Comparison

Crossword Light vs Devarai Crosswords

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Daily crossword puzzles
  • Hints available
  • View clues
  • Track improvement
  • Leaderboard
  • Social media integration
Features
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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

About

Devarai Crosswords

Enjoy a wide variety of high-quality American crosswords on your mobile device. This app offers puzzles ranging from easy to difficult, with features designed for a smooth and engaging experience. Improve your vocabulary, concentration, and general knowledge with daily challenges.

Highlights
  • Weekly puzzles in multiple languages
  • Full-screen puzzle view
  • Landscape and portrait mode
  • Easy clue toggling
  • Pen/pencil writing modes
  • Immediate error highlighting
  • Hint system
Features
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“Great game. Excellent.” “Love this crossword” “I have several crossword puzzle apps, but this is the one I use the most often. Easy to navigate, interesting puzzles that rank from easy/moderate to slightly difficult." Crossword-friends behold: With the new crossword puzzles app, it will be hard to be bored! Our crosswords to go, wherever you go. Play many high quality crosswords anytime anywhere on the iPhone, iPad, and iPod! This app is easy to use and is a lot of fun. By playing crosswords you can not only improve your general education and also practice vocabulary skills and learn to concentrate even better. Main features: - Weekly puzzles in many languages - Hide keyboard for a full screen puzzle view - Landscape and portrait mode support - One click toggle between across and down clues - Write in ‘pen’ or ‘pencil’ - Errors are immediately highlighted in red - Option to skip completed squares - Automatically jump to the next clue if a word is finished - Receive hints - Pinch grid to zoom in and out - High scores - Puzzle rating system - Player comments … and much more!

Screenshots

Crossword Light2 screens
Devarai Crosswords4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Devarai Crosswords at 4.0 against Crossword Light's 3.0. Devarai Crosswords also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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 Light sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Devarai Crosswords sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Devarai Crosswords holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 54 and 148 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 53% of Crossword Light's written reviews are positive against 59% of Devarai Crosswords's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Crossword Light ships an update every 3 months, Devarai Crosswords every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Crossword Light versus Devarai Crosswords: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCrossword LightDevarai Crosswords
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (54 ratings)4.0 (148 ratings) — better
Positive reviews52.7% of reviews59.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings54148 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB26 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperStand Alone, Inc.Devarai

Customer experience

Crossword Light

All ratings54 ratings
Positive48.1%
Neutral11.1%
Negative40.7%
Written reviews262 reviews
Positive52.7%
Neutral13.7%
Negative33.6%

Devarai Crosswords

All ratings148 ratings
Positive73.6%
Neutral14.9%
Negative11.5%
Written reviews113 reviews
Positive59.3%
Neutral15.9%
Negative24.8%

Bugs and requests

Crossword Light

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Devarai Crosswords

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App crashes frequently
  • Unresponsive on iPad
  • Puzzle progress not saved
  • Compatibility issues with updates

Requested features

4 requests
  • More free puzzles/coins
  • Ability to type full words
  • Daily/more frequent puzzles
  • Improved clue quality

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Crossword Light

One-time10
  • Aaxword's Easy Themeless Puzzles$0.99
  • Aaxword's Easy Micro Puzzles$0.99
  • MacNamara's Band, Vol. 1$1.99
Show 7 more
  • 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
9 purchases

Devarai Crosswords

One-time9
  • 30 coins pack$0.99
  • Unlock English Puzzles2 variants$2.99
  • Unlock German Puzzles$2.99
Show 6 more
  • Unlock Spanish Puzzles$2.99
  • Unlock Spanish puzzles$2.99
  • 240 coins pack$4.99
  • 600 coins pack$9.99
  • 1800 coins pack$24.99
  • 8000 coins pack$99.99

Questions

Is Crossword Light free?
Crossword Light is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Devarai Crosswords free?
Devarai Crosswords is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Crossword Light or Devarai Crosswords?
Devarai Crosswords is rated higher. Crossword Light averages 3.0 out of 5 from 54 ratings, while Devarai Crosswords averages 4.0 from 148 ratings.
Do Crossword Light or Devarai Crosswords have ads?
Crossword Light shows ads; Devarai Crosswords does not.
Which is updated more often, Crossword Light or Devarai Crosswords?
Crossword Light ships an update every 3 months, and Devarai Crosswords every 3 weeks. Most recently, Crossword Light was updated on October 12, 2026 and Devarai Crosswords on October 16, 2026.

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