Comparison

Crostix Pro vs Qualuff Puzzles

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

Head to head
About

Crostix Pro

This app offers a digital library of acrostic puzzles, a word game similar to crosswords where letters from answers form a hidden quote. It provides automatic letter placement and features like hints, scoring, and adjustable font sizes for an engaging puzzle experience.

Highlights
  • Automatic letter placement
  • 150+ included puzzles
  • In-app puzzle purchases
  • Hint system for letters/words
  • Scoring based on hints used
  • Adjustable font size
  • Device rotation support
Features
Currently charting
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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, the online library of acrostic puzzles, is now available for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. It includes 150 puzzles, from easy to fiendishly hard, and you can buy more puzzles right in the application. 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 tutorial to get you started.

About

Qualuff Puzzles

Engage your mind with a collection of acrostic puzzles designed to test trivia and vocabulary. Solve clues and a linked quote, with the option to create and share your own puzzles. Enjoy a digital twist on word puzzles, perfect for brain exercise.

Highlights
  • Acrostic puzzles
  • Trivia and vocabulary challenges
  • Quote solving
  • Create and share custom puzzles
  • Digital convenience (check answers, get help, undo)
Features
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Challenge your vocabulary, test your trivia knowledge, and uncover hidden quotes with Qualuff Puzzles—an acrostic puzzle experience designed for real word lovers. Solve clever clues to reveal letters in a quotation, bouncing back and forth between clues and the larger quote until the full text is unraveled. Why You'll Love Qualuff Puzzles: -100% Pure Gameplay: No ads, no timers, and no in-app purchases—ever. -300+ Handcrafted Puzzles: Hours of offline, brain-teasing content in English. -Crostics & Acrostics: Play standard quote-reveal puzzles or tackle traditional acrostics where the first letters of each answer spell out the source. -Earn Rewards: Complete puzzles to unlock unique profile titles and custom designs. -Built-in Puzzle Builder: Create your own custom puzzles with an intuitive, guided creator, then play and test them yourself. Whether you are looking to unwind or give your brain a serious workout, Qualuff Puzzles offers a clean, distraction-free puzzle experience.

Screenshots

Crostix Pro3 screens
Qualuff Puzzles4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Qualuff Puzzles at none against Crostix Pro's 14. Qualuff Puzzles also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 4 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Crostix Pro's advantage is ratings volume (53 vs 2) and chart position (#103 vs unranked). On review sentiment, 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

Crostix Pro costs $4.99 and Qualuff Puzzles $3.99 up front. Crostix Pro sells 14 one-off in-app purchases. Qualuff Puzzles asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Qualuff Puzzles holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Crostix Pro has 53 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of Crostix Pro's written reviews are positive against 89% of Qualuff Puzzles's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Crostix Pro ships an update every 4 months, Qualuff Puzzles every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Crostix Pro versus Qualuff Puzzles: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCrostix ProQualuff Puzzles
Price$4.99$3.99 — better
Rating4.7 (53 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews87.1% of reviews88.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings53 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank#103 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size78 MB19 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperBrian MountfordEric Phillips

Customer experience

Crostix Pro

All ratings51 ratings
Positive92.2%
Neutral2.0%
Negative5.9%
Written reviews85 reviews
Positive87.1%
Neutral3.5%
Negative9.4%

Qualuff Puzzles

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive88.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.1%

Bugs and requests

Crostix Pro

Reported bugs

13 issues
  • Library is gone, no record of puzzles
  • App not working with latest iOS
  • In-app purchases do not all work
  • Books 10 & 11 will not open
  • AppStore shows purchased but app says waiting for data
Show 8 more
  • App crashes
  • In-app purchase feature does not work
  • Paid for book, charged again after update
  • Completed puzzles show blank after update
  • App is waiting for data
  • Misspelling in puzzle quote
  • Cannot buy Book 5
  • App only checks for new puzzles every 30 days

Requested features

10 requests
  • Add more puzzles
  • Add free starting letters
  • Add ability to skip filled squares
  • Add display for first letters of clue answers
  • Add score tracking
Show 5 more
  • Add more challenging puzzles
  • Add more US-centric puzzles
  • Add more religious references
  • Add dark mode
  • Add puzzle title in top bar

Qualuff Puzzles

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

14 purchases

Crostix Pro

One-time14
  • Crostix Book Thirteen$0.99
  • Crostix Book Twelve$0.99
  • HeadLines$1.99
Show 11 more
  • Crostix Book Four$1.99
  • Guest Author: Gordon Frakes$1.99
  • Crostix Book Five$1.99
  • Crostix Book Six$1.99
  • Crostix Book Seven$1.99
  • Guest Author: Gordon Frakes 2$1.99
  • Crostix Book Eight$1.99
  • Crostix Book Nine$1.99
  • Crostix Book Ten$1.99
  • Crostix Book Eleven$1.99
  • The Golden Treasury$1.99
None

Qualuff Puzzles

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Crostix Pro free?
Crostix Pro costs $4.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Qualuff Puzzles free?
Qualuff Puzzles costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Crostix Pro or Qualuff Puzzles?
Qualuff Puzzles is rated higher. Crostix Pro averages 4.7 out of 5 from 53 ratings, while Qualuff Puzzles averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Crostix Pro or Qualuff Puzzles have ads?
Neither Crostix Pro nor Qualuff Puzzles shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Crostix Pro or Qualuff Puzzles?
Crostix Pro ships an update every 4 months, and Qualuff Puzzles every 5 days. Most recently, Crostix Pro was updated on October 20, 2026 and Qualuff Puzzles on October 7, 2026.

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