light's 3.0. Peg Jump also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (518 vs 54). On price, review sentiment, 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. Crossword Light sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Peg Jump sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Peg Jump holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Peg Jump has 518 ratings behind it against 54, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 53% of Crossword Light's written reviews are positive against 57% of Peg Jump's.
Crossword Light ships an update every 3 months, Peg Jump every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Crossword Light | Peg Jump |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (54 ratings) | 4.1 (518 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 52.7% of reviews | 57.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 54 | 518 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| 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 | 12.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Stand Alone, Inc. | Seventy Nine Lines |
Customer experience
Crossword Light
Peg Jump
Bugs and requests
Crossword Light
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Peg Jump
Reported bugs
4 issues- Inability to select top peg
- Leaderboard issues due to exploit
- Boards not loading after update
- Crashes when posting scores on Twitter
Requested features
5 requests- Add more board shapes and layouts
- Implement undo/redo functionality
- Display personal best times and scores
- Allow customization of peg and board colors
- Add online leaderboards and multiplayer
In-app purchases
Crossword Light
- Aaxword's Easy Themeless Puzzles$0.99
- Aaxword's Easy Micro Puzzles$0.99
- MacNamara's Band, Vol. 1$1.99
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- Edited by Ben Tausig, vol. 1$1.99
- Ink Well Crosswords, Volume 1$1.99
- Dell Magazines #1$1.99
- Ridonkulous Crosswords$1.99
- Jonesin' Crosswords$2.99
- Brendan Emmett Quigley's Favorites, Vol. 1$2.99
- Crosswords$9.99
Peg Jump
- Peg Jump Pro$1.99
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