Crostix vs Cryptogram Nature Facts
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Crostix
Engage with word puzzles where letters from answers form a hidden quote. This free version offers sample puzzles and hints, with options to unlock more content through in-app purchases.
- Automatic letter placement
- Hint system for letters or words
- Score tracking based on hints
- Adjustable font size
- Device rotation support
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Welcome to the world of acrostics! An acrostic, also called a crostic or double crostic, is a cousin of crossword puzzles, with clues and answers whose letters are rearranged to form a quote from a famous (or not-so-famous) author. If you're familiar with acrostics, you will quickly see how convenient they are on the iPhone, because letters are automatically copied to the correct place as you type them in. Crostix is a free version of our Crostix Pro application, containing sample puzzles from our library. Try them out, and if you like them, get the full version, with 150 puzzles, from easy to fiendishly hard, or just buy more in Crostix using in-app purchase. The program has all the features you'd expect: - get hints for a single letter or an entire word, - see your score, based on how many hints you needed, - change the font size by pinching, - rotate the device as you like, and - get help on all program options. If you're new to the world of acrostics, the application also includes a short description to get you started.
Cryptogram Nature Facts
Solve cryptogram word puzzles to learn fascinating facts about wildlife. Explore different worlds, decipher clues, and collect new species. Challenge yourself with daily puzzles and test your word-cracking skills.
- Cryptogram word puzzles
- Discover nature facts
- Uncover wildlife species
- Daily puzzle mode
- Journal exploration
- Collect species
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Solve cryptogram word puzzles to uncover amazing nature facts! Embark on a journey of discovery in this cryptogram for nature lovers. Open your journal and explore different worlds, deciphering cryptograms to unveil amazing facts about the wildlife living there. Test your cryptogram skills by deciphering the facts, and see how quickly you can uncover each new wildlife species for your collection. Are you up for the challenge of cracking word puzzles and conquering every cryptogram? Play the daily mode to tackle a fresh cryptogram each day! ********** Cryptograms! is developed and published by Runaway, an award-winning studio creating games inspired by the natural world. This game is free to play but does contain in-app purchases. If you run into any issues while playing or you have any suggestions, please reach out to us at support@runaway.zendesk.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Crostix at none against Cryptogram Nature Facts's shown. Crostix also leads on update cadence (every 4 months vs every 10 months). Cryptogram Nature Facts's advantage is ratings volume (240 vs 7) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, rating, review sentiment 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
Both are free to download. Crostix sells 15 one-off in-app purchases and Cryptogram Nature Facts sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Crostix against 4.8 for Cryptogram Nature Facts. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cryptogram Nature Facts has 240 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 81% of Crostix's written reviews are positive against 89% of Cryptogram Nature Facts's.
Crostix ships an update every 4 months, Cryptogram Nature Facts every 10 months. Both last shipped on October 23, 2026.
| Parameter | Crostix | Cryptogram Nature Facts |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (7 ratings) | 4.8 (240 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 81.3% of reviews | 88.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 240 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 78 MB | 178 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Brian Mountford | Runaway |
Customer experience
Crostix
Cryptogram Nature Facts
Bugs and requests
Crostix
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Cryptogram Nature Facts
Reported bugs
4 issues- Daily puzzle not working
- Tapping Daily Challenge does nothing
- Glitch with starting letters in puzzles
- Grammar mistake in puzzles
Requested features
4 requests- Add Bird Kind to puzzles
- Include flowers or extra animals from sanctuaries
- More levels/puzzle packs
- More free packs
In-app purchases
Crostix
- Crostix Book Ten$0.99
- Crostix Book Eleven$0.99
- Guest Author: Gordon Frakes 2$0.99
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- The Golden Treasury$0.99
- Crostix Book Two$1.99
- Crostix Book Three$1.99
- Crostix Book Four$1.99
- Crostix Book Five$1.99
- Guest Author: Gordon Frakes$1.99
- Crostix Book Six$1.99
- Crostix Book Eight$1.99
- Crostix Book Nine$1.99
- Crostix Free Book Seven$1.99
- HeadLines$1.99
- Crostix Big Book$2.99
Cryptogram Nature Facts
- Moths Pack$1.99
- Coral Pack$1.99
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